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O Rain Come

It’s so hot! Lilato and Mayamiko are bored. Ndo-ndo! But what is that sound?

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

O Rain Come — original illustrated page 1, English text included

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It’s so hot! Lilato and Mayamiko are bored. Ndo-ndo! But what is that sound?

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O Rain Come — original illustrated page 1, English text included
O Rain Come
O Rain Come — original illustrated page 2, English text included
It was a hot summer afternoon.
O Rain Come — original illustrated page 3, English text included
Lilato fanned herself.
O Rain Come — original illustrated page 4, English text included
"If only it could rain," her brother, Mayamiko, said. It was too hot to let the children play outside.
O Rain Come — original illustrated page 5, English text included
Ndo-ndo! Lilato heard it first. It sounded like a stone bouncing on the roof of the house. Lilato looked at Mayamiko but he didn’t look at her.
O Rain Come — original illustrated page 6, English text included
She tiptoed to the window and looked up at the sky. The sky was grey, almost black in colour.
O Rain Come — original illustrated page 7, English text included
Lilato started to sing the song her best friend, Mwansa, had taught her. Wemfula isa isa O rain come Twangale na mainsa So we can play in the rain Wemfula isa isa O rain come Twangale na mainsa So we can play in the rain
O Rain Come — original illustrated page 8, English text included
Lilato sang, rubbing her fingers together.
O Rain Come — original illustrated page 9, English text included
Ndo-ndo-ndo-ndo-ndo-ndo! More raindrops fell from the sky.
O Rain Come — original illustrated page 10, English text included
"Maya! It's raining!" Lilato yelled. "It's raining! They ran outside the house.
O Rain Come — original illustrated page 11, English text included
Mama was already putting buckets around the house to collect rainwater.
O Rain Come — original illustrated page 12, English text included
They ran to the road in front of their house and joined other children.
O Rain Come — original illustrated page 13, English text included
A chorus of wemfula isa isa twangale na mainsa, was heard all over the neighbourhood. The sky opened and poured more rain, joining into the music of the day.
O Rain Come — original illustrated page 14, English text included

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Written by
Fiske Nyirongo
Illustrated by
Eidin Griffin
Created by
Fiske Nyirongo (Writer); Eidin Griffin (Illustrator); Margot Bertelsmann (Editor); Jennifer Jacobs (Designer)

Source: Book Dash
Original: O Rain Come 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.