Anon E. Mouse 
MR. VINEGAR – An Old English fairy tale with a moral to tell 
Baba Indaba Children’s Stories – Issue 247

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 247In this 247th  issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children’s Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the story of “Mr VINEGAR” an old English children’s story with a moral twist.Mr and Mrs Vinegar were so named because they lived in a vinegar bottle. One day, when Mr Vinegar was away from home, Mrs Vinegar, who was a very good housewife, was busily sweeping her house, when an unlucky thump of the broom brought the whole house cutter-clatter, crash, bang, smash! about her ears. In an agony of grief she rushed forth to meet her husband to tell him of their woe.Mr Vinegar takes charge and says “Calm down my dear, all is not lost. Let us see what can be done. Ah. Here is the door; I will take it on my back, and we will go forth to seek our fortune.’Per-chance fortunes seems to smile on the Vinegars and Mr Vinegar fancies himself as a trader. But is this a wise move?How successful was Mr Vinegar’s career in trading? Did his trades go well and what happened to the Vinegars in the end you ask? Well, you’ll just have to download and read the story to find out.Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children’s stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as ‘Father of Stories’.Each issue also has a ‘WHERE IN THE WORLD – LOOK IT UP’ section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT – use Google maps.33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES