Mme Sophie mosadi ya sebete
Thandiwe Dlodlo
Simon Mokoena
Ka tsatsi le leng le tjhesang la Lehlabula, Khosi o ne ntse a e ya hodimo le tlase a ipotsa hore a ka etsang.
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Mme wa hae o ne a ile masimong a mo siile hae.
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“Ekaba nka iketsang,” ke Khosi a ipotsa.
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Ehe! Yaba o tlelwa ke mohopolo jwaloka tlhase ya mollo.
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“Ke tla ya sesa nokeng, empa ke tla tsamaya le mang? Mme ha a batle ha ke tsamaya ke le mong,” ho nahana Khosi.
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Ka yona nako yeo, mme Sophie a feta a e ya nokeng. O ne a tshwere moqomo o moholo o tletseng diaparo.
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“Eke! Ke tla latela mme Sophie ha a ya nokeng.”
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A matha kamora mme Sophie. “Na nka ya le wena nokeng?” Khosi a botsa. Mme Sophie a dumela ka hlooho a bososela.
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Tseleng, Nozipho a ba joina. Nozipho o ne a sa rate ho sesa, empa o ne a rata ho lebella ba bang ha ba sesa.
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Nokeng Khosi a ipolella a re, “Kajeno ke kgathetse ke ho sesetsa lebopong jwalo ka lesea. Ke batla ho bontsha bohle hore le nna nka sesa moo ho tebileng.”
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Qapu! A itahlela nokeng, yaba o tebela tlase-tlase.
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Nozipho o ne a lebella a eme hojana ha motswalle wa hae a sesa le bana ba bang.
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Ha Nozipho a ntse a shebile, a bona eka bohle ba nyakalletse ka nokeng.
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Ba ne ba sesa ba entse lerata.
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Ba hweletsana ke lethabo.
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Ha Nozipho a ntse a shebile, a bona ho hong ho shebahalang ho fapane.
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Khosi o ne a sesetsa hole le bana ba bang.
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Nozipho a atamela a shebisisa. A tshoswa ke seo a neng a se bona, a mathela ho bomme ba neng ba hlatswa diaparo nokeng.
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“Thusang!” Khosi o a kgangwa,” Nozipho a hweletsa.
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Ka ho panya ha leihlo, mme Sophie a tlolela ka nokeng a sesetsa kwetseng.
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A qwelela ka tlasa metsi, a ya hodimo, a ya tlase a ntse a batlana le Khosi.
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A phamola Khosi ka sephaka, yaba o sesetsa lebopong.
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Yaba mme Sophie o ntsha Khosi ka nokeng.
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Mme Sophie a feta ka potlako sehlopha sa bana le basadi ba neng ba lla ba hweleditse.
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Nozipho a matha ka mora hae a e ya tliliniking a pepile Khosi ka mokokotlong.
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Tliniking, mme Sophie a kgahlanyetswa ke mooki Noxolo ya ileng a matha ho ya thusa Khosi.
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Mooki Noxolo a phakisa a isa Khosi ka phaposing mme baoki ba bang ba tlo mo thusa ka pele.
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“O pholohile! Ke lehlohonolo hore ha a kaba a dula ka metsing nako e telele!” ho rialo mooki.
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Matshwafo a mme Sophie a kokobela.
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Bohle tliniking ba mo rorisa ka sebete seo a bileng le sona.
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“Ke thabile hore ke kgonne ho pholosa bophelo,” ke mme Sophie yeo ka boikokobetso.
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Ditaba tsa fihla moreneng wa motsana oo mme a romela morumua ho ya bitsa mme Sophie. Morena a mamela ka hlooko ha mme Sophie a hlalosa kamoo a ileng ya e ba sesesi se hlwahlwa ka teng.
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“Ha ke le ngwananyana, motswalle wa ka o ne a dula ka nqane ho noka. Metsi e ne e le karolo ya bophelo ba rona mme re ne re tlameha ho ithuta ho sesa. Re ne re nwa, re hlatswa hape re bapalla nokeng,” ke mme Sophie yeo.
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Morena a etsa kopano motseng ho etsa tsebiso ya hore o nkile qeto ya ho tlotla mme Sophie ka ho bontsha sebete.
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Basadi ba didietsa, banna ba letsa melodi, bana bona ba hweletsa ka lethabo. Ho tlohela tsatsing leo, bana ba rata ho latella mme Sophie hohle moo a neng a e ya teng.
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Ba ne ba utlwahala ba bina ba re, “Ha ho se ka nthetsang, o teng mmasebete mme Sophie!”
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Your attribution should include the following:
Title: Mme Sophie mosadi ya sebete
Author/s: Thandiwe Dlodlo
Translator/s: Maria Vaz
Illustrator/s: Simon Mokoena
Assurer/s: Nthabiseng Tsatsi, Mathapelo Morake
Language: Sesotho (South Africa)

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