Elijah Malta: The Big Stone

The Big Stone

Once upon a time, there was a big Stone. Inside the Stone there lived two kids, a boy and a girl. The name of the boy was Elijah and the name of the girl was Anika.

Whenever the 2 kids wanted to go and buy sweets, chocolates or peanuts they would sing to the stone.

“My Stone, my Stone,
Open up, Open up (with small voices)”

And suddenly the Stone would open up into two and the kids would jump out to go shopping. The Stone would close and on their return they would sing to the stone again.

One day a big lion was watching them as they did their routine and it listened to their song. Once the kids where inside the Stone, the lion sang to the stone in a big voice,

“My Stone, my Stone,
Open up, Open up”

The Stone opened up, the Lion went inside and said to the kids, “I am going to eat you today!” The children took forks and spoons and chased the Lion away. They said to the Stone, “Do not open for the Lion ever again. Do you hear me?” The Stone said, “Yes, sorry Eli and Anika. I wont do it again.”

The End

A short story, as told by Natasha Dlamini, Elijah's Swazi Nanny

My Buddy Oliver

I am 33 months old now. I weigh 14.16kg.

My speech gets better by the day. I am very sweet and I love my baby brother Jakob. He is the first one I ask for in the morning. He is Mr Chatterbox and I am Mr Cool.