After gathering honey a young boy stays behind eating while his mother returns home. Thinking he hears her chopping wood, he runs to join her but it is not his mother, it is a devil. The boy hides but is found and taken home by the devil for his dinner. Just as the boy is about to be cooked, he is saved and taken away by a bat. Written in the vernacular used by storyteller Albert Barunga as he told the story to transcriber Stephen Muecke, this book begs to be read aloud and acted out. Included are instructions on when and how long to pause when reading aloud, and how to pronounce the noise made by the bat. The illustrations, bordered by the same pattern used in the endpapers, are lively and colourful. Like the verbal text, they interact with the audience. Born around 1912, Albert Barunga grew up in the Kimberley region and did important work for all, including the promotion of Aboriginal culture and stories. Illustrator Julie Dowling comes from a family of sand painters from the Yamatji and Budimia people of Western Australia and was the first Aborigianl student to major in painting at Curtin University.