Keep Safe at Play
Canaan Aôndosuwe Igbetar
Catherine Groenewald

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 whole village goes in search of them.

Announcements are made to search 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 - Catherine Groenewald, Wiehan de Jager, Brian Wambi, Leo Daly, Magriet Brink
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs