Mukwano gwa Kampi
Aisha Nelson
Idowu Abayomi Oluwasegun

Mu kyalo ekiri kumpi n'enhandha, ghaligho omughala omuto. Eriina lye yali Kampi.

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Baaba wa Kampi yali muvubi mumanhifu. Yali n'eryaato lye eitono ery'okuvubisa. Kampi yaghoomerwa okujango okuvuba n'ise.

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Kampi yayendanga okwerorera abalenzi nga basamba omupiira. "Ka nzaanheku niimwe," yabegairiraku olunaku lulala. Abalenzi bamusekerera, "Ja ozaanhe kyekweko n'abaghala."

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Abaghala baakoba Kampi, "Amagulu go maleeyi inho." Kampi y'anakughala. Buli nco, Kampi y'akinanga n'endhuba yenka. Endhuba y'afuuka mukenkede we.

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Lwali lulala endhuba tiyavaayo. Enkoko empanga tidhakolyoka, ebinhonhi tibyayemba n'abaana tibaaja kw'isomero. Waire Ise tiyaja kuvuba. Kampi y'anakughala. "Aligha mukenkede wange, Wandhuba? Lwaki leero kuzimeevu?"

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Kampi yaja y'abaana abandi y'abakobera obunakughavu bwe yaliku. Aye baamusekerera, "Ob'olyagho mukenkedewo Wandhuba, afiire. Oba olyagho ekulumwikeku." Kampi y'akoba, "Endhuba mukenkede wange. Teyinza kufa."

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Kampi yanakughala inho y'alumukira mu nhumba. Y'asamba inho omupiira gwa mwanhinha.

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Kampi y'aloghooza, "Ndidha kuzaanha n'omupiira guno okutuusa mukenkede wange, Wandhuba bw'anaira." Y'asitula omupiira y'aluka nagwo ku luya.

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Kampi bwe yatuuka ku luya, y'ata omupiira ghansi. yaloghooza, "Nsobola okuzaanha nga bo." Yasamba inho omupiira. Gwe dhuumba, gw'abulura eyo mw'igulu eridwire ebireri.

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Nga buli muntu bwe yalinga ghaigulu, omupiira gw'abulira mu bireri ebizimeevu. Ghabaagho akasirikiriro ghonaghona.

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Amangu ago, ebireri ebizimeevu by'awagho endhuba y'aboneka. Obulamu kabiri bw'aira ku kyalo eky'ompi n'enhandha. Buli muntu y'ateekateeka kye yakolanga buli idho.

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Kampi tiyasobola ku kikiriza ati aiziiza endhuba ku kyalo. Aye okusingira irara, endhuba yali eize mu bulamu bwe. Y'akoba abaana, "Mukenkede wange, Wandhuba aize!"

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Mukwano gwa Kampi
Author - Aisha Nelson
Translation - Bakali Kasolo, Kyambogo University
Illustration - Idowu Abayomi Oluwasegun
Language - Lusoga
Level - First paragraphs