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Umntazanyana othandekako
Sponono Mahlangu
Brian Wambi
isiNdebele
Lo nguNatabo.

Unabafowabo abasithandathu.
Ababelethi bakhe bamupha ipoto encani.

Wabe ayithanda khulu.
Ngelinye ilanga abafowabo baphula ipoto leyo.
UNatabo akayitholi ipoto yakhe.

Walila, walila, walila.
UNatabo uyabaleka.

Ukhwelela umuthi omude.
Ababelethi bakhe bayamthola.

"Sibawa wehlele phasi," batjho bambawa.
Umfowabo wavuma ingoma, ethi, "Ngibawa wehlele phasi."
UNatabo wamane wayihleka ingoma yabo.
Umngani kaNatabo naye weza, wafika wavuma ingoma ethi, "Ngibawa wehlele phasi."
Umngani kaNatabo wavuma bekwaba kulapha ehla khona emthini.
Abangani bakhamba bobabili baya ekhaya.
Woke umuntu wathabela bona uNatabo usekhaya.

UNatabo wathola ipoto etja!
You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:
Umntazanyana othandekako
Author - Ritah Katetemera and Mulongo Bukheye
Translation - Sponono Mahlangu
Illustration - Brian Wambi
Language - isiNdebele
Level - First sentences
© African Storybook Initiative 2016
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
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