Zimkhitha is always laughing. One day she laughs so much that she floats up into the sky. Her worried parents frantically try to work out how to get her down again. Fortunately, a helpful scientist comes up with a plan, and together with an ever-growing crowd of helpers and onlookers, they finally manage to bring Zimkhitha back down to Earth.
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