My Heart Will Not Sit Down by Mara Rockliff

Author:Mara Rockliff [Rockliff, Mara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-375-98728-1
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2012-01-10T00:00:00+00:00

Then she heard the noise, thump thump, thump thump, like the beat of a drum—the sound of many footsteps.

First the headman came.

Next came the men from the palaver house, and after them, the uncle with his basket and the other men and boys.

Then came all the women: grandmothers, young mothers with their babies, laughing girls.

Last of all came Mama.

“We have heard about the hunger in our teacher’s village,” said the headman. “Our hearts would not sit down until we helped.”

One by one, the people went up with their money, till it poured from Teacher’s open hands.

Kedi’s small, bright coin glittered among the rest.

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