Maatla a Simangaliso
Sponono Mahlangu
Khanyisa Masemola
Nageng ye nngwe ka mošola wa noka ya Limpopo, go dula Simangaliso.
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Go dumelwa go re Simangaliso o na le maatla a mantši a go ikgetha.
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Batho ka moka toropong ya gešo ba bolela ka yena.
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Simangaliso o na le lentšu le lebosana la go fola. O dula lešokeng mo a opelelago diphoofolo le dinonyana.
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O opela ge e le mathapama. Batho ba go tšwa kgole le kgauswi ba tla go theeletša lentšu la gagwe le le bosana.
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Simangaliso o na le moriri wo motelele ka mo go makatšago. O kgona go fetola moriri wa gagwe ge a rata. O kgona go o dira gore o timelele le go o buša.
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Ka mehla ge a opela, moriri o khupetša sefahlego sa gagwe.
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Simangaliso o sepela sepela ka lešokeng tšatši le lengwe le le lengwe.
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O kgona go kwa le go dupelela kotsi ge e etla.
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O kgona go tseba ge motho a etla go yena ka maanomabe.
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Ka letšatši le lengwe, Simangaliso a tšea sephetho sa go yo hlola gore bophelo bo bjang ka mošola wa noka.
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A tšea leeto.
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Ge a fihla nokeng ye kgolo a ipotšiša a re: “Ke tlo tshela bjang?”
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Simangaliso a nagana sebakanyana gomme a goeletša a re, “Maatla! Maatla!”
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Gateetee, gwa tšwelela leporogo.
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A re go tshelela ka mošola wa noka a tšwela pele ka leeto la gagwe. A sepelela kgole le sethokgwa se a se tsebago.
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Simangaliso a kwa a lapile gomme a nagana, “Ke nyaka lefelo la go khutša.”
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A goeletša a re, “Maatla! Maatla!”
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Gateetee, bjang bja tšwelela go mo dikologa. A dula fase bjanyeng bjo bo botse bja go fola.
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Simangaliso a kwa a swerwe ke tlala. A ipotšiša a re: “Ke tla hwetša bjang dijo? Ke kgole le sethokgwa.”
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A itatswa melomo a goeletša a re, “Maatla! Maatla!”
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Gateetee, gwa tšwelela dipitša di se na selo, dibjana le dikomiki.
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Dijo tša Simangaliso tša mmamoratwa tša wela ka dipitšeng, dibjaneng le dikomiking.
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O ile a ja a ba a nwa go fihlela a khora.
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Gateetee, a kwa modumo.
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Simangaliso o kgonne go kwa gore ke a batamela pele ke fihla kgauswi le yena.
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A bitša a re, “Ke mang moo?”
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Ka araba ka lentšwana le lesesane ka re, “Ke nna Buumi.”
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Simangaliso a tseba gore maikemišetšo a ka ke a mabotse.
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Ka lentšu le lesesane ka re, “Ke timetše.”
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Simangaliso a ntaletša a re, “Etla o je, o nwe le nna!” Ke ile ka ja ka ba ka nwa go fihlela ke khora.
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Ke ile ka botša Simangaliso go re ke timetše bjang ge ke be ke latela buti wa ka.
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Simangaliso o ile a mpotša ka leeto la gagwe la go nyaka go bona gore bophelo ka mošola wa noka bo bjang.
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Ke moka a myemyela, a goeletša a re, “Maatla! Maatla!”
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Ke ka fao ke ilego ka fihla mojakong wa ntlo ya batswadi ba ka.
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Your attribution should include the following:
Title: Maatla a Simangaliso
Author/s: Sponono Mahlangu
Translator/s: Connie Makgabo
Illustrator/s: Khanyisa Masemola
Assurer/s: Dikeledi Queen Shai
Language: Sepedi

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