Bernice and Ajani love football
Bernice Talu
Catherine Groenewald

Bernice and Ajani are siblings. They get along because they rarely fight.

They want to be professional footballers. Even if they don't become professionals they still love to play football.

1

They want to learn how to play football. Sometimes they play with their friends.

Recently, they saw a young coach training children how to play football. They joined the team.

2

Their friends also support them to achieve their dream of becoming footballers.

They trained harder and harder and each day, they got better and better.

3

Their coach started preparing them for a match against another team.

They were given football jerseys.

4

Joshua, Sienna, Bing, Margaret and Wema were also practicing for a different team.

Ajani was really worried because he didn't want to go against his friends.

5

His friends Cohen, Keith, Lionell and Samra were in the other team.

He did not want to play against them fearing to lose his friends should his team win.

6

The coach told them how tough it was going to be. She also said, "It doesn't matter if you lose or win. What matters is that you have fun."

All of them were desperate to win.

7

Ajani's team played well, had fun and also won. They ran around in excitement. They would play against other teams.

All team members got medals. Ajani and Bernice won't forget that day.

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Bernice and Ajani love football
Author - Bernice Talu
Illustration - Catherine Groenewald, Jesse Breytenbach, Vusi Malindi, Wiehan de Jager
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs