Amina and the thirsty soil
Abdulmuhsin Ishaq
Magriet Brink

Amina lived in a small Village where everyone loved to farm. But one year, the sun was too hot and the farm began to dry

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Everyday, Amina watch her mother carry heavy bucket of water to the crops. She wished she could help

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One afternoon, Amina noticed something. The soil near the shady three was still wet, even though no one waterd it.

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She remembered her science teachers lesson about capillary action _ how water move through tiny spaces like magic.

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Amina ran home and picked long pieces of cotton cloth from her old clothes. "I will make water travel by itself!". She said

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She placed one end of each cloth inside a bucket of water and the other end on the dry the soil near the crops.

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Slowly the water began to drink the water.
The water moved drop by drop into the thirsty soil.

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The next morning, Amina ran to the farm. The soil was wet! Her crops were alive again.

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Her mother was amazed. "Amina, you saved our farm. How did you do it?"

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Amina explained her simple invention. "Science is everywhere," she said proudly.

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Soon, other farmers in the village copied amina's idea.
Their crops grew green and healthy again

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Amina's tiny idea saved the whole village.
And every harvest season, people remembered the girl who used science to bring water to the thirsty earth

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Amina and the thirsty soil
Author - Abdulmuhsin Ishaq, Bilal Musa bawa
Illustration - Magriet Brink
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs