Iriso ja Mbughimbughi
Ghanaian folktale
Wiehan de Jager
Kidawida

Mbughimbughi na Kwaru wideka wughenyi.
Mbughimbughi odembonia Kwaru iriso.

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Mbughimbughi idewusa mbuwa ya Kwaru.

Ukawinga Kwaru.

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Mbughimbughi ideuza vindo vose.

Idepata magome mengi.

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Mbughimbughi ideduka kidasi chongo ikaenda muzinyi.

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Mbughimbughi ikaduwa kidasi andonyi.

Ikaenda kujivisa isenyelo ni vua.

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Vua endanya machi ghikachuwa.

Mbughimbughi ikajiwisa ilangenyi.

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Nyonyi ikawona kidasi na ikachifunikira na mawawa ghake.

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"Ichi kidasi ni chapo," Nyonyi ikaghora.
"Ni chapo!" Mbughimbughi ikaboka.

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Nyonyi kaghora, "Ndekua magome na mabemba ghisefinikirilo."

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Chifu na waghosi wikadwa ngelo kubonya wuamuzi nani okoghe na wuloli.

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Kutuwa, wikaghora, "Nyonyi ni muloli. Kidasi ni chake."

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Kwaru ukwawuya mbuwenyi yake. Mbughimbughi ukakaiya ndowine magome, angu waghenyi.

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Iriso ja Mbughimbughi
Author - Ghanaian folktale
Translation - Clemence Magiri
Illustration - Wiehan de Jager
Language - Kidawida
Level - First words
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