THE GIRL WHO PLANTED THE WIND

In a small village where the sun rose like a golden drum each morning, lived a young girl named Kaluki. The land had grown dry, and for many months, not a single drop of rain touched the earth. The rivers shrank, the animals grew thin, and the people walked long distances to find water.

But Kaluki had something special—hope.

One evening, as the village prepared for another dusty night, she found an old woman sitting beneath a dying acacia tree.

“My child,” the woman said, “why do...