Andiswas ge axagu ra aiǃgaisa ǀuru ǀgausar a kō. ǁÎs ge ra ǁkhore ǁhao gu sa. ǁÎs ge ǃâi-aoba ra gan ǁîgu ǀkha ǃâisensa.
Andiswa watched the boys play soccer. She wished that she could join them. She asked the coach if she can practise with them.
ǃÂi-aob ge ǁîb ǃom ra ǁîb kamanab ai ra nûi.
The coach put his hands on his hips. “At this school, only boys are allowed to play soccer,” he said.
Axagu ge ǁîsa ra mîba îs hē-aogāsa sī ǀhuru. ǁÎgu ra mîs ge hē-aogās a axadi di tsî aiǃgaisa a axagudi sa. Andiswas ge ra khîoǃnâ.
The boys told her to go play netball. They said that netball is for girls and soccer is for boys. Andiswa was upset.
Sao ra tsēs ab ge skola kai aiǃgaiǀhuruba ūhâ. ǃÂi-aob ge ge re âihansen ǁîb oaamsa ǀhuru-aob ge ǀaesen tsî ǀhuru ǁoa i xui-ao.
The next day, the school had a big soccer match. The coach was worried because his best player was sick and could not play.
Andiswas ge ǃâi-aoba ǃoa ǃkhoe tsî ra ǀkhomabi ǁîsa ǀhuru kaihesa. ǁÂi-aob ge ge ǀū i tare-eb nî dīsa. ǁÎb ge Andiswasa ǃnans ra ǁhao kai.
Andiswa ran to the coach and begged him to let her to play. The coach was not sure what to do. Then he decided that Andiswa could join the team.
ǃGari ge i ǀhurub ge. Khoe-i tsîn ge noxoba ǃkhare ǃâb ǃnâ nāgā tama.
The game was tough. Nobody had scored a goal by half time.
ǀGamǁî ǃâb ǀhurub dib ǃnâb ge axagu ǀguiba bolsa Andiswasa ra māǃkharu. ǁÎs ge kaise ǃnoesase ra nāgāǁhôasa ǃoa. ǃGarise nā tsîs ge ra nāgā.
During the second half of the match one of the boys passed the ball to Andiswa. She moved very fast towards the goal post. She kicked the ball hard and scored a goal.
Mû-aon ge khîb xa ra ǃhau. ǁNā tsēsa xu di ge skoli tawa axade aiǃgaisa ǀhurusa ge mā-amhe.
The crowd went wild with joy. Since that day, girls were also allowed to play soccer at the school.
Eden Daniels
Eden Daniels
Maureen Merley So-Oabes
Khoekhoegowab
Level 2
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