Colouring Pencils

Author: Long Ravy

Illustrator: Youm Kosal

Translator: Gouri Srinidhi

To To’s mom buys him a box of colouring pencils. He is very happy.

“Thank you, Ma!” he says.

The pencils in the box are scared.

“I don’t want to get out of the box,” says the yellow pencil.

“I'm afraid To To might wear me out!” the red pencil exclaims.

“Yes, I’m afraid, too,” says the blue pencil.

“But let’s get out and explore.”

Outside the box, the colouring pencils spot a colouring book on the table.

“Hey, these pictures are so creative!” says the red pencil.

“I like these pictures,” cries the yellow pencil.

“I like them too,” agrees the blue pencil.

“But why are these pictures not coloured?” asks the blue pencil.

“I don’t know,” says the yellow pencil.

“I don’t know either,” says the red pencil.

“Well, without coloured pencils like you, these pictures will never have colours,” says the colouring book.

“I’m worried that To To might use us too roughly. That will hurt!” says the red pencil.

“But I also want these pictures to look beautiful.”

“Well, what can we

do?” asks the blue pencil.

“Let’s get back into the box,” says the yellow pencil.

Soon, To To takes out the pencils.

“I will colour all my pictures!” he says happily.

He uses the pencils gently to colour the pictures in his colouring book.

When he's gone, the colouring pencils look at the pictures that To To has coloured.

“These pictures look beautiful!” says the red pencil.

“I love them!” says the yellow pencil.

“Me too!” cries the blue pencil.

All the colouring pencils make a decision together.

“We want all the pictures in the world to have beautiful colours like this!” they say.

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This story:Colouring Pencilsis translated byGouri Srinidhi. The © for this translation lies with Room to Read, 2014. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Based on Original story:'ខ្មៅដៃពណ៌', byLong Ravy. © Room to Read , 2014. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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Cover page:Happy book and three pencils, byYoum Kosal© Room to Read, 2014. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 2:Woman giving child a gift, byYoum Kosal© Room to Read, 2014. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 3:Colour pencils in a box looking scared, byYoum Kosal© Room to Read, 2014. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 4:Three pencils lookig out of the box, byYoum Kosal© Room to Read, 2014. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 5:3 pencils looking in a notebook, byYoum Kosal© Room to Read, 2014. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 6:Pencils and book talking, byYoum Kosal© Room to Read, 2014. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 7:Three pencils talking together, byYoum Kosal© Room to Read, 2014. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 8:Boy colouring in book, byYoum Kosal© Room to Read, 2014. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 9:Pencils enjoying the drawings, byYoum Kosal© Room to Read, 2014. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 10:All pencils drawing and colouring, byYoum Kosal© Room to Read, 2014. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Disclaimer:https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

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Colouring Pencils (English)

The new colouring pencils are afraid of being used by Toto. He might be too rough with them and they don't want to get hurt. What happens next?

This is a Level 2 book for children who recognize familiar words and can read new words with help.

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