Suad and the Clouds
سُعَادُ وَالسَّحَاب
A Letter Tale for seen: Suad and her grandpa watch the clouds, and every cloud looks like something that starts with س — a ship, a big fish, a crab. Imagination turns the sky into a word game.
Ages 3–6 · 6 scenes · 3 min
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جَلَسَتْ سُعَادُ وَجَدُّهَا فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ.
jalasat su'aadu wa jadduhaa fi-l-Hadiiqati.
Suad and her grandpa sat in the garden.
نَظَرَتْ سُعَادُ إِلَى السَّحَابِ فِي السَّمَاءِ.
naZarat su'aadu ila-s-saHaabi fi-s-samaa'.
Suad looked at the clouds in the sky.
قَالَتْ: هَذَا سَحَابٌ مِثْلُ سَفِينَةٍ!
qaalat: haadhaa saHaabun mithlu safeenatin!
She said: that cloud looks like a ship!
قَالَ جَدُّهَا: وَهَذَا سَحَابٌ مِثْلُ سَمَكَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ!
qaala jadduhaa: wa haadhaa saHaabun mithlu samakatin kabiiratin!
Her grandpa said: and that one looks like a big fish!
قَالَتْ سُعَادُ: وَهَذَا سَحَابٌ مِثْلُ سَلْطَعُونٍ!
qaalat su'aadu: wa haadhaa saHaabun mithlu sulT'uunin!
Suad said: and that one looks like a crab!
ذَابَ السَّحَابُ فِي الْمَغِيبِ، وَقَالَ جَدُّهَا: غَداً سَحَابٌ جَدِيدٌ.
dhaaba-s-saHaabu fi-l-maghibi, wa qaala jadduhaa: ghadan saHaabun jadiid.
The clouds melted into the sunset, and grandpa said: tomorrow there will be new clouds.
The lesson · الْعِبْرَة
The sky is an open book for anyone who imagines.
السَّمَاءُ كِتَابٌ مَفْتُوحٌ لِكُلِّ مَنْ يَتَخَيَّلُ.
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