The story kingdom has even attained a degree of spatial reality in the form of a treed square, across which wander the characters of Joe's books, frequently kimono-clad Easterners, but also occasionally the "real" people that Joe knows; though he creates it as a retreat, it has the capacity to become a communal space where narratives intersect with readers, and isolated readers approach each other through narratives.
Madai ya mzozo wa uhalali wa `ubaba’ wa mtoto huyo, yalithibitishwa na baadhi ya wakazi wa kijiji hicho, akiwamo mwalimu wa dini wa Kigango cha Kanisa Katoliki Uruira, Mashaka Abel. Walisema miaka sita iliyopita, mtoto huyo akiwa na umri wa mwaka mmoja, alifanyiwa taratibu za ubatizo, lakini ilishindikana, kutokana na wanaume hao, kila mmoja kudai ndiye baba mzazi wa mtoto.