Lwaki Walulenga aboneka bubi
Mozambican folktale
Hélder de Paz Alexandre
Lusoga

Myaka mingi ejabita, Waidolome ni Walulenga bali bakindhe. Lwali lulala basalaawo okunonia abaghala mukibuga.

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Walulenga yali n'ensaalwa ku lw'emboneka n'okumyamyasa kw'olususu lwa Waidolome.

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Walulenga yabuuza,"Ghakola otya okuboneka obulungi? Nningaku, mboneka bubi inho. Kiki kyensobola okola ku lususu lwange?"

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Waidolome yakoba,"Wulirisa! Ta amaadhi mu nsuwa omale ogate kuziko. Ekiiraku niighe onamanha."

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Aye Walulenga yakoba,"Ekyo mbaire nkidhi, nkidhi. Bwikaku, mukwano gwange."Era Walulenga yaavaawo.

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Walulenga bwe yairayo eka yataaku amaadhi mu nsaka ku ziiko.

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Amaadhi bwe gatandiika okutogota, Walulenga ono yeesuulamu.

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Olususu lwa Walulenga lwa babuka era n'omukira gwe gw'akutukaku.

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Mukifo Walulenga okuba omukudhukudhu era aboneka obulungi nga Waidolome, kabiri yaboneka bubi inho!

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Lwaki Walulenga aboneka bubi
Author - Mozambican folktale
Translation - Charles Eramaga, Kyambogo University
Illustration - Hélder de Paz Alexandre
Language - Lusoga
Level - First sentences
© Mozambican Writers 2014
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