Umcimbi kaBongi.
Sindiswa Galela
Brian Wambi

Kusemini, abangani bakaBongi bagcwele ijaridi bayadlala kodwana bona bayazi babizelwe ukugidinga ilanga lamabeletho lika mngani wabo. Ugogo no baba kaBongi basafuna indlela abangamqotha ngayo bazokwazi ukulungiselela umcimbi wakhe.

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Bagcine sebamtjela bona bamthuma ehlathini le ayokufuna umuthi wama-habhula bathi agibele aye phezulu eze namahabhula amahle amakhulu. Abangani bakhe bazenza abararekile nma babona angakaphatheki kuhle alila uBongi ngoba bamsusa emdlalweni.

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UBongi uthathe ikhambo lakheli nomngan wakhe uThuli bayacoca endleleni sele akhohlwe nokuthi utjhiye umdlalo emuva.
"Alo kuyokukhwela bani emthini mngani?" Kubuza uThuli
Aphendule uBongi: "kuzakukhwela mina nangabe uyasaba, khululeka wena"

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Sele bafikile lapha bebaya khona uBongi azange asatatazela, nanguya yena seka nyuka emthini uya phezulu le uyokufuna amahabhula amahle amakhulu awathunywe ngugogo wakhe.Umnganakhe yena usele phasi umlinde khona ukuthi azodobha amahabhula n

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"Uyawathola mara Bongi amahabhula lawo"? Kurhuwelela uThuli
Aphendule ngokudana uBongi athi yena akaboni litho.
Kazi bamkhohlisile uBongi bebasazi bona imithi le ayina nthelo.
"Jama ke ngisayokubiza ugogo azozibonela yena", kutjho uThuli se

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Bafike ugogo nobabakhe bazomuhlisa emthini.
Ugogo azwakale asithi: "yehla mntwanami ngiyazi akunamahabhula"
kazi sele baqedile ukulungisa ekhaya le. Bahlobisile kuhle kuyakarisa sebalinde yena ukuthi azokubona ubuhle ebamenzele bona uBongi.

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Bathi nabafika ekhaya uBongi khenge akholwe amehlo wakhe nakabona ubuhle obungaka aqalene nabo, wafikelwa nakulila.Kwaba mcimbi omuhle kwamambala, woke umuntu bekathabele ukuzokugidinga ilangeli.kwavunywa,abanye badansa,kwakhitjhwa nezipho

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Umcimbi kaBongi.
Author - Sindiswa Galela
Illustration - Brian Wambi
Language - isiNdebele
Level - First paragraphs