Billy the Stubborn Goat
English Story Book
Billy the Stubborn Goat
Writer: Faith Moraa Oigo
Illustrations: Wiehan de Jager, Gill Bond, Silva Afonso, Vusi Malindi, and Jose Jochicala
Reformatted for Bloom by: Marlene Custer A Saide Initiative
African Storybook Project
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South African Institute for Distance Education www.africanstorybook.org
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Copyright © 2015, Faith Moraa Oigo
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1
This is Billy, the goat Jan's father gave him as a gift. Even though Billy is stubborn, Jan loves her very
much.
She always gives birth to healthy kids that Jan and his father sell.
2
Yesterday Billy went out of their compound with her two kids. Jan did not like this because the kids are easily stolen, or they get eaten by dogs.
3
One day Billy chewed the books containing Ann's homework. Ann was angry that she was going to be punished by her teacher. She kicked Billy very hard.
This made Jan angry.
He locked himself in his room to play with his toys.
4
Jan is afraid his father will sell Billy. However, his father promised to wait until the kids are older, so he can give one of them to Jan.
5
We should be like Jan, and take good care of our animals.
Animals are important because they give us food, and even protect us from bad people.
