Keep Safe at Play
Canaan Aôndosuwe Igbetar

These sisters love to play together.

They always have play things to play with.

"Keep safe at play," mum and dad always warns.

1

They do not like ball games.

Football is not their favourite game.

But their brother loves to play football with his friend.

2

Hemense loves to skip the rope with her sister, Anadoo.

Anadoo is younger than Hemense.

3

Sometimes they go to have a swim.

They love to swim a lot with other children.

4

On this day, mother hid the skipping rope.

There was nothing else to do than play ball with their brother and his friend.

5

The girls are taking a walk in the woods.

They get lost and cannot find their way home.

6

The village town crier goes around the village to find them.

He makes announcements to have the villagers look out for them.

7

They are finally found and brought home.

Father and mother are happy, everyone rejoices with them.

"Remember, we always tell you to keep safe at play," said father.

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Keep Safe at Play
Author - Canaan Aôndosuwe Igbetar
Illustration - , Brian Wambi, Catherine Groenewald, Leo Daly, Magriet Brink, Wiehan de Jager
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs