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Illustrated by Emily Berg and reformatted for Bloom by Marlene Custer, it's part of the African Storybook Initiative. The story details a family in a village where parents work in the fields, leaving their baby in the care of their older children, Sipho (10) and Bulelwa (12). The siblings, engrossed in playing soccer and with dolls, neglect their household chores and forget to attend to the crying baby. A group of cranes, noticing the baby's distress, attempt to alert the children to no avail. Ultimately, the cranes decide to rescue the baby, carrying its blanket away to raise it themselves, while the children remain oblivious due to their continued play and the parents' labor in the hot sun. The narrative is presented with illustrations and includes information about copyright and usage, stating that the work can be adapted for non-commercial purposes but must retain the copyright and credits.","Baby Snatched by Cranes  \nEnglish Traditional Story  \nBaby Snatched by Cranes  \nSouth African Folktale Illustrations: Emily Berg Reformatted for Bloom by: Marlene Custer African Storybook Initiative  \nEnglish  \nSouth African Institute for Distance Education South African Folktale  \nCopyright © 2014, African Storybook Initiative  \nYou may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nOnce upon a time there was a family who lived in a village. The parents in this family woke up early every morning to work in the fields. They left the baby with their elder son, Sipho, who was ten years old, and their eldest daughter Bulelwa, who was twelve years old.  \nThe older children loved playing outside during the day, and they forgot about doing their household chores. They called their friends to come and play with them.  \nThe boys loved playing soccer . The girls loved playing with dolls. They forgot about looking after the baby when their friends arrived. The baby cried and cried and nobody heard.  \nOne day the children put the baby in the shade under a tree, on a bright red blanket. They went to play. The baby began crying as usual.  \nA group of cranes flew above the playground and felt sorry for the crying baby. They tried to get the children to notice that the baby was crying, but the children kept on playing.  \nThe cranes decided to take the baby and raise it themselves .  \nFour cranes came to pick up the baby from under the tree. Each crane took a corner of the baby’s blanket, lifted the baby up, and flew away.  \nThe children did not notice anything because they were busy playing. 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