Go to sleep, Gecko! : a Balinese folktale
(2018)

Nonfiction

eBook

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Triangle Interactive, LLC, 2018
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781684440306 (electronic bk.) MWT12218478, 1684440300 (electronic bk.) 12218478
LANGUAGE
English
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Gecko may be small, but he has a giant-sized problem. Every night he is awakened by the fireflies outside his window. And when Gecko doesn't get his rest, he gets a little grumpy. So he goes to Elephant, the head of the village, to complain. His request that the fireflies stop working at night sets off a comical chain of problems for everyone in the village and complicates everyone's life. Through this cumulative tale from the Balinese tradition, Gecko learns that his well-being depends on that of the entire village and he finally goes to sleep, a little wiser

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