Ella ne Apɔw Foforɔ a Ɔde Nkwa Nnimdeɛ
Nneoma Ejeagba

Ɛkuo bi mu, na ɔdaa he a ɔwɔ ho fɛ ababaa a ne din de Ella.

Ɔyɛ tenten, ne ho yɛ duru, na ne ti ntoma no yɛ tɔtɔ. Na ne ani yɛ a ɛbɔ no ho ban.

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Ella wɔ anigye ho kɔkɔɔ a ɛyɛ fɛ, ne nkuto no yɛ ahwɛfoɔ. Ɔyɛ ɔbaa a ɔwɔ dɔ ne ne ho yɛ den. Ɔntumi mma ne nananom nkɔsoɔ.

Deɛ na ɛbɔ ne nananom ho a, na ne nsusuwii ne no. Na ɔbisa nsɛm a ɛyɛ nwonwa.

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Sɛ nhwɛso, bere a ne penkyɛ yɛɛ basaa no, Ella bisaa ne maame sɛ, "Maame, me penkyɛ kɔɔ soro anaa?"

Dɔɔso no, ne nananom ntumi mmɔ ne nsɛm a ɛyɛ bebree ho mmuae, enti na wɔtɔɔ mu.

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Nanso, Ella nuabarima, Henry, da biara dii Ella nsɛm no ho dwuma. Bere a osu no reyɛ, na Ella bisaa, "Na osu no wɔ ɔsoro rekyirikyiri anaa?"

Ne nuabarima seree na ɔbuaa, "Daabi!" Ɔkɔ so kyerɛkyerɛɛ no sɛ, osu no toɔ bere a nsuo a ɛda so mu no a ɛda ho so no yɛ den.

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Da bi, ɔkɔɔ so pɛɛ kɔ yɛɛ nkɔnhyɛ. Bere a ɔkɔɔ so no, ɔhunuu apɔw bi na ɔde ne nsam broɔ no mu.

"Ah, daabi! Ɛhia dɔkita," Ella kae. Na ɔyɛ anɔpa a apɔw no buaa. "Yiw, mehia dɔkita."

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Ella ho kɔɔ so na ɔbisaa, "Ɛdɛn na ɛma wokasa?" Apɔw no buaa, "Me yɛ apɔw a mɛtumi abuaa wo nsɛm nyinaa."

Ella bisaa bio, "Adɛn nti na ɔbarima no nnte me?" Apɔw no buaa, "Efisɛ, ɔntɔ nsɛm no."

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Ella kɔɔ ne nuabarima ho na ɔkaeɛ no a ɛda so no. Wɔkaa toɔ so kɔɔ apɔw no ho. Henry bisaa, "Wo yɛ nokware?"

Apɔw no buaa, "Yiw, meyɛ nokware." Na wɔn baanu no toɔ wɔn ho mu anigye.

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Efi saa bere no, wɔantɔre wɔn nananom bio.

Bere biara a wɔwɔ nsɛm bi a wɔpɛ sɛ wosua, wɔkɔɔ apɔw no ho na ɛbuaa wɔn nsɛm.

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Ella ne Apɔw Foforɔ a Ɔde Nkwa Nnimdeɛ
Author - Nneoma Ejeagba
Translation - Harold Appiaku Boateng
Illustration -
Language - Fante
Level - Longer paragraphs