Handa Quotes

But thanks to some hungry animals she meets along the way it’s Handa who’s in for a surprise!

“Will she like the soft yellow banana or the sweet smelling guava? Will se like the round juicy orange... or the rip red mango?”

But along the way Handa gets lots of different animals taking the fruit from her basket.

Along the way to Akeyo’s village, Handa contemplates which fruit Akeyo will like the best. However, each time Handa thinks about a certain fruit an animal pops along and takes that particular fruit.

“She will be surprised, thought Handa as she set for Akeyo’s village.”

Handa’s Surprise is a book about a Kenyan girl (Handa) who visits her friend with a basket full of seven different fruits as presents. Along the way to Akeyo’s village, Handa contemplates which fruit Akeyo will like the best.

Unaware that various animals have taken these tropical fruits, Handa continues along her journey, at which point a goat bumps into a tree and a bunch of tangerines fall into Handa’s basket.