Isijeziso
Adelheid Marie Bwire
Melany Pietersen
isiZulu

Langa limbe umama wasiphathela izithelo eziningi.

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"Sizozidla nini izithelo?" bebuza kumama?

"Sizozidla ebusuku izithelo," kuphendula umama.

2

Umfowethu uThemba unomona. Wayeziluma zonke izithelo azishiye engaziqedile.

3

"Buka nje ukuthi wenzeni uThemba!" kusho umfowabo omncane.

"UThemba ugangile futhi unomona," kusho umfowabo.

4

Umama wamuthukuthelela uThemba.

5

Sonke samuthukuthelela uThemba.

Kodwa akakhombisanga ukuzisola uThemba.

6

"Uzomjezisa yini uThemba?" kubuza umfowabo omncane.

7

"Themba, uzozisola khona maduze nje," kuxwayisa umama.

8

UThemba uzizwa engaphilile manje.

9

"Isisu sami sibuhlungu," esho enyenyeza.

10

Umama wayekulindele loku okwenzakalayo.

Izithelo ziyamujezisa uThemba!

11

Emva kwesikhathi waxolisa uThemba.

"Ngeke ngiphinde ngibe nomona," esho ethembisa. Samukholwa sonke.

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Isijeziso
Author - Adelheid Marie Bwire
Translation - Foundation phase teachers Umlazi
Illustration - Melany Pietersen
Language - isiZulu
Level - First sentences
© African Storybook Initiative and Molteno Institute 2016
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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