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    THE STORY OF DJUN - An American Indian Children’s Story: Baba Indaba Children's Stories Issue 207
    THE STORY OF DJUN - An American Indian Children’s Story: Baba Indaba Children's Stories Issue 207
    THE STORY OF DJUN - An American Indian Children’s Story: Baba Indaba Children's Stories Issue 207
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    THE STORY OF DJUN - An American Indian Children’s Story: Baba Indaba Children's Stories Issue 207

    By Anon E. Mouse and Narrated by Baba Indaba

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    ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 207
    In this 207th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the American-Indian story of Djun from the Tlingit tribe on the North West coast of the USA. Djun was an orphan girl and lived off scraps given to her by her late father’s relatives. As such, she was skinny and always hungry and looked down upon for her begging. Pleading her way onto hunting and gathering trip by the woman of the village, she decides not to return to the village but live a life of seclusion. She is cared for by the spirits of the forest and despite the odds being against her, she manages to survive.

    Many years later, her aunt was becoming old feeling lonely often began to think of Djun and what had become of her. She takes a canoe and paddles off to the place where she last saw Djun and is surprised by what she finds.

    You are invited to download and read The Story of Djun. What she became and how the girl, once rejected, later helped her village.

    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 4, 2017
    ISBN9788826085142
    THE STORY OF DJUN - An American Indian Children’s Story: Baba Indaba Children's Stories Issue 207

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      THE STORY OF DJUN - An American Indian Children’s Story - Anon E. Mouse

      THE STORY OF DJUN

      An American Indian Fairy Tale

      Baba Indaba Children’s Stories

      Published By

      Abela Publishing, London

      2016

      THE STORY OF DJUN

      Typographical arrangement of this edition

      ©Abela Publishing 2016

      This book may not be reproduced in its current format

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      of the publisher.

      Abela Publishing,

      London, United Kingdom

      2016

      Baba Indaba Children’s Stories

      ISSN 2397-9607

      Issue 207

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      Books@AbelaPublishing.com

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      An Introduction to Baba Indaba

      Baba Indaba, pronounced Baaba Indaaba, lived in Africa a long-long time ago. Indeed, this story was first told by Baba Indaba to the British

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