Baboon's orders
African Storybook and Jane Taylor
Isaac Okwir
English
Don was a big baboon. He was a bully.
He was the baboon chief.
His followers gave him a special cloth.
"I will wear this on my head," said Don.
"Everyone follow my orders. Do not question me!" shouted Don.
So, the followers followed their chief. If Don jumped, everyone jumped.
But the band on Don's head was too tight.
He touched his sore head. The baboons touched their heads.
"This hurts," said Don. "This hurts," they copied.
"This is too tight!" "This is too tight," they copied.
Don fell down, over a cliff. They all copied him.
The baboon chief died. His followers were hurt, but they lived.
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Baboon's orders
Author - Bonsamo Miesso and Elizabeth Laird
Adaptation - African Storybook and Jane Taylor
Illustration - Isaac Okwir
Language - English
Level - First words
© African Storybook Initiative 2016
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
Original source www.ethiopianfolktales.com