Umvundla uya ethekweni
Mozambican folktale
Hélder de Paz Alexandre
isiXhosa

Ngenye imini, izilwanyana zathatha isigqibo sokwenza itheko. Kodwa kwakungangeni zonke izilwanyana. Yayilitheko lezilwanyana ezineempondo zodwa.

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Umvundla waye wazilungiselela ukuya ethekweni. Kodwa wafumanisa ukuba asilolika wonke-wonke. Yayilele zilwanyana ezineempondo zodwa.

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Umvundla waya ndaweni ithile wafumana mpondo zithile. Waye wazibeka kuye entloko waze waya ethekweni.

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Ngexesha esethekweni umvundla waye watya, wasela, wade waxhentsa.

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Lento yamenza wadinwa waze walala elangeni. Kodwa ngelixesha aleleyo, iimpondo zaye zawa!

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Ke ngoko, zonke izilwanyana zaye zafumanisa ukuba umvundla lo akasiso esi silwanyana bebecinga ukuba siso. Ke ngoku, zaye zamtsala ngeendlebe zade zanwebeka kakhulu.

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Waze wabaleka. Yiyo lento imivundla ineendlebe ezinkulu!

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Umvundla uya ethekweni
Author - Mozambican folktale
Translation - Lunathi Ntunzi
Illustration - Hélder de Paz Alexandre
Language - isiXhosa
Level - First sentences
© Mozambican Writers 2014
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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