Extrait du livre 22 -The inundated plain
The inundated plain A tale by Arnaud de Buchy Pedagogical content by Emmanuelle Reyss & Jean-Baptiste Lorenzo Illustrated by Sonia Grandame & Joachim Hérissé Le Regard Sonore Editions
The inundated plain
Along the route, Moko found himself quite dumbfounded; what appeared to be an immense lake stretched out before him, between the mountains and the forest. It's amazing, said Moko. The ocean has covered up the land, so that the rice can grow. No, my child, said the fisherman. It's water from the snow on the mountains that melts, and then flows down to our fields. This has been going on for a very long time. Moko couldn't help but doubt the fisherman.
One day, Moko was helping Meï-Li gather up shells. They were both looking for the prettiest ones, to decorate the houses in the village.
We should take a boat, said Moko, and go look on the other beaches. We might find more shells there! So they headed off to find a fisherman who they knew had a magnificent boat. Can you take us to some of the other beaches, so that we can look for pretty shells ? Asked Meï-Li. The fisherman thought this was a good idea… So he raised up the sails on his boat, and the three of them sailed off.
They sailed the coastline of Meï-Li's country, gazing out at the pure blue ocean waves, the white sandy beaches, the deep green forest, and the mountains above it. The boat headed inland, guided by an ocean passage that snaked its way between the dense vegetation and the sheer rock-face of the mountains.
































