Maṱodzi o ne a nna le mmaagwe le kokoagwe mo motseng.
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Letsatsi lengwe mmaagwe Maṱodzi a mo kopa go isa molaetsa kwa go mmangwaneagwe kwa motseng o mongwe.
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“Latela tsela e re e tlwaetseng, “mmaagwe a gakolola Maṱodzi.
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Maṱodzi a latela tsela e e tlwaelegileng go ya kwa ntlong ya ga mmangwaneagwe, mme a fitlhisa molaetsa.
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Fa a le mo tseleng go ya gae, a utlwa lentswe le le kwa tlase gaufi le re, “Ke kopa o nthuse.”
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Maṱodzi a lebelela ka fa le ka fa mme a bona mosadi a rapaletse fa thoko ga tsela.
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O ne a dumedisa mosadi mme a botsa, “Ke goreng o rapaletse fa?”
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Mosadi a fetola, “Ke bokoa e bile ke a lwala, ke kgakala le legae la me.”
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Maṱodzi a utlwela mosadi botlhoko.
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O ne a re go mosadi, “Ke tla go tseela kwa legaeng la me ka bogaufi.”
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Maṱodzi a thusa mosadi go emelela. Ba tsamaya ka iketlo go fitlha ba goroga.
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Maṱodzi le mmaagwe le kokoagwe ba mo tlhokomela go fitlha a tokafala.
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Mosadi o ne a ba leboga thata ka go mo tlhokomela.
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O ne a tlotlomatsa Maṱodzi ka go nna pelokgale le molemo.
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Mosadi o ne a bolelela Maṱodzi le balelapa la gagwe a re, “Nka se lebale seo le ntiretseng sona.”
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Morago ga malatsi a mararo a fetile, ke batla gore le dire dikeletso di le pedi.”
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Morago ga malatsi a mararo, Maṱodzi, le mmaagwe le kokoagwe ba dira dikeletso tse pedi.
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Keletso ya bone ya ntlha e ne e le go nna le ntlo e kgolo.
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Keletso ya bobedi e ne e le go nna le sekgwa gaufi le ntlo gore ba se tlhole ba ya go rwalela dikgong.
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Dikeletso tsa bona tsa diragala, fela jaaka mosadi a boletse.
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Maṱodzi le balelapa la gagwe ba tshela ka boitumelo mo ntlong ya bona gaufi le sekgwa.
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Your attribution should include the following: Title: Molemo wa ga Maṱodzi Author/s: Tshedza Tlhako Translator/s: Dineo Moatshe Illustrator/s: Busisiwe Ndlovu Assurer/s: Opelo Thole Language: Setswana