clear, and the parents were away. then it would sneak in and make off with the small babies.
it soon had a reputation for being greedy, lazy and cowardly. it was known as a nasty animal.
there were powerful spirit helpers who lived in the bush. they helped look after the creatures in the wild. as you can imagine, they were not very happy with the nasty animal.
one day, the nasty animal made a great mistake. while trying to grab some babies, it found it was reaching into the home of the spirit helpers instead.
it was in hot soup! on discovering what the nasty animal was trying to do, the spirit helpers 