Mma Sophie, mosadi wa sebete
Thandiwe Dlodlo
Simon Mokoena
Ka letšatši le lengwe la selemo la go fiša, Khosi o be a emaema a eya godimo le tlase a sa tsebe seo a ka se dirago.
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Mmagwe o be a ile mašemong a mo tlogetše ka gae.
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“Na ke itire eng gare ga phišo ye kaaka?” Khosi a ipotšiša.
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Ka pelapela, Khosi a tlelwa ke kgopolo.
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“Ke ya go rutha kua nokeng, efela ke tla ya le mang? Mma ga a rate ge ke sepela ke le noši,” Khosi a nagana.
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Ka yona nako yeo, Mma Sophie o be a feta a lebile nokeng. O be a rwele sekotlelo se segolo seo se tletšego ka diaparo.
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“Aga! Ke ilo šala Mma Sophie morago ge a eya nokeng,” Khosi a ipotša bjalo.
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O ile a kitima a šala Mma Sophie morago. “Na nka ya le wena kua nokeng?” Khosi a realo ka kgopelo. Mma Sophie a myemyela gomme a dumela ka hlogo.
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Ge ba le tseleng, Nozipho o ile a ba latela gomme a sepela le bona. Nozipho o be a sa rate go rutha efela o be a rata go bogela ba bangwe ge ba rutha.
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Kua nokeng, Khosi a ipotša a re, “Lehono ga ke sa rutha meetseng a mannyane, bjalo ka lesea. Ke yo ba bontšha gore le nna ke kgona go rutha bodibeng.”
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A phonkgelela ka nokeng. Gašagaša! Meetse a gašagana gohle!
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Nozipho o bogetše a le kgojana moo a bego a bolokegile.
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Ge Nozipho a lebeletše bjalo, o bone eke bana ka moka ba thabetše go ba ka gare ga noka.
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Ba be ba dira lešata ge ba rutha.
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Ba be ba goeletšana ka lethabo ba le ka gare ga meetse.
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Nozipho o rile ge a lebeledišiša ka meetseng, a makatšwa ke seo a se bonaga.
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Khosi o be a rutha kgole le bana ba bangwe.
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Nozipho a batamela gore a bone gabotse. Ka go tšhošwa ke seo a se bonago, a kitimela thokong yela basadi ba go hlatswa diaparo ba lego gona.
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“Thušang! Khosi o a nwelela!” Nozipho a goeletša.
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Ka ponyo ya leihlo, Mma Sophie a a fofela ka meetseng. A sobelela tlasetlase ka nokeng a rutha.
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O ile a thala ka fase ga meetse, a nyologela godimo, a boela fase gape a nyakana le Khosi.
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A fihla a swara Khosi ka letsogo a rutha le yena a mo iša fao go nago le meetse a mannyane.
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Ke moka Mma Sophie a kukela Khosi ka ntle ga meetse.
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Mma Sophie o ile a feta sehlopha sa bana le basadi bao ba bego ba hlabile mašata a sello ba llela Khosi.
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Nozipho a kitima a šala Mma Sophie yo a bego a beputše Khosi morago. O be a lebile tliliniking ya mo motseng.
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Kua tliliniking Mma Sophie o ile a hlakanetšwa ke mooki, Noxolo yoo a ilego a thuša Khosi.
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Mooki o ile a phakišetša Khosi ka phapošing mola baoki ba bangwe ba be ba mo thuša.
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“O bolokegile! Re na le mahlatse ka lebaka la go re ga se a tšea nako ye telele ka gare ga meetse!” Mooki a realo.
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Mma Sophie o ile a buša moya ka go imologa.
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Yo mongwe le yo mongwe kua tliliniking o ile a mo lebogiša ka bonatla le bogale bja gagwe.
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“Ke a leboga gore ke kgonne go phološa bophelo bja gagwe,” Mma Sophie a realo ka boikokobetšo.
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Ditaba tše tša fihla kgošing. Kgoši a romela moromiwa go yo bitša Mma Sophie.
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Mma Sophie a hlalošetša kgoši gore o ithutile bjang go ba moruthi wa mmakgonthe.
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“Ge ke sa le mosetsana, mogwera wa ka o be a dula ka mošola wa noka. Meetse e be e le karolo ya maphelo a rena. Re be re swanetše go ithuta go rutha.
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Kgoši a bitša kopano mo motseng a ba tsebiša gore o tšere sephetho sa go putsa Mma Sophie ka baka la bogale bja gagwe.
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Basadi ba duduetša mekgolokwane, banna ba letša melodi, bana ba hlaba mašata ka lethabo.
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Go tloga letšatšing leo, bana ba be ba rata go šala Mma Sophie morago, ba opela ba re: “Ga go na seo se ka nkgomago, o gona mosadi wa sebete, Sophie!
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Your attribution should include the following:
Title: Mma Sophie, mosadi wa sebete
Author/s: Thandiwe Dlodlo
Translator/s: Dikeledi Queen Shai
Illustrator/s: Simon Mokoena
Assurer/s: Connie Makgabo
Language: Sepedi

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