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The Bounce

Black Dog is unhappy. He is lonely and everyone seems to be having more fun. So, he bounced … and bounced … and bounced …

Suggested age: 4–6岁 · Reading level L2 · 17 illustrated pages

The Bounce — original illustrated page 1, English text included

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Black Dog is unhappy. He is lonely and everyone seems to be having more fun. So, he bounced … and bounced … and bounced …

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The Bounce — original illustrated page 1, English text included
The Bounce
The Bounce — original illustrated page 2, English text included
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The Bounce — original illustrated page 4, English text included
In a little yellow house lived a big black dog. The big black dog loved to bounce.
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He had everything he could ever need, but Black Dog was unhappy. His human worked most of the day, so they could only play late in the afternoon.
The Bounce — original illustrated page 6, English text included
In the big house next door lived a little girl and her two spotty dogs. One morning when Black Dog’s human left for work, he heard the little girl laughing. "It would be fun to have someone to play with," Black Dog sighed. So, he started to bounce. He bounced... and bounced... and bounced...
The Bounce — original illustrated page 7, English text included
...until he bounced so high that he landed in the little girl’s garden. At first Black Dog had loads of fun.
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But then the little girl started pulling tails and twisting ears. "This is no fun!" Black Dog yelped. So he started to bounce. He bounced... and bounced... and bounced...
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...until he bounced so high that he landed back in his own garden. In the big house on the other side lived an old lady with a little yellow dog. "I’m sure she won’t pull my tail or twist my ears. It would be great to play with her," sighed Black Dog.
The Bounce — original illustrated page 10, English text included
So he started to bounce. He bounced... and bounced... and bounced... ...until he bounced so high that he landed in the old lady’s garden.
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At first, the lady scratched Black Dog behind his ears and rubbed his tummy. But after a while, the old lady sat down in her rocking chair and Black Dog got really bored. Yaaaaaawn...
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So he started to bounce. He bounced... and bounced... and bounced...
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...until he bounced so high that he landed in his own garden again. When Black Dog’s human came home she didn’t pull his tail or sit in a chair scratching his ears.
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They played his favourite game and she told him how much she’d missed him all day long.
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"I love her and she loves me. I am a lucky dog after all!" Black Dog sighed happily, as they curled up on the couch together.
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The Bounce — original illustrated page 17, English text included

Creators and open license

Written by
Liza Woodward
Illustrated by
Candice Botha
Created by
Hannes Esterhuyse (Designer); Liza Woodward (Writer); Janita Low (Editor); Candice Botha (Illustrator)

Source: Book Dash
Original: The Bounce 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.