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The narrative follows a young protagonist who cherishes her daily adventures with her best friend, Muthoni. Their days are filled with simple joys such as playing hide-and-seek, going to the village well, fetching firewood, and attending school together. They share a dream of working hard to graduate, highlighting their shared aspirations and the strong bond they share. The storybook, illustrated by Rijuta Ghate, Catherine Groenewald, Benjamin Mitchley, and Wiehan de Jager, is part of the African Storybook Initiative, a project by Saide, the South African Institute for Distance Education. This initiative encourages the creation and sharing of stories for children, ensuring all authors and illustrators receive credit. The copyright allows for free commercial use, adaptation, and distribution of the work, promoting a collaborative and accessible approach to children's literature. The story captures the innocence of childhood friendships and the bittersweet feeling of missing a dear companion.","The friend I miss  \nWriter: Ursula Nafula  \nIllustration: Rijuta Ghate, Catherine Groenewald, Benjamin Mitchley and Wiehan de Jager  \nEnglish Story Book  \nThe friend I miss  \nWriter: Ursula Nafula  \nIllustration: Rijuta Ghate, Catherine Groenewald, Benjamin Mitchley and Wiehan de Jager  \nEnglish  \nThe friend I miss  \nWriter: Ursula Nafula  \nIllustration: Rijuta Ghate, Catherine Groenewald, Benjamin Mitchley and Wiehan de Jager  \nLanguage: English  \nAfrican Storybook Initiative  \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.  \nEvery morning when I woke up I hurried to eat my breakfast.  \nThen I would take my blue blouse and run out of the house to find my friend Muthoni.  \nOnce I found Muthoni, we would forget everything else.  \nMuthoni and I would play hide and seek. I hid in big trees, while Muthoni went behind huts.  \nMuthoni and I went to the village well together.  \nWe went to fetch firewood together.  \nWe went to school together.  \nWe promised each other that we would work hard in school and graduate.","cbCaijIKAGOq4ee7","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijIKAGOq4ee7","pdf",14458777,17,"English","en",105,"# The friend I miss\n## Writer: Ursula Nafula\n## Illustration: Rijuta Ghate, Catherine Groenewald, Benjamin Mitchley and Wiehan de Jager\n## English Story Book\n## African Storybook Initiative\n## Copyright © 2014, African Storybook Initiative\n## Every morning when I woke up I hurried to eat my breakfast.\n## Then I would take my blue blouse and run out of the house to find my friend Muthoni.\n## Once I found Muthoni, we would forget everything else.\n## Muthoni and I would play hide and seek. 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