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 Famous Fables

The Monkey and

the Dolphin
M any years ago, there was a sailor who found himself
in a far-off port. He wandered through the markets
and marvelled at the things the merchants were selling.
There were jewels, statues and vases, as
well as exotic spices that smelled wonderful!

But what really amazed him was a tiny

creature in a cage. It had big eyes, clever
little hands and a long tail.

“What is that?” he asked.

“Oh!” said the animal-seller. “It’s called

a monkey. He comes from the jungles
of Africa, and is very smart. You can
have him for ten gold coins...”

The sailor came from the city of Athens in

Greece, and he had never seen a creature
like it! He paid the merchant and walked off
with the monkey balanced on his shoulder.

The next day, the sailor set off for Greece

on his ship. He was looking forward to
seeing Athens again!

The monkey soon made himself at home

on the vessel.
He climbed up the mast, jumped The dolphin told the little fellow to
between the ropes and explored climb onto his back. “Where do you
the cargo hold beneath the deck. want me to take you?” he asked.

But as the ship was sailing across “My master is from Athens,” said the
the Mediterranean Sea, a great monkey. “Can you take me there?”
storm struck! Fierce winds drove the
The dolphin agreed and began
ship onto a hidden reef, and it sank.
paddling through the waves.
The sailor managed to climb into
The monkey wanted to make
a lifeboat, but he forgot all about
friends with the kind animal
his pet. The poor creature was left
that had saved his life.
paddling alone in the stormy sea!
“What do you like to eat?” he asked.
“Oh no, what am I to do?” the
monkey thought miserably. “Oh, all sorts of things!” the dolphin
replied. “I eat lots of squid, but
A grey head popped out of the
sardines are my favourite.
water next to him. “Hello!” chittered
Do you like sardines?”
the dolphin. “What are you?”
The monkey didn’t know what
“I’m a monkey!” the primate replied.
a sardine was, but he wanted
“I usually live in the trees, so I’m not
to impress the dolphin.
too good at swimming!”
“Oh yes, I’ve had loads of sardines!
They are very, er, sweet!”
The dolphin thought this was a
strange thing to say – he didn’t
think they were sweet at all!
“Where have you travelled to?”
the monkey chattered.
“Oh, I’ve gone as far as the Arctic!”
the dolphin told him.
“Oh, the Arctic is lovely!” the monkey
said. “I like to go there on holiday
and enjoy the hot weather!”
By now, the dolphin suspected that
the monkey was telling fibs and
began to get irritated.
“You say that your master comes
from Athens,” the dolphin said.
“In that case, you must know
Piraeus very well…”
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“Oh, Piraeus is my best friend!”
the monkey replied.
This convinced the dolphin that
the monkey was a fool. Piraeus
wasn’t a person at all – it was
the harbour of Athens!
“I’ve had enough of your silly
chatter!” snapped the dolphin.
“Don’t tell fibs and pretend to know
things – it’s not good manners!”
With that, the dolphin dived beneath
the waves, leaving the monkey
alone in the middle of the sea.
The little creature clung onto a piece
of driftwood. “Perhaps the dolphin
would like me better if I was honest?”
he said miserably. He had a lot of
time to think about the importance
of telling the truth while the waves
carried him to shore.
 Worlds of Wonder

The World

O n a little island at the edge of the

world, there lived a girl whose
name was Repeka.
Well, it wasn’t really at the edge of the world –
Repeka knew that the world was round. But the
place where she lived with her uncle and aunt was
in the middle of a vast ocean and far from anywhere.

Repeka’s uncle and aunt loved her very much, but

she thought that living on a tiny island was boring.

Her aunt clucked kindly as she slid a steaming

flatbread onto the girl’s plate.

“Don’t worry, dear!” she said. “You’ll get to see

the world soon enough. When your parents have
settled into their new jobs and sorted out their
house overseas, you can all be together again!”
But Repeka paid no attention, because she
was busy daydreaming.

When dinner was over, she went to her

special place – a tree-covered headland
that thrust out into the ocean. It was high
and round and looked like a turtle shell,
which was why people called it Turtle Rock.

When she felt sad, Repeka would go

up there and stare out to sea. 9
Somewhere across the ocean was it was the head of a giant turtle –
the city where her parents had and the rock she was standing on
gone to find work. Repeka missed must be his shell!
them very much!
The big eye blinked, and a deep
As she stood on top of Turtle Rock, voice rumbled gently.
she sighed loudly.
“I’m sorry to hear you are so sad.
“I hate being stuck here! I wish Would you like to come with me
I could go and see more of this on a voyage across the seas?”
big, beautiful world!”
Repeka was too surprised to answer,
She was interrupted by a loud so she just nodded.
rumbling sound. The entire headland
The great turtle rumbled again.
shook and then heaved upwards!
“Very well! I have been sleeping
Repeka felt her knees give way,
here in this nice warm lagoon for
and she saw something coming
many hundreds of years, but now
out of the water.
I would like to see the world again.
It was scaly and seaweedy and What is your name, young lady?”
as large as a house! As the girl
The girl gulped. “Repeka…”
watched in wonder, a big black eye
as wide as a pond opened and
stared at her. Repeka realised that

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The great turtle blinked again. Repeka saw many creatures of
the sea… porpoises who frolicked
“I am pleased to meet you, Repeka.
around them, whales who blew
A long time ago, a whole tribe lived
mists of water over her, and even
on my back, and they named me the
a colossal squid who stared at her
World Turtle. You can call me that,
quizzically with its big round eyes.
if you wish! But now, it is time for us
to set off on our journey!” When she was hungry, she ate
bananas from the trees that grew
The World Turtle flexed his huge
on the World Turtle’s back. When
flippers, bigger than an aeroplane’s
it rained, she gathered water from
wings, and surged through the
their leaves to drink.
blue-green water. Repeka whooped
in delight. Her home was soon
left far behind!
After the World Turtle had travelled
The girl was thrilled. She felt the sun across the ocean for many days,
and the sea breeze on her face... Repeka saw something strange
and disturbing ahead. That patch
When night fell, she saw the
of sea seemed to be full of floating
constellations spinning above her,
rubbish! She realised that it was
and glowing plankton lit up the
plastic of all kinds – shopping bags,
ocean beneath the World Turtle.
bottles and even toys.

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It was the Great Pacific Garbage
Patch, an area where plastic rubbish
was gathered by the ocean currents!
It was very ugly, and Repeka saw
that lots of little sea creatures were
tangled in the plastic.
The World Turtle began to cough
in distress. “What is this stuff?”
he gasped. “It wasn’t here before!”
Repeka clambered onto the
creature’s head and gently pulled
bits of plastic from his beaked
mouth and huge eyes.
“I’m so sorry!” she told the kindly
turtle. “We humans have polluted
the seas… It’s our fault that the
ocean’s organisms are getting
tangled up in this rubbish!”
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After paddling for a few days,
they finally got clear of the
garbage patch and into the open
ocean. The World Turtle was
upset by what it had seen there,
and Repeka felt sad too.
Their journey took them through
busy shipping lanes, where sailors
on huge cargo ships were stunned
to see a huge turtle swim by.
Repeka waved to them, grinning.
The World Turtle paddled on.
He swam through icy oceans where
icebergs towered over them, past
busy cities and even along a canal
that went through tropical jungles.
The World Turtle told Repeka stories
about the things he had seen in his
long life as they travelled.
He told her about the long-necked
reptiles that once ruled the oceans,
the brave human sailors who had
crossed the seas in wooden ships,
and the tribe of people who had
made their homes on his back.
“Do you have any family?”
she asked him one day.
The World Turtle turned his head
to look at her and blinked.
“No,” he rumbled deeply. “I am the
last of my kind – and now, even my
little cousins are endangered…”
Repeka didn’t say anything, but she
stroked the turtle’s scaly brow.
That evening, Repeka fell asleep
on the turtle’s shell, comforted by
the movement of the waves and the
warmth of the tropical breeze.
When she awoke, she discovered
that the World Turtle had returned
to her island and gone to sleep in
the warm lagoon.
Repeka ran home as fast as she
could and hugged her aunt when
she opened the door.
“Good morning, my dear!” said her
aunt. She began cooking fresh eggs
for their breakfast.
Repeka smiled at her, and there
was a special sparkle in her eyes.
“The world is an AMAZING place,
and I want to do something to stop
it being polluted with plastic rubbish.
I will start today!”
She got her pens and pencils
and began to sketch up her
plans for cleaning up their island…
and all the world’s oceans, too!
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 Around the World Tales

The Red-Haired Girl

and the Golden Sun
A ponibolinayen was woken up by the sound of her
grandmother calling her.

“Get up, sleepyhead! You must go and gather leaves for the family feast!”

The girl crawled out of bed and began combing her long hair. Everyone
said it was the most impressive mane in the village, for it was bright red
and glowed like a flame!

When her hair was smooth and shiny, she set off into the forest.

It was a beautiful morning, but she paid no attention to the cool breeze,
the scent of the flowers, or the birds that sang in the trees. She was looking
for siksiklat leaves, which were the tastiest in the forest!

After searching for more than an hour, Aponibolinayen spotted a siksiklat

vine that was covered with bright green leaves.
“They are perfect!” said the girl. Feeling curious, she knocked on
She tried to pluck some leaves the door. When no one answered,
from the plant, but the vine suddenly she peeked inside. The house was
wrapped itself around her and empty, but she saw that it had a
began growing upwards with well-stocked kitchen.
terrifying speed! It carried the poor
“I am a little hungry,” she thought
girl up through the trees and high
to herself, “so I will make something
into the sky, until she was among the
nice to eat…”
clouds. Then, the vine released her.
She boiled some rice, and when it
Aponibolinayen was expecting to
was done, she put her special stick
go plummeting back to the ground…
in it. It was a gift from her granny,
but she discovered that the vine
and had magical powers. When
had carried her to a beautiful land
the stick was put in a cooking-pot,
among the clouds. It was the
a juicy fish would appear in it!
loveliest place she had ever seen!
The red-haired girl enjoyed her fish
Nearby, she saw a pond where fish
and rice, but eating so much made
of many colours swam, shaded by
her feel sleepy.
betel nut trees with leaves of gold.
Beside it was a golden house. “I’ll have a little afternoon nap!”
she decided.
She covered herself with a blanket a siksiklat vine that grows on the
and was soon snoring peacefully. Earth, far below. Who are you?”

That house belonged to golden- “I am Ini-init!” said the Sun as he

haired Ini-init, also known as bowed to her. “I light up the sky
‘the Sun’. Each morning, he set off each day, and this is my house.”
across the sky from east to west,
and returned home each evening.
Aponibolinayen was enchanted
But that day, as he walked towards
by his golden home and asked
his house in the clouds, he saw a
if she could stay there for a while.
red glow coming from the windows.
He said that she could.
“Oh no!” he thought. “My house must
“Should I get you some fish
be on fire!”
for dinner?” he asked.
The Sun ran in through the door,
She smiled. “No need! I have
but he didn’t find any flames.
this stick, which will make as
Instead, he saw a girl with blazing-
much fish as we need!”
red hair lying on his bed! She woke
up when he came in. Every evening, they would talk
for hours, and the girl became
“Who are you?” he cried in surprise.
curious about the Sun’s daily
My name is Aponibolinayen,” she journey across the sky.
replied, “and I was carried here by

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“Can I come with you next time?”
she asked one day. “There must
be wonderful things to see!”
The Sun shook his head. “Oh no!
When I get to the highest point in
the sky, I glow so brightly that you
could not withstand the heat!”
“But I could carry a blanket to
protect myself!” she insisted.
“Please let me come along!”
The Sun finally relented. The next
day, he took her hand and they flew
across the sky. Aponibolinayen was
thrilled! Below, she could see clouds
and birds and distant lands and
seas. She even spotted her village!
As the Sun travelled higher in
the sky, his golden face became
brighter and hotter.
The flame-haired girl tried to shield
herself with her blanket, but it was
too late. The heat melted her into
a clear oil!
The golden Sun was most upset.
“My dearest girl, I tried to warn you!”
he cried. He gathered the oil in a
bottle, which he wrapped in the
blanket she had carried.
“Alas, I must now return you to the
world that you came from!” he said
as he dropped the bundle.
It fell from the heavens and went
through the clouds before splashing
into the pond in the girl’s village.
The villagers were curious about
this object that had fallen from
the sky. They took the bottle and
poured the oil onto the ground.
They were surprised when it turned
into the lovely Aponibolinayen!
The girl’s grandmother, mother,
father, brothers, sisters and cousins
stared at her in wonder.
“We’re so glad you came back!”
they cried as they hugged her.
Though she was happy to be
home, Aponibolinayen missed
the Sun terribly.
“While I was away, I met a most
magical person!” she told her
grandmother. “I want to be with
him, but I don’t know how to
find him again!”
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Her grandmother was famous in the
village for her wisdom and magical
powers. She winked and showed
the girl a tiny object.
“This is a golden betel nut!” she
said. “It is magical, and will seek
out the one you love!”
She released the golden nut,
and it flew away into the sky.
That evening, as the Sun was
having dinner, something hit him on
the head. It was a golden betel nut!
“Please come to the village far
below! Someone wants to see
you!” said the nut.
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complained. It had been a long
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Aponibolinayen was very
told what to do by a nut!
happy to be reunited with him.
“If you don’t, I will sprout on you!”
“I missed you so much!” she cried.
insisted the nut.
The Sun shone with joy when he
It perched on the Sun’s golden saw her, and the village held a
head and began growing into feast to celebrate their reunion.
a giant betel nut tree.
When they went back into the
“OW! PLEASE STOP!” yelled sky, the Sun was so happy to be
the Sun. “I will do as you ask!” together with Aponibolinayen that
he shone more brightly than ever
The Sun followed the nut as it
before. When they were reunited
flew to the village. The locals
each evening, the sky glowed
were amazed to see the glowing
red and gold!
golden stranger!
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 Favourite Fairy Tales

The Enchanted

I n Flanders, there once lived a king who loved doing

nothing. His only hobby was birdwatching!

His son could not have been more different.

He was restless and adventurous! He dreamed
of travelling to other lands and seeing all the
exotic things they did not have in Flanders.
Things like wonderful flowers and fruits and
colourful birds… He thought his country would
be a nicer place if it had a bit more variety!

The young prince’s name was Desire, and

it suited him – most of the girls of Flanders
thought he was very handsome!

But Desire did not want to marry, for he was

always dreaming about the wonders that
lay beyond the horizon...

One morning, a bishop came to the palace,

carrying something round and orange.

“What is that?” asked the king.

“It is a fruit from a warm land far to the south!”

said the bishop. “I call it… an orange!”
The prince was amazed by this
wonderful fruit. It smelled sweet
and tasted even sweeter!
That night, Desire dreamed about a
tree with many oranges growing on
its branches. When he picked one,
out popped a princess with golden
skin who chirped like a canary and
flew away. The prince was sure that
she needed his help!
When Desire woke up, he was
determined to find the golden
girl from his dream. As soon as
the sun rose, he mounted his
horse and rode south.
The prince travelled for many days
over mountains and rivers till he
reached a land of sun-baked hills.
As he was riding past a little cottage,
a bald man called out to him.
“Where are you heading, young sir?”
Desire replied, “I had a dream about
a girl trapped inside an orange –
and I am on a quest to save her!”
The stranger smiled. “A young man
should always follow his dreams!
I know where you can find her.
She is in an orange grove in a
castle owned by a wicked witch!
“The iron gate of the castle is rusty.
Oil it with this, and it will swing open
by itself.” He gave Desire a little
flask of oil.
“Next, you will come to a courtyard
guarded by a fierce dog!” warned
the man. “It will let you past if you
give it this cupcake!
“Then, you must pass through the
castle kitchen. Give the cook this
broom to get through…
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“In the orchard, take three of the best
oranges and ride away quickly.
Then, find a stream and cut the
oranges open. You will recognise
your dream-girl when you see her…”
Armed with the flask, the cupcake
and the brush, the prince rode to the
castle. He oiled the rusty gate, and it
swung open before him.
In the courtyard, he heard a growling
sound – it was a fierce guard-dog, as
big as his horse!
The prince threw the cupcake into
its mouth, and it wagged its tail.
Finally, he came to the kitchen where
a giantess was cleaning the stove.
He gave her the brush, and she
thanked him kindly.
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In the lush orange grove, Desire
plucked three oranges from the
trees. When he did so, he heard a
harsh voice echo within the castle.
“Someone is stealing from my
orange grove!” screeched the
witch. “Cook, grab him!”
“No!” said the cook, who was
busy with her new brush!
“Dog! Bite him!” the voice said.
The dog growled and continued
chewing on his treat.
“Gate! Slam shut and bar his path!”
“I will not!” squeaked the gate.
Desire fled from the castle with the
oranges. He rode for many miles
across the dry and dusty hills.
He couldn’t find a river, stream or
well anywhere, and he became
terribly thirsty.
As the sun beat down, Desire began
to feel dizzy. “Perhaps I could drink
the sweet juice from one of these
oranges?” he thought.
He cut one open with his knife,
and a green parrot popped out.
“Thank you for freeing me!”
it squawked as it flew away.
The day got even hotter, so he cut
open the second orange. This time,
a cockatoo popped out. “Hello,
I must be going!” it said as it fluttered
into the sky.
After many hours, Desire finally
reached a stream. He drank thirstily
from the cool water, and then cut
open the last orange, hoping to find
the girl from his dream...
Out popped a canary! “I am so
thirsty!” it chirped. “Can you give
me some water, please?”
The prince gave it some in his
cupped hand. When the bird drank,
it transformed into a princess with
canary-yellow hair and golden skin.
“Thank you for saving me!” she
said. “My name is Lucia, and I have
been enchanted by that wicked
witch for what seems like forever.
But now you have broken the curse!
What can I do for you in return?”
Desire asked her to come to
Flanders, where she could share all
the beautiful things from her country
with his people. Lucia agreed – now
she was free, the idea of going to a
new place was exciting to her!
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They rode for many days until
they reached the prince’s home
in Flanders. By that time, they
were both dirty and bedraggled!
“I want you to make a good
impression!” said Desire. “Wait
here, and I will send some servants
to get you. They will take you to
the palace and clean you up!”
While Lucia was waiting in the
woods, a peasant girl passed by.
“What are you doing here?”
she asked curiously.
“Oh, I am waiting for the prince’s
servants!” Lucia replied. “They
should be here soon!”
(Lucia did not know that the girl was
really the wicked witch in disguise!)
“I will help you!” the witch cooed.
“Let me comb your hair nicely!”
But instead, the witch stuck an
enchanted pin into Lucia’s scalp.
Lucia was turned back into a
golden-feathered canary by the
pin’s magic. The bird chirped in
distress and fluttered away!
Just then, the king’s servants came
into the woods and saw the witch,
disguised as a peasant girl. They
thought that she must be the
princess they were sent to find!
“We will take you to the feast that
the King of Flanders is holding in
your honour!” they told her. They
ushered her into the palace, bathed
her and dressed her in a fine gown.
When she went to the hall where
the feast was being held, Desire
was shocked to see her. She was
definitely NOT the golden-skinned
girl he had fallen in love with!
Just then, a little canary flew in,
chirping and spreading golden
feathers everywhere. It landed
on the hand of the king.
“What have we here?” said the
ruler. “I’ve never seen a bird like
this before!” He stroked its head
and found the pin stuck between
its feathers.
He pulled it out and the bird turned
into Desire’s beloved Lucia again.
The witch dropped her disguise
and shrieked loudly. Before anyone
could act, she transformed into
a crow and flew away!
Desire and Lucia hugged each
other – they were glad to be
back together again.
The people of Flanders celebrated
the wedding of Desire and his
golden-skinned princess with a
carnival. The couple planted many
tropical fruit trees in the palace
greenhouse, and birds from warm
lands came to visit it every summer.
The people of the kingdom
especially enjoyed the fruit
from the royal orange trees!
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 e co u p le ru l e d the co lourful and
T h

SPOT IT!
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Tick off each of these
colourful birds whenn
you find them!
Answer: There are 6 butterflies.
diverse kingdom happily ever after.

How many
orange butterflies
are in this scene?
Write your
a
answer here!
 Storyteller’s Corner

The King’s Ears

T he people of Ireland were very curious about their
king’s strange appearance. He always wore a hood
on his head, with his crown on top of it!
“Why do you think that is?” they asked each other. They came up with
all kinds of wild theories, but nobody knew the answer.

The king also let his hair grow very long. He only had it cut once a year –
and the person who cut it always disappeared after giving the ruler a trim!

Before long, no barber in the kingdom wanted to do the job. The king then
held a lottery instead – the person who ‘won’ had to give the king a haircut…

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One year, the king drew the name Liam picked up the scissors with
of a young man called Liam in the shaking fingers and trimmed the
lottery. Soldiers marched him to king’s long locks. When he was
the palace, and he was taken to the done, the king looked in the mirror.
ruler’s chamber. He saw the hooded
“Good job!” he said, pleased.
king sitting on his throne.
“What will happen to me now?”
Liam was so nervous that his knees
asked Liam. He tried to sound
were trembling. “What is going to
brave, but his voice trembled.
happen to me after I cut his hair?”
he thought nervously. “You know my secret!” said the king.
“I cannot let anyone find out that
“Welcome!” said the king in a deep
I have the ears of the horse, so
voice. “It is time to do your duty!”
you will be locked in my dungeon
With that, he took off his hood. Liam forever… with all the other barbers!”
saw that the king had big horse’s
ears poking out of his long hair.

“Now you know my secret!

Take the scissors and cut my
hair – and do not laugh!”

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When he heard this, Liam fell to his
knees in front of the king.
“Please don’t do that!” he begged.
“I have to take care of my dear
old mother – I am her only family!”
Liam began to cry.
The king felt sorry for the young
man and decided to have mercy
on him.
“Very well, you may go… on one
condition. You must promise to
never tell another living soul
about my ears. If you do, I will
throw you in prison – and your
dear old mother, too!”
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Liam sniffed and wiped his nose.
“Yes!” he said. “I promise to do
as you say, Your Majesty!”
He ran back home to his dear old
mum, grateful to be free. But as
the weeks passed, he became ill.
“What is wrong, my dear boy?”
his mother asked.
“Oh, it’s just a stomach ache!”
he told her. But Liam knew that
he was unwell because he was
keeping a big secret. He became
pale and thin, and wouldn’t get
out of bed.
His mother went to fetch the doctor.
“There’s something wrong,” she said.
“I don’t think it’s just a tummy ache!”
The doctor examined Liam carefully. “I’m going to tell you a secret!”
“There’s nothing wrong with you, he said. Then he whispered,
but you seem unwell. Is something “The king has horse’s ears!”
else troubling you?!”
There was silence. Liam felt better
Liam decided to tell the truth. as he walked home. It was good to
“Yes, doctor. I know a terrible tell his secret, even if it was to a tree!
secret that I can never tell anyone…
but keeping it bottled up inside is
making me sick!” Some months later, a musician
was wandering through the forest.
The doctor thought for a while
He saw the tall ash tree.
before speaking.
“The wood from this tree will
“Why not go into the woods and tell
make a fine violin!” he exclaimed.
your secret to a tree? You can get it
So he cut down the tree and took
out… and trees can’t talk!”
the timber back home.
Liam thought that this was an
He spent weeks making a
excellent idea! He went deep into
new violin from the ash wood.
the forest, where he found a fine
It sounded magnificent!
ash tree standing in a clearing.
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News about the talented musician
and his wonderful violin soon
spread across Ireland.
The king heard about the violinist
and invited him to play at a party
in his palace. The ruler and his five
hundred guests were eager to hear
the famous violin…
When the musician stood up on
stage and ran his bow across
the strings, something strange
happened. The ash wood of the
violin vibrated, and words seemed
to come out of it.
It sounded like this: “THE KING...”
The musician stopped, shocked.
He started playing again.
“THE KING HAS...”
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The crowd muttered in surprise,
and the king looked upset.
The musician bowed his violin
again, and this sound came out…
“THE KING HAS HORSE’S EARS!”
The king could feel his five hundred
guests staring at him, curious about
what was under his hood.
Realising it was better to be honest,
the king took it off… and the people
gasped when they saw the horse’s
ears on his head.
He was expecting them to laugh,
but he was surprised when they
began to clap. Soon, the whole
crowd was cheering, for they
admired his bravery. The king
realised that he should
never have hidden
who he really was!
 Awesome Adventures

The Greatest
Gift of All
W hen Fatima woke up, she thought she was at sea!
The sand dunes of the desert looked silvery in the
moonlight – like waves on the ocean.
The camel that she and her little sister Maryam were riding on rocked
back and forth like a boat as it walked across the sand.

“Why did we have to leave our home?” she asked her father,
who was riding on the camel in front of hers.

He turned around in his saddle and looked at her kindly.

“Because there was a war in Tunisia,” he said,

“and all the trouble that comes with it. I did
not want you or little Maryam to grow
up in such a dangerous place.”

“But where are we going?”

Her father smiled. “Our new

home will be in Fez, near the
shores of the western ocean.
They say it is a city where
people live in peace!”

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 This comforted Fatima. Her father was a wise man,
and she trusted him. She soon fell asleep again,
holding her sister in her arms.

When they arrived in Fez, though, Fatima wasn’t impressed.

It was a town made up of lots of square brick buildings stacked
together like toy blocks, and it was full of people. The little
girl found it noisy and dirty and confusing!

She stared at the bustling streets. There were people from

all over Africa there.

“They came here to live in peace – just like we did!”

her father explained. He found them a house to live
in and set up a little shop in an alley.

Fatima’s father had been a merchant in Tunisia,

and he knew how to sell things! He sold what
people needed at a fair price, and soon had
customers lined up down the street.

He was good at mathematics, too, and kept

track of the money he made in a big book.
Fatima loved to watch as he added up the
neat columns of figures.

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“Will you teach me how to do
sums?” she asked him one day.
“Of course, my dear girl!” he
grinned. “I will teach you and
Maryam maths, and reading, and
religion. Everyone should have an
education, because learning things
makes us better people!”
In the evening, their father gave
the girls lessons. He also introduced
them to books, and they soon
became avid readers.
The girls helped him to run the
shop, too. Maryam would serve
customers, while Fatima added
up all the money they made.
The business
became even more
successful with two clever
girls working there! The family
moved into a larger house, with
a bigger shop underneath.
The city of Fez also grew bigger
and more prosperous. It became
a wonderful place to live!
Many years went by. The girls
began looking after the shop
by themselves and became
successful businesswomen.
When their father got ill and
passed on, he left them gifts – a
letter and an ornate chest that he
had kept hidden for many years.
The letter said, “My daughters, I
am so proud of you! I have left you
the treasure in this chest – and I
know you are wise enough to use it
well. With all my love, your father.”
They opened the chest and saw
that it was full of gold coins!
“What will we do with so much
money?” asked Maryam, feeling
a little overwhelmed.
Fatima was the more thoughtful
sister of the two. She pondered the
question of how to invest the money.
Her father had given them an
education, and it had made their
lives better. How could she do
the same for the people of Fez?
Finally, she smiled at her sister.
“I think I know what our father
would want us to do!”
She spent that night sharing
her vision with Maryam. The two
young women knew they had
a lot of work to do to make
Fatima’s plans a reality!
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First, they used some of the gold
to buy an area of land in the city.
Then, Fatima went to Fez’s best
architect. She told him, “I have a
great idea, and I need you to design
a new kind of building for me!”
She showed him some rough plans
that she had sketched. Though she
had no experience with building, her
head was full of wonderful ideas!
The architect didn’t know what to
think, because he had never seen
anything like it! He decided to take
on the job of designing this new
and visionary building. This was a
chance to create something special!
The builders soon started work.
After only a few months, the new
building’s high walls and green
roofs were complete!
It was an impressive design, with four long
aisles of stone arches, a tall white minaret
and a central courtyard.
“What is this building going to be?” the
locals asked. No one knew the answer!
When the construction was finished,
Fatima and Maryam announced that
the al-Qarawiyyin Mosque was open.
“It is a place where people can come to
find peace and pray!” she told the gathered
crowds, who looked at it in awe. “This is
my gift to the city that welcomed me and
my family many years ago, and became
our home. But this building is also a school!
There are many classrooms and libraries
filled with books from all over the world.
The wisest teachers will be invited to
share their knowledge here. I hope it
will educate people for many hundreds
of years to come.”
WHAT
HAPPENED
NEXT...
F atima al-Fihri founded
the al-Qarawiyyin Mosque
in 857-859 CE, and it grew
into the University of
al-Qarawiyyin – the first
university in the world!
It became famous as one
of the greatest centres of
learning in Africa. Students
could study religion, logic,
mathematics, geography,
medicine and other subjects.
The university was expanded
over hundreds of years.
Housing was built for those
who came to study from
far-off places and needed
somewhere to stay.
The university gave out
qualifications to people
who studied different things.
It may even have awarded
the first known degree in
medicine, in 1207 CE.
The University of al-
Qarawiyyin has been running
continuously for more than a
thousand years, and became
one of Morocco’s state
universities in 1963.
Despite the fact that it was
founded by a woman, though,
female students weren’t
admitted until the 1940s!
Short Stories, Big Dreams

Henny Penny and

The Wonderfood!
H enny Penny’s favourite time of day
was definitely
y breakfast-time!
breakfast time!

There was nothing better than pecking away

at some tasty corn with her friends – Cocky
Locky, Ducky Wucky and Goosey Poosey.

But one morning, their meal was interrupted

by a visitor to the farm.

The stranger was tall and lanky, with a pointy

beak and long legs. He wore a multi-coloured
coat with a sunflower in the buttonhole.

“Are you eating corn? How boring!”

Cocky Locky peered at the stranger.

“What’s wrong with corn?” he clucked.

“Oh, it’s all right, I suppose!” the visitor drawled.

“But it’s nowhere near as good as new and
amazing WONDERFOOD!”

The stranger waved a brightly coloured

packet at the four friends.

“Look! It’s packed with all the vitamins and

minerals a modern bird needs, and comes
in twelve taste bud-tantalising flavours! You
won’t want corn after you try WONDERFOOD!”
 “Gosh, that sounds amazing!” “Enjoy your meal – it’s good for
quacked Ducky Wucky. weight loss, too!”

“Yes, I need to try it!” honked
Goosey Poosey.
But Henny Penny wasn’t so sure.
“Corn was good enough for us
before, and this stranger looks
a bit furry for a bird…”
“Oh, ignore her!” clucked Cocky
Locky. “She’s full of doom and
gloom! Remember when she
thought the sky was falling?”
In the end, the rooster, the duck
and the goose traded all their
corn (and some eggs besides) for
a shiny packet of WONDERFOOD.
The stranger waved as he loped
away on his skinny legs, carrying
the corn and eggs with him.
The birds opened the packet, eager
to taste this amazing treat – but they
were disappointed when there was
just a strange grey powder inside.
“It smells weird!” said Ducky Wucky.
Cocky Locky tried some and spat
it out. “And it tastes disgusting!”
“I think we’ve been fooled!” honked
Goosey Poosey. “We should never
have believed that food from a
packet would be better than
delicious fresh corn!”
“Don’t worry!” clucked Henny
Penny. “I saved my yummy
corn, and you can have some.”
She shared her breakfast with
her hungry friends!

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 Myths and Legends

The Golden Chain

T he Yoruba people of West Africa believed that the
universe was created by a supreme being, whose
name was Olorun.
At that time, the Earth did not exist. Olorun lived in the sky, where he made
a giant baobab tree grow.

After uncounted ages, Olorun grew lonely, so he created spirits called orishas
to serve him. They lived in the shade of the baobab tree, and Olorun gave
them food, fine clothes, gold jewellery and anything else they wanted.

The orishas were happy living under the tree. “Why should we go
anywhere else?” they would say. “Olorun and the baobab tree
give us everything we need!”

But Obatala was different from the other orishas. He was curious about
what existed beyond the tree, and was always asking questions.

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One day, he asked Olorun,
“What is beneath the sky?”
The supreme being smiled.
“Why don’t you go and see?”
Obatala dived down through the
clouds and mist. What he saw
amazed him – there was a great
ocean that went on forever!
Obatala returned to the baobab
tree and bowed to Olorun.
“O great creator, I have seen endless
waters beneath the sky. What if we
could create a vast new land there,
where all kinds of life could flourish?”
Olorun smiled. This sounded like
a wonderful idea!
Obatala went to Orunmila, the wisest
of the orishas, and asked for advice.
“What will I need to make a new
world upon the ocean below?”
Orunmila took a tray and covered
it with baobab root powder. He then
threw sixteen palm kernels onto it
and looked at the patterns they
made. Based on what he saw, the
wise orisha told Obatala what he
should do to create a new land.
Obatala got to work! He gathered
seeds and sand from the roots
of the baobab tree, and took a
sacred egg from the nest high in
its branches. It was a special egg,
for it contained the spirits of all
the orishas. He tucked it into his
shirt to keep it warm.
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jewellery to Obatala. He turned away – and the wind it created
it into a long chain with a hook blew the sand around, creating
at each end. dunes, hills and mountains.

At long last, Obatala was ready!
As the other orishas watched, he
hooked the end of the gold chain
to the baobab tree and slid down it,
into the mists below.
Obatala went through the clouds
until he saw the waves of the ocean
underneath him. He scattered a
handful of sand onto the sea,
and it turned into dry land!
Obatala was amazed, and he felt
his heart beat faster. This made
the egg in his shirt hatch! Out of
it popped a great bird, whose
name was Sankofa.
Obatala took a deep breath and
dropped onto the new land. The
earth felt strange beneath his toes,
and yet so soft and comforting!
“This place needs a name!”
he declared. “I will call it ‘Ife’!”
He set off across the new land.
Though he did not know it, seeds
spilled from his bag as he walked.
They fell onto the fertile earth, and
plants sprouted behind him.
After walking for hours, Obatala
stopped to drink from a pond. When
he bent down, he saw his reflection.
 “What a handsome
fellow I am!” thought
Obatala. He took some clay
from the pond and began shaping
it into a statue of himself.
“It looks very good!” he thought.
“I shall make another!”
Before long, he had created
hundreds of clay figures. They
stood all around the pond.
Olorun watched Obatala from
the sky, curious about what the
orisha was doing.
“His statues are nice,” Olorun
thought to himself, “but it is a
pity they have no life!”
So Olorun gathered gasses from
the sky around him and shaped
them into a huge ball. He set it
alight his powers, creating a great
blazing sphere that heated up the
land under the sky.
The warmth of the newly created
sun dried out the damp earth
and baked the mud statues
that Obatala had made.
Then, Olorun breathed upon the
statues, and they came to life.
They became the first humans
in the new land! They danced
and sang in praise of Olorun
and Obatala, celebrating all
the wonders around them.
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Storytime

Draw a delightful dolphin, find a secret message hidden

in a pile of books, and clean up the ocean with Repeka!
epeka!

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Henny Penny’s friends
are looking for a tasty
snack, and they have
found some packets

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that are labelled with
C S D
jumbled-up words.

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to find out what is IT H NEABS
in each one!

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the only one in his family
to have animal features!
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Can you work out which
animals these royals
have body parts from?
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them all,
if you are Y E L L O W X
bright
enough! C B I D U A P
V N G E Q R T
S H N F M
T O A

Fatima has hidden a message in this shelf

of books – what do you think it is? Hint:
her message is an acrostic, which is made
up of the first letters of the different titles...
4 BOOKS! IT’S IN THE
Dictionary
Atlas of the world

New things to
Incredible adventures

nefertiti
Eleven fun puzzles

Find farouukh!
the pyramids

See and do!

als

Unusual hobbies
Secrets of
Geology
encyclopedia
Rare Anim

Insect
5 FRACTIONS
Desire is cutting up some tasty oranges
FUN WITH for the princess. Add up the fractions of
oranges below and write down how many
whole oranges they make! (Hint: a fraction
is a part of a whole thing…)

A + + =
B
+ + + =
C + + + =
ASK A
6 MAKE AN EGG-CARTON PLANTER
Obatala grew new plants from seeds. Now, you can
sprout seeds too, using an egg carton as a tray!
GROW
N-UP!

• You will need an empty egg carton, scissors, blue and white
paint, a paint brush, a jar of water to wash your brush in,
potting soil or compost, an old spoon, a little stick and
some seeds. (Parsley, lettuce, alfalfa and tomato seeds
are easy to grow!) You will also need a sunny windowsill
to place your planter on, and a spray bottle is ideal for
watering your seedlings with!
• First, carefully cut the lid off the egg carton with the scissors. Ask an adult to help!
• Next, paint waves on the bottom of the egg carton – use blue and white paint to
make wavelike patterns. This will represent the sea that Obatala created new
land on. Mix the paints a bit to make new tones!
• Once the paint is dry, it’s time to add the earth! Carefully spoon potting soil into the
hollows of the egg carton. It’s best to do this outside so you won’t make a mess!
• Use your little stick to gently poke a 1 cm-deep hole in the soil in each hollow.
Then, drop a seed or two into each hole and gently fill it in.
• Place the egg-carton planter on a warm, sunny windowsill and wait! Don’t forget
to water it every day. Once the sprouts have several leaves, you can plant them
in a pot or garden.
UPCYCLING IS FUN! You can use empty tins as plant pots

TIP! and paint them with sea colours and patterns as well!
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FEELIN SAD DOESN’T
FEELING TrY THIS!
HAVE TO BE BAD! When we feel sad, a hug from someone we
We can ffeel sad for lots of different love often helps. However, sometimes that isn’t
reasons – it is a totally normal and
reason possible, so here is a breathing exercise to try...
natural feeling. When we feel sad,
natu Sadness breathing exercise: Take some deep
we might feel upset and want to breaths in through your nose and out through
cry Crying is a healthy way of
cry. your mouth. Close your eyes and imagine
i our feelings. It helps us to
expressing wrapping your sadness up in a giant hug.
release chemicals in our bodies that You might want to cross your arms and hug
ease our sadness. Tears also draw ep breathing and
yourself at the same time. Keep
other people to us so they can offer g as you like.
stay with this image for as long
help and support. dness away!
It should help to melt your sadness
THINk DEEPEr! Sadness and happiness are two halves of a perfect whole.
ole.
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ther!
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