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Mama Antelope’s House

Someone is in Mama Antelope’s House. Who could it be? All the animals try to open the door but only Baby Antelope knows how.

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

Mama Antelope’s House — original illustrated page 1, English text included

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Someone is in Mama Antelope’s House. Who could it be? All the animals try to open the door but only Baby Antelope knows how.

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Mama Antelope’s House — original illustrated page 1, English text included
Mama Antelope’s House
Mama Antelope’s House — original illustrated page 2, English text included
Long ago, all the animals lived in a village. Mama Antelope had a big house.
Mama Antelope’s House — original illustrated page 3, English text included
One day, Hare wanted to play a trick. He thought and thought and thought... He crept into Mama Antelope’s house. He closed the door and made a lot of noise.
Mama Antelope’s House — original illustrated page 4, English text included
Mama Antelope came home. "Who is in my house?" she cried. "Hyena, please help! Someone is in my house." Ping! Clink!
Mama Antelope’s House — original illustrated page 5, English text included
Knock, knock, knock! "Open the door!" howled Hyena. But the door did not open. Crash! Snap!
Mama Antelope’s House — original illustrated page 6, English text included
Hyena called Giraffe. "Open the door!" shouted Giraffe. But the door did not open. Bang! Smash!
Mama Antelope’s House — original illustrated page 7, English text included
Giraffe called Zebra. "Open the door!" yelled Zebra. But the door did not open. Bash! Boom!
Mama Antelope’s House — original illustrated page 8, English text included
Zebra called Elephant. He was big and strong. "Open the door!" commanded Elephant. But the door did not open. Boom! Boom! Boom!
Mama Antelope’s House — original illustrated page 9, English text included
Mama Antelope was sad. All the animals were sad. Who was in Mama Antelope’s house?
Mama Antelope’s House — original illustrated page 10, English text included
The birds sang. The butterflies flapped. The bees buzzed. "Open the door!" they all cried.
Mama Antelope’s House — original illustrated page 11, English text included
Baby Antelope came home. "Who is in our house?" "Please open the door," she asked sweetly.
Mama Antelope’s House — original illustrated page 12, English text included
The door opened. It was Hare! Hare was smiling. He loved tricks.
Mama Antelope’s House — original illustrated page 13, English text included
Hurrah! Hurrah! Mama Antelope and Baby Antelope are happy. The animals are happy. Mama Antelope’s house is open at last.
Mama Antelope’s House — original illustrated page 14, English text included

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Written by
Florence Marundu
Illustrated by
Barbara Nascimbeni
Created by
Nabeela Kalla (Editor); Lauren Bird (Designer); Florence Marundu (Writer); Barbara Nascimbeni (Illustrator)

Source: Book Dash
Original: Mama Antelope’s House 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.