Mama's Garden
Judith Twala
Zablon Alex Nguku
English

This is Mama's garden. It is big and beautiful. Mama plants many crops in it.

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This is a mango tree Mama planted. The mangoes are ripe and look juicy. They make me salivate.

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Mama and I visit Mama's garden to get maize for roasting. Sometimes, Mama goes to sell the maize at the market.

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Mama's garden has big pumpkins and tomatoes. There is one giant pumpkin I like looking at.

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The neighbour's cows are feeding on Mama's sweet potato vines. Mama will be so angry when she finds out.

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Mama also plants sugarcane. My friends and I love to play hide and seek in the sugarcane.

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Mama's Garden
Author - Judith Twala
Illustration - Zablon Alex Nguku, Wiehan de Jager, Steven McKimmie, Jesse Breytenbach
Language - English
Level - First sentences
© Judith Twala 2015
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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