Ikosi Yeemfene
Bonsamo Miesso
Isaac Okwir
isiNdebele

uMadumo khabe ayifene ekulu etlhorisa ezinye iinlwane.

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Gade ayikosi yeemfene.

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Abalandeli bakhe bamupha itjhila elikhethekileko.

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"Ngizolembatha ehloko," kutjho uMadomu.

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"Noke landelani imiyalo yami. Ningangisoli!" kurhuwelela uMadomu.

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Abalandeli bebalandela ikosi yabo. Nakeqako nabo bebeqa.

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Kodwana itjhila egade alibophe ehloko lalimminyile.

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Wabamba ihloko yakhe ebuhlungu. Iimfene nazo zamba zazo.

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"Lokhu kuyalimaza," kutjho uMadomu. "Lokhu kuyalimaza," bamlingisela.

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"Ingiminya khulu!" "Ingiminya khulu," bamlingisela.

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UMadomu wawela ngale kweliwa. Boke bamlingisela.

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Ikosi yafa. Abalandeli bayo balimala, kodwana baphila.

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Ikosi Yeemfene
Author - Bonsamo Miesso, Elizabeth Laird
Translation - SophyMasimula FikileLekhuleni
Illustration - Isaac Okwir
Language - isiNdebele
Level - First words
© African Storybook Initiative 2016
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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Original source www.ethiopianfolktales.com