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Book One, Story Two
A Bargain of Riddles
Kwaku offers to carry a heavy basket for the price of three riddles — and Tikenenkenen accepts far too quickly.
Ages 7–9 11 min readComing soon
Opening excerpt
Tikenenkenen had carried the basket exactly eleven steps when he decided that carrying baskets was a job for other people.
"Three riddles," said a voice above him, "and the basket walks itself."
Tikenenkenen should have asked whose riddles. He did not.
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- Was the bargain fair? What would you have asked for instead?
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