Isohlwayo
Adelheid Marie Bwire
Melany Pietersen
isiXhosa

Ngenye imini, umama wathenga iintlobo-ntlobo zeziqhamo.

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"Singazitya nini iziqhamo?" sabuza.

"Siza kuzitya namhlanje ebusuku," watsho umama.

2

Umntakwethu uRahim unyolukile.

Wazingcamla zonke iziqhamo. Watya ezininzi.

3

"Jonga wenze ntoni uRhahim!" wakhwaza watsho umntakwethu omncinci.

"URahim uyageza yaye ucingela yena yedwa," ndatsho.

4

Umama wayenomsindo ngakuRahim.

5

Nathi sasinomsindo ngakuRahim.

Kodwa uRhahim wayengazisoli.

6

"Uza kumohlwaya uRahim?" wabuza umntakwethu omncinci.

7

"URahim uza kuzisola kungekudala," walumkisa watsho umama.

8

URahim waqalisa ukuziva engaphilanga.

9

"Isisu sam sibuhlungu," wasebeza watsho uRahim.

10

Umama wayesazi ukuba uRahim uguliswa yintoni.

"Iziqhamo ziyamohlwaya uRahim," wacinga njalo.

11

Ethubeni, uRahim waxolisa kuthi. "Andisoze ndiphinde ndinyoluke," wathembisa.

Samkholelwa.

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Isohlwayo
Author - Adelheid Marie Bwire
Translation - Bukeka Mahlangabeza, Neliswa Pretty Magangxa
Illustration - Melany Pietersen
Language - isiXhosa
Level - First sentences
© African Storybook Initiative and Molteno Institute 2014
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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