Nelson (Walker Stories)

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Flora and Annie are off to stay with their grandparents for the summer. The girls will travel on their own from Cape Town on the bus, and Flora is proud that their mother has put her in charge.

Flora loves lots of things about staying with Ouma and Oupa: swinging on the big old tree in the garden, baking with Ouma, playing with the other children from the neighbourhood.

But there’s one thing she doesnÂ’t like at all … Nelson, their grandmotherÂ’s large, red rooster.

Little Annie isnÂ’t afraid of him, and Flora knows that she shouldnÂ’t be either. After all, she’s supposed to be the grown-up one! But Flora canÂ’t help it Â- Nelson is scary and glary and he pecks hard.

Will she overcome her fear? From the Back Cover.

Flora and Annie love staying with their grandparents for the summer. ItÂ’s so much fun, splashing in the sea, baking with Ouma, going for rides in OupaÂ’s bakkie. But every year Flora dreads one thing: NELSON. HeÂ’s scary and glary and he pecks hard! Will Flora ever overcome her fear? The perfect first step into fiction. Three short stories to build reading confidence.