Welcome back Fairy Tale Hunters. I hope you have enjoyed the last few articles I have put on the web-site. What a great time we have had discovering lost stories of the yeti and meeting master fairy tale hunters.
Not to mention tracking goats, tigers and wolves. Take a look at the school workshop articles to find out more about them.
As an extra treat I joined in with the celebrations of reading Swastani. It has taken people a whole month (full moon to full moon) to read this story and I visited them on the final day in the river village of Sanku. The story is Hindi and involves a princess turning into mud! I wonder if you can find it on the internet.
The reason for the festival every year is that the story reminds us to connect with relatives, which we have been separated from for a long time.
The last few days I have spent dashing about saying good-bye to everyone. Can you remember all the amazing people I have met? Kathmandu is a city over flowing with changes and growing bigger every day.
Can you remember all the amazing story adventures we have had? Here are some clues: The Woodcutter, the river Princess and Mani, King’s Castles, the Flute and the Talking bamboo, the strong horse called Lung ta, A Dancing yeti and the Yeti’s Coat.
Can you also remember all the places I have been on our missions to hunt for Fairy Tales and what I did? Here are some more clues to help your memories: Bumpy bus rides, Stars over Everest, thousands of steps and footprints in the snow, the many dragons and did I mention the football pitches (maybe I forgot to tell you about them?).
So it’s back on the buses and over the mountains, but this time it’s good bye Nepal and soon it will be hello Sikkim. I must go and pack up my bag of tricks for the ride through the night, further east and further back in time.
The Fairy Tale Hunter says a massive “thank you Nepal, for your rich treasure trove of fairy tales”.
