Omuzaanho ogw'okwefumba (Colour-in)
Mozambican folktale
Reginaldo Vicente Manhice
Lusoga

Agho olwatuuka, Ndhuuyu ni Nkembo baali bakagwa. Lunaku lulala, mu kiseera ekye'ndhala, Ndhuuyu yayanhiriza Nkembo okuzaanha.

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Ndhuuyu yaakoba, ''Leka tuzaanhe okwefumba beenenabeene!'' Nkembo yaabuuza, ''Ekyo tusobola tutya okukikola?''

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Ndhuuyu yaabuuza, ''Okusooka tuli n'okukola omuliro.''

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Ndhuuyu yeyongera, ''Twidhuze esuwa amaadhi,nnhi era tugite kumuliro.

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''Nze ndha kusookamu.Bwenkuba kukisembo ekye'nsuwa, oidha ku giigula. Mala nfulumemu.''Ndhuuyu ainhongola. Nkembo aikirizagania.

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Era, Ndhuuyu yasooka mu nsuwa.

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Amaadhi bwegatandhiika okubuguumirira, Ndhuuyu yakonkonha nnhi Nkembo yaigula ekisembo.

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Bwekyaali nga Nkembo nairaku, Ndhuuyu yaata eibaale einhenhe kukisembo ekye'nsuwa era nga no'kutyaamaku ngo'kwo kwo'taire

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Amaadhi bwegataandhiika okutogota, Nkembo yakonkonha, aye Ndhuuyu tiyaigulawo kisembo.

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Nkembo yafa, nnhi Ndhuuyu yaalya mukagwa ghe asinga.

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Omuzaanho ogw'okwefumba (Colour-in)
Author - Mozambican folktale
Translation - Antony Kisambira, Kyambogo University
Illustration - Reginaldo Vicente Manhice
Language - Lusoga
Level - First sentences
© Mozambican Writers 2014
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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