Once upon a time, there lived a happy boy and his name was John. John lived in a small village called Makeni. John used to go to a community school in their village. The school had mud and wooden toys and John and his friends walked as they went to school. John did not care if they did not have expensive or nice toys. What was important to him was that he played and went to school with his friends.
There lived another boy in the next village, his name was Andrew. Andrew was a sad boy. Andrew was always sad even though he went to a nice school and it had very nice toys. Andrew would always see John happily walking to school. One day, he stopped him and asked why he was always happy. John smiled and hugged Andrew and answered, “Because I have my family and friends. We play together and make each other happy.” John invited Andrew to play with him and his friends so that he would stop being sad. After school, Andrew asked his dad if he could go and play with John. John and Andrew became friends, they played together every day and Andrew become a happy boy.
Read – Shadowland – A Children’s Story by Stephen A Kube, Cameroon
