Bana ba entsoeng ka kerese
Southern African Folktale
Wiehan de Jager
Sesotho (Lesotho)

Khale khale hone ho ena le lelapa leleng le lula le thabile.

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Bana ba lelapa leo, bane basa rate ho loana. Ba thusa batsoali babona hae le masimong.

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Empa bane basa lumelloe ho atamela pela mollo.

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Bane ba etsa mosebetsi oa bona fela bosiu.

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Hobane ene ele batho ba entsoeng ka likerese.

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Eaba e mong oa bashanyana bao, a khetha ho tsoela kantle hoea letsatsing.

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Ka letsatsi le leng, hlolohelo ea hae ene ele e matla haholo. Bo abuti ba hae bae molemosa.

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Empa nako ene ese efelile! A qhilibiha ke mocheso oa letsatsi.

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bana ba likerese ba koata haholo hobona abuti oa bona a qhilibiha.

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Empa ba ba le morero o mong. Ba etsa nonyana ka kholu eno ea abuti oa bona ea qhilibisitsoeng ke letsatsi.

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Bonka nonyana eno baisa holima thabeng.

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Eare letsatsi ha lechaba, ea fofela hoseng hoa mahlaseli a letsatsi, entse e bina.

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Bana ba entsoeng ka kerese
Author - Southern African Folktale
Translation - Khothatso Ranoosi, Marion Drew
Illustration - Wiehan de Jager
Language - Sesotho (Lesotho)
Level - First sentences
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