Didiko

Puku ye ke ya

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Didiko
(Circles)
Illustrated by Patrick Latimer
Written by Alex Latimer
Designed by Gordon Latimer
Translated by Nal’ibali
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Cape Town on 2 December 2017.
ISBN: 978-1-928497-16-5
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Alex Latimer

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Patrick Latimer

Legageng go be go dula lenong le lennyane le mmago lona.

O rile go gola fao a ka fofago, mmagwe a mo iša godimo moyeng gomme ba dikologa mmogo, ba bogetše mobu kua tlase.
“Ke nyaka go go bontšha selo se sengwe
se sebotse,” a botša morwa wa gagwe.

Ba bone phofu e tšama e tekateka phišong. “Lebelela kua. Phofu yela e ka se
fihle kgole.”

Ka nnete, phoofolo yela ya wa gona fao ya hwa.

Manong a mabedi a ile a fofela tlase. “Se ga se botse,” lenong le lennyane la botša mmago lona. “Go gobe!”

“Ke a tseba,” a realo mmagwe. “Lehu le boima gape le a nyamiša. Efela gape le botse.”
“Aowaowa le gatee,” la realo lenong le lennyane. “Ijoo.”

“Ema,” a realo. “Re tlo boa fa e se kgale gomme o tlo bona.”

Beke ya go latela ba etela phoofolo ya go hwa. Marapo a yona a be a hlwekile a le a mašweu, gomme dimela tše dinnyane di thomile go mela gare ga marapo.

Beke morago ga fao ke ge mahlogedi a le a matelele a na le maloba. Serurubele se latswitše maloba gomme legokolodi le ikhuditše moriting.

Beke morago ga fao, dinonyana tše pedi tša mologo di be di topelela matlakala a go aga sehlaga. Dinose di be di rwala pholene malobeng. Gomme segokgo se dirile legae magareng ga manaka a phofu.

Gomme beke morago ga fao, ba bona phofu ye nnyane e eja mahlogedi a bose.

“Agaa,” a realo mmago lenong. “Lebelela bophelo bja go hlolwa ke phoofolo e tee. E file serurubele legae le dinonyana tša mologo sehlaga, ya fepa dinose le dirurubele, ya ba legae la legokolodi gape ya thuša moloko wo o latelago wa diphoofolo gore o gole o tiile.”
Lenong le lennyane la myemyela.

Bobedi ba fofela morago sehlageng sa bona godimo legageng.

“Ge re hlokofala ga re tlogele mebele ya rena fela,” a realo mmago lenong.  “Re tlogela le dithuto tša rena le lerato la rena le digopotšo tša rena.”

“Re tlogela dilo tše ka moka kae?” gwa botšiša lenong le lennyane.

“Re di tlogela baneng ba rena le go ba malapa a rena le bagwereng ba rena.  O šetše o le segaswa sa ka se setalamorogo lefaseng, Lenong le Lennyane. Gomme o tlo ba sona, go ya go ile.”