Elabo Yakoddile Okala Anddimuwa
Cleofas Samo
Laura Liberatore
Echuwabo

Yahipadduwa mudhidhi mwina wi nikuru na azombwe ahilamulela wapamo anddimwa etene a m'muruddani wila awene attiye okwiri.

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Muzombwe m'modha bamuttawiya vina banvita babe.

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M'malele esiwene, nikuru na azombwe baroma wapamo anddimuwa etene.

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M'bwenyi dhawene, nowa elofiya m'muruddani vina bivolowa mbani mwa mwana. Nona, musolroya wabudduwele otakulu wa mulomo wa mwanaya.

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Ababe ahitagiya malre etene wila ahibwilricemo mbwenyi kawodhile,

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mbwenyi anziwa wi agapa nowaya anompa vina mwanaya.

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Muzombwe wanvitile babe wahidhowa bamwaddela dhotedhene dhapadduwile m'muruddani.

Munddimuwa bamwakula, "Ejo kaiye elobo yowopiya. Enowodheya! Kamuttiddeni nanciddwe mumwike osongolro wa mwanaya."

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Nona, muzombwe badhowa basoriya malre ninga mwamwaddele babe. Vina nowa edha, ewona nanciddwe elobudduwa!

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Mwana olovuneya m'makattamiyoni mwaye.

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Elabo Yakoddile Okala Anddimuwa
Author - Cleofas Samo, Little Zebra Books
Translation - Little Zebra Books
Illustration - Laura Liberatore
Language - Echuwabo
Level - Longer paragraphs
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Original source A traditional folktale from the Nyungwe people of Mozambique.