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Namu's bicycle
Munanga ASb teachers
Salim Kasamba
English
Namu and her brother are ready for school.
Namu carries her brother on her bicycle.
Their friends cheer for them as they ride into school.
While they are in the classroom, a monkey arrives outside. The monkey rides away on Namu's bicycle!
The children chase the monkey.
The monkey leaves the bicycle under a tree.
The monkey swims to an island in the middle of the lake. He climbs high into a tree.
The monkey waves goodbye! The children wave back. Namu has her bicycle again.
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Namu's bicycle
Author - Munanga ASb teachers
Translation - Munanga ASb teachers
Illustration - Salim Kasamba
Language - English
Level - First sentences
© African Storybook Initiative 2015
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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  • Translations and adaptations
    • Namu se fiets
      Afrikaans (Translation)
    • Bɔna akɛkɛ
      Anii (Adaptation)
    • La Bicyclette De Namukuru
      French (Translation)
    • Itsikiri kaNamu
      isiNdebele (Translation)
    • Ibhayisekile kaNamukuru
      isiXhosa (Translation)
    • Ibhayisikili likaNamakuru
      isiZulu (Translation)
    • Akagaali ka Namu
      Luganda (Translation)
    • Egaali
      Lunyole (Adaptation)
    • Eigaali lya Naamu
      Lusoga (Translation)
    • Lishene Ne Ingarangarani
      Oluwanga (Original)
    • A Bicicleta De Namukuru
      Portuguese (Translation)
    • Baesekele Ya Namukuru
      Sesotho (South Africa) (Translation)
    • Baesekele ya Seipati
      Sesotho (South Africa) (Translation)
    • Baesekele ya ga Bontle
      Setswana (Translation)
    • Libhayisikili laNamu
      Siswati (Translation)
    • Lukanyakanya lwa Namukuru
      Tshivenḓa (Translation)
    • Xikanyakanya xa Masesi
      Xitsonga (Translation)
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