Swiendlo swa mfenhe (Xitsonga)

Monkey business forms part of The Little Library Literacy programme.

Jolanta Durno (Author)

9780521725507, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 February 2008

16 pages
27 x 18 x 0.3 cm, 0.057 kg

In the story 'Swiendlo swa mfenhe', a family is having a picnic in an area where there are monkeys. The monkeys watch the humans drink beer and smoke cigarettes. When the picnic is over, the people leave, leaving all their litter behind. The curious monkeys copy what the humans did. They drink beer, smoke cigarette butts and set fire to the forest. Feeling ill from beer and cigarettes and frightened by the fire, the monkeys work together to tidy up and set things right. They realise that certain human habits are not worth copying.

Subject Areas: Educational: English language & literacy [YQC]