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A SAD STORY
A CHILD-to-child Reader
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How these stories were written
The-authors of these stories have lived and worked in
countries all over the world in Africa, the Caribbean, the Far
East, India and Latin America. Some are doctors and some
specialists in primary education and language teaching.
Paula Edwards, the editor, was formerly a nurse, has a
PhD degree in the field of language and now teaches at the
University of Cardiff.
They wrote these stories because they believe that
Health Education should be taught through all subjects in the
curriculum. They know that young children love stories and
have tried to make these stories interesting and fun to read.
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A SAD STORY
SHAN GRIFFITH PINNA
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Illustrations
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English Reader Level 1
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MAINLY FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS
In many countries people have bad
eyes and teeth because they do not
know how to look after them properly.
Children should understand the
importance of caring for their own
eyes and teeth.
They should become
familiar with some simple rules of
hygiene.
This book is a story about two old
men who did not care for their eyes
and teeth properly, and how a teacher
in a local school used their stories
as a basis for teaching her class
about the good care of eyes and teeth.
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MR EYE-PATCH AND MR GUMMY
Hello!
funny men.
My name is Peter.
One is called Mr Eye-Patch.
is called Mr Gummy.
one eye.
In my town live two
The other
Mr Eye-Patch can only see with
Mr Gummy has no teeth in his mouth.
laughed at them a lot.
"They are funny!" we said.
We do not laugh now.
We
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Sometimes we put things in the rood.
We put them
in front of Mr Eye-Patch.
He did not always see them.
He fell over in the road.
We laughed at him and ran
away.
Mr Eye-Patch plays football with us.
always see the ball.
He does not
He can't see at all with one eye.
He sometimes falls over the ball.
"He is funny 1" we said.
We do not laugh now.
We laughed at him once.
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Mr Gummy can't eat very well.
food because he has no teeth.
He can't eat hard
He can't eat meat or nuts.
He can only eat soft food.
Sometimes we gave him a hard sweet.
We said: "Here
is a soft sweet for you."
Mr Gummy tried to eat it.
"He is funny 1" we said.
We do not laugh now.
We laughed at him.
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One day Mr Eye-Patch fell over the ball.
his head on the ground.
saw us.
We all laughed.
She was not pleased with us.
all have good eyes and teeth.
do not.
He hit
Our teacher
She said: "You
Mr Eye-Patch and Mr Gummy
You must not laugh at them.
It is not good to
laugh at people."
Then she said: "We will play a game.
Peter."
She put a cloth over my eye.
Come here,
Then she asked:
"Can you see, Peter?"
"I can only see with one eye," I answered.
like Mr Eye-Patch
"I'm
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"Walk round the room/' she told me.
the room.
I hit a desk.
I hit a chair.
over because our teacher held me.
"Poor Mr Eye-PatchI said.
I went round
I didn't fall
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I have a friend called Elli.
Our teacher gave
Elli a hard sweet.
She said: "Hold this sweet with
your lips, Elli.
Try to eat it, but don't bite with
your teeth."
Elli tried very hard.
"Poor Mr. Gummy!"
"I can't eat it!" she said.
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THE STORY OF MR EYE-PATCH
One day Mr Eye-Patch came to school.
He came to
tell us his sad story.
He said: "Hello!
I am Mr Eye-Patch.
I was once
a small boy like you.
I liked to read.
I liked to
read books in the house.
My mother said: "Don't read
your books in the dark.
Sit by the light.
have a good light to read."
You must
Sometimes I read in the
dark.
My mother gave me a lot of vegetables and fruit
to eat.
Green and orange vegetables help your eyes.
Orange and yellow fruit are good, too.
green vegetables.
I didn't like
Sometimes I gave them to the goat.
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I liked to play in the village with my friends.
One day we played in the road.
my eye.
My big sister tried to get it out
It hurt.
with her finger.
Something went into
Her finger was dirty.
That night my eye hurt.
My eye didn't open.
In the morning it hurt more.
My mother looked at my eye.
washed it with some cold water.
She
Then she went to work
and I went out to play.
That evening my eye hurt very much.
I went to bed, but I didn't sleep.
It was very bad.
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In the morning my eye did not open.
looked at it.
It was very bad.
My mother
It hurt me a lot. My
mother said to my big sister: "Take your brother to the
nurse.
I must go to work."
The nurse looked at my eye.
She washed it.
Then
she put some medicine in it.
She said: "Take this medicine.
Put some in the eye
every morning and every evening."
My big sister and I went home.
We went to play
with our friends.
Sometimes my mother or my sister put medicine in
my eye.
Often we forgot about it.
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My eye hurt more and-more,
Now I can't see with that eye.
children.
Soon it got very bad.
I can't see like you
I fall over things in the house and outside.
Sometimes people laugh at me.
It makes me sad.
Then Mr Eye-Patch said; "Always look after your eyes.
You don't want to be like me, do you?"
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Our teacher said:
"Thank you, Mr Eye-Patch.
You have helped us a lot."
Then she said to us:
"We all want two good eyes.
But we must look after
them.
How can we do that?"
We must always read in a good light.
We must always eat good food.
Green,
orange vegetables are good for our eyes.
orange and red fruit help us to see well.
These foods are good for our eyes.
oranges
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red and
Yellow,
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We must have clean eyes.
water.
Always wash in clean
Never wash in dirty water.
Don't put things in your eyes.
fingers in them.
Never put dirty
Dirty fingers make our eyes bad.
Tell your mother when something goes in your eye.
She will wash it with clean water.
when your eye hurts.
Tell your mother
She will take you to the nurse.
She will make your eye better.
But you must help her.
Mr Eye-Patch forgot about the medicine.
about the medicine.
Never forget
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Then our teacher asked:
little brothers and sisters?
"How can we help your
How can we find out about
their eyes?"
We can play games with them.
First we hold the things near their eyes.
things.
ask: "What is this?"
We ask:
away.
We can show them
We
Then we hold the things a long way
"What is this?"
We can ask: "Do your eyes hurt?"
We can look for children with bad eyes.
We can
help them.
Our teacher said: "Let's play these games now.
Then you can play them with your little brothers and
sisters."
We all got up.
this?"
We asked each other: "Can you see
"What is this?"
It was a very good game.
Mr. Eye-Patch played with us.
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THE STORY OF MR GUMMY
There is Mr Gummy."
One day El 11 said to me: "Look!
He was in our classroom.
We all went in and sat down.
"Good morning/' said Mr Gummy.
"Show me your teeth."
We all showed him our teeth.
"Do you want to keep your teeth?"
heads.
We all nodded our
"Then listen to my story/' he said.
"I had good
teeth when I was small.
But I lost them all.
sweet things?" he asked.
We all nodded again.
"I did too/' Mr Gummy said.
"I ate a lot of sweets.
I drank a lot of sweet drinks every day.
sisters did too. "
Do you like
My brothers and
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My mother always said to us:
"Don't eat sweets all day."
"Don't drink sweet drinks all day."
"Always wash your mouth after food."
"Brush your teeth every day."
We forgot to brush our teeth.
our mouths.
We forgot to wash
We ate sweets as we played in the road.
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My mother went to work oil day.
My big brother
and sister looked after us.
My mother said to my big brother: "Please help me.
Make brushing sticks for the children."
My brother forgot to make brushing sticks for us.
He wanted to play with his friends.
know.
We didn't tell her.
clean your teeth?"
My mother didn't
She never asked:
She was very busy.
"Did you
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My mother said to my big sister; "Please get salt
for the brushing sticks."
My big sister forgot to get salt for us.
help us brush our teeth after food.
see her friend.
work.
She didn't
My big sister went to
My mother didn't know because she was at
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Then my teeth began to hurt.
they had holes in them.
My teeth hurt because
My teeth hurt a lot.
They fell
out one by one.
Then my new teeth came.
my old teeth were bad.
They were all bad because
They hurt a lot.
My mother saw my teeth.
She said: "They are all
bad because you never brush your teeth.
many sweets.
You eat too
You drink too many sweet drinks.
Your brother and sister didn't help you.
help you.
any help."
You wanted our help.
I didn't
We didn't give you
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My mother said: "Come and see the Nurse,"
The Nurse looked at my teeth.
She was very sad.
She said: "All your teeth are bad."
Then she said: "Do you brush your teeth after food?
Do you have a brushing stick?
Do you put salt on your
brushing stick?"
I said: "No."
The Nurse asked: "Does your mother help you to brush
your teeth?
Do your brothers and sisters help you?"
I said: "No."
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The Nurse asked: "Why didn't your mother tell you
to brush your teeth?"
I said: "She did.
work.
She told me before she went to
I forgot."
Then she asked: "Why didn't your brother or sister
help you to brush your teeth?"
I said: "Because they went to play with their
friends.
They forgot too."
The Nurse said: "Come and see the dentist."
The Dentist said: "I am going to take your bad
The Nurse was very sad.
My mother and I were too.
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Mr. Gummy looked sod.
have any teeth.
am funny.
food.
Then he said: "Now I don't
People laugh at me.
Everyone thinks I
It hurts me to eat food.
I can only eat soft
I can't eat meat or nuts.
to have some teeth.
every day.
Look after your teeth.
Don't eat too many sweets.
many sweet drinks.
about good teeth.
I want
Brush them
Don't drink too
Then you will have good, strong teeth."
Our teacher thanked Mr Gummy.
and sisters.
I am not happy.
Then she talked to us
She talked about our little brothers
"How can we help them?" she .asked.
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"We can make them a brushing stick/' she said.
Our teacher showed us how to make one.
"Get a small stick.
with your teeth.
Make one end of the stick soft
Now you have a brushing stick."
Then she said:
"Put salt on your brushing stick.
Or
you can use cold ashes."
She showed us how to do it.
We got some salt.
put the brushing stick in some water.
brushing
We
Then we put the
stick in the salt.
2. Put the brushing stick in salt
or wood-ash
Now you are ready to brush
your teeth
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Then she showed us how to brush our teeth.
brushed our teeth up and down, up and down.
We
We brushed
our teeth back and front, back and front.
Our teacher said: "Never brush your teeth round
and round.
That is very bad."
She said: "Brush your teeth after food in the
morning.
Brush your teeth after food in the evening.
Brush your teeth before you go to bed."
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Then our teacher said: "Look!
I have some teeth."
She put one tooth in a pot of sweet drink.
one in water.
Then she said: "Now we have our school
These teeth can stay here."
holiday.
She put
Then we all went
home.
The teeth stayed in the water and in the sweet
drink.
We were away for four weeks.
After the holiday we came back.
teeth.
We looked at the
The tooth in the sweet drink was bad.
The tooth
in the water was good,
Our teacher said: "A lot of sweet drink makes your
teeth bad'.
So you must brush your teeth after sweet
drinks."
Tooth in water
Good tooth
Bad tooth
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Our teacher said; "Help your little brothers and
sisters.
Help them to have good teeth.
Help them to
brush their teeth.
Don't give them a lot of sweets.
Don't give them a lot of sweet drinks.
Look after their teeth and their eyes.
Then they won't be like Mr Eye-Patch or Mr Gummy."
Our teacher helped us a lot.
Mr Eye-Patch any more.
more.
They helped us.
food for Mr Gummy.
We don't laugh at
We don't laugh at Mr Gummy any
Now we help them.
We help Mr Eye-Patch.
fall over very much now.
We make soft
He doesn't
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THINGS TO DO
1
Be a doctor or nurse at the clinic.
Get
someone to have a bad eye or a bad tooth.
Make a little play.
2.
What can you say?
Make some hand puppets of Mr Tooth, Mr Eye
and Mr Germ.
Mr Germ is bad.
He is coming
to make Mr Tooth and Mr Eye bad.
play for your friends.
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What can you say?
Put something over one eye.
feel?
Make a
How do you
Tell your friends how you feel.
Count how many people have bad eyes and
bad teeth
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in your family
in your class
in your road
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Think of five things you can do to have
good teeth.
Think of five things you can do to have
good eyes.
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Make a brushing stick.
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Write down the names of some soft foods.
Write down the names of some hard foods.
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Be Mr Gummy.
Walk round the room.
like Mr. Gummy.
Speak his words.
Now be Mr Eye-Patch.
Do the same.
Talk
BAD FOR EYES
1
Someone reading in a dark corner,
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Flies near the eyes of a small child.
3
A child throwing his green vegetables
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A big girl is rubbing the eye of a small
to the goat outside his hut.
child with her finger.
BAD FOR TEETH
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Children eating big bags of sweets.
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A child is drinking too much sweet drink.
3
Someone opening a bottle with his teeth.
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REMEMBER!
LOOK AFTER YOUR TEETH
Brush your teeth after food.
Brush them at bedtime.
Brush them up and down.
Use a brushing stick.
Brush your teeth with salt.
LOOK AFTER YOUR EYES
Wash them in clean water.
Keep flies off your eyes.
Read in a good light.
Eat your green vegetables.
Eat your orange fruit.
The CHILD-to-child stories are edited by Paula Edwards,
illustrated by Joan Gammans and written by a group of
teachers and doctors:
KEN CRIPWELL
PAULA EDWARDS
SHAN GRIFFITH PINNA
COLETTE HAWES
HUGH HAWES
KEITH LOWE
AUGUSTINE VELIATH
DAVID MORLEY
WHAT IS CHILD-to-child?
CHILD-to-child is an International Programme which
teaches and encourages children of school age to concern
themselves with the health, welfare and general development
of their younger pre-school brothers and sisters and of other
younger children in their community.
Each of the stories in this series of readers is based on the
CHILD-to-child concept of one child helping another.
It is hoped too that children will read these stories to their
younger brothers and sisters thus giving practical expression
to the CHILD-to-child idea.
Titles in this series:
DIRTY WATER
A SAD STORY
A SIMPLE CURE
GOOD FOOD
TEACHING DANI
ACCIDENTS
THE ANSWER TEAM
DOWN WITH FEVER
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