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Raven's message
Author - Tshepiso Mogaswa
Illustr
Illustration
ation - Tshepiso Mogaswa
Language - English
Le
Level
vel - First sentences
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Raven's message
Tshepiso Mogaswa
Tshepiso Mogaswa

English
To this day, the Once upon a time, there
kingdoms are at peace. were two kingdoms.

And no one knows that One kingdom in the

ravens can read. South, and one in the
North.

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The rulers of these kingdoms used
ravens to send messages to each
other.

The message was: Let

peace prevail among
us.

The king smiled and

sent the same message
back to the Northern
king.
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The raven delivered the new
message to the Southern king.

One day, the king of the

Northern kingdom sent
a message to the
Southern kingdom.

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The raven took the message and
went home to her family.

They read the message together.

The Northern king was

declaring war on the
South!

The ravens discussed

this and decided to
change the message.

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