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You will come to a blue house with a red roof and a green door.  \nHere lives Thembi, her brother, Bongani, and their Gogo.  \nGogo is in the kitchen, cooking dinner . From the window she can see Bongani and the other children playing. But where is Thembi?  \nGogo decides to find  \nThembi. She takes off her apron and goes to find her granddaughter.  \nGogo finds Thembi sitting under the big tree, playing with her favourite doll.  \nGogo asks Thembi,”Why are you sitting here, all alone?”  \n”Oh,” replies Thembi,”the other children don’t want to play with me .”  \n”What about playing with your friend Sizani?”asks Gogo.  \n”Sizani is mad at me,” replies Thembi.”She said that I just ignored her last week. Gogo, I really didn’t see her.”  \n”And what about playing with your brother?”asks Gogo.  \n”Bongani doesn’t like to play with me,” sighs Thembi.”He says that I miss every time he kicks the ball to me .”  \n”But aren’t you lonely?” asks Gogo.  \n”Oh no,” replies Thembi. ”I love sitting here, listening to the tree sing its beautiful song. Listen, can’t you hear it?”","cbCaijJfbzGA8gYe","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijJfbzGA8gYe","pdf",2402065,25,"English","# Thembi and the Gogo\n## Gogo Cooking\n## Gogo Searching for Thembi\n## Thembi Under the Tree","[{\"question\":\"Where does Thembi live?\",\"answer\":\"Thembi lives with her brother Bongani and their Gogo in a blue house with a red roof and a green door, located down a red clay road past a small white church.\"},{\"question\":\"Why are Thembi's friends not playing with her?\",\"answer\":\"Sizani is angry because Thembi feels she ignored her, and Bongani says Thembi misses the ball every time he kicks it to her.\"},{\"question\":\"What brings Thembi joy even when alone?\",\"answer\":\"Thembi finds joy in sitting under the big tree and listening to it 'sing' its beautiful song.\"}]","Thembi and the Singing Tree | PDF",39]