Dancing
Tessa Welch
Catherine Groenewald
I dance when I am happy,
I dance when I am sad,
I dance when I am lonely,
I dance when I am angry.
My teacher says, "Sit still! Don't dance about all day."
But my mother says,
"Dancing makes you healthy,
Dancing makes you tall,
One day you'll be a dancer,
And surprise them all!"
And I say, "One day I'll dance and people will pay Just to see me leap and twirl."
"Her dancing is SO good," they'll say."
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Dancing
Author - Tessa Welch
Illustration - Catherine Groenewald
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs
© African Storybook Initiative 2014
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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