Ennui and the New Canoe (From Kakadu)

This is a story about an original Australian, an aborigine called Charlie Kite, (whose family name was derived from that of the wetlands bird of the Kakadu, the Whistling Kite, that lived on the billabong where he was born), and a crocodile, called Ennui. As the name implies, Ennui, after a brilliant, and therefore promising, start to his career, finds he has a problem working long-term for Charlie, in the tourist industry. His talents lie dormant, and he becomes unhappy and lazy, not fulfilling his contractual obligations to Charlie. Eventually Ennui discovers his true potential as a boat builder extraordinaire, and his inner conflict is resolved. The situation is not only sorted out to everyone's satisfaction, but what emerges is an even more mutually profitable and fulfilling business partnership than the one before. A story that reminds children not to waste their talents, or to leave them undeveloped, but instead have faith and belief in themselves, and to follow their dreams, no matter what.