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Presents near the fire

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Chapter 8 – the last deliveryWhile waiting, Fatou can hear some very loud music and singing. The Senegalese are celebrating Tamkharit, charity and generosity. The music is so loud and joyous that Santa wakes up.Just one more delivery! Fatou needs to go back home. They enter her home and while Fatou puts her family’s present under the tree, Santa is happy to find some bissap juice and Thieboudgien.Someone is shaking her ….Fatou wakes up, she is lying under the Christmas tree, a silver star in her hand. She has been dreaming but just in case, she decides to place one extra present under the tree.It is labeled “for Santa”. Fatou has wrapped a red and white Mboumbou.The family is happy and they celebrate Christmas in joy. When Fatou goes back to school she is surprised to discover that some girls in her class are asking her to play hide and seek with them.Was it a dream ?????https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVhCWYfpack

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Chapter 8 – the last deliveryWhile waiting, Fatou can hear some very loud music and singing. The Senegalese are celebrating Tamkharit, charity and generosity. The music is so loud and joyous that Santa wakes up.Just one more delivery! Fatou needs to go back home. They enter her home and while Fatou puts her family’s present under the tree, Santa is happy to find some bissap juice and Thieboudgien.Someone is shaking her ….Fatou wakes up, she is lying under the Christmas tree, a silver star in her hand. She has been dreaming but just in case, she decides to place one extra present under the tree.It is labeled “for Santa”. Fatou has wrapped a red and white Mboumbou.The family is happy and they celebrate Christmas in joy. When Fatou goes back to school she is surprised to discover that some girls in her class are asking her to play hide and seek with them.Was it a dream ?????https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVhCWYfpack

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Chapter 7 – Help!Santa is feeling a little tired and hungry, Fatou proposes to start the present delivery but Santa falls asleep at the back of the sleigh.Fatou needs to distribute the presents all by herself. She needs some extra help.She sends a shooting star to Santa’s house with a message for help! Many elves suddenly appear on the sleigh. They are very happy and sing some more Christmas carols.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNFQePmAxEQEach elf together with one zebu flies around the city to distribute the remaining presents.

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Chapter 7 – Help!Santa is feeling a little tired and hungry, Fatou proposes to start the present delivery but Santa falls asleep at the back of the sleigh.Fatou needs to distribute the presents all by herself. She needs some extra help.She sends a shooting star to Santa’s house with a message for help! Many elves suddenly appear on the sleigh. They are very happy and sing some more Christmas carols.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNFQePmAxEQEach elf together with one zebu flies around the city to distribute the remaining presents.

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Chapter 6 – DakarThey finally arrive in Dakar by night. The sky is unusually clear, no pollution tonight and they can even see some shiny stars. The view over the city is beautiful and clear, they can see many baobabs decorated with colourful ornaments. Santa doesn’t know his way around. He needs to use a compass but Fatou is here to offer her help. She knows Dakar really well. Poor Santa finds the climate very hot, he is sweating a lot. Fatou decides that she would like to show Santa a few sightseeings in Dakar. They fly over The Renaissance Monument, the Obelisk, the Lighthouse, the island of Gorée, the French military base, different museums, a theatre, the port, different mosques, the cathedral,  many beautiful, vibrant markets and her school.

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Chapter 6 – DakarThey finally arrive in Dakar by night. The sky is unusually clear, no pollution tonight and they can even see some shiny stars. The view over the city is beautiful and clear, they can see many baobabs decorated with colourful ornaments. Santa doesn’t know his way around. He needs to use a compass but Fatou is here to offer her help. She knows Dakar really well. Poor Santa finds the climate very hot, he is sweating a lot. Fatou decides that she would like to show Santa a few sightseeings in Dakar. They fly over The Renaissance Monument, the Obelisk, the Lighthouse, the island of Gorée, the French military base, different museums, a theatre, the port, different mosques, the cathedral,  many beautiful, vibrant markets and her school.

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Chapter 5 – The adventureFatou puts the presents in Santa’s bag on the sleigh. She scatters a little more magic powder for good luck. The elves attach the sleigh to Rudolf the head zebu and six other zebus. They are ready, they can start their journey towards Senegal.Fatou thinks that she has forgotten her brother’s present. Santa gives her the zebus’ reins to conduct the sleigh.Santa finds Mamadou’s present at the bottom of the pile in the bag.Meanwhile Fatou got lost, they are no longer flying to Senegal but they are flying to Asia.She hands Santa some presents but he soon realizes that something is wrong. Time is ticking! Santa decides to use some magic bissap flower petals to quickly distribute the right presents to all the children around the world but for Fatou’s friends and family in Dakar.

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Chapter 5 – The adventureFatou puts the presents in Santa’s bag on the sleigh. She scatters a little more magic powder for good luck. The elves attach the sleigh to Rudolf the head zebu and six other zebus. They are ready, they can start their journey towards Senegal.Fatou thinks that she has forgotten her brother’s present. Santa gives her the zebus’ reins to conduct the sleigh.Santa finds Mamadou’s present at the bottom of the pile in the bag.Meanwhile Fatou got lost, they are no longer flying to Senegal but they are flying to Asia.She hands Santa some presents but he soon realizes that something is wrong. Time is ticking! Santa decides to use some magic bissap flower petals to quickly distribute the right presents to all the children around the world but for Fatou’s friends and family in Dakar.

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Chapter 4 – The magic powderSanta offers Fatou a little pouch full of pain de singe powder. This is the powder from the baobab flower and it has magical powers.Fatou scatters a little bit of powder under the wrapping papers and ribbons of the school children in CM2 in Lycee Jean Mermoz Dakar with the wish that they should become her friends but that they should also learn to respect each other. This would make her so happy.

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Chapter 4 – The magic powderSanta offers Fatou a little pouch full of pain de singe powder. This is the powder from the baobab flower and it has magical powers.Fatou scatters a little bit of powder under the wrapping papers and ribbons of the school children in CM2 in Lycee Jean Mermoz Dakar with the wish that they should become her friends but that they should also learn to respect each other. This would make her so happy.

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Chapter 3 – Fatou is helping Santa is very late with getting all the presents ready on time for Christmas. Many children were very good this past year and the elves still need to make many toys. Santa asks Fatou for help. She needs to help the elves to wrap the presents and in exchange she will become his special assistant. She will accompany him around the world and hand him the presents just before him getting down the chimney.She realizes that she will be distributing their presents to the children who bully her at school and to her dear brother who so wishes to receive a new pair of tennis shoes and a new tennis racket. She is happy and sad at the same time.Santa asks her if she has a special wish for Christmas or a special present she would like. She doesn’t need to think much!“I wish I could have friends”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iywf1x1q8UE

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Chapter 3 – Fatou is helping Santa is very late with getting all the presents ready on time for Christmas. Many children were very good this past year and the elves still need to make many toys. Santa asks Fatou for help. She needs to help the elves to wrap the presents and in exchange she will become his special assistant. She will accompany him around the world and hand him the presents just before him getting down the chimney.She realizes that she will be distributing their presents to the children who bully her at school and to her dear brother who so wishes to receive a new pair of tennis shoes and a new tennis racket. She is happy and sad at the same time.Santa asks her if she has a special wish for Christmas or a special present she would like. She doesn’t need to think much!“I wish I could have friends”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iywf1x1q8UE

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She is dreaming…

A magic elf carries her very gently to a golden sleigh. Some zebus with very long horns all decorated with golden bells pull her through the starry dark sky to Santa Claus’ wonderful home.

She opens her eyes and discovers that she is lying on a soft bed in a baobab tree. Many red and white candy canes decorate the room, she reaches for them but cannot grab them. Golden stars sparkle over the ceiling, baubles and tinsels float all over the place. She can hear soft singing. Tiny little green and white elves are humming Christmas carols
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CWJNqyub3o
and making some toys : beautiful dolls, colourful trains, different sizes balls, fluffy and soft teddy bears, games …

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At night when Fatou comes home from school, she runs to her bedroom, throws herself on her bed and she cries because the children at school bully her and don’t play with her.

Her parents are also very sad to see her so unhappy. Christmas is coming and to bring a bit of joy at home they decide to buy a fake Christmas tree and ornaments at Orca, the big multi storey Senegalese supermarket. All together they choose red and gold baubles, some golden stars, some lights and some white tinsels. Fatou chooses a beautiful silver star that will go on top of the tree.

The family goes home and decorates the house with their beautiful Christmas tree, they hang a Christmas wreath on the door, and they put the children’s stockings at the end of their beds. Fatou is happy, she is smiling.

Fatou would like to put her silver star at the top of the tree. She climbs on a ladder to reach the very tip of it. When she reaches and wants to fit her star she loses her balance and …… falls!

She is lying on the floor, not moving. She is unconscious; she is in a deep deep sleep.

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Fatou is also 10 years old, she is Mamadou’s twin sister but they don’t look alike. She has long braided hair with many colourful pearls in it. Fatou is tall and rather large, she also likes eating a lot but her favourite foods are biscuits, cakes, chocolate and sweets. She is quite a sad person because everybody at school is laughing and teasing her about her size. Fatou hasn’t got any friends, her only real friend is Mamadou, her brother.

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Mamadou is 10 years old, he has short hair, he is slim and tall, he is a happy, friendly, helpful and generous person but he likes to play tricks on people. He has dark brown eyes, a nice smile and beautiful white teeth. Mamadou likes playing tennis but overall he loves eating chicken yassa.

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| Santa Claus | elves | raindeers = the large horned cows = zebu

| Children – boys and girls | Mum and dad | grandparents
| family | Mamadou | Fatou
| The school children

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CM2

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Vocabulary for Senegal

Beach and sand | sheep | Bouille – pain de singe
| North West Africa| The sea | baobab | Thieboudien – fish and coloured rice dish
| sun | fish | Yassa – white rice with onions, chicken or fish | Mafé – peanut dish
| hot | Cows with large horns - zebu | mangoes | Bissap juice
| French and wolof | goats | Water melon |

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Christmas vocabulary

| A bell | A Christmas tree | The chimney/fireplace
| A candle | Santa Claus | A sleigh
| A candy cane/a sugar cane | ornaments | presents
| Christmas carols | reindeer | A bauble
| stockings | elves | tinsels
| A snowman | lights | A door wreath