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Kwenda Muzi mbaha
Mary Kileli
Brian Wambi
Kidawida
Kibalo cha magari chedechuwa wandu.
Taniboi wa basi ukaboka, "Mwaweenda
muzi mbaha! Jaweenda itakoni!"
Wandu wesindasindikana
wikingia basinyi.
Waka wiko na wana wikaseya kidombo.

Safari idakaia ndacha.
Nideketi idirishenyi kavuli na mka na mumi wake.
Nesidaghesha, "Naenda muzi mbaha!
Nidarirwa ni muzinyi."
Wandu wideka wengi wikiuza vilambo vawo.
Wadambi wamu wikaguwa vilambo sekoghe na magome gheguwa kilambo chingi.
Gafula, dereva udekaba honi.

Ideka ni ngelo yeinjika.
Wandu weuza vilambo wesindasindikana
wikiseya basinyi.
"Niwuyagha lii?" nikajikotia.
Mruke ghudechuwa basinyi.

Nikatungura.
Nideka nikimghesha mao na mwanedu wa womi wiko muzinyi.
Mboamboa, nikadwalwa ni dilo.
Ngelo ndazi rendaida, nikawuka. 

Kavui kila mundu udeka wainika.
Idechavikia kulola kigharo cha awue wapo.
You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:
Kwenda Muzi mbaha
Author - Lesley Koyi and Ursula Nafula
Translation - Mary Kileli
Illustration - Brian Wambi
Language - Kidawida
Level - First words
© African Storybook Initiative 2015
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
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  • Translations and adaptations
    • يوم تركت المنزل ذاهباً إلى المدينة
      Arabic (Translation)
    • La keny gendit
      Dinka (Translation)
    • Day I left home for the city
      English (Original)
    • Going to the city
      English (Adaptation)
    • Day I left home for the city (Colour-in)
      English (Adaptation)
    • Picture story 8
      English (Adaptation)
    • Le jour où j'ai quitté le foyer pour la ville
      French (Translation)
    • Ndiya esixekweni
      isiXhosa (Translation)
    • Ntũkũ ῖrῖa ndaumῖre njaa mbῖtῖte taũni
      Kῖmῖῖrũ (Translation)
    • Umunsi navuye murugo nerekeje m'umugi
      Kinyarwanda (Translation)
    • Siku niliyokwenda Jijini
      Kiswahili (Translation)
    • Kwenda Jijini
      Kiswahili (Translation)
    • Du yeé ŋkàlaʼ ye kuʼùn
      Lámnsoʼ (Translation)
    • Okuja mukibuga
      Lusoga (Translation)
    • Luhambo loluya edolobheni
      Siswati (Translation)
    • U ya ḓoroboni khulwane
      Tshivenḓa (Translation)
    • Ku ya edorobenikulu
      Xitsonga (Translation)
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