One afternoon, Zulfah’s family was in the kitchen. Everyone was doing something. Zulfah was helping her father chop up vegetables for the soup. Her mother was washing dishes at the sink. Zulfah’s little brother, Ashraf, was thirsty. He wanted something to drink but nobody heard him say, ‘Dink, please!’ because...
There was once a young boy who lived on a farm near a village. He lived with his mother, father and sister. Everybody in his family had their own special job to do. His job was to look after the sheep.
Thandi woke up feeling very excited. It was her birthday and she was NOT seven anymore!
“I’m eight years old, I’m eight years old, I’m eight years old today,” she sang to herself. Eight sounded so much older that seven. Seven-year-olds couldn’t do what eight-year-olds could. Her mom had said that...
Early one rainy morning, David woke up to the sound of “miaow, miaow, miaow” outside his bedroom window. He ran and woke up his dad and together they went outside to look. They saw a tiny, thin, black kitten hiding up a tree.
“She looks very scared and weak,” said David.
The...
One day Zinthle’s granny sat and watched Zinthle picking tomatoes in their garden.
‘Here, Granny, taste this,’ said Zinthle handing her grandmother a round, red tomato. “I grew it myself!”
‘Thank you, Zinthle, you really have green fingers,’ said Granny.
Zinthle laughed. ‘I don’t think so, Granny. I just use Uncle Lazola’s growing...
A long time ago – before your grandfather and his grandfather and even his grandfather – Day and Night were not shy. They walked on the earth just like you.
Every morning, Day would wake up from his sleep. He would wash his face in the ...
When Sibu moved into iLanga Avenue, Mrs Magona told all the neighbours to bring a little bit of this and a little bit of that, to welcome him. So Sibu made good friends. They liked him and he liked them.
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