UNdlovu namasele
Mozambican folktale
Amir Bachir António Necas
isiXhosa

Kudala-dala, umnumzana uNgonyama wayengukumkani wehlathi.

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Wathuma izilwanyana zakhe ukuba ziyokuphelisa ingxolo eyayisechibini apha ehlathini. Kodwa zange ziphumelele.

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Indlovu yazigqatsa ukuyayiphelisa. Indlovu leyo yathunywa ukuba iyokugada.

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Ezinzulwini zobusuku yaqalisa ingxolo yaze indlovu yaqalisa ukubulala amasele. Yaphinda ngosuku olulandelayo yenza ngokukwanjalo.

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Emva kweevekana, waba novuyo ukumkani uNgonyama ngoba uNdlovu wayeyiphelisile iingxolo.

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Kodwa emva kwenyanga, babona izinambuzane ezininzi entsimini yabo.

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Ukumkani uNgonyama wacela uNdlovu ukuba abize amasele azotya izinambuzane.

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Waba noloyiko uNdlovu ngoba wayewabulele onke. Wathi, "Uxolo, ndi-ndi-ndi-ndiye, ndawabulala!"

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Wathi ukumkani uNgonyama, "Ndlovu, ndakucela ukuba uphelise ingxolo, hayi ukuba ubulale amasele."

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Waze ukumkani waxelela zonke izilwanyana ukuba zisoloko zisenza ngqo into ayithethileyo.

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UNdlovu namasele
Author - Mozambican folktale
Translation - Nokuthula Bernelee Dyonase
Illustration - Amir Bachir António Necas
Language - isiXhosa
Level - First sentences
© Mozambican Writers 2014
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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