Dagǝl-a kamu baramabe-a
Wesley Kipkorir Rop
Jesse Breytenbach

Karaa Zǝgiyebedǝn, Dagǝl laa sambisoro karǝgǝ kuttua mbeji. Adǝye afimaro gǝnyi samba yaye tada sambiga tadadǝ waltin nankaro.

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Karǝgǝza tadawazǝ bawozainbero Dagǝldǝ samiro farjin sǝdiro ishin. Dalami kǝskabe adǝn farjia dalami kǝskabe tuduro kojin kuru kwi! kwi! kwi! Cirinnaro fafarjin.

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Dagǝl sambisoro karǝgǝ kuttua. Karǝgǝ kuttanzǝ tǝrgain sa Dagǝlwa gade dulinzaga suriya.

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Dagǝl karǝgǝ kuttuadǝ dalami kǝskaben. Namgata kawu kadaro ciriya cirin.

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Waltǝ tada gade sambi. Daji shawargatǝ tadadǝga saadǝ kǝla diwalben gǝnajia, am kotuwusoye shiga soriya barga dǝpcaawaro.

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Dagǝlye dalami kǝskaben zǝpsǝ tadadǝga kǝla diwalben gǝnawono. Sa adǝn, barama fatoro waltin. Shiye tada Dagǝlbe bowata shiti laiyen ciro.

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Baramaye tada dagǝlbega gozǝ fannzǝro kadio. Sa baramadǝ fatoro nazǝgǝnan, dulinzǝ yakkǝ tada dagǝlbega gotǝro mazain.

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Tada yakkǝdǝ kaiya yezainnaro biskezain. "Gǝpkǝne shiga samiro! Gǝpkǝne shiga sǝdiyaro! Gǝpkǝne shiga!" tada dagǝlbe kamannzaro falfalmin gǝpsayin.

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Futu duli yakkǝdǝbe tada dagǝlbero biskezaindǝ, ya dagǝldǝbedǝ ngawo kǝskaben gǝrantǝna sandiga lawarjin. Shiye yaazǝna tada adǝmadǝye kuruson amanzǝ gadebedǝgain, nuin sǝ.

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Daji Kamu baramabe dulinzǝ dagǝl gana laaro biskezayin isǝ najiwo. Shiye wono, "Hangal gǝnanowo! Kudowo shiga na adǝro. Shiga gǝpnǝwinde!"

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Shiye tada dagǝlbe gozǝ nganjiro sapciwo ye barga dǝpciwo ye.

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Kamu baramabe tada dagǝlbega gǝnawono. Daji ya dagǝlbeye tadanzǝga gowono. Karaaro sǝgasǝ lewono. Adǝn kǝla fuwunna, dulinzǝ samma kǝnǝngatairo walgada.

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Dagǝl-a kamu baramabe-a
Author - Wesley Kipkorir Rop
Translation - Mohammed Alhaji Modu
Illustration - Jesse Breytenbach
Language - Kanuri
Level - First paragraphs