Tree planting day
Faith Lusanji Olukhokha
Wiehan de Jager

It was on monday morning when we were on class reading books. The bell rang and all of us ran o the assemble.

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The headteacher told us that we have a visitor from kitale. He said that he will show us how to take care of our enviroment . All the learners were given seedlings so that we can plant.

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The visitor said that we shall plant our trees on shallow pit . He even showed us how to dig shallow pit and to plant the seedlings.

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Everyone was very happy because they had known how to plant the seedlings. The headteacher told all of us to dig our own shallow pit and plant the seedlings we were given.

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After that the visitor told us to collect rubbish all over the compound school so that our school will be clean with fresh air. we also washed our toilets with clean water.

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We all washed our hands with clean water and sat under the tree.

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we were then given biscuits and juice .we all ate untilwe were satisfied.

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Tree planting day
Author - Faith Lusanji Olukhokha, nelson kassim
Illustration - Wiehan de Jager, Caroline Lentupuru, Jonathan Field, Marleen Visser, Melany Pietersen, Sue Beattie, Niloufer Wadia
Language - English
Level - Longer paragraphs