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Yapo Saves The Day

Yapo loves to play soccer! But he does not like to pass the ball to his teammates. How will Yapo discover that winning is not only about scoring?

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

Yapo Saves The Day — original illustrated page 1, English text included

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Yapo loves to play soccer! But he does not like to pass the ball to his teammates. How will Yapo discover that winning is not only about scoring?

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Yapo Saves The Day — original illustrated page 1, English text included
Yapo Saves The Day
Yapo Saves The Day — original illustrated page 2, English text included
Yapo loves to play with his soccer ball! He often tries dribbling tricks with his dad. An elastico, a rainbow flick and even...
Yapo Saves The Day — original illustrated page 3, English text included
...a bicycle kick!
Yapo Saves The Day — original illustrated page 4, English text included
Yapo is the star of the Under 6 Team of Tino Football Club. He is quick and nimble on the field. Yapo scores most of the goals for his team.
Yapo Saves The Day — original illustrated page 5, English text included
Yapo, however, does not like to pass the ball. Coach Tazi often reminds Yapo to share the ball with his teammates.
Yapo Saves The Day — original illustrated page 6, English text included
One day, Tino Football Club was playing Kuma Football Club. Yapo tried many times to score but the Kuma team was too strong. By half-time, Kuma was leading 2–0.
Yapo Saves The Day — original illustrated page 7, English text included
Coach Tazi gave the team a stern pep talk, "Play together and pass the ball to whoever is free! Yapo, pass the ball!"
Yapo Saves The Day — original illustrated page 8, English text included
When the second half began, Yapo was made to sit on the bench. His teammates were a little scared to play without him, but they remembered to play together. Nat scored the first goal for the Tino team. "WOOHOO!" cheered the crowd. Three minutes before the end of the game, Lindi scored the team's second goal! "LADUMA!" they shouted.
Yapo Saves The Day — original illustrated page 9, English text included
Coach Tazi called Yapo back into the game, "The score is now 2–2. Take us home, boy! Remember to play with your teammates!"
Yapo Saves The Day — original illustrated page 10, English text included
Lindi kicked the ball to Nat, who passed it to Yapo. Yapo dribbled between two opponents and when he was about to take a shot, he spotted another Kuma player running towards him. Yapo saw Lindi following close behind, remembered Coach Tazi and passed the ball to her. Lindi turned towards the goal, and took her best shot!
Yapo Saves The Day — original illustrated page 11, English text included
"GOAL!" cried Coach Tazi. The Tino crowd went wild with joy as Lindi's teammates ran to hug her! Yapo was very happy that his team had won 3–2. But he was a little disappointed that he had not scored any goals.
Yapo Saves The Day — original illustrated page 12, English text included
"Congratulations for a mighty comeback!" beamed Coach Tazi to his team. "Well done, Yapo, for passing the ball to Lindi."
Yapo Saves The Day — original illustrated page 13, English text included
"You may not have scored a goal today, but you certainly helped your team to win. Well done, son!" smiled Dad, as they walked home together.
Yapo Saves The Day — original illustrated page 14, English text included

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Written by
Rujeko Moyo
Illustrated by
Liam Longland
Created by
Nabeela Kalla (Editor); Liam Longland (Illustrator); Benjamin Tetteh (Designer); Rujeko Moyo (Writer)

Source: Book Dash
Original: Yapo Saves The Day 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.