Once upon a time, in the Dreamtime, lived a frog called Tiddalick.

Tiddalick was the largest frog in the entire world. One morning, he woke up feeling very thirsty and drank and he drank and he kept drinking until all the fresh water in the entire billabong was !

When the other animals arrived at the billabong there was no water, this made them very sad.

They knew Tiddalick the frog had drunk all the water. They needed a plan to get the water. They thought and they thought until they realised that the best way to get the water back was to make Tiddalick laugh.

If they make him laugh then all the water would come out of his mouth and back into the billabong!

HAHAHAHA

The first animal to try and make him laugh was the echidna. She rolled herself up into a tight little ball and rolled down the bank of the billabong like a bowling ball! The kangeroo laughed and so did the emu, but Tiddalick didn’t laugh.

HAHAHAHA

The next animal to try and make Tiddalick laugh was the wombat.

The wombat stood up on his legs and danced around in a circle until he fell over in the dirt! The bird laughed and so did the goanna, but Tiddalick didn’t laugh.

HAHAHA

The next animal to try and make Tiddalick laugh was the koala.

She hang herself on a branch close to Tiddalick and told her funniest story. It was so funny that she burst out laughing! But Tiddalick didn’t laugh. He just sat there with his big belly full of all the water.