Musa and the cat
Zainab Muhd Kazaure
Tawanda Mhandu

Musa lives with his parents in the village of Kagadama, in Nigeria.

He is an intelligent boy, but he is stubborn.

1

Musa is also a bully. He always beats his friends.

Whenever he comes across animals he also beats them.

2

One day on his way back from school, he sees a cat.

He picks up the cat and goes home with it.

3

When his father sees him, he says "Musa stop abusing that cat! Take it back to where you found it."

4

Musa refuses to return the cat and locks it in a cage.

5

As he is sleeping in his room that night, Musa has a dream.

Musa sees the cat growing bigger and running towards him. Its mouth is open, with sharp teeth. It wants to eat him!

6

The cat starts to swallow his feet. It eats half way up to Musa's knees.

Then he wakes up.

7

The next day Musa returns the cat to where he found it.

From then, he promises to be a good boy.

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Musa and the cat
Author - Zainab Muhd Kazaure
Translation - TDP Nigeria
Illustration - Tawanda Mhandu
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs