This story opens Gcina Mhlophe's book "Our Story Magic" on a high note. In this one she moved from entertainment value and decided to focus on education. There are many discovery elements especially for young children. The story telling technique that she has used in this story is giving inanimate objects human qualities. I think she did this so that when children hearing the story they can identify with them, as they are familiar with human behaviour. The story also tries to explain why the moon, the stars,water and the sun behave the way they do. Obviously, the facts of the story are far-fetched but to a child who has very little life experience, they may seem believable. I think when actual facts are introduced to the child, they will be having the basics of how the sun, moon, etc work. I would read this story in a Grade R class as an introduction in Life Skills.
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