Emmie Smit Portfolio

10/07/2026

Cats and their vocabulary!

10/07/2026

04/06/2026

Prompts
Squirrel gardens
Fox plays a computer game
Elephan snoboards
Wolf pickleballs

31/05/2026

Fire-threatened Elephant and Mouse save each other
EmmieSmit©2020

Green Forest is orange-red.
Flames crack as the fire rages through the trees.
Glop-glop-glop glops Giraffe from the fire,
Huffin-o-puffin, huffin-o-puffin.
Tip-tip-tip tips Springbok from the fire,
Huffin-o-puffin, huffin-o-puffin.
Golp-golp-golp golps Rabbit from the fire,
Huffin-o-puffin, huffin-o-puffin.
Tsr-tsr-tsr tsrs Mouse from the fire,
Huffin-o-puffin, huffin-o-puffin.
Plop-plop-plop plops Frog from the fire,
Huffin-o-puffin, huffin-o-puffin.
Tramp-tramp-tramp tramps Elephant from the fire,
Huffin-o-puffin, huffin-o-puffin.

And then Elephant looks back and shouts, “The fire will catch up with your little steps, Mouse, run up my trunk and find shelter under my ear!”
Tsr-tsr-tsr tsrs Mouse up Elephants trunk,
Huffin-o-puffins in under a big floppy ear.
Tramp-tramp-tramp tramps Elephant from the fire,
Huffin-o-puffin, huffin-o-puffin.

Splash! Splash! Splash! Splash, storm the animals into the river to save themselves from the vicious flames.
“Thank you, oh, thank you, Elephant. My treads are just too small to keep up,” squeaks Mouse and patted Elephant´s head with her tiny front paw.
“Ahh, Mouse, that is an honour to help others! But can you please help me now?” responds Elephant.
“But, of course, my friend! How can I help you?” squeaks Mouse.
“During our charge through the forest, something got in my right eye. Please look at what is in my eye,” explains Elephant.

“Open your eye wide! Oh my,
you have a speck of ash in your eye!
Hold still! Hold still!” commands Mouse, the nurse,
“and here, it is out. Is it better or worse?”
Elephant sighs, “It is much better!
And, look at the clouds. It is beginning to rain!
Now the fire will be put out, and our houses will remain.”

Each one of us can help another, regardless of how small or big we are. When we help someone, we experience pleasure, friendship and trust. Therefore, every time we help each other, we get to feel good!

30/05/2026

Piet Padda sit in ’n kartonboks.
Hy kla en kerm temerig, "Kroks! Kroks!"
Ouma Meermin kyk hom skeel-skeel,
en d**k, "Hy sal hom wat verbeel!"

"Piet," se sy, "ses en veertig prinsesse het jou al gesoen,
en jy is steeds nie 'n prins nie. Boonop steeds groen!
Aanvaar dit nou,
jy kan met Plat-Anna trou."

30/05/2026

O jinnetjies tog, Hus is middeldeur!
Hoe plak 'n mens 'n Hus?

30/05/2026

Mama Hus se wasdagramp

29/05/2026

Ken jy die Duffels van Duffelsdorp?

Duffels is nie mense nie.
Duffels is die diere nie.
Duffels is nie masjiene nie.
Duffel is Duffels.

29/05/2026

Duffels van Duffeldorp
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