The Thorn Bush by Lilou Volage

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This 6 pages story was written for my young nephew circa 2010. It was printed twice in 2016 and 2018 or around then. In 2025, I am having 30 more copies reprinted. Written as a fable.

My mother's famous recipe for dessert breakfast bread is printed at the end of the story for posterity.

8 pages
children literature
5.5 x 8.5 inches


EXCERPT of first paragraph
'THE THORN BUSH
The story below is a true account of the life of a Thorn bush in Somalia.
“In Somalia, there was a Thorn bush. He lived a very lonely life and had no friends. Except the wind and some pieces of paper that would get tangled up with him. He meant no harm. But it always ended badly: shredding the pieces of paper to bits, he would lose his new acquired friends as soon as the wind would pick up. To the papers that would leave in a haste, mangled and shredded, he would sing a sad song of solitude (...)' by Lilou Volage (dite Sage)

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