Yebo le ledimo
Ntombifuthi Ncwayiba
Kamogelo Matlawe
Yebo le batswadi ba hae ba ne ba dula morung.
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Hona sebakeng seo, ho ne ho dula ledimo le bitswang Zim-zim.
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Zim-zim o ne a tsejwa ka ho ja bana.
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Ntate wa Yebo Sikwebu, e ne e le setsomi. Kamehla ha a kgutla hae o ne a hweletsa a re, “Yebo! Yebo! Tloho o nkgahlanyetse mora ka.”
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Yebo o ne a ye a re ho mmae, “Ntate o a mpitsa, ke tshwanetse ho mo kgahlanyetsa.”
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Zim-zim a elelletswe hona.
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Zim-zim a leka ho etsisa Sikwebu, “Yebo! Yebo! Tloho o nkgahlenyetse mora ka.”
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O ne a tseba hore ha a bue jwaloka Sikwebu.
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“Nka kgona jwang ho fetola lentswe la ka?” a ipotsa.
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Zim-zim a ya batla thuso ho moloi.
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“Nka kgona jwang ho fetola lentswe la ka hore le tshwane le la batho?” ho botsa ledimo.
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“Tjhesa selepe ho fihlela se e ba sekgubedu e be o se kwenya se felletse,” ke moloi a mo eletsa.
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Zim-zim a ya hae a kwenya selepe se tjhesang.
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Yaba o a hweletsa, Yebo, “Yebo! Yebo! Tloho o nkgahlanyetse mora ka.”
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Tjhe! Lentswe la hae le ne le sa tshwane le la Sikwebu, le ne le tebile haholo.
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Zim-zim a kgutlela ho moloi a sa thaba.
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“Ke lokela ho etsang hore lentswe la ka le be lesesane jwaloka la batho?” a botsa.
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“Kgetlong lena, tjhesa selepe bosiu bohle ebe hoseng o a se kwenya,” ho araba moloi.
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Kamora ho phethisa ditaelo, Zim-zim a ya hweletsa, “Yebo! Yebo! Tloho o nkgahlanyetse mora ka.”
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Lentswe la hae le ne le tshwana hantle le la Sikwebu. Yebo a phakisa a ya kantle.
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Empa e ne e se ntatae.
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Yebo a elellwa phoso ya hae ho se ho le lata.
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A leka ho baleha ka tlung empa Zim-zim a mo tshwara ha bonojwana feela.
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O ne a jere Yebo jwaloka ka kutui mme a ya le yena harehare morung.
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E se kgale, Sikwebu a fihla hae a hweletsa,
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“Yebo! Yebo! Tloho o nkgahlanyetse mora ka.”
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Yebo a se ke a hlaha. Mme wa Yebo a araba, “O se o mmitsitse.”
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Ba hlokomela hore ngwana bona o nkuwe ke Zim-zim.
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Sikwebu a nka molamu wa hae wa ho tsoma a ya morung ho ya batla mora hae.
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A sa le hole, a bona Zim-zim a robetse lebopong la noka. Ho ne ho ena le mokotlahadi pela hae.
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Sikwebu a nanarela Zim-zim. Ha a se a le haufi, a mo otla ka molamu.
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Zim-zim a tshoha, a tlola a ferekane a baleha.
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Sikwebu a tlamolla mokotla a ntsha mora hae.
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Sikwebu a haka mora wa hae, a thabetse ho kopana le yena hape. Yebo le yena o ne na thabetse ho bona ntatae.
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Ba lebala ka Zim-zim ba kgutlela hae.
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Your attribution should include the following:
Title: Yebo le ledimo
Author/s: Ntombifuthi Ncwayiba
Translator/s: Maria Vaz
Illustrator/s: Kamogelo Matlawe
Assurer/s: Nthabiseng Tsatsi, Mathapelo Morake
Language: Sesotho (South Africa)

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