Papa Goorghoori and the very old Grandma

by: Narges Noori

These illustrations show three pages of a story by the title of Papa Goorghoori and the very old Grandma written by the significant Afghan writer Mohmmad Hossain Mohammadi.

Ghoorghoor is an expression that children in Mazar Sharif use it when sky lightning and then raining.

In this story Papa Goorghoori is living on the clouds along with his grandchild. One day his grandchild got sick and Papa Goorghoori is so upset that became weepy and run on the clouds. When his steps and his stick touch the clouds lightning occurs. Down the mountain the very old Grandma is living with her grandchild. The granny goes up the hill to see why Grandpa the lightning is so sad and …