Journey of Colours - Children’s English Fiction Story

Jul 17, 2026

“Journey of Colours” follows Deborah on a safe walk to visit her beloved grandmother, observing changing nature along the path. She notices yellow blossoms on an acacia branch, touches them, and discovers a small trace of yellow on her finger. Deborah also watches white birds among cows and tiny blue butterflies near the ground as they flutter away. The route continues through black ash from burned fields, requiring careful steps.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages20

Reading Time31 min

AccessFree to download

Journey to Grandma

Yellow blossoms and soft touch

White birds and sky departure

Blue butterflies and gentle contact

Careful steps through black ash

Journey of Colours English Fiction Journey of Colours written by Carol Smith This story is from 'Stories for Children Book 6' used in the SIL MLE Curriculum in Cameroon. Images by MBANJI Bawe Ernest, and Jedidja van Oene © 2019 SIL Cameroon. English United Kingdom Copyright © 2019, SIL Cameroon [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)[ ](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)[You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may](You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may)[ ](You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may)adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc. Images on pages Front Cover, 1, 3, 6, 8 by Jedidja van Oene, © 2019 SIL Cameroon. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0. Images on pages 2, 4–5, 7, 9–10 by MBANJI Bawe Ernest, © 2019 SIL Cameroon. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0. Journey of Colours Deborah wanted to go and visit her grandmother who she loved very much. Her father knew it was a safe path to the grandmother’s house so he said that she could go on her own . As Deborah left her compound she passed an acacia tree on the path. She noticed that a branch that stuck out over the path had small yellow blossomson it. The yellow blossoms were round like a very small ball. She touched the yellow blossoms and they were soft. When she pulled her finger away she saw that the end of her finger was a little bit yellow too . What a beautiful yellow blossom thought Deborah. Deborah walked on . Some cows were far ahead on the path. She saw that some large white birds were walking around among the cows . The birds were pure, clean white like cotton . Deborah wanted to look at them more closely. As she came close to them they flew up into the sky and moved away from her . What beautiful white birds thought Deborah. Along the path Deborah spied three, tiny butterflies hovering just above the ground. She slowly crept closer and then stood very, very still. When she was close she saw that the butterflies were blue like the sky. They were busy and didn’t seem to notice her . She put out her finger gently to touch one . As if the wind had blown them, together they wafted away. What beautiful blue butterflies thought Deborah. Further along, the path was covered in black ash where someone had been burning their fields. Deborah had to walk very carefully so as not to get her feet and clothes too black.

FAQs

Who is the main character, and where does she want to go?

The story’s main character is Deborah. She wants to visit her grandmother, whom she loves very much.

What does Deborah discover when she touches the yellow blossoms?

Deborah touches the soft yellow blossoms on the acacia branch and then sees that her finger becomes a little bit yellow.

Why must Deborah walk carefully later on the path?

The path is covered in black ash from someone burning their fields, so Deborah must avoid getting her feet and clothes too black.

Jul 17, 2026

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