Botho ba Maṱodzi
Tshedza Tlhako
Busisiwe Ndlovu
Ho ne ho ena le ngwanana ya bitswang Maṱodzi.
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Maṱodzi o ne a dula motseng le mmae le nkgonae.
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Ka tsatsi le leng, mmae a mo roma ho isa molaetsa ho rakgadiae ya neng a dula motseng o mong.
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“Latela tsela yeo re e sebedisang ka nako tsohle,” ke mmae yeo a mohopotsa.
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Maṱodzi a latela tsela yeo a e tlwaetseng ho ya ha rakgadiae ho isa molaetsa.
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Ha a le tseleng a kgutlela hae, a utlwa lentswe le fokolang haufi le yena le reng, “A ko nthuse hle.”
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Maṱodzi a thalatsa, a bona mosadi ya robetseng ka thoko ho tsela.
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A dumedisa mosadi yeo mme a mmotsa, “Ke hobaneng ha o robetse moo?”
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“Ke a fokola, ke a kula, hape ke hole le lehae la ka,” ho araba mosadi.
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Maṱodzi a utlwela mosadi yeo bohloko.
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A re ho mosadi, “Ke tla ho isa heso hobane ho haufinyana.”
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Maṱodzi a thusa mosadi ho ema. Ba tsamaya butle ho fihlela ba fihla hae.
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Maṱodzi le mmae le nkgonae ba hlokomela mosadi yeo ho fihlela a eba betere.
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Mosadi a ba leboha haholo ka tlhokomelo yeo ba mo neileng yona.
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A thoholetsa Maṱodzi ka botho ba hae le sebete seo a nang le sona.
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Mosadi a re ho Maṱodzi le ba lelapa la hae, “Ha nkake ka lebala molemo oo le nketseditseng ona.
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Ka mora matsatsi a mararo, ke batla hore le etse ditabatabelo tse pedi."
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Ka mora matsatsi a mararo, Maṱodzi, mmae le nkgonae ba etsa ditabatabelo tse pedi.
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Tabatabelo ya pele e ne e le ho ba le ntlo e ntle.
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Tabatabelo ya bobedi ya eba hore ntlo ya bona e be haufi le moru hore ba seke ba sokola ho rwalla patsi.
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Ditabatabelo tsa bona tsa phethahala jwalo feela ka ha mosadi a ne a ba bolelletse.
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Maṱodzi le ba lelapa labo ba phela ha monate ntlong ya bona e ntle e haufi le moru.
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Title: Botho ba Maṱodzi
Author/s: Tshedza Tlhako
Translator/s: Nthabiseng Tsatsi
Illustrator/s: Busisiwe Ndlovu
Assurer/s: Mathapelo Morake
Language: Sesotho (South Africa)

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