The mermaid witch
Exceeding grace Omoniyi
Catherine Groenewald
Pidgin English (Nigeria)

Once upon a time, In a small village lived a girl named Ngozi. She was a very beautiful girl,she lives with her parents and her only sister Naomi. Ngozi loves her parents so much as she loves mermaid. And always went to the river to see one

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This was the mermaid queen; she loves Ngozi so much,she wanted her to be one of them. Ngozi had an heart desire and wanted to ask the mermaid queen if she can do it for her, so the next day she kept thinking and thinking about it, meanwhile

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The mermaid witch
Author - Exceeding grace Omoniyi
Illustration - Catherine Groenewald, Jesse Breytenbach
Language - Pidgin English (Nigeria)
Level - First paragraphs
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