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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
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  • Translations and adaptations
    • Qondaala Jaldeessaa
      Afaan Oromo (Translation)
    • Dede reudzvinyiriri
      ChiNdau (Translation)
    • Baboon tyrant
      English (Original)
    • Dorooru Mawndu Toonyotoondu
      Fulfulde Mbororoore (Translation)
    • Ikosi Yeemfene
      isiNdebele (Translation)
    • Inkosi yezimfene
      isiZulu (Translation)
    • Nyani aliyekuwa chifu
      Kiswahili (Translation)
    • Omukulu W'eirike
      Lulamoogi (Translation)
    • Omukulu gha amalike
      Lusoga (Translation)
    • Ekatukon Ang'ichomin
      Ng’aturkana (Translation)
    • Lishene eliali omwami
      Oluwanga (Translation)
    • Tor u Mbaikya
      Tiv (Translation)
    • Æwæmer l-qerd
      Tunisian (Translation)
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