Nomusa mulachu
Zandile Malaza
Simon Mokoena

kahi kidzidzi kiifwacho Mosoyi kwere na msichana mulachu ariye ifwa Nomusa. Wakala akitoa na h'aweye ariyekala mkurima wa matsere.

Anji ao atu awo mudzi were kama dima kushoma hedu kuandika. Maisha gao were ni ukurima hakeye.

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Nomusa wafwahirwa ni kushoma ko shuli naye h'aweye wadzionya kwa utuwe.

Kila siku arihouya kulaa ko sikuli haweye wamup'a thithe thithe mo mundani.

Wakala akiainga ts'alu na ts'ongo mario mala kuirya yo mimera.

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Zakala vikomu kwa Nomusa kuainga ts'alu na nyama akubururuka mutsana wosi. Mara nyingi were vikomu iye kuigonya kaziye ya sikuli.

Ahoho anji kahi za wo mudzi mithira kwenda sikuli kamare kwamba.

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Wakati munji wakira na Namusa watsoshwa sana ni kuingia ts'ongo na tsalu.

"Aaa nina azo ridzo," ariho aaza.

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Nomusa wafunga t'ot'ot'o vingongo viri vire hamwenga. Akivivalisha zo nguo ze za kazi.

Akivigwirira wima na akiika ro kofiare ra kazi dzulu ya zho vigonga.

Kikikala kinyango cha kugosha!

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Namusa wachika cho kinyango ho kahi kahi ya wonmuunda wagon mastered.

"Kinyango kiki linda kala badala ya mimi nami kuno na henda kazi zangu za sikuli. Hawe andaona ni mo muundani," Nomusa akidzi tsekera mwenye.

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Kila siku wa uhala mukobawe wa sikuli ko mundani.

Akisala na nguoze za sikuli na akikivisha cho kinyago zo nguoze za kazi.

Kisha wakelesi tsini ya kivurivuri cha muhi kuhenda kazize za sikuli.

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Siku nyingi za kira naye Nomusa kuno anaeza, "Hawe kanda manya hatha vichache ulachu uu wangu."

Nomusa were na fwahiro na hamwega na kwa ngalala jumula wakathi wo mumwega.

O ts'ongo na tsalu kamangirire momundani matsereni.

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Mustana mumwenga, haweye achenda ko mundani kuhala zhakurya visha.

Mundani kwa kala kuzi zizi kuzii. Na kakuna ts'alu hedu ts'ongo o osini hohosi.

Haweye maazoni wafikiri, "Nomusa anahenda kazi mbidzo."

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Ndio h'aweye wasmwiha, "Nomusa! Nomusa! Uhiko?"

Kahikire.

Bai akichona cho kinyango ho kahikahi ya munda cha vikwa nguo za Nomusa!

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H'aweye ariho ona arizhohenda Nomusa, akikaza kudzionyera mudzukuluwe.

Akianza, "Uu ni ulacha zhomu. Nomusa si lazima enda kaheri mo mundani kuainga ts'alu na ts'ongo."

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Kila mumwenga mo mudzini wafwahizwa ni maazo ga ulachu ga Nomusa.

Makianza nao kuika vinyago mo mindani mwao.

Na ahoho madima kwenda sikuli badala ya kurinda mimera.

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Nomusa mulachu
Author - Zandile Malaza
Translation - Stephen T. Sirya
Illustration - Simon Mokoena
Language - KiGiryama
Level - First paragraphs