A funny, warm Ugandan folktale for children ages 4 to 8. Book one of Stories from the Kingdom of Buganda.
A hungry king. A secret he swore a servant to keep. And a promise that turns out far harder to hold than anyone expected.
Long ago, in a great kingdom, a proud king did something he really should not have, and made a servant promise to tell no one. The servant kept his word. Mostly. With the secret bursting inside him, he found one quiet place to whisper it, somewhere that surely could never tell. But some secrets have a way of finding their own voice. It is a laugh-out-loud folktale with a gentle lesson about keeping promises, the kind of story families read again and again.
I am Brenda Nabawanguzi, a registered nurse and a single mom. I was born and raised in Uganda, where a woman we called Aunt Sylie, our housekeeper and nanny, filled our evenings with folktales that have stayed with me across oceans and years. I am turning those stories into beautiful books so a new generation can laugh at them, learn from them, and carry them forward. The Drum That Told the Truth is the first of five.
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