Author: Asenath Odaga
Publisher: East African Publishers
ISBN: 9789966465443
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
First published in Dholuo in 1983, this is the first English-language edition of this story for children. One morning Ogilo and his two friends discover a pregnant hippo stuck in a muddly hole. The story centres around the boys secrecy, to protect the hippo being killed by grown-ups for meat, and their efforts to save the hippo. The fate of the poacher contains a moral tale.