UDada noZuba
Nwabisa Dumela
Tebogo Matshana
“Thwithi! Thwithi! Thwithi!
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“Kwa! Kwa! Kwa!”
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“Kwak! Kwak! Kwak!”
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UDada noZuba bahlangana endaweni ephele bahlangane kiyo edamini eliseduze nomlambo. Bebabangani abakhulu.
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Bekutjhisa khulu mhlokho. UDada watjuza ngaphakathi kwamanzi. UZuba wacabanga, “Kutjho bona kumnandi ukududa.”
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Ngemuva kokufaka ihloko yakhe ngemanzini, uDada wathi, “Ingabe ungathanda ukududa? Buya uzokukhwela emhlana bese mina ngizakufundisa.”
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Ngaso soke isikhathi uDada nakazama ukungena ngaphasi kwamanzi neZuba lisemhlana, uZuba uyaphapha.
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UZuba wacabanga adanile wathi, “Angeze ngakghona ukududa njengoDada.”
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UDada wasala ayedwa ngemanzini.
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“Kwenzenjani Zuba? Wu! Uyangiphoqa.
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Ungangitjhiya njani ngingedwa ngemanzini?” kunghonghoyila uDada.
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UZuba waphendula wathi, “Ngisaba ukucwila.” Bengicabanga bona bewufuna ukufunda ukududa njengami,” kutjho uDada.
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“Twithi! Thwithi! Thwithi! Dada buya okungcono ngikufundise ukuphapha. Ukududa kubudisi khulu!”
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UZuba wakhamba wayokukhwelela ilitje elikhulu. UDada walandela.
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Ngokukopeza kwelihlo, uZuba besele aphezulu emthini, uDada wabhalelwa kulandela.
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UDada wadana khulu. Wakhuluma ngehliziyo wathi, “UZuba akanamusa.
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Ngilidada angisilo izuba. Ngijayele ukududa ingasi ukuphapha.”
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UZuba bekafuna ukududuza umngani wakhe.
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Bahlala phasi elitjeni bathula.
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Ekugcineni, uZuba wathi, “Mngani, namhlanjesi ngifunde bona angeze ngakghona ukududa njengawe.
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Begodu nawe angeze waphapha njengami. Mina ngiyaphapha wena uyaduda.”
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Basingathana bathabile.
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“Thina simadada, nasidudako, sifaka iinhloko zethu ngemanzini sithi, ‘Kwaa kwaa kwaa rhadada! Kwaa kwa kwa rhadada!’”
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“Thina siziinyoni, nasiphaphako sibetha amaphiko wethu sithi, ‘Tsiyo, tsiyo, tsiyo!’”
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Your attribution should include the following:
Title: UDada noZuba
Author/s: Nwabisa Dumela
Translator/s: Sponono Mahlangu
Illustrator/s: Tebogo Matshana
Assurer/s: William Jiyana
Language: isiNdebele

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