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Amazing Daisy
Nozizwe Herero
Siya Masuku
English
Once upon a time on a little farm near a little village.
There lived a little chicken called Daisy.
"When I grow up, I want to fly high, high into the sky," Daisy said.
But all the other chickens laughed at her.
"You are so weird," they said. "We won't play with you anymore."
"Daisy, we can all flap our wings but it's very difficult for chickens to fly," Mama told her.
Daisy wouldn't give up.  Every day she practised by herself, flapping her wings. Flap, flap, flap, she would flap her wings but she couldn't lift off the ground.
While she practised, she imagined herself flying high into the sky and looking at the chickens below. She imagined herself flying past the sparrows and past the swallows. "Wow!" The birds would say.  "A chicken that can fly!"
So Flap, flap, flap, every day Daisy would flap her wings.
She would lift off the ground but fall down again.
"I'm never going to fly!" Daisy cried to Mama. "The others are right."
"Daisy, you are different from the other chickens. They don't want to fly but you do! You can do it, " Mama said.
The following day Daisy climbed to the top of the chicken coop and flap, flap, flap, she flapped her wings. She flew into the air and flapped her wings and flapped her wings and flapped her wings and...
BAM!
The other chickens laughed out loud. "Ha ha ha! We told you! Chickens can't fly!"
But the next day Daisy climbed even higher, right up to the top of the hut. Flap, flap, flap, Daisy flapped her wings.
She flew into the air and flapped her wings and flapped her wings  and flapped her wings and...
She kept flying! The wind beneath her wings grew stronger and she flew higher and higher! The sparrows and the swallows said,  "Amazing! A flying chicken!"
And the other chickens wanted to be just like her.
They said, "Oh Daisy, you're amazing!"
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Amazing Daisy
Author - Nozizwe Herero
Illustration - Siya Masuku
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs
© Nozizwe Herero, Siya Masuku, Leona Ingram, Book Dash 2015
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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  • Translations and adaptations
    • Ongelooflike Daisy!
      Afrikaans (Translation)
    • Dezi wodabwitsa
      Chichewa (Translation)
    • Daisy wakuswigisha
      Chinkhonde (Translation)
    • Iluba Mbotu
      ChiTonga (Translation)
    • Daise ndi minthondwi yaki
      Chitonga (Malawi) (Translation)
    • Daisy Odabwisa
      CiNyanja (Translation)
    • Daisy wakuziziswa
      Citumbuka (Translation)
    • Adese ŵakusimonjesya
      Ciyawo (Malawi) (Translation)
    • Daisy odabwiha
      Ellomwe (Malawi) (Translation)
    • Amazing Daisy
      English (Adaptation)
    • Daisy Wacisungusho
      IciBemba (Translation)
    • U-Daisy omkarisomraro!
      isiNdebele (Translation)
    • U-Daisy omangalisayo!
      isiXhosa (Translation)
    • U-Daisy omangalisayo!
      isiZulu (Translation)
    • Buruxa aniros, Daisys xa
      Khoekhoegowab (Translation)
    • Daisy oweriswekerya
      Lhukonzo (Translation)
    • Daisy, ntsi ngokho ndayi
      Lumasaaba (Translation)
    • Deize Yeewuuniisa Baine
      Lusoga (Translation)
    • Daisy omukumwifa
      Oshikwanyama (Translation)
    • Omunyanyukwi Daisy
      Oshindonga (Translation)
    • Ombande Daisy
      Otjiherero (Translation)
    • Daizy Wigitangaza
      Rufumbira (Translation)
    • Daisy gomuwa
      Rukwangali (Translation)
    • Kgogo ya semaka!
      Sepedi (Translation)
    • Daisy ya makatsang!
      Sesotho (South Africa) (Translation)
    • Koko e e fofang!
      Setswana (Translation)
    • Daisy lomangalisako!
      Siswati (Translation)
    • Daisy gho thitetu
      Thimbukushu (Translation)
    • Daisy I No Mangadza!
      Tshivenḓa (Translation)
    • Xiluva Xo Hlamarisa Xa Daisy!
      Xitsonga (Translation)
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