Possum lives in the bush with his family, in a hole in the ground. There has been a great famine, and food is scarce. Possum finds a palm-nut, and starts home to share it with his family. Palm-Nut asks him to lay him on the ground to rest, he has kept hold of him so tight. Possum refuses. As Possum is about to enter his hole, a hunter shoots at him. Possum drops the nut and runs to his hole. The nut grows up into a plam-tree. Hunter passes by, takes fibre from the tree, and sets a trap before Possum’s hole. Possum ventures out, and is caught by Trap. He begs to be let go. Trap refuses, reminding him of the time he refused to let Palm-Nut rest on the road. Hunter returns, and kills Possum. At the feast, Hunter tells about Possum, and warns the people: "Never abuse a man who is in your power; fortune may some day reverse conditions."