Ginger the giraffe
Written in English by T Albert
and can be found on Monkeypen
and freekidsbooks.org
Thanks to them.
wuns upon a tIm ther woz a jiraf nAmd jinjer.
jinjer livd in cenya a cuntrE in afrEca.
lIc orl jirafs jinjer had a long nec and long legs.
bEcoz shE woz sO torl shE woz Abl too Et food from the verE tops ov the trEz in the savanah.
the savanah in afrEca iz an erEa with lots ov gras and sum trEz.
sumtImz a savanah iz corld graslandz.
the uther animalz lIc zebraz and antelOps coud not rEch wer jinjer coud rEch.
but jinjer olwAz fownd food.
shE luvd the lEvz and the nU budz ov the trEz.
wun dA jinjer woz bizE Eting hur fAvorit lEvz along with sum uther jirafs.
it woz a brIt sunE dA and ther woz not a clowd in the skI.
it had not rAnd for a long tIm sO the gras woz verE drI.
shE hEerd a noyz down at the botom ov hur extra long legs.
it woz hur frend micE the muncE.
micE woz trIing too sA sumthing but jinjer coudnt understand wot hE woz sAing.
hE loucd verE tIerd.
wots rong ascd jinjer.
jinjer woz a verE cInd jiraf and wonted too help everEwun.
just then micE fel Over.
jinjer woz olsO a smart jiraf.
shE nU wot woz rong.
micE coudnt fInd enEthing too Et and hE woz verE hungrE.
jinjer nibld sum fresh tender lEvz and budz from the top ov the trE wer shE woz Eting.
shE dropd sum ov the lEvz and budz too the grownd nEar wer micE woz.
then shE nudjd him a litl with the hoof at the botom ov wun ov hur verE long legs.
wAc up micE sed jinjer.
Iv fownd sumthing for yoo too Et.
slOlE micE sat up and At a litl.
after a wIl wen micE woz fEling beter jinjer ascd him wots hapend.
micE wI ar yoo sO hungrE.
wI cant yoo fInd enEthing too Et.
micE sed it haznt rAnd for sO long and now therz nO mor food.
thats not goud sed jinjer.
wots hapening with the uther animalz.
nO wun nOz wot too doo ansurd micE.
orl the zebraz and the antelOps and the elEfants ar geting wurEd abowt the drI gras.
sum ov them ar thincing abowt lEving the savanah and trIing too rEch the jungl.
thats a long trip sed jinjer.
ar yoo gOing too gO with them.
I dOnt nO ansurd micE.
wot doo yoo thinc wE shoud doo.
jinjer thort for a wIl and then sudenlE shE had a goud IdEa.
wE shoud gO torc too lEO the lIon.
hE iz the smartest animal in the savanah.
micE woz too tIerd too worc sO jinjer invIted him too rId on hur bac.
hOld on tIt too mI nec sed jinjer.
therz a lot too hOld on too jOcd micE.
jinjer lafd. yoor rIt.
Iv got the longest nec in afrEca.
sO thA started ther jurnE acros too the uther sId ov the savanah too louc for lEO.
jinjer and micE wur in luc.
lEO woz siting up on a roc and hE woz rEalE EzE too sE az thA worcd throo the gras.
hI lEO thA bOth showted.
lEO had bEn naping and woz a litl grumpE wen thA wOc him up.
but hE woz polIt and sed helO jinjer and micE.
wI did yoo worc the hOl wA acros the savanah just too wAc mE up.
but hE woz jOcing hE had a smIl on hiz fAs.
micE sAz that ther iz nO food left on the savanah bEcoz its bEn sO drI sed jinjer.
doo yoo hav enE IdEaz.
lEO thort for a wIl.
hE sed therz nuthing wE can doo abowt the rAn.
it wil cum soon but wE cant bE shooer wen it wil arIv.
wen the rAn cumz orl the plants wil grO agAn and ther wil bE lots ov food for everEbodE.
hE thort a litl longer.
the OnlE thing I can thinc ov iz for everEwun too moov clOser too the forest hE continUd.
ther wil bE mor thingz too Et ther but I nO its a long trip and it wil not bE verE EzE.
it mIt tAc dAz too get ther.
jinjer and micE loucd at Ech uther and then loucd bac at lEO.
thanc yoo lEO sed jinjer.
its probablE best if thA orl trI too get clOser too the jungl.
thA sed goudbI and then worcd bac acros the savanah.
now thA nEded too gather orl ov the animalz toogether too start the long jurnE.
jinjer didnt nEd too gO along bEcoz shE had plentE ov food in hur hI trEz.
but shE woz a goud frend and wonted too help az much az shE coud.
thA worcd toowordz hur fAvorit trEz and ges wot shE and micE sor.
orl ov the animalz wur orlredE gatherd ther and wAting for jinjer and micE.
wI ar yoo orl hEer ascd jinjer.
edE the Egl tOld us that yoor tAcing us too the edj ov the jungl sed wun ov the zebraz.
how did hE nO ascd micE.
hE hEerd yoo torcing with lEO sed wun ov the antelOps.
sO yoov orl dEsIded too trI too worc toogether too the jungl ascd jinjer.
yes thA orl ansurd.
if yool help us too get ther aded wun ov the elEfants.
ov cors il help sed jinjer.
Im yor frend.
sO thA started on ther big jurnE acros the savanah too the jungl.
the sun woz sO hot and ther woz nO food and nO plAs too get a drinc ov worter.
and then thA hEerd it.
it woz thunder.
thunder thA orl showted.
thunder woz verE scerE too the animalz ov the savanah.
can yoo ges wI.
fIer. sumtImz the lItning hits the drI gras and the hOl savanah catchez fIer.
then everEwun haz too run.
and that iz exactlE wot hapend.
fIer thA showted.
thA coud smel it.
and now thA coud sE it.
the fIer woz cuming toowordz them.
jinjer had too thinc fast.
bEcoz shE woz sO torl shE coud sE farther than enE ov the uther animalz.
shE stretchd hur long nec up az far az shE coud.
now shE coud sE a plAs wer ther woz nO fIer.
qwic shE sed.
everEwun run this wA.
orl ov the animalz folOd hur and ran az fast az thA coud.
soon thA wur owt ov dAnjer.
thA stopd and gatherd toogether wun mor tIm.
iz everEwun hEer jinjer ascd.
shE wonted too mAc shooer thA wur orl sAf.
orl the animalz loucd arownd.
thA wur orl ther.
and then the mOst wunderfoul thing hapend.
I felt a drop sed a zebra.
mE too sed an antelOp.
it woz rAn.
fInalE everEwun woz verE hapE.
it started too rAn a litl mor and then a litl mor.
the rAn pout owt the fIer sO thA didnt hav too run.
and the rAn fild ther wortering hOlz and mAd the plants grO agAn.
sO thA didnt hav too mAc that long trip too the edj ov the jungl.
everEwun woud soon hav Enuf food and worter.
sO jinjer the jiraf went bac too hur fAvorit trE and continUd too munch on the lEvz and budz.