Zama u kahle!
Arnold Mushwana and Bongani Maluleke
Vusi Malindi
Boti wa wa mina lontsongo u etlela nivusiku.
Ndzi pfuka nimixo, hikuva ndzi tlharihile!
Hi mina ndzi perisaka dyambu.
"U nyeleti ya mina ya namixo," ku vula manana.
Ndza tihlambisa masiku hinkwawo, a ndzi lavi ku pfuniwa.
A ndzi chavi mati yo titimela, kumbe xisibi xa wasi xo hlantswa swiambalo.
Manana wa ndzi tsundzuxa, "U nga rivali meno."
Ndzi hlamula, "E-e, ku nga ri mina!"
Endzhaku ko hlamba, ndzi xeweta kokwanaxinuna na hahani.
Ndzi va navelela siku lerinene.
Kutani ndzi tiambexa.
"Manana, ndzi nkulu sweswi," ku vula mina.
Ndzi kota ku tikunupeta na ku boha tintanghu ta mina.
Ndza tiyisisa leswaku buti u tiva mahungu hinkwawo ya xikolo.
Etlilasini ndza tikarhata hi tindlela hinkwato ku endla leswinene.
Ndzi endla hinkwaswo leswinene masiku hinkwawo.
Kambe lexi ndzi xi tsakelaka, i ku tlanga, ndzi tlanga, ndzi tlanga!
You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:
Zama u kahle!
Author - Michael Oguttu
Translation - Arnold Mushwana and Bongani Maluleke
Illustration - Vusi Malindi
Language - Xitsonga
Level - First sentences
© Text: Uganda Community Libraries Association (Ugcla) Artwork: African Storybook Initiative 2014
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
