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Lara de Beer is 7 jaar oud.   Sy het bruin 

boksterte en sproete op haar neus.

Lara de Beer is 7 years old.   She has brown 

pony tails and freckles on her nose.

Die de Beer familie het 'n week gelede na 'n 

klein dorp in die Wes-Kaap verhuis.

Last week, the de Beer family moved to 

a small town in the Western Cape.

Lara se pappa is 'n bouer en haar 

mamma verf graag baie mooi prente vir 

hulle huis.

Lara's daddy is a builder and her 

mommy loves to paint pretty pictures 

for their home.

Henk is Lara se bababoetie en hy speel 

graag met Oros, die familie se spaniël 

hond.  

Lara’s baby brother is called Henk and 

he and loves to play with Oros, the 

family’s spaniel dog.

Lara is baie bly oor haar nuwe kamer en 

die groot tuin. Daar is net een 

probleem, sy het nie ‘n maatjie nie.  

Lara is very glad about her new room 

and the big garden.   There is only one 

problem. She doesn’t have a friend.

Een middag het die son lieflik en warm geskyn.   

Lara het in die tuin gespeel. Sy het gesien hoe ‘n 

dogtertjie lag en spat in die bure se swembad.   Lara 

wou baie graag ‘n maatjie gehad het maar sy was 

te skaam om met die dogtertjie te praat.

One afternoon, the sun was shining and it was 

lovely and warm.   Lara played in the garden. She 

saw a little girl laughing and splashing in the 

neighbour's swimming pool.   Lara really wanted a 

friend but she was too shy to talk to the girl.

Oros het lui in die boom se skaduwee gelê.  

Net sy een oog was oop en hy kon sien dat 

Lara hartseer was.  

Oros was lying in the shade of the tree.   Only 

his one eye was open and he could see that 

Lara was sad.

Skielik kry hy toe ‘n slim plan!   Hy het seker 

gemaak dat niemand hom sien nie.    Oros 

hardloop toe vinnig na die bure se huis en daar 

sit hy toe by die tuinhek en tjank.  

Suddenly, he thought of a clever plan!   He 

made sure that nobody could see him.   Oros 

quickly ran to the neighbour's house where he 

sat howling at the garden gate.

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