THE SPARROW WITH THE SLIT TONGUE - A Japanese Folk Tale: Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 110 by Anon E. Mouse

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 110 Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories". In issue 110 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the Japanese tale of THE SPARROW WITH THE SLIT TONGUE. A poor farmer rescues a sparrow and tenderly cares for it. His cantankerous wife is jealous and releases the sparrow. Heartbroken, the farmer searches the forests in vain, until one day......... Download and read this story to find out what happened to the farmer, his wife and the sparrow. Buy 4 Baba Indaba Children's Stories for just US$1 INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE 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, on map. HINT - use Google maps.