Once upon a time, a long, long time ago in the Dream

Time there was a greedy frog called Tiddalick

Tiddalick wanted to be the biggest frog in all the land.

One very hot day Tiddalick was very thirsty so he began to drink and drink and drink until the whole billabong was all dried up.

When all the other animals

came to the billabong to drink there was no water. They knew it was the greedy frog who

drank all the water.

They were very angry at him. If the animals wanted to get all the water out of Tiddalick and back into the billabong they would have to make

Tiddalick laugh until all the water came out.

The echidna tried to make him laugh by rolling down the hill into the dried up billabong but Tiddalick didn't laugh.

Kookabura was perched high in the gum tree,

he pretended to fall out but

Tiddalick

still didn't laugh! Wombat started dancing but Tiddalick still didn't laugh! 

None of the animals knew what to and they were still

very thirsty. When the

snake was dancing he tied himself into a big

Tiddalick

could not stop laughing at the snake. He laughed so much

 that all the water came out and ran back into the billabong.