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Simi Visits Grandma- Folktales from Jalingo

A young girl is taken to a fantasy animal kingdom by her grandmother’s words.
Jalingo, a faraway animal kingdom, is threatened by starvation, the animals face a real danger of extinction.
Ìjàpá- the tortoise journeyed through a mysterious underwater world to salvage his last meal. His fears turned into curious anticipation when he was faced with danger, but therein lies an opportunity to discover food reserves… enough to feed the entire kingdom. He soon found fame.
Standing on his newly found fame, he embarked on a dangerous conspiracy to upset the established order of the kingdom. Equipped with the very thing the kingdom needs for its existence- food, he reached for power.

Will he succeed? Or will the animals choose loyalty to the existing order even in the face of death by starvation?