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Sima and Siza

Sima wants to be a nurse one day. His favourite game is hospital-hospital. But papa and his friends do not approve. What will change their minds?

Suggested age: 4–6岁 · Reading level L2 · 14 illustrated pages

Sima and Siza — original illustrated page 1, English text included

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Sima wants to be a nurse one day. His favourite game is hospital-hospital. But papa and his friends do not approve. What will change their minds?

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Sima and Siza — original illustrated page 1, English text included
Sima and Siza
Sima and Siza — original illustrated page 2, English text included
Simamkele loves dolls. Mama buys him lots. They keep his loneliness away. Sima's favourite doll is Siza. Sima wants to be a nurse when he grows up.
Sima and Siza — original illustrated page 3, English text included
He loves to put on Mama's skirt, and twirl. Like magic, he suddenly becomes Sima the nurse. He plays hospital-hospital and makes sickly Siza and all his dolls better.
Sima and Siza — original illustrated page 4, English text included
Wherever Sima is, Siza is there too.
Sima and Siza — original illustrated page 5, English text included
But Sima's friends do not like Siza. One day, they took him away and stuck his head in the toilet.
Sima and Siza — original illustrated page 6, English text included
When Papa came home, Sima was nursing Siza. "What are you doing?" asked Papa. "I'm being a nurse," said Sima. "Will you play with me?" "Yes. But we will go to the park and play soccer," said Papa.
Sima and Siza — original illustrated page 7, English text included
His friends saw Sima and Papa playing soccer. They joined in. Sima and Papa often play soccer now. But they still haven't played with dolls.
Sima and Siza — original illustrated page 8, English text included
One day, Sima was playing hospital-hospital with his dolls. He heard Mama shout. "Sima! Run! Papa is waiting to play with you at the park."
Sima and Siza — original illustrated page 9, English text included
"Why on earth are you wearing a dress?" said Papa in an angry voice. Just then a ball flew out of nowhere and...
Sima and Siza — original illustrated page 10, English text included
...knocked Papa down. Everyone panicked. Except Sima. He knelt and tied his blanket around Papa's bleeding head. "Call an ambulance!" he shouted.
Sima and Siza — original illustrated page 11, English text included
"He needs stitches in his head. You did just the right thing," said the nurse. Sima was proud.
Sima and Siza — original illustrated page 12, English text included
"You're a hero. You'll make a great doctor one day." "But I want to be a nurse, just like you," said Sima.
Sima and Siza — original illustrated page 13, English text included
"Thank you, Nurse Sima," said Papa. Now Sima and Papa play hospital-hospital and soccer — and his friends do too.
Sima and Siza — original illustrated page 14, English text included

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Written by
Lwando Xaso
Illustrated by
Claire Ingram
Created by
Claire Ingram (Illustrator); Lwando Xaso (Writer); Arthur Attwell (Designer)

Source: Book Dash
Original: Sima and Siza from Book Dash
License: CC BY 4.0

Original illustrated spreads and embedded English story text preserved; website layout and printable PDF assembled by Little Leaf. Age, level, theme and recommendation are editorial suggestions. Web and printable layout adapted by Little Leaf. Age and reading-level suggestions are editorial. Original stories and artwork belong to their credited creators. Website narration uses the selected synthetic Voice 7.