THE ADVENTURES OF VISU - A Japanese Rip-Van-Winkle Tale

Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories - Issue 419

Kids, Fiction, Fiction - YA, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book THE ADVENTURES OF VISU - A Japanese Rip-Van-Winkle Tale by Anon E. Mouse, Narrated by Baba Indaba, Abela Publishing
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Author: Anon E. Mouse, Narrated by Baba Indaba ISBN: 9788827501719
Publisher: Abela Publishing Publication: March 7, 2018
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Anon E. Mouse, Narrated by Baba Indaba
ISBN: 9788827501719
Publisher: Abela Publishing
Publication: March 7, 2018
Imprint:
Language: English

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 419
In this 419th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Japanese Fairy Tale "THE ADVENTURES OF VISU”.

A long, long time ago in far, far away Japan, one day Visu received a visit from an old priest, who said to him: "Honourable woodman, I am afraid you never pray." Visu replied: "If you had a wife and a large family to keep, you too would never have time to pray." This remark made the priest angry, and the old man gave the woodcutter a vivid description of the horror of being reborn as a toad, or a mouse, or an insect for millions of years. Such lurid details were not to Visu's liking, and he accordingly promised the priest that in future he would pray. "Work and pray," said the priest as he took his departure.

Unfortunately Visu did nothing but pray. He prayed all day long and refused to do any work, so that his rice crops withered and his wife and family starved. Visu's wife, who had hitherto never said a harsh or bitter word to her husband, now became extremely angry, and, pointing to the poor thin bodies of her children, she exclaimed: "Rise, Visu, take up your axe and do something more helpful to us all than the mere mumbling of prayers!"

Visu was so utterly amazed at what his wife had said that it was some time before he could think of a fitting reply. When he did so his words came hot and strong to the ears of his poor, much-wronged wife.

Well, what happened next you ask…? Well many things happened, some silly and some serious. To find the answers to these questions, and others you may have, you will have to download and read this story to find out!

INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES

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

BUY ANY of the BABA INDABA CHILDREN’S STORIES at https://goo.gl/65LXNM

10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.

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.

TAGS: Baba Indaba, Children’s stories, Childrens, Folklore, Fairy, Folk, Tales, bedtime story, legends, storyteller, fables, moral tales, myths, Japan, Japanese, Visu, Priest, pray, wife, children, large family, Adventures, Mt Fuji, Fuji-Yama, climb, mist, hide, axe, clearing, two ladies, fox, go, game, silence, beauty, three hundred years, rip van winkle, return, home, Visu repents, spirit, haunt, sadness

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ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 419
In this 419th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Japanese Fairy Tale "THE ADVENTURES OF VISU”.

A long, long time ago in far, far away Japan, one day Visu received a visit from an old priest, who said to him: "Honourable woodman, I am afraid you never pray." Visu replied: "If you had a wife and a large family to keep, you too would never have time to pray." This remark made the priest angry, and the old man gave the woodcutter a vivid description of the horror of being reborn as a toad, or a mouse, or an insect for millions of years. Such lurid details were not to Visu's liking, and he accordingly promised the priest that in future he would pray. "Work and pray," said the priest as he took his departure.

Unfortunately Visu did nothing but pray. He prayed all day long and refused to do any work, so that his rice crops withered and his wife and family starved. Visu's wife, who had hitherto never said a harsh or bitter word to her husband, now became extremely angry, and, pointing to the poor thin bodies of her children, she exclaimed: "Rise, Visu, take up your axe and do something more helpful to us all than the mere mumbling of prayers!"

Visu was so utterly amazed at what his wife had said that it was some time before he could think of a fitting reply. When he did so his words came hot and strong to the ears of his poor, much-wronged wife.

Well, what happened next you ask…? Well many things happened, some silly and some serious. To find the answers to these questions, and others you may have, you will have to download and read this story to find out!

INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES

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

BUY ANY of the BABA INDABA CHILDREN’S STORIES at https://goo.gl/65LXNM

10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.

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.

TAGS: Baba Indaba, Children’s stories, Childrens, Folklore, Fairy, Folk, Tales, bedtime story, legends, storyteller, fables, moral tales, myths, Japan, Japanese, Visu, Priest, pray, wife, children, large family, Adventures, Mt Fuji, Fuji-Yama, climb, mist, hide, axe, clearing, two ladies, fox, go, game, silence, beauty, three hundred years, rip van winkle, return, home, Visu repents, spirit, haunt, sadness

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