Yapo O Re Direla Letsatsi

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Yapo O Re Direla Letsatsi
(Yapo Saves The Day)
Illustrated by Liam Longland
Written by Rujeko Moyo
Designed by Benjamin Tetteh
Edited by Nabeela Kalla
Translated by Tsheboeng Melato
with the help of the Book Dash participants in the Virtual Book Dash on 17 October 2020.
ISBN: 978-1-77623-149-2
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Liam Longland       Rujeko Moyo        Benjamin Tetteh

Yapo o rata go tshameka ka bolo ya gagwe ya kgwele ya dinao.
Go le gantsi o leka go dira mantirikwane a go tiribola le rragwe.
Go tlaetsa mosireletsi, go tlodisa mosireletsi kgwele le go e baya malepa ...

... le go e gatagata!

Yapo ke naledi ya Setlhopha Tino Football Club sa ba ba ka fa tlase ga dingwaga tse 6. O bonako le matsetseleko mo lebaleng. Yapo o nosa bontsi jwa dino tsa setlhopha sa gagwe.

Le fa go le jalo, Yapo ga a rate go fetisa bolo. Go le gantsi Mokatisi Tazi o gopotsa Yapo go arolelana bolo le batshameki mmogo.

Ka letsatsi, Tino Football Club e ne e tshameka kgatlhanong le Kuma Football Club. Yapo o lekile makgetlho a le mantsi go nosa fela setlhopha sa Kuma se ne se le maatla.
Ka nako ya karolo ya ntlha, Kuma e ne e eteletse pele ka 2–0.

TINO

KUMA

Mokatisi Tazi a ba neela kgakololo e e tseneletseng, ‘Tshamekang mmogo mme lo fetisetse bolo go yo o senang mosireletsi!
Yapo fetisa kgwele!’

Fa karolo ya bobedi e simolola, Yapo o ne a sa tshameke. Batshamekammogo ka ena ba ne ba tshogilenyana go tshameka ntle le ena, fela ba ne ba gakologelwa go tshameka mmogo.
Nat o ne a nosa nno ya ntlha ya setlhopha sa Tino.

‘WHOOHOO!’ segopa sa tlhaba lešabala.
Metsotso e le meraro pele ga bokhutlong motshameko o fela, Lindi a nosa nno ya bobedi ya setlhopha!
‘LADUMA!’
ba goeletsa.

Mokatisi Tazi o ne a busetsa Yapo mo motshamekong, ‘Motshameko ga jaana e ne e le 2–2. Re direle letsatsi, mosimane!
Gakologelwa go tshameka mmogo le batshameki ka wena!’

Lindi o ne a ragela kgwele kwa go Nat, yoo a neng a e  fetisetsa kwa go Yapo.

Yapo o ne a tiribola magareng ga baemakgatlhanong ba babedi mme e rile fa are o a nosa, a bona motshameki o mongwe wa Kuma a mo tabogela.

Yapo a bona Lindi a le fa morago ga gagwe, a gopola Mokatisi Tazi mme a fetisetsa kgwele go ena.

Lindi a retologela go ya kwa dipaleng, mme a raga kgwele ka bojotlhe jwa gagwe!

‘NNO!’

ga goeletsa Mokatisi Tazi.
Segopa sa ga Tino sa tlhakanngwa tlhogo ke boitumelo jaaka batshamekammogo ka Lindi ba tabogela go mo atla!

Yapo o ne a itumetse thata ka gonne setlhopha sa gagwe se ne se fentse ka dino tse 3–2. Fela o ne a swabisitswe ke gore o ne a sa nosa epe ya dino.

‘Masego mo go boeleng ka maatla mo motshamekong!’ ga bua mokatisi go setlhopha ka boitumelo.
‘O dirile sentle, Yapo, ka go fetisetsa kgwele go Lindi.’

‘O ka tswa o sa nosa gompieno, fela o tswa tota o thusitse setlhopha go fenya. O dirile sentle morwa!’ ga bua Rragwe ka monyebo, fa ba le mo tseleng ba ya gae mmogo.