The orphan boy by tololwa mollel biography
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written by Tololwa M. Mollel and illustrated by Paul Morin.
Mollel, T., & Morin, P.
(1990).
The orphan boy by tololwa mollel biography
The orphan boy. New York: Clarion Books.
The Orphan Boyis a mysterious folktale about the planet Venus and star-gazing. An old man in Kenya has a habit of sitting outside and watching the stars in the sky every evening.
One night he notices a missing star. The missing star appears as a child, Kileken, who is looking for a home.
The orphan boy by tololwa mollel biography summary
The child takes care of the old man, does his chores, and minds the cattle, getting water, taking the cattle to graze, and so on. Under the child's care the old man prospers since the child has magic powers, completing difficult work quickly and finding grass for the cattle during a drought.
When the old man breaks his promise to the boy not to find out his secret, the child bursts into a star, returning to the sky.