![]() ![]() ![]() The boy’s intention is to return to his room and mope but his grandfather has other ideas. Instead, there’s nothing for it but to go and join his Jjajja in the kitchen as he sips his morning tea, and together they break their fast on porridge. “Sing to the moon” his Jjajja always tells him if he wants a wish granted. He anticipates that none of those wishes he shared at the outset: the flight to the stars the ocean crossing aboard a dhow to the old spice markets of Zanzibar or the flight on the back of a crested crane culminating in a wonderful forest feast, will come true. When he awakes it’s to the sound of the rain’s patter and the sight of dark, brooding clouds. Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl and Sandra van DoornĪ Ugandan boy relates one unexpectedly magical day spent at his grandfather’s house. ![]()
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