Elphinstone Dayrell

Why the sun and the moon live in the sky
Elphinstone Dayrell · 1977
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An African folktale tells how the sun and water once lived on earth as friends, but because the sun failed to build his house large enough, he and his wife, the moon, were driven into the sky when the water came to visit them.
Book details
- Year
- 1977
- Language
- English
- Series
- Sandpiper Bks
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Editions
- 5
- Pages
- 26
- ISBN
- 9780395253816
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