You Can't Find Me!

Jemma Jose

My name is Mia.
I am going to the market with my Ma.

I am the best at hide-and-seek in the world!
You will never find me in the market.
And I will find the things on my Ma’s shopping list before you.

Find:
(1) 10 red chillies
(2) 2 green tomatoes
(3) 1 potato
(4) 1 fat pumpkin

Oh no!
How did you find me?

Find:
(1) 6 yellow bananas
(2) 3 oranges
(3) 1 red apple
(4) 1 green papaya with stem

You found me and the fruits on my Ma’s list!
It won’t happen again.

Find:
(1) 5 roses
(2) 1 purple garland
(3) Jasmine flowers
(4) Flowery shorts

This is not fair!
I am the best at hiding in the world!

Find:
(1) 1 lungi with dots
(2) 1 sari with green stripes
(3) 1 school uniform with squares
(4) 1 plain black T-shirt

Did Ma tell you where I was hiding?
Let me see how you find me now.

Find:
(1) 3 pinching crabs
(2) 1 angry squid
(3) 7 prawns
(4) 2 fish on ice

You got lucky so far.
But you will never find me in my own house!

Find:
(1) 1 big pot
(2) 1 wooden spoon
(3) 1 box of matches
(4) 1 bottle of water

You found me AG AIN !
Okay, I cannot play anymore.
I have to go eat lunch.

I would have won if Ma had not asked me to stop playing.
I am the best at hide-and-seek in the world!

Answer key:
(1) 10 red chillies ( 2) 2 green tomatoes ( 3) 1 potato ( 4) 1 fat pumpkin

Answer key:
(1) 6 yellow bananas (2) 3 oranges (3) 1 red apple (4) 1 green papaya with stem

Answer key:
(1) 5 roses (2) 1 purple garland (3) Jasmine flowers (4) Flowery shorts

Answer key:
(1) 1 lungi with dots (2) 1 sari with green stripes
(3) 1 school uniform with squares (4) 1 plain black T-shirt

Answer key:
( 1) 3 pinching crabs (2) 1 angry squid (3) 7 prawns (4) 2 fish on ice

Answer key:
(1) 1 big pot (2) 1 wooden spoon (3) 1 box of matches (4) 1 bottle of water