Denise's story
Amina Khalifa
Rob Owen

I know how it feels not to go to school.i started school when I was 6 .Then when I was 8 ,my father died.We didn't have much money any more ,so I had to leave school. I started working on a farm with my mother,picking coffee.i hated it.

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I was unhappy because many of my friends were going to school,but I earned very little money so I couldn't buy a uniform to wear to school.it was to expensive.

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One day ,awoman came to see my mother. She worked with an organization that helps children who want to go to school.she talked to my mother,then she asked me if I wanted to go to school again.i said yes.

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I was so happy I cried .Now I go to schoolevery day.

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The organization pays for my school fees and my uniform.iam lucky that they came to help me.

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Now I can read and write and I'm learning to do experiments at the laboratory.Most of all I'm happy because I can go to university when I am older.

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When I'm older. I can get a good job and I never have to work on the farm again .

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Denise's story
Author - Amina Khalifa
Illustration - Rob Owen, Salim Kasamba
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs