Fifi and the Teddy Bear

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Fifi and the Teddy Bear
Illustrated by Alison de Villiers
Written by Tshepo Letsapa
Designed by Fathima Kathrada
Edited by Zanri Kritzinger
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Durban on 29 October 2022.
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Fifi

and the

Teddy Bear

Alison de Villiers   •   Tshepo Letsapa   •   Fathima Kathrada

Fifi had a brown little teddy bear, she got from her mother when she was young.

Fifi plays and eats
with her teddy bear.

She takes her teddy bear
wherever she goes

and she also sleeps with it.

Fifi knows she cannot take Teddy to school. She leaves Teddy on her bed when she goes to school.

One morning she wakes up and sees that Teddy is not next to her.

?

“What’s wrong Fifi?”
Mom asked.

“My teddy bear is missing!”

“No Darling, she just had a bath,”
said Mom.

“Thank you Mommy.”
“There you go teddy bear.”