Cilango
Adelheid Marie Bwire
Melany Pietersen
Citumbuka

Dazi linyakhe, amama ŵakagula vipaso vyakupambana pambana.

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"Kasi tiryenge nyengo wuli vipaso?" tikafumba.

"Tiryenge namise vipaso," ŵakazgola amama.

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Mdumbu wane Rahim nimuryezi.

Wakalumako vipaso vyose. Wakarya vipaso vinandi.

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"Wonani ivyo wacita Rahim!" wakakalipa mdumbu wane mdoko.

"Rahim wanankhalo yiheni kweniso ngwakujikuzga," nkhayowoya nthena.

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Amama ŵakakwiya comene na ivyo Rahim wakacita.

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Nase tikamukwiyila Rahim.

Kweni Rahim wakalongolapo kususkika yayi.

6

"Mumupenge cilango Rahim?" wakafumba mdumbu wane mdoko.

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"Rahim, ulengenge lusungu sonosono apa," amama ŵakamucenjezga.

8

Rahim wakamba kupulika kulwara.

9

"Munthumbo mukuŵinya," wakayowoya pasipasi Rahim.

10

Amama ŵakamanya cifukwa ico Rahim wakalwarira.

"Vipaso vikumulanga Rahim," ŵakaghanaghana.

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Pawumaliro, Rahim wakatiphepiska. "Nizamucitaso uryezi yayi," wakalaghizga.

Tose tikagomezga ivyo wakayowoya.

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Cilango
Author - Adelheid Marie Bwire
Translation - Cecilia Mwalwayo, Mervis Kamanga
Illustration - Melany Pietersen
Language - Citumbuka
Level - First sentences
© African Storybook Initiative and Molteno Institute 2014
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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