Kambe ni zaakayo omuzizigavu
Mozambican folktale
Hélder de Paz Alexandre

Lulala, kambe yali akadhakadha mu nsiko. Mu butagenderera yaayagana zaakayo omuzigavu.

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Zaakayo omuzizigavu yali awuumwireku mu busubi obumpi

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Olwaaganana luno lwali lwa kibwatukira era kambe tiyamanha kya kukola. Yadhagadhira inho.

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Mu kusooka, Zaakayo omuzizigavu yekanga yeena ate yatya mu. Aye waliwo ekidhudumusi mu ibundha lye kubanga yali mufododo.

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Kambe yaja okweyagaana nga aninhye omuti omuwanvu. Yatandiika okuwowoiganira Zaakayo omuzizigzvu.

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Zaakayo yalambala wansi wo muti, nga aswaimye akamere ke. Ebiseera bwe byabitwo Zaakayo yaafuluta, oba nga bwe kyali.

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Katono kati Kambe yeena yaafuluta. Yaamala yawawamuka kabiri. Okukomenkereza nga awongeire era yaafuluta.

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Aye kabiri yalindhiguka ekigwo ku Zaakayo eyali atendwike.

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Bombiriri bawawamuka mu kusoberwa no kutya. zaakayo yelabira akamere ke atyo ya lumuka okuwonia obulamu bwe.

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Kambe yeena yaatandiika kulumuka kwira ye Zaakayo. Olwo ni yaakizuula nga yali ali kugoberera Zaakayo omuzizigavu.

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Olwo ni yaagonoka mu njira eyindi yeemulula. Era ti yalibwa Zaakayo omuzizigavu.

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Kambe ni zaakayo omuzizigavu
Author - Mozambican folktale
Translation - Francis Bananwa, Kyambogo University
Illustration - Hélder de Paz Alexandre
Language - Lusoga
Level - First sentences