Keeper and His Special Nursery

Ursula Nafula, Nina Orange Magriet Brink African Storybook English Level 2

This is the story of Keeper and his nursery fororphaned animals.

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Last month was a busy month at the nursery.The first one to arrive at the nursery was one-year old Nomsa. She was thin and sad.

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But soon, Nomsa got stronger. She began toplay with the other animals.

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On another day that month, a helicopterlanded at the nursery.

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In the helicopter was a small elephant under abig blanket. Her name was Ndiwa.

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Ndiwa was five days old. Keeper fed Ndiwawith a bottle.

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One night, everybody was woken up by thearrival of Ambia, a giraffe.

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Ambia was five months’ old. She was weakafter her long journey.

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Because of her long neck, Keeper held thebottle high to feed Ambia.

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The last orphans to arrive that month werethree hungry cubs. Their names were Kopi,Kepi and Keji.

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Keeper and his helpers love all of the animals,even the naughty ones.

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The people at the nursery work hard. Theyhope that one day the orphans can look afterthemselves. Then these animals can return tothe wild.

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Keeper and His Special NurseryWritten by: Ursula Nafula, Nina Orange

Illustrated by: Magriet BrinkTranslated by: African Storybook

This story originates from the African Storybook ( africanstorybook.org) and isbrought to you by Storybooks South Africa in an effort to provide children’s stories inSouth Africa’s many languages.

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