It’s Rahah’s birthday next
week. She’s excited about
inviting her new friends to
her party.
“Who will you invite?” asks Mum. “You’ve only been at school a few months. The kids all seem so very different, don’t they?”
“No, Mum. I have lots of new friends,” says Rahah.
“I want to invite Zerina.
She wants to be a ballerina,
just like me!”
“Oh lovely,” says Mum.
“Let’s play some dance music then.”
“I hope that Sikelele
can come too.
He sings in the
school choir,
just like me.”
“Oh that’s good - we’ll all have fun singing too.”
“Can we invite Susheela?
She’s got fluffy kittens,
just like me.”
“Yes, let’s.
She’ll have fun playing with our kittens too.”
“And we must invite Yongnam. She loves pink cupcakes even more than I do.”
“It’s lucky I’m making
cupcakes then,” says Mum.
“She can have the pink ones.”
“Ah thanks, Mum! I can’t wait.”
“Oh Rahah! I’m so excited to
meet all your friends.
They sound so special -
just like you!”
“But what about you?
You love books, don’t you…
just like me!
Would you like to come
to my party too?”
Rowena Ludick-Direct Axis
