glossary

careless- not giving sufficient attention
waste- use or expend carelessly
splash- cause(liquid) to strike or fall on something in an irregular drop
importance- great significant
save -keep or rescue

There was a little boy called Sipho. He was careless and liked wasting water. He would splash and splash water in everything that he did. When he is with his friends he will play with water. Sipho's mother started to notice that every chance Sipho got, he wasted water.

He called Sipho and said," Why are you always wasting water?". He did not reply, and his Mother continued asking questions "Do you even know the importance of water?", he replied "Mommy, I have fun when I play with water.

One day Sipho's mother took him to the beach. It was a sunny day and perfect weather for swimming.

Sipho wanted to have fun, so he took his bottle of water and played with it. He wasted all the water in the bottle.

After some time he got thirsty and cried.

Sipho's mother saw Sipho crying, she approached him and said "Why are crying Sipho?". He replied, "My water is finished in the bottle, and I am thirsty". His mother took her bottle of water and gave Sipho to drink.

"Do you see why we must save water?" asked Sipho's mother. Sipho nodded his head. "You must stop wasting water because we drink water, we use water to cook and bath. The plant survives with water and all the living things on earth survive with water," said his mother.

From that day Sipho stopped playing with water and started to save water.