CHAPTER 1 The Wonderful Tree One hot dry summer in Zambia the rain stopped falling Soon the rivers stopped flowing and the grass stopped growing Soon the animals were very thirsty and hungry very
The old rabbit had heard stories about a wonderful tree in the middle of the forest He told the other animals When the rain stops falling this wonderful tree grows every animal's favorite fruit So no animal is ever hungry or thirsty
The animals searched the middle of the forest and found a strange tree It was not a palm tree or a baobab tree or a banana tree The animals did not know what kind of tree it was So they thought it must be the wonderful tree I'm hungry so
But it looked old and tired and thirsty just like all the other trees in the forest It looked like it would not wake up and grow anything until the rains came back
