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Vhana vha phula
Tshedza Tlhako
Wiehan de Jager
Tshivenḓa
Kale kale, ho vha hu na muṱa wo takalaho.
Vhana vho vha vhe madele mapfani.

Vho vha vha tshi thusa vhabebi vhavho hayani na masimuni.
Fhedzi vho vha vha songo tendelwa uri vha sendele tsini na mulilo.
Vho vha vha tshi fanela u ita mishumo yavho yoṱhe vhusiku.
Nga ṅwambo wa uri vho vha vho itwa nga phula!
Fhedzi muṅwe wa vhatukana o vha a tshi tama u bvela nnḓa ḓuvhani.
Ḽiṅwe ḓuvha lwonolwo lutamo lwa mbo ḓi hulela.

Mukomana wawe na khaladzi yawe vha mu kaidza.
Wa sa ḽipfa u vhudzwani u ḓo ḽi pfela vhulaloni!

A mbo ḓi noka ḓuvhani ḽi fhisaho.
Vhana vha phula vha lila musi vha tshi vhona ṅwana wa havho a tshi noka.
Fhedzi vha luka maano.

Vha dzhia phula yo nokaho vha vhumba tshiṋoni.
Vha dzhia ṅwana wa havho a re tshiṋoni vha mu isa kha thavha ndapfu-ndapfu.
Musi ḓuvha ḽi tshi ṱavha, a fhufha, a tshi khou imba nga matsheloni.
You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:
Vhana vha phula
Author - Southern African Folktale
Translation - Tshedza Tlhako
Illustration - Wiehan de Jager
Language - Tshivenḓa
Level - First sentences
© African Storybook Initiative 2014
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
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