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Little Goat

Little Goat wanders off to look for the sweet grass and doesn’t realise how far she is from Mother Goat.

Suggested age: 4–6岁 · Reading level L2 · 18 illustrated pages

Little Goat — original illustrated page 1, English text included

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Little Goat wanders off to look for the sweet grass and doesn’t realise how far she is from Mother Goat.

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Little Goat — original illustrated page 1, English text included
Little Goat
Little Goat — original illustrated page 2, English text included
Little Goat — original illustrated page 3, English text included
Little Goat — original illustrated page 4, English text included
Little Goat — original illustrated page 5, English text included
Little Goat went to find the sweetest grass. The sky was blue above. But she did not look up.
Little Goat — original illustrated page 6, English text included
The river gurgled below. But Little Goat did not listen to its song.
Little Goat — original illustrated page 7, English text included
A bird called to her, saying, "How do you do?" But Little Goat didn’t answer.
Little Goat — original illustrated page 8, English text included
She just walked along looking for the sweetest grass.
Little Goat — original illustrated page 9, English text included
As she walked along, Little Goat moved further and further away from Mother Goat.
Little Goat — original illustrated page 10, English text included
Little Goat found the sweetest grass. She ate and ate. She had walked far from Mother Goat.
Little Goat — original illustrated page 11, English text included
Mother Goat wondered where Little Goat had gone. She looked in the mealie patch, but Little Goat was not there.
Little Goat — original illustrated page 12, English text included
Mother Goat ran to the river. But Little Goat was not there. "Where are you, Little Goat," bleated Mother Goat.
Little Goat — original illustrated page 13, English text included
A bird called to Mother Goat, "Little Goat is asleep in the sweet grass across the bridge."
Little Goat — original illustrated page 14, English text included
Mother Goat crossed the bridge, to the sweet grass.
Little Goat — original illustrated page 15, English text included
There she found Little Goat fast asleep.
Little Goat — original illustrated page 16, English text included
"Wake up, Little Goat," said Mother Goat gently. "You were lost!" "I wasn’t lost... I have been here all the time!" said Little Goat.
Little Goat — original illustrated page 17, English text included
Little Goat — original illustrated page 18, English text included

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Written by
Mirna Lawrence
Illustrated by
Nicola Anne Smith
Created by
Nicola Anne Smith (Illustrator); Nabeela Kalla (Editor); Mirna Lawrence (Writer); Tiffany Mac Sherry (Designer)

Source: Book Dash
Original: Little Goat 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.