The Girl named Latoie
Ladislaus H. Munango
Ladislaus H. Munango

Munango Latoie Helvie was born in November 2013. She's from Rundu town. In 2020 she began with her pre-school at Grootfontein pre- School. Her teacher use to say she was a smart girl. She loves drawing, singing and reading.

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She learned about alphabetical letters in pre-grade. She want to be like her teacher when she gr but her passion is modelling. She has a little brother. His name is Honest. He likes running and singing. They play together and sing together.

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They both love fruits. One-day they went shopping and buy a lots of it. Apple, pears, grapes, oranges and also a tomato. Latoie was playing with it. Fruits are very nice. It helps our body. The teacher said we must eat fruits all the time

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At school, she draw and paint. Here are some of her drawing. She said, its a story about a rabbit and a chicken. They were once best friends. They loved each other very much. The teacher use to say it's important to have a friend.

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One-day they build a house together. They also plant some vegetables outside their home. Later they had a visitor from Juliana farm. They were happy to see him. They ask him to stay and play with them. The teacher always say, be good to the

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Visitors. His name is Mr Dogg. He was protecting them from criminals. Mr Dogg is very brave. They lived happily ever after.

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School is everything she lived for, because her dream is to be an activist. She looks happy every day. She want to help those who can't speak for themselves. Her teacher applaud her for having such a big dream. She said "Latoie, you're a sa

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She said "Latoie, you're a saint" she laughs with everyone, share goods with everyone and help all. One-day she told her far about rainbow colours. She took a poster and draw it. Her brother added black colour on it . She hate black colour.

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In December 2021, she traveled to Makena village to visit. She wanted to experience life at the village. She was so excited to be there. But yet, school work didn't end. She met her nieces. She taught them on how to draw a rainbow.

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One lucky day, the rainbow showed up. She stood with one of her niece to watch it. She started calling the colours, singing the rainbow colours song. She enjoyed watching it. She said, "I'm going to tell my teacher about my experience."

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Her holiday season ended and she has to travel back to Grootfontein. She misses cakes a lot. At the village there was nothing. This was her best holiday ever. Next year she planned to go to the city. Mostly at the coast.

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And those are some of her memories to keep at the village. She was so exited and collfree flowers. Flowers were everywhere in different colours. It reminded her about the rainbow. On the picture she was with her big sister Hailie and brothe

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This is how their holiday ended. On this picture, they were travelling back home. They stopped by to rest and eat their food. Latoie and her family is always together and it keeps her motivated and feel safe all the time.

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Munango Latoie Helvie

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The Girl named Latoie
Author - Ladislaus H. Munango
Illustration - Ladislaus H. Munango, Wiehan de Jager, Offei Tettey Eugene
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs