Text: Edward Gakuya and Claudia LloydIllustrations: Noah Mukono
Year: 2011
Publisher: Puffin Books, UK
Age: 4 - 8 years
No. of Pages: 32
Book Type: Picture Book, Traditional
ISBN: 978 0 14133 505 6
According to the book, Tinga-Tinga Tales are 'inspired by traditional animal stories from Africa and the Tingatinga artwork of Tanzania. Here’s another beautiful Tinga Tinga tale of how the Giraffe came to have her long neck.
Many, many years ago, Giraffe had short legs and a stumpy neck. After a mango-eating binge, Giraffe is on the lookout for some honey to soothe her tummy. She finds a honeycomb in the hollow of a tree and sticks he head in for a long slurp. Unfortunately, her head gets stuck. The other animals, try to help by pulling her legs. The legs get stretched but Giraffe remains stuck.
The animals help again by pulling the tree off Giraffe. They only manage to stretch her neck and so they stop.
When she finally, pulls her head out by herself, three seasons have gone by and Giraffe has been transformed into the tallest animal in the land.
Excerpt
And while they were playing, Giraffe’s tree grew taller, the leaves turned brown and autumn came! The animals wondered what to do
Then Monkey had an idea.
“I know, let’s pull the tree off Giraffe!”
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