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Zinhle loved skipping in the playground with her friends Sindi and Zongi. Just one thing worried her. When her friends skipped, their hair flew up and down, and flicked from side to side. Zinhle had a thick mop of soft hair that formed a big round shape, and it never moved in the same way as theirs did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One Saturday morning Zinhle asked her mother, \u201cMama, why doesn\u2019t my hair grow down like my friends\u2019 hair? Their hair flies about when they skip. It looks so pretty! It makes me sad that my hair doesn\u2019t move like that. It just stays still!\u201d \u201cYour hair may be different from your friends\u2019 hair, but it\u2019s just as beautiful as theirs!\u201d said Mama. Zinhle made a sad face, but her mama just smiled at her. \u201cLook around you, Zinhle,\u201d she said. \u201cYour hair grows from the roots up, like the trees and plants. It\u2019s also round and big, just like the earth we live on. You can play around with it too and make beautiful patterns and shapes in it. Your hair is magical \u2013 and that is special!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These words made Zinhle happy. She ran outside to tell her friends about her magical hair. But when she told Zongi and Sindi what Mama had said, they just looked at each other, and burst out laughing. \u201cHow can hair be magic?\u201d asked Zongi. \u201cHa-ha-ha!\u201d laughed Sindi. \u201cDon\u2019t joke like that, Zinhle! Magic? Never!\u201d Zinhle\u2019s eyes filled with tears, but she didn\u2019t cry. She didn\u2019t want Zongi and Sindi to laugh at her again. Just then, the girls saw Gogo waving to them. She was standing in her doorway nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLook, Gogo\u2019s calling us,\u201d said Zinhle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three children loved helping Gogo. She told them lots of stories and gave them dried fruit every time they visited her. So Zinhle, Zongi and Sindi hurried to find out why Gogo was calling them. \u201cI\u2019m not well today,\u201d said Gogo. \u201cI want to send you to kwaNtuli to get some medicine.\u201d The children were sad to hear that Gogo wasn\u2019t well and agreed to go and get her some medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ll draw you a map so you won\u2019t get lost,\u201d said Gogo. \u201cThe map will lead you to Baba Ntuli\u2019s place, and he\u2019ll give you some herbs.\u201d Then Gogo went inside to find paper and a pencil to draw the map. She looked in her drawer, but she couldn\u2019t find any paper. \u201cI\u2019ll have to make another plan,\u201d she said. She looked carefully at each of the girls. Then she said, \u201cZinhle, you have very beautiful hair. It looks strong. I will braid cornrows to make a map in your hair. The map will help you get to kwaNtuli.\u201d Gogo sat on her favourite red chair, and Zinhle sat on the mat in front of her. Gogo braided Zinhle\u2019s hair. The other girls watched eagerly. As Gogo combed and braided different patterns, Zongi and Sindi were amazed by the length of Zinhle\u2019s hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWow! Your mama is right,\u201d said Sindi. \u201cYour hair really IS magical! It looks so short, but it\u2019s longer than you think!\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s true,\u201d said Zongi. \u201cIt\u2019s a big surprise!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zinhle smiled at them happily. When Gogo had finished braiding Zinhle\u2019s hair, the cornrows looked just like a map to guide the children to kwaNtuli! As they walked along the narrow paths through the veld, Zongi and Sindi often stopped and studied Zinhle\u2019s hair to make sure that they were still going in the right direction. While they walked, they sang a song they had made up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGogo\u2019s not well, Gogo\u2019s not well. We\u2019re going to kwaNtuli, we\u2019re going to fetch herbs \u2013 herbs to make Gogo well!\u201d The children finally arrived at kwaNtuli. There Baba Ntuli gave them two packets of herbs for Gogo. On their way home the girls again used Zinhle\u2019s cornrow map to guide them. When they arrived safely at Gogo\u2019s house, they gave her the medicine. The next morning, Zinhle, Zongi and Sindi went to Gogo\u2019s house to see if she was better. When they arrived, they found her watering her garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood morning, my children,\u201d said Gogo with a big smile. \u201cI\u2019m feeling much stronger today, all thanks to you!\u201d The girls were happy to hear that they had helped Gogo, but they were thinking about something else too. \u201cGogo, would you please braid my hair the same way you did Zinhle\u2019s hair?\u201d asked Sindi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMine too, please!\u201d said Zongi. \u201cOf course,\u201d said Gogo. \u201cCome inside.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During news time at school the next morning, the three friends told their class all about their magic hairstyles. At break, they had just started skipping when some children asked to see their cornrows that made a map to kwaNtuli. \u201cIt really is magic,\u201d said someone, and everyone else agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n .<\/span> Author Mbali Kgame with illustrations by Magriet Brink and Leo Daly. This story is also available in: isiXhosa \/ Afrikaans \/ isiZulu \/ Sepedi \/ Sesotho \/ Xitsonga \/ Setswana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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