Kungani sicoco sibe sibi
Mozambican folktale
Hélder de Paz Alexandre
Siswati

Eminyekeni leminyenti leyengcile, umgololo nesicoco bewungebangani. Ngalelinye lilanga tancuma kuyobuka tintfombi edolobheni.

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Sicoco besinemona nesikhumba semgololo lesicwebetelako nalesihle.

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Satsi: Wente ngani kutsi kute ube muhle kangaka? Buka mine, Ngimubi kakhulu. Ngingenta njani ngesikhumba sami?

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Umgololo watsi: Lalela lapha! Faka emanti ebhodweni bese uwabeka emmlilweni. Ngemva kwaloko ubese u.

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Kepha sicoco satsi: Sengiyati, ngiyati. Ngicela usale ubindza mngani wami. Sicoco sase siyahamba.

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Sitsite nasifika ekhaya safaka emanti ebhodweni. Sase siwafaka emlilweni.

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Atsite emanti nasacala kubila, satiphosela ekhatsi ebhodweni.

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Sikhumba saso sasha, umsila waso wabuye wajubeka.

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Kun ekutsi sibe sihle njengemgololo, saba sibi kakhulu kundlula kucala!

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Kungani sicoco sibe sibi
Author - Mozambican folktale
Translation - Busile Ndhlovu
Illustration - Hélder de Paz Alexandre
Language - Siswati
Level - First sentences
© Mozambican Writers 2014
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