Sababu ya chura kuwa na sura mbaya
Mozambican folktale
Hélder de Paz Alexandre
Kiswahili

Miaka mingi iliyopita, Mjusi na Chura walikuwa marafiki.

Siku moja waliamua kuwatafuta wasichana wapenzi jijini.

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Chura alimwonea Mjusi wivu.

Mjusi alikuwa na ngozi iliyometameta na ya kuvutia.

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Chura alimwuliza, "Ni kitu gani ulichofanya ukawa mrembo hivi? Hebu, nitazame, nina sura mbaya mno. Ninawezaje kuirembesha ngozi yangu?"

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Mjusi alimjibu, "Sikiliza! Tia maji chunguni kisha ukiweke mekoni. Halafu u..."

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Hakumaliza usemi wake. Chura alimjibu, "Ninajua tayari, najua. Fyata ulimi, rafiki yangu." Kisha aliondoka.

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Chura alipofika nyumbani, aliyatia maji chunguni.

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Maji yalipoanza kuchemka, alijitumbukiza ndani.

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Ngozi yake ikachomeka na mkia wake ukakatika!

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Na badala ya kumetameta na kuwa mrembo kama Mjusi, alikuwa na sura mbaya zaidi!

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Sababu ya chura kuwa na sura mbaya
Author - Mozambican folktale
Translation - Brigid Simiyu
Illustration - Hélder de Paz Alexandre
Language - Kiswahili
Level - First sentences
© Mozambican Writers 2014
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
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