Go to Sleep, Gecko! A Balinese Folktale
Kids, People and Places, Fiction, Asia, Fairy Tales, Teen, General Fiction
| Author: | Margaret Read MacDonald | ISBN: | 9781684440306 |
| Publisher: | Triangle Interactive, LLC. | Publication: | December 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Margaret Read MacDonald |
| ISBN: | 9781684440306 |
| Publisher: | Triangle Interactive, LLC. |
| Publication: | December 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Gecko may be small, but he has a giant-sized problem. Every night he is awakened by the fireflies outside his window. And when Gecko doesn't get his rest, he gets a little grumpy. So he goes to Elephant, the head of the village, to complain. His request that the fireflies stop working at night sets off a comical chain of problems for everyone in the village and complicates everyone’s life. Through this cumulative tale from the Balinese tradition, Gecko learns that his well-being depends on that of the entire village and he finally goes to sleep, a little wiser.
Gecko may be small, but he has a giant-sized problem. Every night he is awakened by the fireflies outside his window. And when Gecko doesn't get his rest, he gets a little grumpy. So he goes to Elephant, the head of the village, to complain. His request that the fireflies stop working at night sets off a comical chain of problems for everyone in the village and complicates everyone’s life. Through this cumulative tale from the Balinese tradition, Gecko learns that his well-being depends on that of the entire village and he finally goes to sleep, a little wiser.
