Caps for Sale

Based on a folktale, the story follows a mustachioed cap selling street vendor (unnamed in the book, he is known as Pezzo in the sequel Circus Caps for Sale) who wears his entire stock of caps on his head. When the peddler takes a nap under a tree, a troupe of monkeys steal all the caps but his own and put them on. The peddler tries in vain to get the monkeys to return the caps, but they only imitate his actions. Finally he throws his own cap on the ground in disgust and walks away, causing the monkeys to do the same. The peddler collects the caps off the ground and goes on his way. Translated into Sugt'stun for young language learners.