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    YELENA THE WISE - A Russian Children's Story Tale: Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 195
    YELENA THE WISE - A Russian Children's Story Tale: Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 195
    YELENA THE WISE - A Russian Children's Story Tale: Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 195
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    YELENA THE WISE - A Russian Children's Story Tale: Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 195

    By Anon E. Mouse and Narrated by Baba Indaba

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    ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 195
    In this 195th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Russian tale of “Yelena the Wise” or “Elena the Wise.”
    A young man named Ivan, joins the army as a private, but so adept is he at his job that he quickly rises through the ranks and is made a colonel in record time. His peers and superiors are jealous and arrange a sea voyage. As soon as he fell asleep his companions set him adrift.
    His raft is washed up on a desert shore. He walks to the mountains and follows a precipice into an underground kingdom ruled by a six-headed serpent – and that’s just the beginning………Download and read about the adventures of Ivan in the Kingdom of the six-headed serpent. Read about how he frees Yelena the Wise and fleeing the dragon pursues her to her kingdom. But what happens next….?

    Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".

    Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps.

    33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.
    INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES
     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbela Publishing
    Release dateMay 3, 2017
    ISBN9788826083797
    YELENA THE WISE - A Russian Children's Story Tale: Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 195

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      YELENA THE WISE - A Russian Children's Story Tale - Anon E. Mouse

      YELENA THE WISE

      A Russian Fairy Tale

      Baba Indaba Children’s Stories

      Published By

      Abela Publishing, London

      2016

      YELENA THE WISE

      Typographical arrangement of this edition

      ©Abela Publishing 2016

      This book may not be reproduced in its current format

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      Abela Publishing,

      London, United Kingdom

      2016

      Baba Indaba Children’s Stories

      ISSN 2397-9607

      Issue 195

      Email:

      Books@AbelaPublishing.com

      Website:

      www.AbelaPublishing.com

      An Introduction to Baba Indaba

      Baba Indaba, pronounced Baaba Indaaba, lived in Africa a long-long time ago.

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