A Big Book of Little Stories Book 1: Chapter 1 - Hot Toast Coming Up

Listen Up: A Reading Adventure with John Maytham · 4 November 2025 · 3m

Speaker 1: A big book of little stories book One hot Toast coming up. Sibongile got home Speaker 1: from school. Her mom was in bed with the cold. Her mom was feeling sick. Speaker 1: Her nose was running. Sibongilea said, you always look after me when I am sick. Speaker 1: Now it is my turn to look after you. Let me make you some nice Speaker 1: hot toast. Sibongile went to the kitchen to make the toast. Her brother Sepaw was Speaker 1: in the kitchen, so she asked him to put a slice of bread into the Speaker 1: toaster. She popped into her mother's room again, where do we keep our old socks? Speaker 1: Mom? She asked her mother, where are my old red socks with holes in them? Speaker 1: They are in the bottom drawer of the cupboard. Pop went the toaster, but Sipo Speaker 1: was not there, so the toast got cold. Sibongilea asked Seppo to put another slice Speaker 1: in the toaster. Sibongilea went to look for the socks. She looked through the pile Speaker 1: and found a pair of long red socks with holes in them. Then she remembered Speaker 1: again about the toast. Hot toast coming right up, Sibongilia said. Pop went the toaster, Speaker 1: but Sibongiia was not there and the toast got cold. Sebongile went into the kitchen, Speaker 1: but Sepo was not there. She put another slice in the toaster. Sibongilia took one Speaker 1: of the red socks and put her fingers through the holes. This is where the Speaker 1: arms will go, she said. Then she remembered again about the toast. Hot toast coming Speaker 1: up, she said. Pop went the toaster, but Cibongilia…

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