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Children of wax

Children of wax — read, listen to and print this picture book.

Suggested age: 7–12岁 · Reading level L2 · 11 illustrated pages

A man, a woman and three boys standing.

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A man, a woman and three boys standing.
很久很久以前,有一家人快乐地生活在一起。
Three boys doing chores and working in a field.
孩子们从来不打架,还帮助爸爸妈妈做家务,干农活。
A man standing in front of a campfire holding his hand up and three boys standing next to him.
但是他们不能靠近火焰。
Half a house in daytime with the sun above it and the other half at nighttime with the moon and stars.
没办法,他们只能在晚上工作,因为他们都是用蜡做的!
A boy thinking about daytime.
但是其中一个男孩非常想出门,他想走到太阳底下看看。
A boy walking through a bright doorway and two boys covering their eyes.
有一天,这种渴望太强烈了。虽然他的兄弟们警告过他……
A boy melting.
但是太晚了!他在太阳底下融化了。
Two sad-looking boys with their arms around each other.
其他蜡做的孩子看到他们的兄弟融化消失了,非常伤心。
Two boys shaping a lump of melted wax into a bird.
但是他们想出了一个好主意:他们把熔化的蜡块捏成了一只鸟。
A wax bird on a high mountain at sunrise.
他们把变成鸟的兄弟带到了一座高山上。
A wax bird flying in the sunshine.
太阳升起来了,他迎着晨光唱着歌,飞走了。

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Written by
Southern African Folktale
Illustrated by
Wiehan de Jager
Translated by
Vicky Liu
Read by
Zhuo Sun
Language
Chinese (Mandarin)
Level
Level 2

Source: African Storybook / Storybooks Canada
Original: Children of wax from African Storybook
License: CC BY 3.0

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