UPako iZuba Uyanyamalala

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UPako iZuba Uyanyamalala
(Pako the Pigeon Disappears)
Illustrated by Cristy Zinn
Written by Tukupashya Ally Kasongo
Designed by Job Mubinya
Edited by Mandy Collins
Translated by Nomsa Mtsweni
with the help of the Book Dash participants in the Virtual Book Dash on 15 May 2021.
ISBN: 978-1-77623-170-6
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Tukupashya Ally Kasongo     Cristy Zinn     Job Mubinya

Lo nguPako iZuba.
UPako uthi,

“Khuu! Khuu!”

Uyaphapha alule amaphiko wakhe.

Uthanda ukuphapha ngehla kwendlu kaNamwayi noDairine lokha nabadlala umdlalo weemphambano ngamalanga.

Khuu! Khuu!

Pako! Pako!

UNamwayi banoDairine bayakuthanda ukulingisa uPako.
Balula izandlana zabo ezincani bese bagijima mazombe ngendlini.

Ngelinye ilanga, uPako akhange aphaphe ngehla kwendlu njengokujayelekileko.

Ingabe ukuphi?

UDairine, uNamwayi nokatsu bazuma uPako ngengadini,

kodwana khabe angekho.

Baqala emkayini kodwana akhange bambone uPako nofana kukuphi.

Lokhu kwabadanisa khulu.

Ukatsu warhuwelela uPako:

Myaawu!

Ukatsu wezwa uPako aphendula, wase ulandela itjhada.

Khuu!

Maye! UPako khabe abhajwe efukufukwini.

Ungatshwenyeki, ngineendladla ezithambileko nezibuthakathaka.  Uyabona!

Ngokuyelela okukhulu ukatsu wathatha uPako wamusa  kuNamwayi noDairine.
Babona bonyana uPako  ulimele iphiko.

Iphiko likaPako belibuhlungu khulu, kodwana abantazanyana bamtlhogomela kuhle khulu.

Ngokusizwa nguMma, uNamwayi banoDairine babhanditjha iphiko likaPako ukumsiza aphole msinyana.

UPako uthe angaphola, waphapha wabuyela ekhabo. Kodwana bekaphaphela efesdereni labantazanyana qobe ngekuseni.

Abentazanyana baberhuwelela bathi, “Lotjha Pako!”