Illustrated by Robert Roennfeldt
Ben and Adam longed for a big hunting dog like their cousin Billy-Jack's dog Ned. One day Nana comes to visit and brings them a gift - two little puppies. At last they could go hunting with Billy-Jack and their dogs. But the puppies don't grow very big, they just yap and howl and the other children are making fun of their tiny dogs. The boys are distraught. How long will the dogs take to grow as big as Ned?
Nana explains that these dogs are now fully grown, that everyone and everything on Earth has a purpose, and if Ben and Adam love them, they will have to accept their dogs for what they are, and their love will bring out the very best in them. What could be the purpose of these tiny animals?
An Aboriginal learning story, to give children the confidence to achieve and to believe in themselves, and they are common to all Aboriginal cultures.
