Mashilo le Mashilwane
Bathokwa book club
Benjamin Mitchley

Mashilo le Mashilwane e ne e le bana ba motho. Ba be ba dula ka lapeng le ntate wa bona. Ntate wa bona o itse go lwala a bona gore a abele bana ba gae leruo la gae.

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Ntate wa bona o ile a abela Mashilwane dikgomo tsa go feta tsa Mashilo. Seo se ile sa etsa gore Mashilo a be pelo ya lefufa.

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Tsatsi le lengwe ge ba ile go disa mohlape, ba kopana le mosadi moholo. O ne a elela maladu, a kgopela Mashilo le Mashilwane gore ba mo latswe ona gore a fole.

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Mashilo o ile a botsa Mashilwane gore ba tsamaye. Mashilwane a ba le pelo e bonolo a re yena o tla sala a latswa mosadi moholo. Mashilo a mathela morago.

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O ile a mo latswa, mme mosadi moholo a fola. A re: "Ka gore o bile le pelo e ntle, wa mphodisa. Ke na le mpho ya gao."

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Mosadi moholo o ile a laela Mashilwane gore a mo sale morago. Ba ile ba fihla motsaneng o mong, ba fumana dipitsa tse nne tse kgolo.

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Mosadi moholo o ile a laela Mashilwane gore a kgethe pitsa e le nngwe. A mmollela gore seo a se fumanng ka gare ke sa gae. Mashilwane o ile a kgetha pitsa ya mafelelo, mme a fumana kgomo, e ntle ebile e nonne. O ile a thaba haholo, a leboga, a tsena tsela ya hahabo.

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Mashilwane o ne a thabile haholo, a tsamaya a letsa molodi. Mashilo a utlwa molodi, a lemoga gore ke Mashilwane. O rile go bo Mashilwane le kgomo e kgolo, a makala, a ba na le lefufa. A botsa Mashilwane gore o e fumane kae. A mo araba ka gore ke mpho e tswang ko mosadi moholo wa go lwala.

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Mashilo ka go befelwa, a loga leano. A re: "Mashilwane ke nyorilwe, a re yo nwa meetse ko pitsing." Ga ba fihla, Mashilo a laela Mashilwane gore a mo tshware maoto gore a sa wela ka mo pitsing. Mashilwane a mo tshwara, mme a mo kgopela gore le ena a mo tshware. Mashilo a mo tshwara, a mo lahlela ka mo gare a pitsi. A tsamaya le kgomo ya Mashilwane.

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Mashilo o rile go fihla hae, banna ba motse ba bona kgomo e nonneng, ba makala ba mmotsa gore o e fumane kae. A ba bollela gore o e file ke mosadi moholo wa go lwala. Ba mmotsisa gore Mashilwane o kae, a araba ka gore a a tsebe.

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Nonyane mo godimo ga ntlo ya opela ya re: "Mashilo o bolaile Mashilwane." Banna ba e botsisa gape, ya opela gape. Mashilo go utlwa pina ya nonyane, a tshaba. Banna ba motse ba utlwa molodi, ba bona Mashilwane a tswelela. Mashilwane a ba bolella gore Mashilo o mo lahletse ka pitsing ka gore a batla kgomo ya gagwe.

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Mashilo le Mashilwane
Author - Bathokwa book club
Illustration - Benjamin Mitchley, Magriet Brink, Rob Owen, Wiehan de Jager
Language - Sesotho (South Africa)
Level - Longer paragraphs