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Die lui trapsuutjies se slinkse plan

Lank gelede, in die rustige dorpie Mudavula, het daar ’n baie lui trapsuutjies gewoon. In daardie tyd het al die diere die grond bewerk om vir hulle en hul families kos te voorsien. Almal behalwe Trapsuutjies. Omdat hy so lui was, wou hy nie soos ...

Die groot fout

Dit is ’n luilekker dag langs die rivier. Alles is doodstil. Die enigste geluid is Klein Voëltjie se sagte getjirp terwyl hy Seekoei se groot, plat tande skoonmaak.

 

Seekoei hou daarvan as sy tande skoongemaak word. Hy lê met sy ...

Die groot fout

Dit is ’n luilekker dag langs die rivier. Alles is doodstil. Die enigste geluid is Klein Voëltjie se sagte getjirp terwyl hy Seekoei se groot, plat tande skoonmaak.

Seekoei hou daarvan as sy tande skoongemaak word. Hy lê met sy kop buite ...

Die silwer maanmonster

Flossie die veldmuis skarrel so vinnig soos haar kort beentjies haar kan dra deur die gras. “ O, toggie!” snak sy na haar asem. “Ek gaan nooit betyds by die huis wees nie!”

Die son begin al sak. Daar is donker skaduwees oral om haar. ...

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Flossie the field mouse was terrified of the silver moon monster that hunted at night. Then she met Maxwell, a moth with giant eyes on its wings who wasn’t scared of anything at all. But would Maxwell be able to protect Flossie from the terrible monster?

Sefako and the singing crocodile

Lank, lank gelede in ’n dorpie ver hiervandaan het daar ’n pragtige meisie met die naam Sefako gewoon. Sefako het al die mans in die dorpie se harte gesteel. Hulle het gedigte en liedjies oor haar skoonheid geskryf. Maar Sefako het nie ...

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Beautiful Sefako refused to marry any of the men of her village. Now Sefako often slept near the river when she collected water. There, a crocodile saw beautiful Sefako and sang of his love for her while she slept. She heard his song in her dreams and decided to meet the singer who had stolen her heart.

Slakke het ook gevoelens!

Die slakke wat in mev. Mondliwa se tuin woon, is baie ongelukkig.

“EK HET GENOEG GEHAD!” brom Slimy Slak.

“Ek ook,” sê sy beste maat, Speedy. “Hoekom hou die ander goggas in die tuin nie van ons nie?”

“Ek is siek ...

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The bugs in Mrs Mondliwa’s garden want the snails out. They complain that the snails leave slippery slime everywhere they go, eat, and destroy the plants and cause traffic jams because they are so slow. The snails have two days to prove that they can be useful too, or else!

Jy’s te klein

Mamma Tau is op pad huis toe! Sy was lank weg om te gaan studeer en haar familie het na haar verlang. Almal is baie opgewonde. Maar Thapelo, haar jongste kind, is meer opgewonde as al die ander.

Op die dag dat Mamma Tau huis toe kom, is haar ...

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Mama Tau was coming home, and everyone had a special job to do for her welcome back party – except Thapelo. He was just too small. Then Bless the dog hid Mama’s present in the neighbour’s locked yard, and they needed someone who could fit through the hole in the fence to get it back.

Prins Suiker en Awande, die bakker

Daar was eendag ’n prins met die naam Suiker. Prins Suiker is so genome omdat hy so lief was vir soetgoed, soos koek, koekies, terte, oliebolle en poeding. Prins Suiker was ’n bedorwe brokkie en wou nooit enige van sy soetgoed met die kinders ...

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Prince Sugar loved sweet treats so much that no one else in his village was allowed to eat anything sweet. One day Awande the baker arrived and gave sweet treats to all the children. To appease the angry prince Awande agreed to bake a new treat for him every day – on condition that he eat the whole treat on that day …

Die dogtertjie wat per ongeluk ruimte toe gegaan het

Lesedi is dol oor die sterre. Terwyl ander kinders nie kan wag dat dit dag word nie, kan sy nie wag dat dit nag word nie. Sy is glad nie bang vir die donker nie. Sy hou daarvan om saans voor slaaptyd buitentoe te gaan, net om na die naghemel te ...

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Lesedi loved the stars. One night a giant spaceship landed in her front garden and Lesedi took off on a fantastic adventure. Later her mom found her fast asleep on the grass. Had Lesedi’s adventure been a dream or was it real?

Die spieël in die bosveld

Dit is ’n snikhete dag in die Afrika-savanne wanneer Hasie besluit om by die stroompie te gaan water drink. In die hitte hop sy stadig met ’n oop, stowwerige paadjie langs toe sy ’n spieël in die sonlig sien flits. Hasie het nog nooit ...

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Rabbit had never seen a mirror before. So, when she saw herself and the veld reflected in it, she thought a strange animal had swallowed her and the bushveld. She ran to warn the other animals about the dangerous animal, bit it just swallowed every animal that came to destroy it.