Story story story....Once upon a time, the heart and beard were best friends. One day heart stole beard's high heels and burned them because she was jealous. Beard found out and started chasing heart to beat her up. Heart was running so fast she couldn't even breath. She saw from a far a man laughing so hard and thought, "well, that must be a nice place to hide.." so she ran into the man's mouth. The man; in shock shut his mouth and swallowed her, so beard couldn't enter but she stayed on the chin waiting for heart to come out. Heart realized that she forgot her makeup kit in the house and she became furious;jumping up and down( this is how the heart started pumping!). Every time heart gets too furious she bursts(that is how a person dies).
This story was told to me by my mother when i was about six years old and i have never forgotten it ever since. I listened attentively; amazed at how heart is so heartless to burn beard's shoes!! At the end she said, "This teaches us not to be jealous of people because we will not get along with people, also forgive because we may get too furious and burst like heart." To date, these words ring a bell in my mind every time i get furious with people.
Story telling has played a big role in passing down traditions, morals, values and wisdom to children. Apart from that it brought a sense of family bonding and entertainment. This tradition is totally forgotten these days. Let us take time and educate our children through African stories. In your busy schedule, find time to fix family story telling, you will be surprised how much they will all love it. Tell them about your child hood, how animals in Africa use to talk, about what your grand parents taught you, make something up even. Through this, they get entertained and learn about their amazing culture.
Try it....
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