Once on the island of Java there was a little girl named Too-too-moo. She lived with her Mama in a one-room house in a forest. They were poor but they were happy. Or they would have been happy, if not for a terrible giant who came every day.Each morning,...
Indonesia Stories
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Monday, July 5, 2010
Too-too-moo and the Giant
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