A story about two groups of "Quinkins," the spirit people of the country of Cape York--the one group consisting of small, fat-bellied, bad fellows who steal children, and the other comprised of humorous, whimsical spirits.
After suffering from misfortune and being mistreated by the people of their tribe, Gidja and his wife and daughter become the moon, the Morning Star, and the Evening Star.
A battle to the death between two enemy tribes in the Dreamtime leads to the appearance of the bats known as flying foxes and subsequently to the rise of all kinds of birds.
