Motswalle ya sa tshepaheleng
Mafisa Kwena Petrus
Rob Owen
Sesotho (South Africa)
First paragraphs
Kgale kgale, noha e ne ena le setswalle se setle le senqanqane.
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Ene e le metswalle ya sebele ebile ba ratana.
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Ka tsatsi le leng senqanqane sa re ho noha, “Mokgotsi, ho ka ba jwang reo kola dikokonyana tse nonneng tse monate tse fofang?”
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Noha a dumela ho tsamaya le senqanqane.
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Metswalle ya bokella dikokonyana ka mokotleng o moholo.
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Senqanqane se ne se bokelletse ho feta mme se thabile.
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Tseleng ha ba kgutlela hae, ba kopana le mokgopi wa masamane.
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Masamane e ne e le dira tsa bona.
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Noha a hweletsa, “Re ntweng mona! Ha re ka lahlehelwa ke mokotla ona, re tlo lala ka tlala bosiung bona!”
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Senqanqane sa omana masamane, “Suthang ka tseleng, ho seng jwalo e mong wa lona e tlaba lehlatsipa!”
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Masamane a nahana hore ho molemo hore e balehe!
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Senqanqana a memela noha dijong tsa mantsiboya.
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“Mosadi wa ka o pheha dikokonyana ha monate,” ho rialo senqanqane.
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Metswalle ya tswela pele ho qoqa ha mme senqanqane a ntse a pheha.
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Dijo tsa loka ka motsotso.
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Metswalle ya hlapa mme ya ya dula tafoleng.
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Hang, senqanqane sa supa poleiti ya sona sa re, “Dijo tsa noha di ngata ho feta tsa ka!”
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Noha a araba, “Tjhee, ha ele hantle dijo tsa hao di ngata ho feta tsa ka!”
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Senqanqane sa ja dijo tsa sona empa noha ya seke a ja hoba e se e kgenne.
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Qetellong, senqanqane sa re ho noha, “Ha eba o tlo nyatsa dijo tsa mosadi wa ka, tsamaya.”
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Yaba ke qetelo ya setwalle se setle!
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Ho tloha mohlang oo, dinqanqane le dinoha ha e kaba ya hlola ebile metswalle.
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Title: Motswalle ya sa tshepaheleng
Author/s: Mafisa Kwena Petrus
Translator/s: Nthabiseng Tsatsi
Illustrator/s: Rob Owen
Assurer/s: Mathapelo Morake
Language: Sesotho (South Africa)

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