My First Birthday Party
John Emongot
Silva Afonso

My name is Mr Rabbit. I live in a very small village of Apaanga.

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Our family was very poor that we could not afford to build a good house to sleep in.

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We always had only one meal a day.

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Every morning, my father used to send me to the garden to take care of the grainsThis was to avoid the birds and other animals from eating them.

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When the harvest season came, it was the best ever yield we had ever got.

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My father became so happy that he promised to organize for him his first birthday party.

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It was after twenty five years when I had my first birthday party. He told me to invite some of our neighbors.

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Our neighbor Mr cock was very happy but he thought of his chicks and said to himself, "I think I'll go with them."

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Early in the morning, dad woke us up to start preparing the food because the visitors were to be many.

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Soon we started serving our visitors.

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After the food, visitors enjoyed the cakes.

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There after Mr Rabbit received many gifts from his friends.

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At the end Mr Goat opened up the dance. He is the best local musician in the village.

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My First Birthday Party
Author - John Emongot
Illustration - Silva Afonso, Vusi Malindi, Jos? Jochicala, Rob Owen, Jos? Nhambo, Jesse Breytenbach, Bronwen Heath
Language - English
Level - First words