uBongani bekahlala
nogogwakhe.
Tingi lived with his grandmother.
Bekavame ukutjheja
iinkomo naye.
He used to look after the cows with her.
Ngelinye lamalanga
amasotja eza.
One day the soldiers came.
uBongani nogogwakhe
babaleka bese babhaca.
Tingi and his grandmother ran away and hid.
Babhaca ehlathini
kwaze kwaba sebusuku.
They hid in the bush until night.
Yeke-ke amasotja
abuya.
Then the soldiers came back.
Ugogo wafihla uBongani
ngaphasi kwamakari.
Grandmother hid Tingi under the leaves.
Omunye wamasotja
wabeka inyawo phezu
kwakaBonganii,
kodwana wathula.
One of the soldiers put his foot right on him, but he kept quiet.
Nasele kuphephile,
uBongani nogogwakhe
baphuma.
When it was safe, Tingi and his grandmother came out.
Batotobela ekhaya
ngaphandle kwetjhada.
They crept home very quietly.
Ingrid Schechter
Ingrid Schechter
Carol Mabena, Gloria Magana
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