Hard working Asiya
Nkanamwano Reading Group
Yankho Jere
English

Asiya liked school.

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She used to wake up early to prepare for school.

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She was never absent and very attentive in class.

3

One day she forgot her pencil.

4

Her teacher came to administer a test.

5

Elida started crying.

6

When Malita, her friend, noticed this, she gave her a pencil.

7

Asiya stopped crying and wrote the test.

8

When the results came, she was in position one.

9

Asiya's parents gave her a cake as a gift.

10

Asiya shared the cake with Malita.

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Asiya and Malita became best friends ever after.

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Hard working Asiya
Author - Nkanamwano Reading Group
Illustration - Yankho Jere, Wiehan de Jager, Abraham Muzee, Catherine Groenewald, Rob Owen
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs
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