Home away from home
Lungisani Tshehlo
Wiehan de Jager

Once upon a time there was a group of three friends who had a dream of singing globally .They lived at a farm village called Dusty Dreams old busy farm at their village, and it was full of talented people but no one lived their dream life.

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John and his 2 friends Andrew the chicken and Kelvin the dog used to perform at the local market shop near their village,even though it was tough for them to perform at times becouse their parents disagreed,but they performed secretly

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One day at school there was a talent show so the three of them entered the talent show ,but there was a little obstacle before them named Jack the Fox ,he was rude ,a bully , mostly feared by his peers and he also had a great soft voice .

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There was a second obstacle that John and his friends had to pass ... their parents, their parents had a belief that singing or dancing is a waste of time and they should focus on their books and work at the fields after school.

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The day arrived and John and his friends went against their parents wishes and went to perform at the talent show .The talent show went well as many animals performed and unfortunately, they came out third place and they were disappointed.

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The same night their parents found out about the talent show and that John, Andrew and Kelvin went against their word and the decided to kick them out of the village becouse they saw them as disrespectful crazy children with stupid dreams

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Luckily John and his friends had some money that they got from the talent show and went to sleep at the bus station,to catch the earliest bus to their nearest town . On that same night Jack came and stole Kelvin's bag and ran away with it .

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The morning came and they started to feel more regretful about their decision but at the end the entered inside of the bus and departed to town .On their journey to town their bus got stuck and had to raise some money to buy new tire.

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Kelvin thought of going home to apologize but Andrew reminded him why they are at this situation and how to the journey to reaching your dreams is all about, that gave them a little bit of hope and decided to sleep and wait for the bus

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Then Kelvin came with an idea as he saw Grace the Donkey holding her Guitar. He then asked Grace to play her guitar ,then Kelvin started singing and both John and Andrew started singing. This made pass abey to give some money for tire.

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They managed to get a new tire and continued with their journey to town. As soon as they arrive to town they felt lost but Grace the Donkey insisted that the go together,as they arrive at Grace's house luck struck them immediately.

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Grace's husband was a professional pianist composer.She then introduced them to his husband and told her husband what had happened during their trip and Grace 's husband was very excited to have such brave singers infront of him .

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Grace donated some of the old clothes to Kelvin and they started to enjoy themselves home away from home.Time went by and They formed a powerful group with Jerry the cow and the released good music and went to global tour

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As they were on a tour the three friends parents were shocked and proud of their children as they heard their children on radio and doing global tour the world independently and doing what they love .

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John and his friends returned home after their tour and their parents were happy as their children became the first people in their village to go on a world tour and that same night the performed infront of their parents for the first time.

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John and his friends made sure that everyone performs on that day and ended up having to build their own studio for everyone to come and show case their talents even Jack came and apologized to Kelvin and even performed what a night indeed

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Home away from home
Author - Lungisani Tshehlo
Illustration - Wiehan de Jager, Magriet Brink, Leo Daly
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs