Granny's phone
Diana Tebeila
Diana Tebeila

Mmabotse lived with her granny in a village called Ga-Nchabeleng.

Her mother worked far from home and only returned at the end of the month. Mmabotse loved her granny very much.

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Granny had a large maize field. She went to the field every day to check on the plants.

Her maize grew very tall – so tall that you could not see granny!

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Every time Mmabotse came back from school she would call her granny. "Granny, where are you?" she would shout. But granny couldn't hear her.

Mmabotse worried when she could not find granny.

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Mmabotse asked her mother to buy a cell phone for granny. "I will teach granny how to use the phone. It will be easy to find her in the fields," said Mmabotse.

Mmabotse's mother bought a phone for granny.

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Mmabotse taught her granny how to answer the phone.

She said, "Granny, when you hear the phone ringing, press this green button and put the phone next to your ear to hear. Then start talking."

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Mmabotse continued, "When you have finished the call, press this red button."

She practised with granny many times.

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Mmabotse came back from school and called her granny on the cell phone.

Her granny answered the phone and came back home. Now it was easy to find granny.

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Granny was very happy to be able to use a cell phone. She liked to call Mmabotse's mother and many others.

She said to Mmabotse, "I love you. You have a good heart just like your name."

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Granny's phone
Author - Diana Tebeila
Illustration - Diana Tebeila
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs