Tlotlego’s Tea Party
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Tlotlego’s Tea Party
Illustrated by Nicolene Louw
Written by Laura de Lange
Designed by Ashlyn Atkinson
Edited by Nabeela Kalla
with the help of the Book Dash participants in the Virtual Book Dash on 15 May 2021.
ISBN: 978-1-77623-154-6
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Tlotlego’s
Tea Party
Tlotlego is hosting a tea party
for the WHOLE family.
“How many people are coming for tea, Koko?”
“You, me, Mama, and Papa.
And your little sister, Tshiamo.”
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Tlotlego counts the teacups as he
takes them from the kitchen.
“One, two, three, four, and one for Koko!”
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best
dad
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Tlotlego goes to the stoep and places the teacups down on
the table.
“When I was in the kitchen before,
there were five cups!” Tlotlego exclaims.
“One, two, three, four, and … ?”
“I only see four cups,” says Koko,
“but we are five people.”
Tlotlego counts the pretty little plates
as he takes them from the cupboard.
“One, two, three, four, and five!
There’s a plate for each of us.”
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dad
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Tlotlego goes to the stoep and
places the plates next to the teacups.
“One, two, three, four, and … ?”
“I only see four plates,” says Koko,
“but we are five people.”
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Tlotlego counts the biscuits as he takes them from the jar.
“One, two, three, four, and five!”
Tlotlego goes to the stoep and
places the biscuits on the plates.
“One, two, three, four, and … ?”
“I only see four biscuits,” says Koko,
“but we are five people.”
?
?
?
?
?
Tlotlego is very confused.
He knows he has been counting correctly.
Before he had five biscuits, and now there are only four.
HOW did the biscuits become less?
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Tlotlego counts the sugar cubes as he
takes them from the jar.
“One, two, three, four, and five!”
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“Five!” shouts a voice from under the table.
Tlotlego goes to the stoep and places the sugar cubes on the table.
This time, he is sure he hears a giggle.
“One, two, three, four, and … ?”
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Tlotlego bends down to look under the table.
To his shock, he sees a complete tea set laid out under the table!
There are the missing teacup, plate, biscuit, and sugar cube.
FIVE!
When Mama and Papa come home from work, they all have tea on the stoep.
and two of them
having tea below!
One, two, three of them having tea at the table,
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dad
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