Tshingwana ya ga
Rremogolo Farouk

Buka eno ke ya ga

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Tshingwana ya ga Rremogolo Farouk
(Grandpa Farouk’s Garden)
Illustrated by Sam van Riet
Written by Matthew Kalil
Designed by Nina Lewis
Translated by Nal’ibali
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Cape Town on 14 April 2018.
ISBN: 978-1-77623-026-6
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Sam van Riet     Matthew Kalil     Nina Lewis

Tshingwana ya ga
Rremogolo  Farouk

Mo magareng a toropokgolo, o tla fitlhela tshingwana ya ga Rremogolo Farouk e e dikangayeditsweng ke matlo, majwe le tsela ya sekontiri.

Amir o etela Rremogolo gangwe mo bekeng. O rata matlhare le dithunya le ditlhare.

Amir o thusa go nosetsa dimela.

O thusa ka motšhotelo, e bile o dira le Rremogolo letsatsi lotlhe.

Fa ba fetsa, ba ja letlhabula la maungo.

Tsatsi lengwe, Rremogolo ga a ja piere.
“Molato ke eng?” ga botsa Amir.

“Tshingwana ya me e a swa” ga araba Rremogolo.
“Goreng?” Amir a botsa.
“Leba sentle,” ga bua Rremogolo.  “Go na le disenyi tse di jang dijalo.”

“Re tlhoka dipodile-kgwana!” ga bua Rremogolo. “Ke ditsitsiri tse di jang seji se se bolayang dijalo. Fa re ka se batle dipodilekgwana, tshingwana e tlile go swa.”

“Ke tla go tlisetsa podile-kgwana e le nngwe kgotsa tse pedi,” ga bua Amir.

Mo bekeng yotlhe, Amir o ne a batla, a utulola go fitlha a bona sengwe.

A fitlhela podile-kgwana e le nngwe mo patlelong  ya metshameko.

A fitlhela gape di le pedi kwa marekelong.

Di le tharo kwa phakeng.

Di le nne mo morago ga TV.

Mo bekeng e e latelang, Amir a etela Rremogolo Farouk, a mmontsha jeke e a e tshotseng e na le dipodile-kgwana di le lesome.
“O dirile sentle mosimane wa me, o dirile sentle e le tota,” ga bua Rremogolo ka keledi mo leitlhong  la gagwe.

Rremogolo o ne a itumetse thata.
Dipodile-kgwana di ne di tshwerwe ke tlala thata!

Tsa ja disenyi tsa dimela mme tshingwana ya ntsha dithunya gape.

Go tloga tsatsing leo, tshingwana ya ga Rremogolo Farouk ya dira se ditshingwana di tshwanetseng go di dira.
Ya mela, ya mela, ya mela.