Wankembo ni Wangoina (Colour-in)
Mozambican folktale
Amir Bachir António Necas

Wankembo yasulanga mu muti omunene kumbali kwo omwiga.Wagati mumwiga mwalimu akazinga.Ebibala kamaala ne emiti nga byakuliraku.

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Wankembo yayenda okuja alye ku bibala.Yabona ekibaale ghaghati gho mwiga era yalowooza nti asobola okutuuma yagwa ku kibaale,era ni kukazinga.

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Yabukira mwibbanga era yagwa kukibaale.Yairamu era okutuma yatuka ku kazinga.Yanhumirwa okurya ebibala era yeirireyo eka.kino yakikola emikuzi kamaala.

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Aye Wangiona yali aviira mu mwiga ni mukaziwe! Mukaziwe yamukoba ati "mukagwa baze wange ja weyaale kukibaale.Langi yo egemagana ne eyo eyekibaale.''

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Nga ghabita ennaku ntono yabona Wankembo nga aidha kukazinga.Yaghalambuka okunhina eKibaale era n'obwegendereza yeyala kukibaale era yakweka obweni bwe mumaadhi.

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Wankembo bweyamaliriza okulya yali mwetegefu okwirayo.Aye ekibaale kyamubonekera nga kuluno kighanvuku okusingaku bulidho,yayogera ne ekibaale,''mukagwa wakibaale,olikumbonekera oti se okuze. Oli bukaalamu?''

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Wangoina yali musiru era yalowooza nti ekibale kino kyogera.Olwekyo yailamu Wankembo ati,''Mboneka nga ndi mubbede lwakuba Wangoina omunene aneyazeku.''

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Wankembo yakoba,''Mukagwa Wangoina,nkidhi nti oyenda kundya.Ndimukaire ekimala era oghanga okulya omubiri gwange.Aye ntekwa okusiibulaku abaana bange abali mumuti ogwo.''Nolwekyo Wangoina yamuvugira ku mugongogwe okutuka ku muti!

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Mangu nga bakatuka,Wankembo yaghalampa omuti era yakoba''wekaza kunvugaku,mukagwa wange. Banaamukize,buti oghanga okweirirayo eka!''Aye Wangoina yamukoba,''aye wansubiiza.''

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Wankembo yeeseka era yakoba ati,''Ighe oli musiru nabaki okundikiririzamu!'' era yabulira munsaga edho omuti. Okuva kwo olwo Wangoina tiyairamu kugemya Wankembo kalimagezi!

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Wankembo ni Wangoina (Colour-in)
Author - Mozambican folktale
Translation - Cornelius Mugulusi, Kyambogo University
Illustration - Amir Bachir António Necas
Language - Lusoga
Level - First paragraphs