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Isabirye ow'eitima

Ghanaian folktale

Wiehan de Jager

Isabirye ni Wakaduuyu baagonzaganianga. Nabirye nga alumwa olw'obugaiga.

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Isabirye yatwaala eisamba lya wakaduuyu. Yabinga wakaduuyu.

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Isabirye yaatunda ebirime byonabyona. Yaafuna empiiya mbitirivu.

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Isabirye yagolola eka ne ekiibokye ku mutwe.

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Isabirye yaisa ekiibo ghansi. Yaaja okweigama amaadhi.

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Amaadhi gaali mangi gaavaamu amataba, Isabirye yeekweka mu kiina.

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Ensega yaabona ekiibo yaakibwikaku na amaghagha.

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"Ekiibo kino kyange," Ensega bwe yakoba.
"Kyange!" Isabirye yaawowoigana.

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"Ndagainemu esente ni duuma nga ti bibwike byaku." Ensega yaakoba.

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Omukulu owe ekyalo na abakaire baalwa okusalawo naani omutuufu.

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Oluvainhuma, baakoba, "Ensega ntuufu. Ekiibo kyayo."

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Wakaduuyu yairayo mu isamba. Isabirye yali azira sente ghaire mikwano.

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Isabirye ow'eitima

Author - Ghanaian folktale
Translation - Alice Gonza, Kyambogo University
Illustration - Wiehan de Jager
Language - Lusoga
Level - First words