Soon Thabi is sad again and starts to cry. This is the first time in her life that she and her mother had spent a night apart. Thabi’s father puts her down on a chair in front of him. He wipes her tears and speaks softly to comfort her.

Thabi feels brave again, standing tall on her chair. “I am 6! I am a big girl!” she tells him. When she stands straight on the chair like this, Thabi is about the same height as her father. Do you remember how tall he is? How tall do you think Thabi is, when she stands on the floor not the chair?

Thabi only has to wait for three days from Wednesday to Saturday, but to her it feels like years. Thabi tries to work out how many hours she has to wait. She knows there are 24 hours in one day, so she says to herself, “24 + 24 + 24 is_____.” Do you know what the answer is?