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Where are you hurt?

[page 2]

“Good afternoon, girls,” says the teacher.

“Good afternoon, teacher,” answers the class.

“Mrs Tulaga is here to teach you
some first aid”, says the teacher. [Literally “to teach you how to help someone who is hurt.”]

“Good afternoon, girls,” says Mrs Tulaga.

“Good afternoon, Mrs Tulaga,” answers the class.

“Please find a partner,” says Mrs Tulaga.

“You’re my partner,” says Selaima to Ianeta.

[page 5]

“One of you two pretends to have a hurt leg or foot,”
says Mrs Tulaga.

“I will pretend to be my grandma,” says Ianeta.
“Let’s pretend I have fallen down.”

“Selaima, pretend to be the first aid expert,”
says Mrs Tulaga. “You ask what hurts and put your
hand where it hurts.”

[page 6]

“Tinā, where are you hurt?” asks Selaima.
“Does your head hurt?”

“No, my head doesn’t hurt,” answers Ianeta.

“Does your stomach hurt?” asks Selaima.

“No, my stomach doesn’t hurt,” answers Ianeta.

[page 9]

“My leg hurts,” says Ianeta.

“Where does it hurt?” asks Selaima.
“Your ankle or your knee?”

“My ankle,” says Ianeta.

“Selaima, put your hand on the ankle,”
says Mrs Tulaga. “We [you and I] will check to see
if Grandma’s ankle is broken.”

[page 10]

“Tinā, I’ve bandaged your sprained ankle,”
says Selaima. “How do you feel?”

“Good, thank you, Selaima,” says Ianeta.
“You did a good job.”

“Yes,” says Mrs Tulaga. “You did a good job,
Selaima.”

“The bell has rung,” says the teacher.
“Pick up your schoolbags.”

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“Carry my bag please, Selaima,”
says Ianeta. “I have a sprained ankle.”

[page 12]

“You’re not hurt,” says Selaima. “Take off the bandage.”

“You have to do as I tell you,”
says Ianeta. “Don’t forget, I am my grandma!”