The Mysterious Helpers

By Helen Pugh

Two kids find themselves trapped on a mountain when a flood suddenly covers their village. All alone with no food, they cry themselves to sleep every night until feasts begin to magically appear out of nowhere each evening.
Who are the mysterious helpers who provide all this food? Read on to discover the secret in this super cute tale, adapted from an Indigenous legend.
Taken from Jungle-Tastic Tales, an adventure through thousands of years of Amazonian history.
For ages 8 and over.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Helen Pugh
• Release date: Aug 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005156305

Helen Pugh

Helen Pugh is the author of Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire, an accessible non-fiction historical account of incredible Inca women who lived hundreds of years ago. She has also written Jungle-tastic Tales and Inca-tastic Tales, short story anthologies for children based on extensive research into the rainforest and Inca history, respectively, as well as Cuentos incatásticos for Spanish speakers and several shorter ebooks that are free of charge.Her interest in South America and the Incas began in 2006, when she first went to Ecuador. Then, from 2011 she lived there for 7 continuous years, 6 in the Amazon Region and 1 in Quito. Her children are half Ecuadorian, which was another driving force for exploring South American heritage. She experienced domestic violence and very long and traumatic legal battles in Ecuador so can relate to some of the Inca women in the book on that front.Helen studied Spanish and Italian at university and has a lifelong passion for history, especially that of historical women who made history, but have been sidelined.

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The Mysterious Helpers

by Helen Pugh

Copyright Helen Pugh 2022

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The Mysterious Helpers

The Kichwa people, who live in the Ecuadorian, Peruvian and Colombian Amazon region, have a legend all about a great flood. It goes like this:

Once upon a time, in a village, there lived a brother and sister with their parents. The girl was named Pila (PEE la) and the boy was called Chonta (CHON ta). Her name means light, while he was named after the chonta fruit, a hard, nutty sort of fruit that was fun to nibble on.

One awful day, the rain began to pour