Alake o rata baeti
Rasheedat Sadiq
Rasheedat Sadiq

Kokoko, kokoko!

Ho utlwahala modumo monyakong wa ka Pele.

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Alake o thabile haholo.

"Ke mang ya kokotang?" o a botsa.

"Mme, re na le moeti!"

2

"Holokile," ho araba mmae.

"E ka nna ya eba ke Mofumahadi Hassan. Ke kopa o mmulele."

3

Alake o bula monyako ka pososelo.

"Ke a o amohela mme, ke kopa o kene. Mme waka o sa le ka kamoreng, ke tla mmitsa."

Mofumahadi Hassan o a bososela le yena.

4

"Na nka o tlisetsa sa honwa?" ho botsa Alake.

"Ee! ebile ke nyoruwe haholo," ho araba Mofumahadi Hassan.

5

"Dumela, Mofumahadi Hassan," ho bua mme wa Alake. "Tshwarelo ka ho o emisa sebakanyana."

"Tjhe! se tshwenyehe, motswalle, Alake o ntse a ontlhokometse."

6

Mme wa Alake a bososela.

"Ee! Alake ke kgosatsana e hlwahlwa e tsebang ho amohela baeti," MmaAlake o bolella Mofumahadi Hassan.

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Alake o rata baeti
Author - Rasheedat Sadiq
Translation - Lucia Ntulanyane
Illustration - Rasheedat Sadiq, Wiehan de Jager
Language - Sesotho (South Africa)
Level - First paragraphs