A trip to the tap

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A trip to the tap
Illustrated by Phumle April
Written by Sindeka Mandoyi
Designed by Nadene Kriel
Edited by Angela Briggs
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Cape Town on 14 October 2023.
ISBN: 978-1-77623-112-6
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Phumle April
Sindeka Mandoyi
Nadene Kriel

A
trip
to
the tap

Oluhle wakes up early.
She is excited to get water.
“Come Mama, we have to be first today,” she calls.

On the way they meet  Nathi and Unathi.
They are going to the tap  with their mother.

Oluhle and her friends play while the grown-ups get water.
“Oluhle, your bucket is full,”  says Mama.

At home, Oluhle takes a bath.
Mama goes to work and Oluhle stays with Makhulu.

In the afternoon Makhulu  starts to make supper.
She needs more water.
She calls Oluhle so they  can go to the tap.

“Makhulu, I can’t find my bucket.  I searched everywhere,”  says Oluhle.
Makhulu helps her look, but the bucket is nowhere to be found.

Makhulu thinks of a plan.
She gets a 2-litre bottle from the cupboard and fetches paints and paint brushes.

Makhulu makes a bucket from  the water bottle.
She paints it pink.
“Here’s a recycled bucket, Oluhle!”

“Thank you, Makhulu,” says Oluhle.
She is excited to go to the tap with her new recycled bucket.

The next day Unathi and Nathi bring two bottles to Makhulu.
“Makhulu, could you please make recycled buckets for us?”

Makhulu paints their buckets yellow and blue, their  favourite colours.
Nathi and Unathi are happy.
Oluhle is happy too.

The friends can’t wait to show off with their new buckets.
“Can we go to the tap now?”  they ask.