The Wise Boy
Doris Opwonya
Rob Owen

Once there lived a boy called Otto who lived with his mother Acan.

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They lived in a hut and were very happy together

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Hunger fell in the land and the mother was worried about what her son was to eat so she decided to leave for a few days in search for food. she promised to return.
She told her son to be careful with strangers.

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Acan moved for many days in search for food for her son Otto till she got where to buy food from.

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Otto watched the sun rise and set as he waited for his mothers return.

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One day a woman approached Otto and gave him what to eat. She told him that the mother had said he should go live with her as she is to take more days in the search for food.

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Otto forgot his mother's warning about strangers as to the fact that the stranger had spoken the purpose to why the mother was away. He moved with the stranger till they reached the forest.

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At the forest, Otto thought about his mothers stories of children being eaten in the forest and decided to ask the stranger for an excuse to go urinate. With that he left and run away as fast as he could. The witch realized but as she begun to chase after Otto, he had reached the village where she was banished so she could not go in.

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Acan returned to the news of her son's survival of the witch's cunning trick. that brought joy in the village as it brought bravery to the other children.

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The Wise Boy
Author - Doris Opwonya
Illustration - Rob Owen, Kenneth Boyowa Okitikpi, Catherine Groenewald, Wiehan de Jager
Language - English
Level - Longer paragraphs