Exaggerata and the Cave Drawings of the Ennedi Massif

The story

Exaggerata has an outfit for every mood and turns every molehill into a mountain, often with a southern accent and a red fan. While crossing a creek with Oblivibob, she insists the stones are the slipperiest ever, then slips and disappears under one.

She shoots out into a blazing desert in Chad and heads for the shade of strange rock towers. There, a dromedary named Rufus tells her about ancient cave drawings and a legend of a rider called Nomad.

The real place: Ennedi Massif

Three things to tell your kid after the story.

1. 1The Ennedi Massif is a group of sandstone mountains in the Sahara Desert in Chad, carved by wind and water into arches, pillars and towers.
2. 2Its rock walls hold paintings and carvings thousands of years old, showing people, cattle, horses and camels.
3. 3In one deep pool there, the Guelta d'Archei, camels come to drink and a few rare desert crocodiles still live.

Next stop

EP 99 · Louisiana bayou

Oblivibob

Is oblivious.

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Smash and break things.