why dog is afraid of storms
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Have you ever wondered why dogs are so afraid of thunder storms? Do you ask yourself why their eyes grow wild, why they shiver and shake and hide away? Find out how the mischievouscattle trick Dog into letting them out of their kraal.TRANSCRIPT
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Have you ever wondered why dogs are so afraid of thunder
storms? Do you ask yourself why their eyes grow wild, why they
shiver and shake and hide away? Find out how the mischievous
cattle trick Dog into letting them out of their kraal.
Praise for the Bester Sisters
“It’s a wonderfully illustrated and well-written book
that will keep any preschooler entertained for hours.”
- Living & Loving magazine
Why Dog Is Afraid of Storms
Story by Maryanne BesterIllustrated by Shayle Bester
9 781431 402199
ISBN 978-1-4314-0219-9www.jacana.co.za
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Why Dog Is Afraid of Storms
Story by Maryanne BesterIllustrated by Shayle Bester
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It was the end of the dry season
and Dog’s Best Friend was tired.
He asked Dog to watch the cattle
in the kraal and went off to rest.
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Dog sat down at the kraal gate.
The cattle greeted Dog and he
listened as they discussed the
coming rains. He was too young
to have ever seen a rain storm.
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Then the cattle began to offer
gifts to Dog – if he would only
open the gate.
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First they offered him a roll in their mud.
Dog thought about it.
But he would not open the gate.
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Then they offered him a roll in their mud...
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For our parents
First published by Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd in 2011
10 Orange StreetSunnyside
Auckland Park 2092South Africa
(+27 11) 628-3200www.jacana.co.za
© Maryanne Bester and Shayle Bester, 2011
All rights reserved.
ISBN 978-1-4314-0219-9Job No. 001539
Set in Avant Garde Gothic 15/24ptPrinted and bound by Craft, Singapore
See a complete list of Jacana titles at www.jacana.co.za
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Jaca
na
Have you ever wondered why dogs are so afraid of thunder
storms? Do you ask yourself why their eyes grow wild, why they
shiver and shake and hide away? Find out how the mischievous
cattle trick Dog into letting them out of their kraal.
Praise for the Bester Sisters
“It’s a wonderfully illustrated and well-written book
that will keep any preschooler entertained for hours.”
- Living & Loving magazine
Why Dog Is Afraid of Storms
Story by Maryanne BesterIllustrated by Shayle Bester
9 781431 402199
ISBN 978-1-4314-0219-9www.jacana.co.za
Wh
y Do
g Is A
fraid
of Sto
rms
Story b
y Ma
ryan
ne B
ester Illustra
ted b
y Sha
yle Bester
DOG_STORMS_COVER.indd 1 2011/09/22 10:32 AM