Lebotlelo la dikokisana le swanetše go wa

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Lebotlelo la dikokisana le swanetše go wa
Illustrated by Siya Masuku
Written by Nozizwe Herero
Designed by Nadene Kriel
Edited by Glynis Lloyd
Translated by Nal’ibali
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Cape Town on 19 November 2016.
ISBN: 978-1-928377-96-2
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siya masuku  •  nozizwe herero  •  Nadene Kriel

Lebotlelo la dikokisana
le swanetše
go wa

Micki le bagwera ba gagwe, Lolo le Unathi, ba be ba bala dipuku tša mmamoratwa.
“Ge le ka thuša Micki go hlwekiša phapoši ya gagwe,” Prudence a realo, “ka moka le ka hwetša dikokisana ka morago.”
“HEI!”

Efela ba tšwela pele go bala le go bala.

Gomme ba tlogela go bala ba hlwekiša
phapoši ya Micki.

“Phapoši ya ka bjale e hlwekile,” a realo Micki. “Areyeng go hwetša dikokisana.”
Efela bana ga se ba hwetša
Prudence. Gomme ba ya ka moraleng …

Micki, Lolo le Unathi ba tsepelela lebotlelo la dikokisana leo le lego šelefong gomme ba ipotšiša gore ba tlo le fihlelela bjang.

Gomme ba hweditše setulo gomme ba šiedišana go se
namela.
Efela ga go yo a fihleletšego lebotlelo la dikokisana.
“Mma wa ka o be a tlo re se ke kotsi, gomme le tlo wa la gobala,” a realo Lolo.

Gomme Lolo a namela magetleng a Unathi a otlolla matsogo, efela a se fihlelele lebotlelo la dikokisana.
“Tate wa ka o be a tlo re se ke kotsi, gomme le tlo wa la gobala,” a realo Unathi.

Bana ba hwetša thapo ye ba ka e fošago ya dikologa lebotlelo gore le we.
Efela le bjalo ba se fihlelele lebotlelo la dikokisana.
“Mma wa ka o be a tlo re se ke kotsi, gomme le tlo wa la gobala,” a realo Micki.

“Le dira eng?” Jonathan le Sakhi
ba botšiša.
“Re obelela lebotlelo la dikokisana,” a realo Micki.

“Re ka le thuša,” ba realo.

“A re kgarametšeng tafola e be kgauswi le šelefo gomme re e namele,” a realo Jonathan.
Efela, le ge go le bjalo ga go yo a fihlelelago lebotlelo la dikokisana.

“A re betheng lebotlelo ka kgwele
gomme le tlo wa dikokisana tša wela
fase,” a realo Sakhi.
“Ee!” Lolo le Jonathan ba realo.
“Aowa!” Unathi le Micki ba realo.

Mafelelong, Micki a tlelwa ke kgopolo …

Gomme ke ka
fao ka moka ba ilego ba fihlelela lebotlelo la dikokisana!