Ayana's Story of Dada and the Peacock
By Fidell James
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Ayana's Story of Dada and the Peacock - Fidell James
Ayana’s Story of
Dada and the Peacock
black.jpgFidell James
Copyright © 2011 by Fidell James.
ISBN: Hardcover 978-1-4990-1856-1
Softcover 978-1-4628-9787-2
Ebook 978-1-4628-9788-9
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Rev. date: 05/06/2014
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Contents
1 I Don’t Want My Hair Braided
2 Beauty Is
3 The Rabbit and the Pond
4 Mother’s Words of Wisdom
Reaction Questions
Glossary
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I Don’t Want My Hair Braided
O UCH!
LITTLE ONE said making a face, don’t pull so hard!
Little One was sitting in between her mother’s legs while her mother was combing her hair.
Every Saturday night, Little One’s sensitive scalp goes through the usual procedures of being massaged and scrubbed as her hair bounces with the waves in her bathtub during her bath. After a good wash, Momma lures Little One to join her in the living room to finish her weekly hair ritual. When Little One fusses, as often time she will, Momma brings in her teddy to keep her calm.
Everything seemed like it was going to be a normal Saturday night, until Little One noticed her sister, Ayana, sitting on the sofa across from her.
Child, you need to be still. Let me finish braiding your hair,
Little One’s mother said as she stuck a comb down the parted side of the middle of Little One’s hair and started braiding the other.
Little One wiggled and squirmed in between her mother’s legs. She was huffing and