UThuli, uNkomodidi nemfihlelo

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UThuli, uNkomodidi nemfihlelo
(Thuli, Special and the Secret)
Illustrated by Yihenew Worku
Written by Baeletsi Tsatsi
Designed by Dali Gaga
Edited by Monique Whitaker
translated by Nal’ibali
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Johannesburg on 25 February 2017.
ISBN: 978-1-928442-48-6
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Baeletsi Tsatsi

Yihenew Worku

Dali Gaga

UThuli uhlala noMakhulu wakhe nenkomo yabo, uNkomodidi, elalini.
Abazali bakhe basebenza esixekweni.

Ngentsasa nganye uMakhulu kaThuli uvuka kwangoko ukuya kubukela ukuphuma kwelanga.
Xa ilanga liphezulu esibhakabhakeni, uMakhulu uhlamba uThuli. Uhlamba amazinyo kaThuli, ahlambe ubuso bakhe akame neenwele zakhe.

Xa uThuli ebukeka kwaye ecocekile, uMakhulu upha uThuli isidudu. UThuli uyasithanda isidudu. Kodwa ubisi uluthanda ngokuthe kratya, kuba luphuma enkomeni yabo, uNkomodidi.
Lubisi olutsha kwaye olunocwambu.

Bakugqiba ukutya, uThuli noMakhulu bahlala phantsi komthi aze uMakhulu abalisele uThuli amabali.

Akuba egqibile ngamabali, uMakhulu upha uThuli imiqhathane kunye nobisi olutsha olunocwambu.
Abazali bakaThuli beza nayo imiqhathane xa bebatyelele – imiqhathane enamasuntswana etshokolethi. Eyona ithandwa nguThuli.

UNkomodidi uyathanda ukubukela uThuli xa esitya imiqhathane yakhe. UThuli ufuna ukwabelana noNkomodidi ngemiqhathane yakhe, kodwa uMakhulu umnika elingene yena kuphela.

Ngenye imini, emva kokumamela  amabali, uThuli ulandela uMakhulu  ukuya endlwini, echwechwa ukuze uMakhulu angamva.
UThuli ubona uMakhulu ekhupha imiqhathane eontini.

Uphuma ebaleka esiya kuxelela uNkomodidi ukuba kungekudala uza kumpha eminye imiqhathane.

Seyihambile imva kwemini, uMakhulu noThuli bathi qwaka kancinane. Bakuvuka babukela ilanga xa lisiya kutshona.

Lakuba litshonile ilanga, uThuli uchwechwela ekhitshini.

Uvula ionti akhuphe eminye imiqhathane aza kuyipha uNkomodidi.

UNkomodidi ukhotha uThuli xa emnika imiqhathane yakhe. UNkomodidi uyancuma. UThuli uyancuma.
“Yimfihlelo yethu encinane le,” utsho uThuli.