Inye kuphela into etshintshileyo
African Storybook
Sibusiso Khumalo
isiXhosa
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UDumisani ubhala inqaku lemagazini yesikolo sakhe.
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Unodliwanondlebe nabantwana besikolo sakhe ngamava abo ngexesha leKhovid.
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Uthetha nabo ngexesha lekhefu elifutshane esikolweni.
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“Nacinga ntoni xa naniqala ukuva ngentsholongwane yeKhorona?” watsho ebuza uDumisani.
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“Abantu abaninzi bakholelwa kwizinto abazibonayo, hayi abazivayo. Ekuqaleni, abanye babesithi le ntsholongwane ayikho,” watsho uMoses.
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UMoses waqhuba wathi, “Abanye abantu babengafuni ukulandela imigaqo. Ndabaxelela, kufuneka sonke silandele imigaqo yalo bhubhane, ngoba xa singenzi njalo, le ntsholongwane ayizokuphela…”
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“Emakhaya nasekuhlaleni, besiyilandela imigaqo!” wangenelela uZwanga.
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UZwanga liwele likaMoses. UMoses wajonga kuZwanga.
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“Unyanisile?” wabuza uMoses.
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“Andithethi wonke umntu wasekuhlaleni, kodwa abanye babo!” watsho eqhankqalaza uZwanga.
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Abanye abafundi bahleka. Kwakunjalo kumntu wonke.
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Ibimininzi gqitha le mithetho nemigaqo!” watsho ekhalaza uZwanga.
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Watsho esithi, “Ungabambi ubuso, ungabambi impumlo, ungabambi umlomo, ungahambi ngebhasi egcweleyo. Hlamba izandla, faka isibulalantsholongwane, nxiba imaski, yithi qelele kwabanye…”
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UZwanga watsho ephelelwa ngumoya.
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UMoses wathi, “Eyi, uvaleleko lokuqala lwalunzima kakhulu!”
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UDumisani ubuze iqela, “Ngaba nenza njani kakade ngexesha lokuvalelwa?”
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UMpho waphendula, “Kwakungekuhle! Konke esasikwenza kukuhlala ekhaya sibukele umabonakude. Ekuqaleni, wawungakwazi nokuphuma phandle.”
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“Kwakunzima ukufundela ekhaya ngenxa yengxolo eninzi,” watsho uBasani.
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“Ndandindedwa. Ndandidinga umntu wokundicacisela umsebenzi endandiwunikiwe,” watsho uBongi.
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“Nam ndanditsala nzima kakhulu ngomsebenzi wesikolo,” watsho uMpho.
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Ke ngoku, wakuvuyela ukuvulwa kwezikolo?” wabuza uDumisani.
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“Ndakucinga ukubuyela emagumbini okufundela esikolweni njengento engakhuselekanga,” waphendula uAndzani.
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UAbdul wamngqinela wathi, “Thina singabafundi singangayilandeli imigaqo okanye singalibala.”
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“Ndandingaboni kulungile ukuba izikolo zivulwe,” watsho uBasani.
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UMpho wathi, “Ndakuvuyela ukubuyela egumbini lokufundela, ukubuyela esikolweni.”
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Kwakunjalo nakum!” watsho uMoses, noZwanga wanqwala intloko yakhe.
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“Yintoni eyahlukileyo esikolweni ngoku?” wabuza uDumisani.
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UMoses waphendula kuqala, “Inye into eyahlukileyo esikolweni oko kwafika eli xesha leKhovid-19 kwaye loo nto yi…”
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“… kukuba yonke into itshintshile!” uZwanga wagqibezela intetho yomnakwabo.
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Abahlobo babo bavumelana nabo behleka. Yakhala intsimbi yesikolo, lixesha lokungena emagumbini okufundela.
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——Imibuzo


  1. Wacinga ntoni ukuqala kwakho ukuva ngeKhovid-19? Ndicela ucacise.
  2. Sicacisele ngegama ngalinye ngawakho amazwi: ubhubhane, zicoce, ukumiswa ngxi kweentshukumo.
  3. Funa amagama aphikisanayo nala alandelayo: apha ebalini: isiphelo, ukulila, akunanto, okona kulungileyo.
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Title: Inye kuphela into etshintshileyo
Author/s: African Storybook
Translator/s: Bulelwa Nokele
Illustrator/s: Sibusiso Khumalo
Assurer/s: Angelinah Dazela
Language: isiXhosa

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