ULara unombhonge  osarulani

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ULara unombhonge osarulani
(Lara the Yellow Ladybird)
Illustrated by Catherine Holtzhausen
Written by Martha Evans
Designed by Nadene Kriel
Edited by Ester Levinrad
Translated by Nomsa Mtsweni
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Cape Town on 5 March 2016.
ISBN: 978-1-77632-482-8
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Catherine Holtzhausen
Martha Evans   Nadene Kriel

ULara unombhonge wabe ayinunwana ekhethekileko.
Ngokungafani nabangani bakhe boke, bekaneempiko ezisarulani okukhanyako.

Boke babe bazithanda iimpiko zakhe ezisarulani.

Ngamalanga ekuseni, uBibi
Viyaviyani bekathi lotjhani.
NoManto Magawula zembe bekahlala avaya isandla.

Ngitjho noSesa, isiswebu esiswabileko, wayethabela ukumbona.

Esikolweni, wabe adlala nabangani abanengi.

Kodwana uLara bekafuna ukufana nabanye abonombhonge. “Ngifisa kwangathi bengingaba neempiko ezibomvu njengawe, Mma,” walila.

Ngelinye ilanga, ukumthabisa, umma kaLara wapenda iimpiko zakhe zababovu okukhanyako.

Ngelanga elilandelako ekuseni, akekho owalotjhisa uLara nakaya esikolweni.

Lokha nakafika khona,

akekho wabangani bakhe owamlotjhisako.

ULara wahlala ayedwa. Akekho owatjheja iimpiko zakhe ezitja ezibovu.

UKsz. Miya wamfanisa wathi: “Upende iimpiko zakho ezithandekako ezisarulani!”

Abalingani bakaLara bangetlasini bebamangele.
“Iimpiko zakho zikhethekile!”

“Zihlukile!”
“Azikavami!”

“Lara,” kwatjho uKsz. Miya, “iimpiko zakho ezisarulani ngizo ezenza wena ube nguwe. Njengamaqatjhazi kaSipho … nemilenze kaSally.”

Nakafika ekhaya, uLara wahlamba isikhathi eside wazirhuhla iimpiko zakhe ezisagolide zabezaphazima.

“Angeze ngisabuyelela ngipende iimpiko zami!” wacabanga. Ngaphandle kobana, mhlamunye kanye nofana kabili …

Ukuzama imbijana yephephuli …  nofana into ehle. Kodwana hayi kwasafuthi kodwana kokuzithabisa nje.