Oyu ne Khalai. Myaka dhendi ne kwokowadi. Dina dyendi kwatongora eshi ’ ghomuwa’ mundimi dhawo, Lubukusu.
This is Khalai. She is seven years old. Her name means ‘the good one’ in her language, Lubukusu.
Khalai kupinduka no kughamba no thitondo thomaghumi. ” Nakanderera we thitondo thomaghumi, kure wangu ghutupeko maghumi ghomengi ghopyuu.
Khalai wakes up and talks to the orange tree. “Please orange tree, grow big and give us lots of ripe oranges.”
Khalai kuna kuyenda kushure. Mundhira dhendi kughamba no muhonyi. ” Nakukanderera muhonyi, kure thinamahako no mbadi ghukukute.”
Khalai walks to school. On the way she talks to the grass. “Please grass, grow greener and don’t dry up.”
Khalai kuna kupita mitemo. ” Namukanderera mwadhimitemo, mutemune vene kengeyo podigho eshi ni kuture muhuki dhange.
Khalai passes wild flowers. “Please flowers, keep blooming so I can put you in my hair.”
Kushure,Khalai kuna kughamba no thitondo ethi thakara pakatji koditete.” Nakukanderera thitondo, yandje mite dhishokuru, podiyo eshi tutoyere mumumvure.
At school, Khalai talks to the tree in the middle of the compound. “Please tree, put out big branches so we can read under your shade.”
Khalai kuna kughamba no ruthito oru ha dhingumutwedha kushure dhawo. ” Nakanderera kure nongcamu no shingeke hanu hoyikaritha yoyimango mbadi hangene mo.
Khalai talks to the hedge around her school. “Please grow strong and stop bad people from coming in.”
Khalai pa kuhuka kudighumbo pa kashwagha kushure ne, kudhingura thitondo thomaghumi. ” Maghumi ghoye ne shimbe mbadi pyuu ndi?” ghana kwipura Khalai.
When Khalai returns home from school, she visits the orange tree. “Are your oranges ripe yet?” asks Khalai.
” Maghumi gho maheya ne shime thinamahako,” mumeho gha Khalai. ” Ñanyi naku na kukenge peghundha thindondo thomaghumi,” ghana kughamba Khalai. ” Pamweya ñanyi ghu kare ko no dighumi dyange dyo pyuu.
“The oranges are still green,” sighs Khalai. “I will see you tomorrow orange tree,” says Khalai. “Perhaps then you will have a ripe orange for me!”
Ursula Nafula
Jesse Pietersen
Maria M Dikuua
Thimbukushu
Level 2
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