![]() Conversely, when Nyasha leaves on her trek she chooses to feed the young boy and listens to the old woman. She also comes across an old woman offering advice on how to progress past the laughing trees, but does not listen to them and hurries to the royal city. Manyara goes first and along the way meets a hungry child, but refuses to offer him any food. When they learn of the Great King's request for his citizens to send him any women they see as worthy of becoming his wife, their father chooses to send both of his daughters. The two sisters are opposites in many ways, as Nyasha is seen favorably by the villagers for her kindness while Manyara is bad tempered and bullies her sister whenever their father's back is turned. Mufaro is a villager who lives with his two daughters, Nyasha and Manyara. In the late 1980s, Weston Woods made a version of the book, narrated by Terry Alexander. The book won many awards for Steptoe's illustrations, and went on to be adapted into many different children's literature curricula. ![]() Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters is a children's picture book published in 1987 by John Steptoe. ![]()
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