Kid Team - De Countryside

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De Countryside

By Rowan Mc Ewen





Rowan’s Children’s Books

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Chapter 1: Are We Dere Yet?

❖ One morning, de alarm

soun’in’, de Kid Team wake up,dey pack dey bags, an’ dey gone to de countryside.*

❖ Adrian, who was de boss*, was

drivin’ de car. Rowan only aksin’, “Are we dere yet?”

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❖ Drivin’… still drivin’… dis wastakin’ hours to get dere. De Evil Team was seeing dem.

❖ At last, everybody reach. Rowanjump outta de car. Adrian startback de car and drive to deparkin’ lot.*

❖ Because de law say, yuh cyahpark nowhere but de parkin’ lot.

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Chapter 1 : Are We Dere Yet?

❖ Where Rowan was standin’,dere was a banana tree above he

head. It had bananas on it anddey fall down on top Rowanhead.

❖ “Ow! Ow! Ow!” Six bananas fall

on top he head. Rowan end up gettin’ a headache*. Yuh see,Rowan cyah stand headache.

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❖ So Rowan put on de radio, and

Adrian, who was right next tuhhim, start tuh feel pressure.

❖ Reggae* start tuh play, and dencalypso*. When de song

‘Palance’ start, and Adrian hearit, he face light up.

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Chapter 1: Are We Dere Yet ?

❖ Adrian bus’ out ah laugh. DeEvil Team overhear* and dey get

vex.

❖ Dey fire a ball straight at de Kid Team radio and it knock downde radio. Den de ball went

straight for Adrian.

❖ But Adrian fire straight back atde Evil Team and dey leave.

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Chapter 2: De Peaceful

Countr❖ “Aah, de peaceful country”,

Rowan say. He face light upbrighter dan a bulb. Rowan starttuh take pics.

❖ Rowan take off de radio. “Datsit. Peace an’ den Order” Zincosay.

❖ De Kid Team rush off tuh see wat else was happening.

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Country ❖ De countryside had a sign dat

say: Clifton Hill county. It hadall Rowan favorite fruit trees.

Dere was banana, mango, plumand best of all, sugar cane.Sweet, sweet sugar cane.

❖ It was den snack time, so

Rowan prepared a picnic wit’ a whole set o’ fruits. It also hadsoup wit’ pigtail and dumplin’*and potato.

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Country ❖ Everybody dig in and full dey

belly. Especially Rowan.

❖ Den, when everybody was full,de Kid Team feel sometin’.Sometin’ was bitin’ dem.

❖

“Ants!” shouted Rowan. “Ants! Ants!” And de whole Kid Teamstart to shout. “Run!” Adrianbawl* out.

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Country ❖ De ants charge straight for de

picnic mat but when dey reach,dere was nuttin’ left to eat.

❖ De ants plod* away to deanthill*.

❖ “Phew!” Rowan say. “Dat wasone big ant chase,” he added.

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❖ A strong wind come. It pick upde sign and blow it away. But dende wind start tuh calm down. It

drop de sign back where itbelong.

❖ Rowan and Adrian pull out somesleepin’ bags outta Rowan hugerucksack. Ah orange one comeout. “Whoah.” said Zinco.“Amazing!”

Chapter 3: Relaxin’

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❖ Den a red one come out.“Cool!” said Rowan. “Red ismeh favorite color.”

❖ De sleepin’ bags were soon setup. Dere was a diff erent colorfor everybody.

❖ Soon, everybody was in dey sleepin’ bag. Dey was relaxin’.“Aah!” say Rowan and Adriantogether. “Dis is de life!”


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❖ Adrian who was stretched outon a multicolored* sleeping bag fall asleep quick.

❖

Zinco started tuh yawn andVera’s eyes was closin’ down.Yuh could see dat Vera was in a violet sleepin’ bag.

❖ Rowan start tuh relax. He facelight up brighter than beforebecause he rucksack included a red computer.


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❖ It wasn’t huge, but it hadeveryting on it: Word, PowerPoint, OneNote and even

plenty games.

❖ And, de HP was also wit’ ahGPS*! Just the tool for when deKid Team get lost.

❖ Dere was also a digital clock atde top o’ de GPS.


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❖ Rowan start tuh use decomputer. And de best ting

about de games was dat Rowancould play de games again andagain.

❖ Which was true. Rowan play

Train Track Builder, PipeQualux and TicTac Letter until de GPSsay 5 o’clock.


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❖ All of a sudden, Adrian andRowan notice de sun goin’down. De Kid Team wassupposed tuh leave at 6o’clock.

❖ De sun was goin’ lower and it was gettin’ darker. Jus’ den, deGPS say 6 o’clock. De Kid Team pack dey bags and dey climb in de car.

❖ Dey was goin’ back home.


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Chapter 4: Back to de Gap

❖ So de Kid Team drive home.Dey had tuh reach home by de

light of de moon.

❖ De whole Kid Team yawn. Dey was so tired.

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So dey brush dey teet’, put ondey pyjamas, an’ dey gone tobed.

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Glossary

❖ anthill………an ant’s home

❖ bawl........shout

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boss……master, employer

❖ calypso......Trinidadian music

❖ countryside........a calm place in

the country where there isplenty of breeze

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Glossary

❖ dumplin’........a yummy foodmade from flour and water that goes in soup

❖ GPS........a map you use on the go

❖ headache........when your headhurts

❖ multicolored……many colors.

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Glossary

❖ overhear.........when you hearsomething from a distance

❖ parkin’ lot.......a car park

❖ plod…to walk with your headhung low.

❖ peaceful………adjective of

peace.

❖ reggae.........Jamaican music

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Rowan Nicholas Mc Ewen is a seven-year-old boy who loves reading. Hewas born in England, but spent his very early childhood in his parents’ homecountry of Trinidad and Tobago.

He lived in Mumbai, India for three years and currently resides in Tripoli,Libya. One of his favorite stories is ‘Tantie At De Oval’ which inspired him to writethis story.

He has also written ‘The Star Trumpet’, ‘How To Make A Cup Of Hot Cocoa’and a newsletter for children, The KiDs Pages.

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