Stephanie Komure - Audiobook

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Stephanie Co. Marais in a Little Village long, long ago, there lived a man and his wife. For many years they were happy and prosperous. But bad times came, and at last they had nothing left but their daughter, who was Aziz, beautiful as the morning the neighbors were very kind and would have done anything they could to help their poor friends. But the old couple felt that since everything had changed, they would rather go elsewhere. One day, Babbar was in his studio and his Children came to paint with him. I want red, Alexander said, so I can paint a lobster. My favorite color is blue, said Palm, and he painted a big blue whale. Now I'll show you how to make more colors, said Babaar. So Flora painted green frogs and crocodiles. Alexander painted orange pumpkins, and they all painted a purple car for Queen Celeste. What if you were a boy in Japan who heard an old legend of a magical crane who lived in a cottage in the forest and could appear as a beautiful woman? Would you believe it was true? Would you search and snow for wood to build a fire and come back hot broken when none could be found Would you close your eyes and think it was all a dream? How would the story end? I don't sleep much at night. It is so interesting to watch new developments. I don't tell Joan I'm awake. Oh, no. But I really have discovered something at last. The front pattern does move and no wonder the woman behind it shakes it. She is all the time trying to climb through. But nobody could climb through that pattern. It strangles. So this is the last day. But it is enough. I have locked the door and thrown the key out the window. I don't want to go out and I don't want to have anybody come in. Not until John comes home.