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The Legend of Grenada’s Blue Donkey

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It was Friday, the 6 of February, the last day of
school before Grenada’s Independence holiday
weekend. Phillip thought about what he would do

after school. He was really looking forward to

devouring one of his favourite meals, Oildown –

Grenada’s national dish. He was also secretly

hoping his Grade 6 teacher would not give any
homework assignments this weekend.

He settled his head back into his pillows, and

thought about his fun options. “Maybe I will go
adventuring...” he thought to himself.

Phillip had always been quite curious about the

legend of the blue donkey in Grenada. It has
been told, that a long time ago, a farmer,

Mr Rupert, had many donkeys on his farm.

In those days, donkeys were very popular. They

carried heavy loads and pulled ploughs for

preparing the soil to plant crops on the farm.
They were an important means of transportation

since private cars were not affordable for

everyone. Mr Rupert loved and cared for his

animals.

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