Botse-Botse Wants to Get Married

Author: Ponlok Sidet

Illustrators: So Chakrya, Soeurm Kakada, Ven Che, Yuom Kosal

Translator: Alisha Berger

Botse-Botse hears a wedding song.

She wants to get married, too.

She considers what she will need.

I need a ring!

There, now I have a ring.

I need a wedding dress!

There. Now I have a wedding dress.

I need a bride’s tiara.

There, now I have a tiara!

But where is my groom?

Oh! Maybe I am too young to get married yet.

I want to go to school!

I will learn to read at school.

I will learn to write at school.

I will write stories about girls like me.

Girls who can do anything!

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This story:Botse-Botse Wants to Get Marriedis translated byAlisha Berger. The © for this translation lies with Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Based on Original story:'Botse-Botse o Nyaka go Nyalwa', byPonlok Sidet. © Room to Read , 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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Cover page:A green creature, bySo Chakrya,Yuom Kosal,Ven Che,Soeurm Kakada© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 2:A green creature watches a marriage, bySo Chakrya,Yuom Kosal,Ven Che,Soeurm Kakada© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 3:A green creature happily watches a marriage, bySo Chakrya,Yuom Kosal,Ven Che,Soeurm Kakada© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 4:A green creature in thought, bySo Chakrya,Yuom Kosal,Ven Che,Soeurm Kakada© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 5:A green creature looks at leaves, bySo Chakrya,Yuom Kosal,Ven Che,Soeurm Kakada© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 6:A flower ring, bySo Chakrya,Yuom Kosal,Ven Che,Soeurm Kakada© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 7:A green creature among flowers, bySo Chakrya,Yuom Kosal,Ven Che,Soeurm Kakada© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 8:Flowers, bySo Chakrya,Yuom Kosal,Ven Che,Soeurm Kakada© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 9:A green creature looks at foam, bySo Chakrya,Yuom Kosal,Ven Che,Soeurm Kakada© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 10:A green creature with foam on its head, bySo Chakrya,Yuom Kosal,Ven Che,Soeurm Kakada© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Disclaimer:https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

Some rights reserved. This book is CC-BY-4.0 licensed. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. For full terms of use and attribution, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This book was made possible by Pratham Books' StoryWeaver platform. Content under Creative Commons licenses can be downloaded, translated and can even be used to create new stories provided you give appropriate credit, and indicate if changes were made. To know more about this, and the full terms of use and attribution, please visit the following link .

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Page 11:A green creature dressed as a bride, bySo Chakrya,Yuom Kosal,Ven Che,Soeurm Kakada© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 12:A green creature looks at its reflection, bySo Chakrya,Yuom Kosal,Ven Che,Soeurm Kakada© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 13:A green creature walks to school, bySo Chakrya,Yuom Kosal,Ven Che,Soeurm Kakada© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 14:A green creature reads, bySo Chakrya,Yuom Kosal,Ven Che,Soeurm Kakada© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 15:A green creature writes, bySo Chakrya,Yuom Kosal,Ven Che,Soeurm Kakada© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Disclaimer:https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

Some rights reserved. This book is CC-BY-4.0 licensed. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. For full terms of use and attribution, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Botse-Botse Wants to Get Married (English)

After hearing wedding music in the village, Botse-Botse decides that she wants to get married too.

This is a Level 1 book for children who are eager to begin reading.

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