UMihlali uyadanisa!

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UMihlali uyadanisa!
(Dance, Mihlali!)
Illustrated by Aimee Ayres
Written by Matona Fatman
Designed by Khuty Ngqayimbana
Edited by Alison Ziki
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Johannesburg on 27 October 2018.
ISBN: 978-1-928442-88-2
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Aimee Ayres, Khuty Ngqayimbana, Matona Fatman

Ixesha lomboniso omkhulu wasesikolweni lalisondele.
Bonke abantwana babefunda ukudanisa, belungiselela olo suku lukhulu. Kodwa uMihlali wayekhathazekile.

Wayenexhala lokuba angawulibala umdaniso ekwakufanele awenze kumboniso namaqabane akhe.

“Ungakhathazeki. Ndizokufundisa ukudanisa,” watsho uMama.

“Andifuni ukuya kumboniso! Andikwazi ukudanisa,” wakhala uMihlali.

Awukwazi kungayi kaloku! Sewusondele umhla womboniso ...

“Jonga, uMakhulu ukuthumele isipho.”

UMihlali wayengenamdla wokuvula isipho. Wayenexhala ngongakwazi ukudanisa.

Mhlawumbi kufuneka ajonge ukuba kukho ntoni ngaphakathi ...

Azisentle izihlangu zokudanisa ezithengwe ngumakhulu!

UMakhulu wayengumanqanqa emdanisweni.

UMihlali waqala wadanisa eskolweni namaqabane akhe…

Wadanisa nasekhaya…

Nasemaphupheni wayedanisa.

Kodwa kwakufuneka aphumle.

Yayimini enkulu yomboniso ngengomso.

Yafika imini yomboniso. UMihlali wadanisa kwaqhuma uthuli. Baqhwaba benovuyo ababembukele.
Tyhini! Kanti noMakhulu wayezile ukuza kubukela uMihlali edanisa.

“Makhulu! Undibonile? Ndidanise njengawe!”

“Wenze kakuhle, Mihlali. Uyincutshe yokwenene.”