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Pidipidi le Leeba
Nwabisa Dumela
Tebogo Boikanyo Matshana
“Thwit! Thwit! Thwit!”
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“Kwa! Kwa! Kwa!”
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“Khwaaa! Khwaaa! Khwaaa!”
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Leeba le Pidipidi di kopanela fa mogobeng gaufi le noka. E ne e le ditsala tse dikgolo.
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E ne e le letsatsi le le mogote thata. Pidipidi ya thobuela mo metsing. Leeba la nagana, “Go tshwanetse ga bo go le monate go thuma.”
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Morago ga go thobuetsa tlhogo mo metsing, Pidipidi ya re, “A o ka rata go thuma? Palama mo mokokotlong wa me mme ke tla go ruta.”
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Nako le nako fa Pidipidi a re o tsena kwa tlase ga metsi Leeba le le mo mokokotlong, Leeba le ne la fofela godimo.
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Leeba la nagana ka kutlobotlhoko, “Ga ke na go itse go thuma jaaka Pidipidi.”
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Pidipidi a sala ka boena mo metsing.
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“Mathata ke eng Leeba? Wa ntshwabisa.
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O ka ntlogela jang ka bonna mo metsing?” ga ngongorega Pidipidi.
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Leeba la araba, “Ke tshaba go nwela.”
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“Ke naganne gore o rata go ithuta go thuma jaaka nna,” ga bua Pidipidi.
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“Thwit! Thwit! Thwit! Pidipidi, e re ke go rute go fofa bogolo. Go thuma go boima thata!”
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Leeba la palama lejwe le legolo. Pidipidi ya latela.
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Ka nakwana, Leeba le ne le palame setlhare se se leele. Pidipidi o ne a sa kgone go le latela.
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Pidipidi ya utlwa botlhoko. Ya nagana ka go itenegela, “Leeba ga
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le na kutlwelobotlhoko.
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Ke Pidipidi e seng leeba. Ke tlwaetse go thuma e seng go fofa.”
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Leeba le ne le rata go gomotsa tsala ya lona.
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Di ne tsa nna mo godimo ga lejwe ka tidimalo.
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Bokhutlong, Leeba la re, “Tsala ya me, gompieno ke ithutile gore nka se tlhole ke thumile go tshwana le wena.
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E bile o ka se tsoge o fofile jaaka nna. Ke a fofa mme wena o a thuma.”
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Tsa amana ka boitumelo.
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“Re dipidipidi, fa re thuma, re tsenya ditlhogo ka go bua re re, ‘Kwaa kwa kwa qxadada! Kwa kwa kwa qxadada!’”
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“Re dinonyane, fa re fofa re phophotha diphuka a rona ka go bua re re, ‘Tsiyo, tsiyo, tsiyo!’”
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Title
: Pidipidi le Leeba
Author/s
: Nwabisa Dumela
Translator/s
: Sylvia Makapan
Illustrator/s
: Tebogo Boikanyo Matshana
Assurer/s:
Dineo Moatshe, Opelo Thole
Language:
Setswana
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