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Gr 2-5 In this story within a story, a narrator recounts her grandfather's tale about a time when there was no music. The grasshopper, Imani, loved to stay out in the rain and enjoy the gift of music the Ancestors sent to earth along with each rainstorm. But feeling this gift was too wonderful to keep to himself, he begged the Ancestors to send music to the whole world. Soon all of Africa rang with glorious sounds. When Imani was taken aboard a slave ship in the sack of one of the prisoners, it was hi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More