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Imvula

Nolitha Bikitsha and Thandabantu Magengelele

Marleen Visser

"Hayi Nomvula, sukudlala ngamanzi. Amanzi anqabile!" "Kushushu nje Mama! Ingathi ndingangena kula manzi. Ndifuna ukuphola."

"Hayi Nomvula, sukudlala ngamanzi. Amanzi anqabile!" "Kushushu nje Mama. Ndinxaniwe. Ingathi ndingasela amanzi abandayo."

Iyana imvula. Amanzi, aza kuba maninzi. Kodwa ngoku, andikwazi ukudlala. Ingathi kungabashushu.

Tyhini khangela izityalo. Ziyakhula, ziluhlaza. Jonga nee-emele nezitya zigcwele ziyaphuphuma ngamanzi.

Iyekile ngoku ukunetha imvula. Siza kutsho sidlale. Khangela ukuba kuhle kwelizwe emva kwemvula. Isibhakabhaka sihle. Futhi, kuluhlaza yaka! Imithi, ingca neentyatyambo zimibala-bala.

Owu, nantso inetha kwakhona le mvula. Sizakudlala nini?

Hayi mna, ndiza kudlala nokuba kuyanetha. Akusemnandi nje ukudlala emvuleni! Chapha chapha chapha! Imanz'ilokhwe yam! Imanz'ilokhwe yam! Chapha chapha chapha! Zimanz'iinwele zam! Zimanz'iinwele zam!

Nomvula! Awuva mntanam! Sondela, ndikusule iinwele, ndikukame. Chapha chapha chapha! Zimanz'iinwele zakho! Zimanz'iinwele zakho!

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Imvula

Author - Letta Machoga
Adaptation - Nolitha Bikitsha and Thandabantu Magengelele
Illustration - Marleen Visser
Language - isiXhosa
Level - First paragraphs

© African Storybook Initiative and Molteno Institute 2014
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org

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