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Intombi yam eyintanda

Ritah Katetemera

Brian Wambi

Lona nguNatabo.

Unoobhuti abasithandathu.

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Le ntwazana yanikwa isipho seselwa ngabazali bakhe.

Wayesithanda kakhulu.

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Ngaminazana ithile, oobhuti bakhe baye basiphula iselwa sakhe.

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UNatabo azange akwazi ukusifumana.

Wakhala, wakhala wangathuthuzeleki.

4

UNatabo wabaleka. Wayokukhwela umthi omde kakhulu.

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Abazali bakhe bayifumana lentwazana kulo mthi.

Bambongoza bemcenga besithi, "Sicela wehlike emthini ntombi yethu."

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Oobhuti bakhe bacula besithi, "Sicela wehlike emthini dadewethu."

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UNatabo waqhula ngengoma yabo, wangatsho ukwehla emthini.

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Kwaye kwafika umhlobo wakhe.

"Ndicela wehlike torho," watsho umhlobo wakhe.

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Umhlobo wakhe wacula apho wade wehlika uNatabo emthini.

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Aba bahlobo bahambisana kunye ukuya ekhaya.

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Wonke umntu wabhiyoza kuba lentwazana ibuyile ekhaya ingena chaphaza.

UNatabo wafumana iselwa esitsha kraca!

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Intombi yam eyintanda

Author - Ritah Katetemera, Mulongo Bukheye
Translation - Nomathamsanqa Dyasi
Illustration - Brian Wambi
Language - isiXhosa
Level - First sentences