Intombi yam eyintanda
Nomathamsanqa Dyasi
Brian Wambi
Lona nguNatabo.
Unoobhuti abasithandathu.
Le ntwazana yanikwa isipho seselwa ngabazali bakhe.
Wayesithanda kakhulu.
Ngaminazana ithile, oobhuti bakhe baye basiphula iselwa sakhe.
UNatabo azange akwazi ukusifumana.
Wakhala, wakhala wangathuthuzeleki.
UNatabo wabaleka. Wayokukhwela umthi omde kakhulu.
Abazali bakhe bayifumana lentwazana kulo mthi.
Bambongoza bemcenga besithi, "Sicela wehlike emthini ntombi yethu."
Oobhuti bakhe bacula besithi, "Sicela wehlike emthini dadewethu."
UNatabo waqhula ngengoma yabo, wangatsho ukwehla emthini.
Kwaye kwafika umhlobo wakhe.
"Ndicela wehlike torho," watsho umhlobo wakhe.
Umhlobo wakhe wacula apho wade wehlika uNatabo emthini.
Aba bahlobo bahambisana kunye ukuya ekhaya.
Wonke umntu wabhiyoza kuba lentwazana ibuyile ekhaya ingena chaphaza.
UNatabo wafumana iselwa esitsha kraca!
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Intombi yam eyintanda
Author - Ritah Katetemera and Mulongo Bukheye
Translation - Nomathamsanqa Dyasi
Illustration - Brian Wambi
Language - isiXhosa
Level - First sentences
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