THE GARDEN OF PARADISE - A fairy tale by H C Andersen: Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories - Issue 395

By Anon E. Mouse

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 395
In this 395th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Mexican legend, "THE GARDEN OF PARADISE” by H C Andersen.

Once upon a time, a long, long time ago and far, far away, there was a king's son; nobody had so many or such beautiful books as he.
He could read about everything which had ever happened in this world, and see it all represented in the most beautiful pictures. He could even get information about every nation and every country; but as to where the Garden of Paradise was to be found, not a word could he discover, and this was the very thing he thought most about.

He walked into the wood one day and soon found himself to be all alone, and this was his greatest pleasure. Evening came on, the clouds drew up and it stormed and rained as if the whole heaven had become a sluice from which the water poured in sheets. Soon it was as dark as the deepest well. Trying to make his way home he slipped on the wet grass, and tripped over the stones and rocks which jutted out of the ground.
Looking for shelter, he saw in front of him a big lighted cave. A large fire was burning in the middle over which a stag was roasting. It had huge antlers and was stuck on a spit, being slowly turned round between the hewn trunks of two fir trees. An oldish woman, tall and strong enough to be a man dressed up, sat by the fire throwing on logs from time to time. When she saw him she invited him in to warm up and dry his clothes. He learned he was in the cavern of the winds and the old woman their mother. Soon he met the four winds and thinking quickly he asked the question, “Has anyone seen the Garden of Paradise?”

What happened next you ask? Were any of the four winds angered by this question, or did something else happen? Did the Prince ever find the Garden of Paradise? To find the answers to these questions, and others you may have, you will have to download and read this story to find out for yourself!

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. HINT - use Google maps.

Buy any of the 390+ Baba Indaba Children’s Stories on Google Play using the URL listed in the book.
ALSO INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES

33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.
 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Abela Publishing
• Release date: Aug 11, 2017
• ISBN: 9788822810762

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The Garden of Paradise

A EUROPEAN FAIRY TALE

By

H. C Andersen

Baba Indaba Children’s Stories

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Abela Publishing, London

2017

THE GARDEN OF PARADISE

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Baba Indaba Children’s Stories

ISSN 2397-9607

Issue 395

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An Introduction to

Baba Indaba

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 the time he was a young boy, Baba