Oban's Myths & Legends
Koobor the Koala and Water (continued)
The animal climbed into a nearby tree and began munching gum leaves. Then he looked down at the people on the ground.
"From now on, you may kill me if you need food, but you must cook my body before you take off my skin or break my bones.
This is my law. If you don't follow it, I will come back and dry up all the rivers and lakes and you will always be thirsty."
This is why Koalas don't need water to keep alive and why aborigines always follow Koobor's law when cooking a dead koala. They are frightened that he will come back and take all their water, leaving them thirsty forever.
The End
