ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 192
In this 192nd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children’s Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the tale of “Vassilissa The Cunning And The Tsar Of The Sea.”
One year, a peasant sowed a crop of rye and had a bountiful harvest. So poor and hungry were the animals that the field mice, and the birds raided his barn and cleared his harvest. Too late to sow another he took his gun and went to the forest to hunt some game. He spied a beautiful eagle with a broken wing and raised his rifle to his shoulder. Before he could fire the eagle spoke to him saying “Kill me not, good hero.” Astonished that a bird could speak engages in conversation with the bird of prey. The eagle makes him promise to feed him for three years, three months, and three days while he heals in return for abundant wealth……………….……. Download and read this story to find out what happened after the three years, three months, and three days was up. Read of amazing adventures and the quest he went on aided all the while by the eagle.
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.
INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES