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SAMOT

Regina Drummond

Rideel Publishing House, São Paulo
Translated by Silvia Zanette Guimarães
For children up to 4

Synopsis
Samot is a non-sense collection with 8 books for small children.
All of them start with the question “ Who is Samot?” and end with another question: “What do you think?”.


The titles are:
Who is Samot?
Is Samot a boy or a girl?
Samot &The Familly
Samot & The Seasons
Samot & The Countries
Samot &The Professions
Samot and the Time of Eating
Samot and the Dreams


Here you can find the full text of 3 of them in English:
Who is Samot?
Is Samot a boy or a girl?
Samot and the Family




Who is Samot?
Who is Samot?
Nobody knows.
Some people think it is a bear.
I think it is too thin to be a bear.
Another people think it is a monkey.
I think its arms are too short for a monkey.
There are people who think it is a rabbit.
I think it doesn't have the ear like a rabbit.
Lots of people think it is a cat.
But where did somebody see a cat without a moustache?
Samot is not a bear.
Samot is not a monkey.
Samot is not a rabbit.
Maybe it is a person's baby wearing a fancy dress.
What do you think?


Is Samot a boy or a girl?
Who is Samot?
Some people think he is a boy.
Some people think she is a girl.
When I see Samot like that, I think he is a boy.
When I see Samot like this, I think the other way round and I am sure she is a girl.
When he is wearing the bownknot in front of his throat, people think he is a boy.
But when she is wearing the bownknot on the hair, people think she is a girl.
Only because she was playing football, people said she is a boy.
Only because he was playing of taking care of the house, they swear he is a girl.
I am sure about nothing.
And you?


Samot & The Familly
Who is Samot?
I don't know.
Let's try to discover it.
Look at Mummy Samot. She is smoking her pipe...
Or this is Pappy Samot?
Pappy Samot is preparing the dinner.
Or is this Mummy Samot?
Brother Samot is playing with strange things.
Sister Samot is a big truck's driver.
Grandpa Samot loves to take care of the plants.
Or is this Granma Samot telling stories to the flowers?
Oncle Samot does nothing.
Or is this Aunt Samot when she just came back from working?