The sky was once so close to the Earth that people cut parts of it to eat, but their waste and greed caused the sky to move far away.
- ISBN: 9780316308526
- Author: Gerson, Mary-Joan
- Illustrator: Golembe, Carla
- Published: 1992 , Joy St Books
- Themes: Greed, sky
- Descriptors: Africa, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Nigeria, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
- No. of pages: 32