Mukukulume Na Didingwe
Yikii Kubbi Emmanuel
Mango Tree

Kale-Kale phukha dzothe dzo vha dzi tshi dzula dzothe ḓakani. Mukukulume wo vha u wone khosi ya hone.

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Mukukulume wa vhudza phukha dzothe uri nama ire ntha ha thoho ya mukukulume yo itwa nga mulilo. Nga zwenezwo phukha dzo vha dzi tshi ofha mukukulume.

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Maduvhani hayo mulilo wo vha u tshi itiwa nga dzithanda. Duvha linwe mvula ya na vhura ha nngwe ha nukala. Didingwe ya balelwa u itela muta wayo mulilo.

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Didingwe ya ruma vhana uri vhaye u humbela mulilo u bva kha thoho ya mukukulume.

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Mukukulume wo vha u songo vuwa zwavhudi, wa humisa vhana vha didinngwe vha sina mulila. Didinngwe ya sinyuwa zwihulu u vhona vhana vho vhuya vhe sina mulilo.

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Vhusiku honovho mukukulume wo edela didinngwe na vhana vhada u tswa mulilo kha thoho ya mukukulume. Didinngwe ya dobedza mahatsi o omaho nnda ha nndu  ya mukukulume.

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Didingwe ya  vheya mahatsi o omaho tsini na thoho ya mukukulume. Mahatsi asi ṋange mulilo. Didinngwe ya fara thoho ya mukukulume. Thoho ya mukukulume yovha i tshi khou rothola!

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Vhana vha didinngwe vha fara thoho ya mukukulume vha pfa hu sina mulilo. Muṱa wa didingwe wa thoma u fhela nga maseo.

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Thiseo tsha didinngwe tsha vusa mukukulume. Mukukulume wa vusa thoho kha didingweu tshi khou vhidzelela, wa ri "Ni fanela u shavha. A ni ofhi?"

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Didingwe ya fhindula ya ri, "Ro fara kale thoho yau a u kuni u ita mulilo! Zwino ri khou ya u vhudza phukha dzothe dzi ḓo u sinyutshela."

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Zwi kukwana zwo mbo  shavha na mukukulume wa shavha. Zwikukwana zwa tuwa dakani zwa ya u dzula na vhathu.

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U bva zwezwo khuhu dza thoma u ofha didinngwe dza dzula na vhathu u itela tsireledzo.

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Mukukulume Na Didingwe
Author - Yikii Kubbi Emmanuel
Translation - Yvonne Mulovhedzi
Illustration - Mango Tree
Language - Tshivenḓa
Level - First paragraphs