Sungura Mjanjah: A Lesson In Conservation

CREATIVE WRITING / SHORT STORY Kilimanjaro, kiliman, kiliman. Kilimanjaro, kiliman! Kilimanjaro, kiliman, kiliman. Kilimanjaro, kiliman! Ah-AY, ah AY. Kiliman! Ah-AY, ah AY. Kilimanjaro! So sang Sungura Mjanjah, the clever Kenyan rabbit, as he sat at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro contemplating the daily life of his village. Sungurah Mjanjah has always had a love for preserving natural resources and playing light-hearted tricks on many of his friends and people. Not to be mean. No way! Only to teach a lesson. It always bothered Sungura to see water at the dining table or anywhere left alone only to be thrown out later once taken back to the kitchen where it would be tossed out into the sink or thrown into the trash still contained in its paper and styrafoamed cups. "Ah!" pouted Sungura in disappointment. "What waste!" "They say that when a lion roars in the quiet of the night, it is saying: 'Who's land is this?' and then answers himself. 'It is mine! Mine! All mine!' Tonight, I shall be that lion roaring in the night!" said Sungura to himself with a slow, deep-throated growl in his voice. Determined to remind everyone that deeds, not words, is the art of survival, Sungura Mjanjah had a plan. . . .

• | Author: J'miah Nabawi, Various Artists
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Feb 25, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 62 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1543146155
• | ISBN-13: 9781543146158