Ukulungisa Okuhle

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Ukulungisa Okuhle
(The Great Tidy Up)
Illustrated by Jess Jardim-Wedepohl
Written by Corinne Lamoral Rosmarin
Designed by Ashlyn Atkinson
Edited by Margot Bertelsmann
Translated by Nonkululeko Nhlapo
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Johannesburg on 26 October 2019.
ISBN: 978-1-77623-080-8
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Ukulungisa
Okuhle

Corinne Lamoral Rosmarin      Ashlyn Atkinson     Jess Jardim-Wedepohl

‘Sizozithokozisa kakhulu ngenkathi uGogo ecambalele’, kusho udadewethu omdala uKhwezi.
‘Yebo kunjalo!’ kusho umfowethu omncane uMzamo.
‘Sizokwenzenjani?’

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‘Sizohlanza indlu ngenkathi uBaba noMama besaphumile.’
‘Akumnandi lokho,’ kusho uMzamo.
‘Hhayi hhayi, cha. Hhayi mina.
Angifuni ukuhlanza indlu!’

‘Kepha uBaba noMama  bazoziqhenya ngathi.
Woza ngikubonise ukuthi  sizozithokozisa kangakanani!’  kusho uKhwezi.

‘Sizoqala ngokubeka kahle  amathoyizi!’

‘Manje sizoshanela isitubhu!’

‘Manje sizogeza izitsha!’

‘Manje sizogeza  amawindi!’

‘Manje sizopholisha  phansi!’

‘Manje sizowasha izimpahla!’

‘Manje sizoneka izimpahla!’

“ISIMANGA!”

‘Bengibagadile sonke isikhathi futhi bebeyizingelosi ezincane!’ kusho uGogo.