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SHORT STORY FOR KIDS WRITTEN BY LIZA ESTERHUYSE

ILLUSTRATED BY CANDICE BOTHA

DESIGNED BY HANNES ESTERHUYSE

EDITED BY JANITA HOLZHAUSEN and NICOLA RIJSDIJK

Music Video: “Brightly Fancy” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), “Jackhammer” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), “Teddy Bear Waltz” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), “Somewhere Sunny (ver 2)” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, Additional music from bensound.com
* THE STORY ‘THE BOUNCE’ WAS CREATED BY BOOK DASH AND IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 LICENSE. MINOR FORMATTING CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE ORIGINAL WORK FOR EASE OF READING ON OUR WEBSITE.

 

LET’S DISCUSS THE STORIES ~ IDEAS FOR TALKING WITH KIDS

Gratitude

1. The Black Dog thinks he can have fun at someone else’s house, until he realises that his own house is the perfect place for him. Do you think there was a way for him to realise all the good things about his own home without seeing what the neighbours’ homes were like? Why or why not?

2. Can you think of some reasons why your own home is the perfect place for you?