Ellen McLeod tells Hannah Loon how she left home to catch up to her brothers who were going to the settlement for Christmas. Her father, who didn't want to go, actually met them there

Hannah Loon remembers how a whiskey-jack kept swooping down and carrying the mouse away only to have his prey fight back and fall from his clutches. This happened many times until they had an open fight ...

Hannah Loon recalls several childhood memories and traumas. For example, while taking care of her older sister's children, she witnessed her friend's mother set herself on fire and had to protect the children ...

It is said that Mischagalash died in a wrestling fight but came back to life and his mother was happy because he was such a good hunter.

Hannah Loon recalls hearing a bushman making noise in the forest as she and her sister and friend were in her father's canoe