Life is a Beautiful Story

Once upon a time, there lived a very poor boy. His name was Kamau. Kamau lived with his grandmother who was sick with HIV/AIDS. When his grandmother died, Kamau was very sad and became an orphan and a street child.  One day when he was looking for food, a strange man came and gave his coin to him and went away. The boy put the coin in his pocket. A while later he wished for food and poof!, food was in front of him. He found out the coin was magical. He wished for a big big house and riches beyond the world and he got it. He wished he had a very very beautiful wife and 2 girls 2 boys and he got it. Everybody called him the rich man.  Two weeks later he decided to wish for his sweet grandmother to resurrect and heal. From that day he was no longer the poor boy. Jade March 2021

  Once there lived a very poor girl. Her clothes were torn and ripped. She lived all alone. Her parents abandoned her and left her in the forest for 2 years. She called herself wanjiku but her real name was Cleo. She was very nice and honest and pretty. One day while she was fetching water with a broken pot which was leaking, she sang a song called K alabanda. “Live in a dream” “Live like me” “Live in dream” “You have to say” “ KALAABANDA” “KALAA-BANDA” “I love you” “you love me” “you have to say” “ KALAABANDA” “KALAA-BANDA” Her voice was beautiful. A certain hunter was hunting when he heard the voice. He was pleased to see her as she was very beautiful and asked her to sing in front of the village. When she sang and became rich and famous everybody loved her. Jade June 2019

Special starring Tanisha Ashok and my friend Dorcas Once upon a time in a village called Babana there lived a girl called Tamitha. She was very beautiful. They were very rich but not poor. She used to donate clothes to the needy; she had a warm and fuzzy heart. When she went to school she always used to give out pencils and pens to those who didn't have any. She used to like a man called ASHOK. Ashok liked her but did not show it. Ashok liked her because she had  long hair but when she cut it he hated her and liked Dorcas. Tamitha became sad and when her hair got long he still hated her so Tamitha remembered that if you call someone ‘Baby’ they will like them back. So she called him ‘baby’. It did not work. The second time, no. The third, no. The fourth, no. Finally she decided to stop but got in the habit of saying ‘babey’. Now they call her the girl who cried ‘BABEY’. Jade June 1019

Starring Tr. Nelly class Bright rose Once in a town called Kiracha in a school there was a very beautiful lady called Nelly Karimi. She was the nicest person ever and if you had a problem you could tell her. Class 5 loved her very much and knew her as moamma. Everybody loved her and still will forever and ever. Jade June 2019

Once in a forest in a far end where the river starts grew an old oak tree. It was not a normal tree. It was magical. If you had a wish you could go to it. If you were good and obedient you could go but if you were bad and naughty don't dare even think about it. There lived an elephant who was very rich. One day he went to the river to fetch some water for cooking. The tree said “What wish do you have”? The elephant said one wish only: “I wish my very beautiful wife to give birth to very beautiful children, 2 girls”. But the tree was deaf and instead killed his wife. When the elephant went to the tree he took an axe and chopped him up and used him as a coffin for his wife’s burial. Jade June 20219  

There was a poor person called Jhon. He lived with his wife and two children. So Jhon got a job cutting wood and selling them to people. One day when he was goinog home after cutting wood he slid on a big wet rock and fell down into a lake. It was the first time that he saw this lake.  He did not know it was magic lake. In his fall, all his wood fell into the lake.   illustration by Nia Wonder using Tinkercard “ Oh no!”, said Jhon. “Now my boss will punish me”. In the lake was a magic fish. That fish said: “Why are you crying”.  Surprised, Jhon asked: “Are you a talking fish?” “Yes”, replied the fish. “I saw your wood fall into the lake”. “Yes, and now my boss will punish me that” said Jhon sadly.  “Don't worry”, said the talking fish. “I will give you some more wood”.  With that, the talking fish went underwater and Jhon thought that she was gone and he would not get back wood. But to his pleasant surprise, suddenly a piece of wood jumped out of the lake and fe...

A girl lives with her mum and dad. She didn't know her house was beautiful. When she was watching TV she saw a door. Outside the door was a letter that read: Dear Miya, can you read this letter for me, open the door and see the light shine, when you open it, when you go in and find a magical land will you be shocked or happy? When she saw the land, she saw fairies and unicorns and a colourful dinosaur. The place was full of rainbows, the bush was rainbow and all the colors. She saw a lady called Leyla and her wings were purple, she was wearing pink and purple. Even her accessories, her dress and her heels were pink and purple. Her hair colour was sparkling brown. Maya March 2021