Sara is bored, but none of the toys or other objects she gets in trade from other children is quite right for her, until she gets back the piece of chalk she started with and uses it to play with her friends.
When a turtle becomes bored one day and asks to borrow a flamingo's wings, he sets off a chain reaction that soon has a porcupine wearing a sheep's wool, a fish wearing a peacock's tail feathers, and other unusual sights.
When Henrietta Hen trades her first egg to Red Fox, the other farm animals tell her how important the egg is, and take turns going with her to get the egg back, but Red Fox is more interested in breakfast than in anything offered as a trade.
Maria Lili and her grandmother barter a dozen eggs at the market square to get the ingredients to cook their traditional Saturday chicken sancocho. Includes recipe.
Maria Lili and her grandmother barter a dozen eggs at the market square to get the ingredients to cook their traditional Saturday chicken sancocho. Includes recipe.
