Bana Ba Entsoeng Ka Kerese
Southern African Folktale
Wiehan de Jager
Sesotho (Lesotho)

Khale khale hone ho ena le lelapa le leng le lula le thabile.

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Bana ba lelapa leo, bane ba sa rate ho loana ba lula ha 'moho. Ba thusa batsoali babona hae le masimong.

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Empa bane basa lumelloe ho atamela pela mollo.

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Ka hore batla qhibilia, bane ba etsa mosebetsi oa bona bosiu feela.

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Hobane ene ele batho ba entsoeng ka likerese.

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Eaba e mong oa bashanyana bao, o batla ho tsoela kantle ele kannete hoea letsatsing.

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Ka letsatsi le leng, o ne a sa khone ho ithiba hoo-hang. Eaba baholoane ba hae ba mo hlokomela.

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Empa nako e ne e se eile. Eaba o oa qhibilia letsatsing.

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Eaba baholoane ba hae ba utloa bohloko hobane ngoana oa bo bona a qhibilihile ke letsatsi.

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Empa ba ba le leqheka. Ba etsa nonyana ka kholu eno ea ngoana bobona ea qhibilisitsoeng ke letsatsi.

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Ba nka ngoanabo bona eo e seng ele nonyana, ho mo isa holimá thaba.

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Eare letsatsi ha le hlaha, a fofela holimo a ntse a bina.

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Bana Ba Entsoeng Ka Kerese
Author - Southern African Folktale
Translation - Moeketsi Buku
Illustration - Wiehan de Jager
Language - Sesotho (Lesotho)
Level - First sentences
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