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    11 Short Stories for Kids and Adults
    11 Short Stories for Kids and Adults
    11 Short Stories for Kids and Adults
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    11 Short Stories for Kids and Adults

    By Justin Lagat

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    Oral literature has always been part of the East African culture since time immemorial. Stories have been passed on from the older to the younger generations, mostly to inculcate good values in life such as honesty, courage, hard work, respect and humility, among others.
    In all the eleven short stories in this anthology, I strived to do the same. Most of the stories here are out of my personal experiences in life. WILL THE GRASS GROW? is an unforgettable experience I underwent while in high school when some arsonists attacked our school and our dormitory set on fire while we were asleep. RESPECT IS GREATER THAN BEAUTY is also a true life story that taught one proud girl, the hard way, the lessons on being humble and on always remembering to respect her elders.
    Besides advocating for good values in life, these stories are also entertaining and give one an inside into the way of life in East Africa.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJustin Lagat
    Release dateJul 8, 2015
    ISBN9781311182531
    11 Short Stories for Kids and Adults
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    Justin Lagat

    I am a Kenyan athlete born on 4th August 1982 who has been, and continues, training and running long distance races since 2004. My exposure to, and association with the word's top runners has given me great insights into habits that make world beaters. I have written articles for international publications that include RunBlogRun, Competitor.com and Thrive Sports among others.In these books, I depict the way of life in Kenya's athletic training camps in the Rift Valley region; the running culture in Kenya and the characters, mindsets and training methods of Kenyan runners that enable them dominate the world in long/middle distance running.

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      11 Short Stories for Kids and Adults - Justin Lagat

      Introduction

      Oral literature has always been part of the East African culture since time immemorial. Stories have been passed on from the older to the younger generations, mostly to inculcate good values in life such as honesty, courage, hard work, respect and humility, among others.

      In all the eleven short stories in this collection, I strived to do the same. Most of the stories here are out of my personal experiences in life. WILL THE GRASS GROW? is an unforgettable experience I underwent while in high school when some arsonists attacked our school and our dormitory set on fire while we were asleep. RESPECT IS GREATER THAN BEAUTY is also a true life story that taught one proud girl, the hard way, the lessons on being humble and on always remembering to respect her elders.

      Besides advocating for good values in life, these stories are also entertaining and give one an inside into the way of life in East Africa.

      RESPECT IS GREATER THAN BEAUTY

      If there is a more beautiful place in the world than Kapsait village, then I can only imagine what that place would look like!

      It was a chilly morning here in this remote mountainous village atop the Kenyan highlands. Mist was slowly clearing away making it at last possible to marvel at the landscape below in the direction of Eldoret town. Kapcherop forest gave a beautiful dark green hue to the foreground as it extended to cover an area of about twenty square kilometers after which iron roof tops at Kapcherop shopping centre and other settlements around there glittered in reflection to the rising sun. Further ahead, there were places appearing to be covered by white clouds, but in reality were probably pools of water, dams or large fish ponds. Then, as the hue turned from blue to whitish blue, it became hard to define the exact point where the earth met the sky. But, somewhere there was Eldoret town, the place where Sarah was setting out to.

      Alex, her boyfriend, had invited her to visit his parents. She could hardly contain her excitement since it was deemed a great privilege for a girl from her village to get hooked up with a man from around Eldoret, the City of Champions. Everything seemed to be working out well for her, after she had left her former poor boyfriend. She smiled as she thought how stupid she had almost become by nearly accepting to be with Erick, the poor guy. As far as true love was concerned, she was very sure that Erick was the right man for her; she knew that beyond reasonable doubt. But, love alone was not enough. How were they going to enjoy life without the money? What would her friends think of her marrying a poor chap?

      On the other hand, Alex was everything any lady like herself would desire to have. He came from a wealthy background and getting married to him would mean living in a lush house with uninterruptible water, electricity and everything else that money could offer. In fact, Alex had informed her that he was planning to buy her a car some time later that year. What else would she want from a man! Although she came from a poor family; much poorer than that of Erick, her former boyfriend, she had learned to seize any opportunity to her advantage, even if it meant inflicting pain on others. Her life alone was her interest.

      Her home was not far from the rough road and after reaching the road she did not wait for long before catching a vehicle. As always there, the vehicle was packed with people to the full, but there would always be a space for one more passenger. Unlike the vehicles from other parts of the country, these ones had their seats arranged such that the passengers faced each other.

      At Kapcherop shopping centre, the vehicle stopped and a very old man boarded it. There was no more space to sit and he had to squat between the rows of the seats, close to where Sarah sat. Everyone expected Sarah to stand and let the old man sit in her place, but she did not. An elderly lady asked her to show some respect to the elderly, but she answered the woman rudely, that she was also going to pay the same amount of fare as the

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