Nhlampfi leyi a
yi nga koti ku hlambela

Buku leyi i ya

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Nhlampfi leyi a yi nga koti ku hlambela
(The fish that couldn’t swim)
Illustrated by Thulisizwe Mamba
Written by Sarah Gaylard, based on a concept by Mick Griggs
Designed by Gisela Strydom
Edited by Ingrid Nye
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Cape Town on 14 April 2018.
ISBN: 978-1-77632-496-5
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Sarah Gaylard  Thulisizwe Mamba  Gisela Strydom

Khale a ku ri na jaha leri a ri kota ku tsutsuma na ku tlula na ku khandziya. A kota na ku ba huwa ku fana na nyenyana ya le lwandle.

Kambe a nga koti ku hlambela.
Kambe heyii, a swi  rhandza njhani.

Siku rin’wana ...

... u vonile nhlampfi leyi na yona a yi nga koti ku hlambela!

A lava ku pfuna nhlampfi.

Kutani a yi hoxa endzeni ka mati …

… kutani nhlampfi yi sungula  ku hanyanya!

Kambe jaha na rona a ri lava ku dyondza ku hlambela.

Kutani nhlampfi  yi komba jaha  hilaha a nga  nghenisaka  nomo wa yena  ematini a pfurhetela.

Va ti phinile swinene!

Hi siku leri landzelaka, jaha ri tsundzuka hilaha nhlampfi yi n’wi dyondziseke hakona.

Kutani, jaha leri a ri kota ku tsutsuma na ku tlula na ku khandziya, na ku ba huwa yo fana na nyenyana ya le lwandle, se ri dyondzile ku hlambela ku fana na nhlampfi.