num_pages: 32
description: In a small Ugandan village Kato wakes early to start the long barefoot trek beyond his village and along fields dotted with cattle and guarded by soldiers. His destination is the village well where he will pump a days supply of water into two jerry cans. Like every day Kato lets the water splash over his hot tired feet before carrying his heavy load back home where his chores await him. But this is no ordinary day. The aid workers truck has come to the village square and in the back is a gift so special the little boy rushes home to look for something to repay the aid worker. Alma Fullertons spare lilting prose tells a deceptively simple story of one day in a little boys life. But in a place ravaged by a generation of civil war and drought a village well brings life a gift of shoes is a cause for celebration and a simple flower becomes an eloquent symbol of peace and gratitude.
language: English
title: A Good Trade
publisher: Pajama Press