ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 207
In this 207th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children’s Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the American-Indian story of Djun from the Tlingit tribe on the North West coast of the USA. Djun was an orphan girl and lived off scraps given to her by her late father’s relatives. As such, she was skinny and always hungry and looked down upon for her begging. Pleading her way onto hunting and gathering trip by the woman of the village, she decides not to return to the village but live a life of seclusion. She is cared for by the spirits of the forest and despite the odds being against her, she manages to survive.
Many years later, her aunt was becoming old feeling lonely often began to think of Djun and what had become of her. She takes a canoe and paddles off to the place where she last saw Djun and is surprised by what she finds.
You are invited to download and read The Story of Djun. What she became and how the girl, once rejected, later helped her village.
Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children’s stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as ‘Father of Stories’.
Each issue also has a ‘WHERE IN THE WORLD – LOOK IT UP’ section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT – use Google maps.
33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.
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