Metshamekwane ya ditshwene

Buka eno ke ya ga

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Metshamekwane ya ditshwene
(Monkey Business)
Illustrated by Brice Reignier
Written by Magriet Kruger
Designed by Wilna Combrinck
Translated by Helen Melato
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Cape Town on 14 October 2023.
ISBN: 978-1-77632-527-6
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Metshamekwane ya

ditshwene

Brice Reignier ∙ Magriet Kruger ∙ Wilna Combrinck

Kwa nageng, go na le mefuta e e farologaneng ya diphologolo:

tse dikgolo le tse dinnye,

tse di bonako le  tse di bonya.

Fela phologolo nngwe le nngwe e na le karolo e e e tshamekang.

Ditlou di na le dinko tse di telele tse di bidiwang setlopo go nkgelela metsi. Di kgona go bona metsi le fa tota go le boima go bona.

Mme fa di a bona, di leletsa ditsala tsa tsona lepatata:

toot-

toot!

Ditshukudu di rata go dira dilo ka tsela e e tlwaelegileng. Di tsamaya mo tseleng e le nngwe

gangwe
le
gape,

le go dira ditselana fa di ralala sekgwa.

Dikubu di rata go ja bojang jo bo monate, jo bo tala, e bile di bo ja ka bontsi.

Tlhafu-

tlhafu-

tlhafu.

Di dira gore bojang jo bo fa thoko ga noka bo nne bokhutshwane gore metsi a fitlhelelwe motlhofo.

Mme go tweng ka  ditshwene?

Ijaa, ditshwene di na le tiro e e  botlhokwa thata.

di palama,

Go tloga fa letsatsi le tlhaba go fitlha fa le phirima, di nna di le mo loetong –

di pitikologa

le go batla dijo.

Ditshwene di lepeletsa maoto a tsona go tswa mo ditlhareng, di lebeletse lefatshe le

pitikologile.

akgega

Di

go tswa mo kalaneng go ya kwa kalaneng, ka ditlhopha tsa bopedi, boraro le bone ka nako  e le nngwe. A monate!

Ditshwene tsa bomma di kgona go dira tseno tsotlhe ka lesea  le mo kgomaretse mo mpeng.
Ke eng se bana ba se bonang  fa ba le kwa

tlase koo?

Fa ditshwene di batla go ja sengwe,
di tsaya dintshi
mo mokwatleng wa tsala ya tsone.

Mme fa di gotela e bile di lapile,

di thabuela

mo metsing.

Ke tiro efe e e botlhokwa e ditshwene di e dirang? Di tshameka letsatsi lotlhe.

Mme se ke tiro  e e bokete!