Lepidibidi le Leeba
Nwabisa Dumela
Tebogo Matshana
“Tswii! Tswii! Tswii!”
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“Kwa! Kwa! Kwa!”
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“Khwak! Khwak! Khwak!”
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Lepidibidi le Leeba di kopane sedibeng sa tšona sa ka mehla kgauswi le noka. E be e le bagwera ba mmakgonthe.
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Letšatši le be le fiša tšhiritšhiri. Lepidibidi la itahlela ka gare ga meetse. Leeba la nagana la re, “Go swanetše go le bose go rutha.”
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Morago ga go inela hlogo ya lona ka fase ga meetse, Lepidibidi la re, “Na o ka rata go rutha? Namela mokokotlong wa ka ke tla go ruta.”
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Nako le nako ge Lepidibidi le leka go ya ka fase ga meetse le beputše Leeba, Leeba le be le fofela godimo.
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Leeba la nagana ka manyami, “Nka se tsoge ke kgonne go rutha go swana le Lepidibidi.”
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Lepidibidi le be le šetše le le noši ka meetseng.
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“Molato ke eng Leeba? O a nyamiša.
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Gobaneng o ntlogela ke le noši ka meetseng?” Lepidibidi la ipelaetša.
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Leeba la araba, “Ke tšhaba go nwelela.”
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“Ke be ke nagana go re o nyaka go ithuta go rutha go swana le nna,” Lepidibidi la realo.
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“Tswii! Tswii! Tswii! Lepidipidi, e re nna ke go rute go fofa. Go rutha go boima.”
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Leeba le ile la ya godimo ga leswika le legolo. Lepidibidi la latela.
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Ka nakwana ye nnyane, ke ge Leeba le le godimo ga mohlare wo motelele. Lepidibidi la se kgone go latela.
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Lepidibidi la nyama. La nagana le nnoši ka pefelo, “Leeba ga le kgone go naganela ba bangwe.
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Ke nna Lepidibidi e sego Leeba. Ke tlwaetše go rutha e sego go fofa.”
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Leeba le be le nyaka go kgothatša mogwera wa lona.
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Di ile tša dula leswikeng ka setu.
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Mafelelong, Leeba la re, “Mogwera wa ka, lehono ke ithutile gore nka se tsoge ke kgonne go rutha go swana le wena.
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Gape le wena, o ka se tsoge o kgonne go fofa go swana le nna. Nna ke a fofa, wena o a rutha.”
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Di ile tša gokarelana ka borutho.
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“Ke rena Mapidipidi, ge re rutha, re inela dihlogo tša rena ra re, ‘Kwaa kwaa kwaa kwadada! Kwaa kwa kwa kwadada!’”
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“Ke rena Maeeba, ge re fofa, re phurolla maphego a rena ra re, ‘Tswiyo, tswiyo, tswiyo!’
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Your attribution should include the following:
Title: Lepidibidi le Leeba
Author/s: Nwabisa Dumela
Translator/s: Dikeledi Queen Shai
Illustrator/s: Tebogo Matshana
Assurer/s: Connie Makgabo
Language: Sepedi

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