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Could you please stop helping!
4th April 2016 Toyna and me sat down with the pile of new books, fresh out of the covers, proudly handed over by the school. I pulled out the stack of covering paper, tape and scissors and started the covering process. Lay the book in the middle of the paper, fold the sides, tape the sides, fold the top corners, tape the top corners, fold the bottom corners, tape the bottom corners, one done. Next book. Lay the book in the middle… Toyna took the covered book, wrote her name on it and scanned the contents, while I busied myself with the next book. Having covered school books for the last eight…
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Rain brings showers to cool the hot land Splash, splatter, drip music fills the air Little Yog jumps free in puddles anew Wet mud soaking clothes and red shoes The party ends soon, he has to be confined again Rinse and clean hands, feet and face Clothes go soaking in the warm tub But everyone forgot the wet red shoes School time, next morning Red shoes are still wet and muddy Mummy said, “No wet shoes to school” Yog heart breaks He collapses on the floor No other shoes in the world are right for school There is rain again today, streaming down Yogs face The shoes crying…