Zama ndi ṅwana ṅwana!
Doris Manyamalala and Tshedza Tlhako
Vusi Malindi
Khaladzi anga muṱuku ha ṱavhanyi u vuwa.
Ndi vuwa nga matsheloni-tsheloni, ngauri ndi ṅwana ṅwana!
Ndi nṋe a vulaho mafasiṱere uri hu dzhene ḓuvha.
"U tou vha ṋaledzi yanga ya nga matsheloni," hu amba Mma.
Ndi ḓiṱambisa ḓuvha ḽiṅwe na ḽiṅwe, a thi ṱoḓi u thusiwa.
A thi na ndavha arali hu maḓi a rotholaho, kana hu tshisibe tsha lutombo tshi kuvhaho zwiambaro.
Mma vha nkhumbudza, "A songo hangwa maṋo awe."
Nda fhindula, "Ndi nga si hangwe, hu si nṋe!"
Ndo no ṱamba, nda lumelisa Makhulu na Mme Muhulu.
Nda vha tamela ḓuvha ḽavhuḓi.
Nga murahu nda ḓiambadza.
"Ndo no aluwa Mma," ndi tshi amba.
Ndi kona u gunubedza gunubu dzanga na u vhofha zwienda.
Ndi ita vhungoho ha uri khaladzi anga u ḓivha mafhungo oṱhe a tshikoloni.
Kilasini ndi shuma ndo ḓiimisela kha zwithu zwoṱhe.
Ndi ita hezwi zwithu zwoṱhe zwavhuḓi ḓuvha ḽiṅwe na ḽiṅwe.
Fhedzi tshithu tshine nda tshi funesa ndi u tamba!
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 ndi ṅwana ṅwana!
Author - Michael Oguttu
Translation - Doris Manyamalala and Tshedza Tlhako
Illustration - Vusi Malindi
Language - Tshivenḓa
Level - First sentences
© Text: Uganda Community Libraries Association (Ugcla) Artwork: African Storybook Initiative 2014
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
