I learnt a lesson
African Storybook
Catherine Groenewald


Grandma loved me.
She told me many secrets except one.
“What is the basket and leaves for?”
Grandma said, “For magic.”
I wanted to watch.
But grandma sent me to do something else.
“Where are they?”
“They are in my magic place,” grandma said.
Grandma sent me to her room.
I smelled ripening bananas.
I had discovered grandma’s magic place.
I had seen the ripening bananas.
I ate one.
It was the sweetest banana I had ever tasted.
I took four bananas.
I hid them under my dress.
On market day, grandma took foodstuffs to sell.
I was ashamed.
When I was called later, I knew why.
I never stole again.
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I learnt a lesson
Author - Ursula Nafula
Adaptation - African Storybook
Illustration - Catherine Groenewald
Language - English
Level - First words
© African Storybook Initiative 2014
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org

