Lino Print by Year 7 Hawkesdale P-12 College

THE MAGIC GARDEN

A KAZAKH FOLKTALE

There were two neighbours who became very good friends. One man was a farmer.

He had a small plot of land but fertile enough to grow crops. His neighbour had only a stony piece of land. On his land he grazed sheep.

One year a disease spread through all the land, the sheep all became ill and died.

The sheepherder went to his friend to bid him goodbye.

“My sheep have all died. I have no way to earn a living on this stony ground now. I must leave this place. Perhaps I can find some menial job in the city. If not, I will have to beg for my living.”

But his friend the farmer would not let the sheepherder go.

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