Jacob helps support his family by selling the Morning News on the streets of the city on Saturdays, but one week he forgets to weight his newspapers down and they blow away from him
Tired of milking when he would rather bask in the sun, Thulani sells the cow and begins a series of exchanges that results in a sunflower crop and prosperity.
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(Oxford University Press, USA, May 17, 2007)
When Thulani tires of having to milk his cow, he exchanges it for a goat, the goat for a sheep, the sheep for three geese, until all he has left is a packetful of sunflower seeds. Set in Natal, this is a comic story in the South African tradition.