Tekleh is curious. Tekleh likes adventure. And trouble always seems to find him, no matter how hard he tries to avoid it. One day Tekleh’s father decides that a gebeta (also known as mancala) board will help keep Tekleh occupied--and out of trouble. “Time and place will prove no barrier to kids’ identification with an inadvertent mischiefmaker.”--The Bulletin

This story is about a young boy who keeps getting into trouble, so his father gives him a game board that he is sure will keep his son out of trouble. The boy goes and trades the game for all kids of things, but ends right back up with the game board. He returns home to his unsuspecting father.