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    Chipo and The Mermaid and Other Stories
    Chipo and The Mermaid and Other Stories
    Chipo and The Mermaid and Other Stories
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    Chipo and The Mermaid and Other Stories

    By Grace Ashley

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    Chipo and The Mermaid and three other African folktales.Dig in to this African Cinderella story. Learn how Chipo gets all her wishes granted by a friendly mermaid. Read the Rabbit and the Baboons funny shenanigans in two funny tales. Never judge a book by it’s cover! Read how two princesses learn this important lesson.

    Chipo and The Mermaid
    Dig in to this African Cinderella story. Learn how Chipo gets all her wishes granted by a friendly mermaid.

    The Rabbit’s Party
    Read how the Rabbit learned not to take his friends for granted in this funny tale.

    The Foolish Baboon
    Learn how important it is to follow instruction in this tale.

    The Girl’s Who Married Lions
    Never judge a book by it’s cover! Read how two princesses learn this important lesson.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGrace Ashley
    Release dateMar 2, 2016
    ISBN9788892560918
    Chipo and The Mermaid and Other Stories
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    Grace Ashley

    Born Maureen Dangarembizi in Zimbabwe, Author Grace Ashley has lived a storied life. From her earliest days in school, she knew she wanted to someday write for a living, but that dream didn’t come to fruition until recently. After penning many columns for skynewszimbabwe.com, she earned her first accolades as a professional writer. Nominated in 2015 for a Zim Achievers Award, Grace went on to publish two full-length novels, a novella, a children’s book, and to pursue her interest in screenwriting and film making.When not writing, she enjoys spending time with her daughters, dreaming up new stories to share with the world, or can be found deeply engrossed in one of the many books in her to-be-read pile.

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      Chipo and The Mermaid and Other Stories - Grace Ashley

      ©Grace Ashley

      This edition published in 2016

      By G & A Publishers

      Heidehof,  Long Street

      Kempton Park, South Africa

      Illustrated by Grace Ashley

      Printed by CreateSpace

      Chipo and the Mermaid

      Once upon a time, when the earth was young and donkey’s had horns. There was a certain man called Mukoko who lived in a small village in the savanna plains of Africa.

      Mukoko had a beautiful wife called Chipo and they lived happily for many months. In the third year Chipo became pregnant and the couple happily anticipated the birth of their first child. They agreed to name the child Simba if it was a boy and Ruva if the child was a girl.

      But alas trajedy struck and Chipo died in childbirth.  But all was not lost. Chipo had given birth to

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