Zawadi a sungula xikolo
Soila Murianka
Jacob Kono

Zawadi a ri nhwana wa ntlhanu wa malembe. A tshama na ndyangu wa yena.

Muti wa ka vona a wu tshamile kusuhi na nhova leyi a yi ri na swiharhi.

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Zawadi a ri n'wana wo yingisa swinene.

A hlayisa tinyimpfu na timbuti.

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Zawadi a rhandza ku yingisela swinyanyana loko swi yimbelela loko yena a karhi a hlayisa swifuwo.

Loko swinyanyana swi rila, u nghenisa marito ma yena ku fambelana na ku rila ka swinyanyana.

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Zawadi a ri lontsongo ku va a ya exikolweni. Vatswari va yena a va pfumelela ntsena vana lavakulu, Tabu na Yakobo ku ya exikolweni.

Xikolo xi le ka 10 wa tikhilomitara ku suka ekaya.

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Tabu na Yakobo va ya exikolweni na vana van'wana nimixo va vuya nimadyambu.

A va longa swakudya.

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Zawadi a vutisa mana wa yena, "Ndzi ta ya rini exikolweni?"

Mana wa yena a hlamula, "U ta ya ku nga ri khale n'wananga."

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Siku rin'wana ku fikile movha wu ri na hosi na vavasati vambirhi.

Hosi a tiyisisa leswaku vana va ya exikolweni hi malembe ya yena.

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Vanhu a va kholwa leswaku loko n'wana a kala a kota ku lehisa voko ra yena ku hundza ehenhla ka nhloko ku ya khoma ndleve, swi vula leswaku swa fanela leswaku a sungula xikolo.

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Hosi a vutisa, "U na malembe mangani?"

Zawadi a hlamula a ku, "Ndzi na ntlhanu wa malembe."

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Un'wana wa vavasati a teka voko ra xinene ra Zawadi a ri veka ehenhla ka nhloko.

Zawadi a khoma ndleve ya yena ya ximatsi.

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Zawadi u ta ya exikolweni xo hambana na xa Tabu na Yakobo.

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Zawadi a tsakile swinene.

A ehleketa, "Ndzi ta hlaya no tsala ku fana na Tabu na Yakobo."

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Zawadi a sungula xikolo
Author - Soila Murianka
Translation - Arnold Mushwana
Illustration - Jacob Kono
Language - Xitsonga
Level - First paragraphs