Ouma has a window box full of amazing flowers. Robyn wants to pick them all!
Please don’t pick the flowers, Robyn! Ouma loves to see them when she opens her curtains.
Butterflies dance around the petals. It’s so lovely to have these visitors.
The bees use the flowers to make delicious honey.
The flowers bring joy to everyone who walks past Ouma’s house.
The neighbour likes to smell them when he visits for tea.
Sometimes, sunbirds drink the sweet nectar from the flowers.
Look, a tiny beetle! It shines in the sun. And there’s a fat caterpillar!
Please don’t pick Ouma’s flowers, Robyn! They won’t stay fresh very long.
“I won’t pick them, Ouma,” says Robyn, even though she really wants to.
She feels a little bit sad!
Ouma doesn’t want Robyn to be sad.
“Okay, Robyn,” says Ouma. “You can pick your favourite flower.”
“And I have an idea … Let’s plant more flowers together!”
Credits
Originally published by Book Dash under a Creative Commons Licensed BY 4.0. This book can be read for free on https://bookdash.org/books/oumas-amazing-flowers and was created by: Laurie Janey (Writer), Amber Tak (Illustrator), Angela Briggs (Editor), Roulé le Roux (Designer)
