saint bakhita of sudan comicolor saints book
DESCRIPTION
St. Bakhita of Sudan's exciting life translates into a thrilling action-packed comic book-style coloring and activity book! Once they've finished coloring, kids will have a completed comic book to enjoy. This coloring book also features cut-out trading cards, activities, and games. Ideal for ages 6-8.TRANSCRIPT
With trading cards!
Saint Bakhita of Sudan
CUT, COLLECT, AND TRADE WITH FRIENDS!
St. Bakhita Sadik
Mr. Checchini Mimmina
$2.95
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Written and illustrated by
Virginia Helen Richards, FSP
and D. Thomas Halpin, FSP
Saint Bakhita of Sudan
Boston
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The place? Darfur, in the Sudan in Africa. The year? 1869…
YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL, MY
DAUGHTER!
Bakhita’s family lived in the village of Olgossa … COME, BABY.
LET’S CHECK THE FIELDS.
OKAY,
Later, screams echo from the village…
HELP! HELP!
OH NO! OH NO!
WHAT IS IT, MAMA?
Afterward, back in the village… THEY took her!
Our daughter! And OTHERS, TOO. THOSE
SLAVE TRADERS HAVE GOT TO BE STOPPED!
AFRICA
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But the raids continued. Two years later, the village was still on the alert. One day, Bakhita and a friend went berry-picking…COME, BABY.
LET’S CHECK THE FIELDS.
HELP! HELP!
WHAT IS IT, MAMA?
THEY took her! Our daughter!
And OTHERS, TOO. THOSE SLAVE TRADERS HAVE GOT TO BE STOPPED!
IT’S BORING IN THE VILLAGE. LET’S GO FIND
FRUIT.
OKAY! I LIKE THE SWEET
BERRIES.
HERE, TRY THESE.
Suddenly two men appear. MY DEAR, I LEFT MY BAG BACK THERE. WILL YOU PLEASE GET IT FOR ME?
I’LL GO, SIR.
Something’s not right.
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BUT THERE’S NOTHING HERE…
YOU’RE OUR CAPTIVE!
NOW START WALKING!
MAKE A
Later…
HEY, KID! WHAT’S YOUR
NAME?
CAN’T YOU TALK?
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LET’S CALL HER
BAKHITA!
YEAH! THE “LUCKY
ONE”!
Left in a hut with no escape …
Later, other people were captured, too. Sadik, a girl about Bakhita’s age, became her best friend. But then…
I’LL SELL THEM
BOTH TO YOU FOR THE RIGHT
PRICE!
The two girls worked hard every day. Then one day—a lucky break.
WORK! DO IT, OR ELSE!
HE FORGOT TO CHAIN US THIS
TIME.
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It was the chance of a lifetime!
They ran all day.
By nighttime … DID YOU HEAR
THAT?
WHOA!
SADIK! DON’T
STOP!
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WHERE’D HE GO,
SADIK?WHO CARES,
BAKHITA? LET’S GET OUT OF HERE!
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But the girls were again captured—and sold to a wealthy Arab chief to be servants to his daughters.
MAKE SURE TO FASTEN IT TIGHTLY, BAKHITA.
I WANT MY HAIR JUST
RIGHT, SADIK.
And then the girls were sold yet again. This time, a Turkish general bought them to serve his mother and his wife.
ARE YOU OKAY, SADIK?
ME? YOUR BUNDLE IS HEAVIEr,
BAKHITA.
This was a
terrible time for
Bakhita. She was
treated badly by the
family. Later, she
went to Khartoum with
the general and other
servants, only to find
that she was to be sold
once more!
BAKHITA, THERE’S A WAR ON! I’M
SELLING YOU TO A FOREIGNER, AN ITALIAN OFFICIAL.
OH SIR, NOT AGAIN!
PLEASE, HAVE MERCY!
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MR. LEGNANI WILL BE GOOD
TO YOU.
ME? YOUR BUNDLE IS HEAVIEr,
BAKHITA.
But I’ll Still be
a slave...
BAKHITA, YOU WILL BE SERVING MY
FAMILY.
FAMILY? I USED TO HAVE A FAMILY. I HARDLY REMEMBER THAT...
Mr. Legnani was the Italian vice consul. Life really did become better for Bakhita for two years ...
Then ...
I’M GOING BACK TO ITALY, BUT I CAN’T TAKE YOU ALL
WITH ME.
Poor Bakhita!
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