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While her mother insists the chickens must stay out of the wedding tent, Refiloe carefully shooes them away, hoping they will not cause trouble or get eaten. As preparations intensify and the house must be spotless, the chickens keep trying to enter, leading to growing tension at the doorway.","Refiloe and the washed chickens  \nWriter: Marion Drew Illustration: Wiehan de Jager  \nEnglish Story Book  \nRefiloe and the washed chickens  \nWriter: Marion Drew  \nIllustration: Wiehan de Jager Reformatted for Bloom By: Cara Ediger  \nEnglish  \nRefiloe and the washed chickens Writer: Marion Drew  \nIllustration: Wiehan de Jager  \nLanguage: English  \nSaide, South African Institute for Distance Education [www.africanstorybook.org](www.africanstorybook.org)  \nA Saide Initiative  \nCopyright © 2014, African Storybook Initiative  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nIt was the first wedding in the Tenane family, and Refiloe had never been so excited in her life. \"I’m going to be Palesa’s bridesmaid, with a new dress and shoes!\" she said to her chickens.  \nRefiloe told her chickens everything. Her father had given the chickens to her as a birthday present, and she loved them very much.  \n\"Take those dirty scruffy chickens out of here Refiloe!\" shouted her mother, \"I don’t want them anywhere near this wedding tent. \"  \nRefiloe shooed her chickens out of the tent.\"Run away you silly things. \" she said, \"I don’t want you to be eaten at Palesa’s wedding!\"  \n\"Mme says that this is going to be the best wedding ever seen in Malealea,\" Refiloe told her chickens, \"and she says that I can help all the older girls with the cooking. \" The chickens paid no attention to her.  \n\"Refiloe!\" called her mother from inside,\"leave those chickens of yours and come and help me with these pots please!\"  \nRefiloe’s mother was very proud of her house, and wanted it to be perfect for the wedding. She cleaned and washed and scrubbed and scoured and polished everything in sight. 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