BLACK BROWN AND GRAY (Dubh, Dun and Glasan) - an Irish legend of Fin MacCumhail: Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 102

By Anon E Mouse

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 102
In the 102nd issue of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates a story of the legendary Irish hero, Fin MacCumhail (pronounced McCool). Black, Brown and Gray, or Dubh, Dun and Glasan, is the story of three men who seek service with Fin MacCumhail and become so beloved of Fin that he calls them his sons. The protagonist is Fear Ruadh, who also seeks service with Fin for no wages but a promise from Fin. Just what is the promise and how will it affect Fin and the Fenians? .…… Download and read this story to find out what happened next.

Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of 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.

33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.
INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES

• Language: English
• Publisher: Abela Publishing
• Release date: Apr 18, 2017
• ISBN: 9788826076027

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Introduction

Baba Indaba, pronounced Baaba Indaaba, lived in Africa a long-long time ago. Indeed, this story was first told by Baba Indaba to the British settlers over 250 years ago in a place on the South East Coast of Africa called Zululand, which is now in a country now called South Africa.

In turn the British settlers wrote these stories down and they were brought back to England on sailing ships. From England they were in turn spread to all corners of the old British Empire, and then to the world.

In olden times the Zulu’s did not have computers, or iPhones, or paper, or even pens and pencils. So, someone was assigned to be the Wenxoxi Indaba (Wensosi Indaaba) – the Storyteller. It was his, or her, job to memorise all the tribe’s history, stories and folklore, which had been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. So, from