There was once a woman who lived with her husband next to the Hlimbitwa River. Every day the woman left their home and went to the forest to chop wood. Every day her husband would give her a bottle of water and some food so that she had ...
Once upon a time, many, many moons ago, there was a bush rat called Legotlo. Legotlo was a close friend of Mamanthwane – the bat. The two of them were always together. But Mamanthwane was jealous of Legotlo. Legotlo had many friends and ...
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Once upon a time, there was an old woman who sold the best soup at the village market. It was delicious, hot chicken soup. Nobody in the village knew the old woman’s name. Nobody knew where she lived. And nobody knew why her soup was so tasty nor ...
Lolo was a clever little girl who lived in the village of the Batswana people. This beautiful village was like no other in the world. The people there were really clever and they were ahead of their time. Lolo was the smartest of them all. In ...
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Lion was the king of the beasts. He was proud of his roar, and he was proud of his sharp teeth and claws,
but he was most proud of his beautiful golden coat and mane. One day, as he drank from a pond,
Lion noticed that his mane was looking rather patchy....
A long time ago, when a bird died on earth,
its spirit would leave its body and float up to the clouds where it lived as a cloud person,
watching over and caring for the birds and animals on earth.
The birds and animals knew about these cloud people.
There came a time when...
Long, long ago, Giraffe was best friends with Eagle.
One morning, when the two friends were at the waterhole, Eagle asked Giraffe,
“What do you think is at the bottom of this waterhole?”
Giraffe thought for a while. “Well, Hippo says there’s a spirit down there, but I’ve never seen her,” she replied.
“I...
Long ago, Mother Moon lit up the sky every night.
She had a blanket woven from the most beautiful golden thread.
Her blanket shone so brightly that there was enough light for all people to see their way through the darkness.
Sometimes, Mother Moon wrapped her blanket tightly around herself and came down...
Once upon a time, there was a very greedy man. Although he was very rich, all he ever wanted was more money.
One evening, an old traveller came to the greedy man’s door.
“I’ve been walking all day,” the old traveller said. “Please let me rest here tonight.”
“Hmmm,” said the greedy man....
Once upon a time there was a very poor man called Mzi.
“The children are hungry, and we have no money to buy food,” cried his wife, Pumla. “What are we going to do?”
“I will go hunting,” said Mzi. “If I can catch some guinea fowl, then we will have a...
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