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Dancing
Tessa Welch
Catherine Groenewald
English
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
Source www.africanstorybook.org
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  • Translations and adaptations
    • Myel
      Dhopadhola (Translation)
    • La Danse
      French (Translation)
    • Ukudanisa
      isiXhosa (Translation)
    • Ukudansa
      isiZulu (Adaptation)
    • Okuzina
      Luganda (Translation)
    • Onzi Mini Mima Aadrii Kuzu A’Dule Ri
      Lugbarati (Translation)
    • Okukina
      Lusoga (Translation)
    • Dançando
      Portuguese (Translation)
    • Kubyina
      Rufumbira (Translation)
    • okuzina
      Rukiga (Translation)
    • Mokibo
      Setswana (Translation)
    • Bailando
      Spanish (Translation)
    • Amar a Vinen
      Tiv (Translation)
    • U tshina
      Tshivenḓa (Translation)
    • Ku cina
      Xitsonga (Translation)
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