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The story centers around Mr. Shabangu, a talented baker renowned for his delicious buns, cakes, and biscuits. Each morning, his bakery fills the town with enticing aromas, drawing in customers eager for a taste of his fresh treats. However, the story highlights a contrast between those who can afford to buy these baked goods and the poorer members of the community who can only savor the delightful smells. Mr. Shabangu, proud of his creations, becomes possessive of the scents, believing they too should be paid for, a sentiment that stirs conflict with those less fortunate. The narrative follows the experiences of these individuals, particularly an old woman named Ma Shange, who finds solace in the bakery's fragrant offerings. The book is available for commercial use and adaptation under a Creative Commons license, encouraging sharing and creativity while requiring attribution to the original authors and illustrators. The tale explores themes of pride, wealth disparity, and the value of simple pleasures in everyday life, as experienced through the sensory experience of smell.","The Smell Thief  \nEnglish Story Book  \nThe Smell Thief  \nWriter: Joanne Bloch (retold folktale)  \nIllustration: Rebecca Riley and Nalibali  \nEnglish  \nCopyright © 2014, Nal'ibali and PRAESA  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nThe Smell Thief  \nWriter: Joanne Bloch (retold folktale)  \nIllustration: Rebecca Riley and Nalibali  \nMr. Shabangu was the best baker in town. Every morning he woke up at four o’clock to mix and knead the dough for his famous buns, cakes and biscuits.  \nBy eight o’clock the people of the town were walking past the bakery on their way to work and school. By this time the cakes and buns were almost cooked, and the most delicious smells wafted out of the bakery’s windows.  \nMany of the people went into the bakery to buy their breakfast. Mr. Shabangu smiled happily at them as he passed them the fresh, tasty cinnamon buns and warm, golden biscuits that were so famous in the town.  \nBut other people were not so lucky. Because they had so little money, the poorer people of the town could hardly ever afford to buy any of the delicious buns, cakes and biscuits. All they could do was enjoy the lovely smells that drifted out of the bakery windows. When Mr Shabangu noticed these people sniffing the air near his bakery, he said angrily,‘How dare they sniff my delicious smells!’  \n‘Those are MY smells. I made them, so they belong to me! If people want to smell my wonderful smells, they should pay for them!’He huffed and puffed and wiped the sweat from his brow, before turning back the oven to bake some bread and rolls for his lunchtime customers.  \nOne old woman especially loved the smells that drifted out of the bakery window every morning. 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