The Secret of the Purple Lake E-Book

Yaba Badoe

• Herausgeber: CASSAVA REPUBLIC
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

The Secret of the Purple Lake is a collection of five interlinked stories that take us from Ghana to Orkney, and from Spain to Norway and Thailand. As a minor character from one story assumes a major role in the next, we meet a fascinating cast, including Imoro the magic elephant, the Walrus Prince, and the Wild Princesses of Rousay. The protagonist of the opening tale, The Fisherman's Daughter, has to retrieve her dead father's bones from the bottom of the sea, in order to bring harmony back to her seaside village. In fulfilling her task, she must evade the clutches of The Fish-man of the Purple Lake. The Fish-man, a monstrous creature with the body of a man and the head of a fish, was once a beautiful boy from the Sahel, and has his own story about how he became the Fish-man.

Leseprobe

The Secret of the Purple Lake

Yaba Badoe

Dedication

For my godchildren - Ajani, Mukai, Joe, Ben, Allegra, Fynnie and Kaahiye - and the next generation of storytellers and readers - Issa, Emefa, Elorm and Lael - with all my love.

Contents

Title PageDedication1 The Fisherman’s Daughter 2 The Wild Princesses of Orkney 3 The Walrus Prince 4 Romilly The Golden Eagle 5 The Fish-man of the Purple Lake AcknowledgementsCopyright

1

The Fisherman’s Daughter

A long time ago, during the days of the Ghana Empire, there lived a girl named Ajuba whose house was by the sea. Ajuba lived with her father, her mother and her brother, but it was her father she loved best of all. He was called ‘the Man with Silver Nets’ because every time he went out to sea, he returned with nets teeming with fish.

Early one morning, when Ajuba should have been helping her mother light the fire to cook breakfast, she followed her father to the seashore. ‘Can’t I come with you this time?’ she pleaded, gazing up at her father. ‘Please, Pa. I’ll help you throw your nets into the ocean and if water comes into your boat I’ll bail it out for you.’