The Calf of the November Cloud

This unusual story reads like a primitive folk-tale to be told around the fireside. It is punctuated with digressions into age-old legends and backed with a rich tapestry of detail about African wildlife and the traditions of the Masai people of Kenya. Konyek loves the new-born calf with the white could mark on its forehead but that love is tested utterly when the creature is stolen and in the tussle its young master is sorely wounded, not only by a spear but by the treachery of his cousin Parmet. Healing these wounds is as great a test of manhood and tribal worthiness as any that Konyek might face in the future. It should serialise very well especially in the upper junior/lower secondary classroom, proving useful to give insights into other cultures than our own.