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UNkawu wasuka ekhaya wayadinga amanzi lokudla.
Wedlula izintaba lezindonga.
Wafika endaweni okuthiwa yiThikolo.
UNkawu wathaba kakhulu efika kulindawo.
Wadla izithelo wazimuka! Kodwa waba lesizungu ekhumbula abanye bakhe.
Ngakho-ke wabuyela ekhaya.
Abanye onkawu bathaba bembona efika.
"Ingaphi indawo le elezithelo?" bambuza.
"Ngizahamba lani," waphendula uNkawu.
Abanye onkawu bakuthanda eThikolo. Bakhetha ukuhlala khona kokuphela.
Onkawu base Thikolo kwabakhathaza lokhu.
Bathi, "Onkawu bemzini bazakudla izithelo zethu zonke."
Onkawu base Thikolo bayahlasela onkawu bemzini.
"Kungani lisilwa?" wabuza omunye wabadala. "Kulezithelo eziseneleyo sonke."
Lokhu kwakuliqiniso. Onkawu bonke bakhetha ukuhlalisana kuhle ngokuthula.