Tulia!

Tulia means “calm down” in Swahili. Aisha’s mom often used the Swahili word “tulia” to help calm down her children, now Aisha uses the word herself when she is in scary situations.

One night Aisha was visiting her sister, Ellen, while she was babysitting. After the little boy Ellen was babysitting was tucked into bed for the night Ellen scooped-up bowls of her favorite ice cream for each of them, but that’s when Aisha’s keen senses kicked in, she smelled something… she smelled smoke. In this scary moment, a very brave girl, armed with her mother’s voice, finds courage…

In most fairy tales, a helpless young lady waits around for a prince to rescue her. But the spunky girls in the entertaining Girls to the Rescue series are much too busy saving the day to wait for Prince Charming. “Tulia!” is one of ten stories from Girls to the Rescue Book #5. If you enjoy this exciting story, more adventures await you in Girls to the Rescue Books #1 through #7.