THE MERMAID AND THE BOY - A Sami Fairy Tale: Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories - Issue 406

By Anon E. Mouse and Narrated by Baba Indaba

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 406
In this 406th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Fairy Tale “The Mermaid And The Boy.” This is a Sámi fairy tale from Lapland collected by Josef Calasanz Poestion and published in Lapplandische Märchen (1886). Andrew Lang included an English-language version in The Brown Fairy Book.

The story goes….A king, having been married a year, set out to settle disputes among some distant subjects. His ship, caught in a storm, was about to founder on the rocks when a mermaid appeared and promised to save him if he, in turn, would promise to give her his firstborn child. As the sea become more and more threatening,the king finally agreed.

On his return to his kingdom, he found his first son had been born and he told the queen what he had promised. They raised their son and when the youth was 16, the king and queen decided to have him leave home so the mermaid would not be able to find him when she came to collect on the promise. The king and queen sent the prince out into the world.

What happened next you ask…? Well many things happened, some silly and some serious. To find the answers to these questions, and others you may have, you will have to download and read this story to find out!

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

TAGS: Baba Indaba, Children’s, Folklore, Fairy, Folk, Tales, bedtime story, legends, fables, Mermaid and the Boy, king, ship, storm, queen, promise, give, firstborn child, founder on rocks, threatening, agree, collect on promise,

• Language: English
• Publisher: Abela Publishing
• Release date: Feb 6, 2018
• ISBN: 9788827565261

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THE MERMAID AND THE BOY

A Fairy Tale

Baba Indaba Children’s Stories

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Abela Publishing, London

2018

THE MERMAID AND THE BOY

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2018

Baba Indaba Children’s Stories

ISSN 2397-9607

Issue 406

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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,