Bobby falls
Salome Ledwaba
Martin Letsoalo
English

This is my dog. His name is Bobby.

He is a hunting dog.

1

Bobby likes to hunt small animals.

He also likes to play in the long grass.

2

One Saturday, Bobby went out alone to hunt.

He saw a rabbit on a rock.

Bobby's mouth started watering.

3

The rabbit saw Bobby looking at him.

The rabbit ran away very fast.

4

Bobby ran after the rabbit.

He could only think about eating rabbit.

He did not see a big hole ahead.

5

Bobby fell into the deep hole.

The rabbit ran around the hole and kept running.

6

Luckily, two boys heard Bobby barking, "Woof! Woof! woof!"

They ran towards the big hole to help him.

7

"He is too heavy!" cried the boys!

But they managed to pull Bobby from the hole.

He was a very happy dog!

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Bobby falls
Author - Salome Ledwaba
Illustration - Martin Letsoalo
Language - English
Level - First sentences
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