Sinanda the cruel king
Faith Achieng and Nicole Achieng
Adonay Gebru

Once in a far away country there lived a cruel king named Sinanda.He ruled one of the villages in the country.The village was called Songambele.While he was on his first year of ruling,acted fairly and was friendly to the villagers.

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When his days of ruling went by,he started acting cruely.His people began to complain about him.He wasted a lot of time on enjoying himself with his cruel friends,and as you know,time wasted is not recovered.

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After years later,drought strikes the whole village.People started dying of hunger because nobody was there to feed them.

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People were suffering while he was enjoying himself and was as happy as a lark.He began to misuse his power and authority.

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One good morning when the birds of air were singing their melodic tunes,the king woke up and drained the window so as to feel the cool sea breeze.
Suddenly,an old woman came crying.Tears rolling her face like flowing water.

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Sinanda was busy laughing when the woman was explaining herself.The woman knew that Sinanda will not attend to her.She kept on crying but Sinanda was not bothered.He was engrosed on his laptop.
The woman became angry and started to insait

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The king became angry also the way you know,a hungry man is always angry.The king did not have his breakfast yet.
He went into his multrimomiun room and took his royal sword.

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Immediately he came back and ordered the guards to take the woman away.The angry woman full of pain refused to get out.The king was left with no choice but to finish the woman

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Sinanda the cruel king
Author - Faith Achieng and Nicole Achieng
Illustration - Adonay Gebru, Isaac Okwir, Rob Owen
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs