Noku was a very brave and hardworking girl. She was also very clever.

She went to school and also helped in the garden.

But what she liked to do most was to wander in nature. She searched for wild fruits and tended to her little garden.

She liked to eat wild fruits and knew all of their names.

Grandmother had taught her to be very careful not to touch or eat fruits she did not know.

In her little garden she grew all sorts of vegetables.

She grew carrots, onions, tomatoes, spinach and cabbage.

Surrounding her little garden were the fruit trees she planted with the help of her parents.

There was a pawpaw tree, an avocado tree, a banana tree and a peach tree.

When her friends asked her why she liked gardening, fruits and vegetables of all kinds?

She told them what her teacher told her. Vegetables give energy and protect us from diseases.

She also told them that planting trees also protected the environment in which we live.