The Wonder Boy
Zomba Library Reading Group
Lindiwe Mtope

Behind Nzeru's house, there is a small river.
The river has a waterfall.

1

One day Nzeru was invited by a friend to go to the library.

There, he read a book about electricity. He read that the force of falling water can generate electricity.

2

At home, he looked for his father's old bicycle dynamo generator.

He found it after a long search.

3

After finding the dynamo, he went to the shop to buy low energy bulbs.

4

He collected scrap metal and took it to the welder.
The welder made him the turbine.

He connected the turbine to the generator with a rod. He held the turbine under the falling water. A bulb gave light.

5

He cleared the surrounding and made a small dam.
He then elected two planks to hold his turbine and the generator.

The water fell on the turbine. The turbine spin.
The bulb gave light.

6

He extended the wires to his hut and his parents' house.

That night onwards, the whole homestead had light.

7

The water kept flowing and the lights kept lighting.
The whole village called him the wonder boy.

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The Wonder Boy
Author - Zomba Library Reading Group
Illustration - Lindiwe Mtope
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs