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The magic paintbrush (with activities)

Posted on November 24th, 2021
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Story by Wendy Hartmann
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Iqhinga lolovane olonqenayo

Kudala kakhulu, kwisixekwana esiseluxolweni saseMudavula, kwakuhlala ulovane olonqena kakhulu. Ngelo xesha, zonke izilwanyana zazilima ukuze zizondle zona neentsapho zazo. Zonke ngaphandle koLovane. Ngenxa yokonqena kwakhe, wayengafuni ukusebenza ...

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Impazamo enkulu

Yayilusuku olumnandi, olungaxakekanga ngasemlanjeni. Yonke into yayithe cwaka. Ingxolo ekuphela kwayo yayinguNtakazana etswitswizela phantsi logama wayecoca amazinyo kaMvubu amakhulu, amcaba.

 

UMvubu wayekonwabele ukuba amazinyo akhe ...

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Impazamo enkulu

Yayilusuku olumnandi, olungaxakekanga ngasemlanjeni. Yonke into yayithe cwaka. Ingxolo ekuphela kwayo yayinguNtakazana etswitswizela phantsi logama wayecoca amazinyo kaMvubu amakhulu, amcaba.

UMvubu wayekonwabele ukuba amazinyo akhe acocwe. ...

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Thato, the dreamer

Posted on November 11th, 2021
Author:
Pirai Mazungunye
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Irhamncwa lenyanga elibusilivere

UFlossie, impuku yedobo, wabaleka engceni ngokukhawuleza kangangoko imilenzana yakhe yayinokumthwala. “Yho! Yho!” wakhefuzela, “Andisayi ...

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Flossie the field mouse was terrified of the silver moon monster that hunted at night. Then she met Maxwell, a moth with giant eyes on its wings who wasn’t scared of anything at all. But would Maxwell be able to protect Flossie from the terrible monster?
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USefako nengwenya eculayo

Kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo, kwisixeko esikude kakhulu, kwakuhlala intombazana entle egama linguSefako. USefako wayexhiphule umxhelo wabafana abaninzi esixekweni. Babebhala imihobe neengoma bencoma ubuhle bakhe. Kodwa uSefako wayengenamdla ...

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Beautiful Sefako refused to marry any of the men of her village. Now Sefako often slept near the river when she collected water. There, a crocodile saw beautiful Sefako and sang of his love for her while she slept. She heard his song in her dreams and decided to meet the singer who had stolen her heart.
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Iinkumba zineemvakalelo nazo!

Inkumba ezazihlala kwisitiya sikaNkosikazi uMondliwa zazingonwabanga kwaphela.

“NDANELE!” wambombozela watsho uSlimy.

“Nam ngokunjalo,” wavumelana naye uSpeedy, umhlobo wakhe osenyongweni.

“Kutheni thina zinkumba ...

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The bugs in Mrs Mondliwa’s garden want the snails out. They complain that the snails leave slippery slime everywhere they go, eat, and destroy the plants and cause traffic jams because they are so slow. The snails have two days to prove that they can be useful too, or else!
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Umncinci kakhulu

UMama uTau wayegoduka! Kwakulixesha elide engekho eyokufunda, yaye usapho lwakhe lwalumkhumbula. Wonke umntu wayechulumancile. Kodwa uThapelo, oyena mncinci kubantwana bakhe, wayengoyena unemincili ukubadlula bonke.

Ngosuku lokufika kukaMama ...

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Mama Tau was coming home, and everyone had a special job to do for her welcome back party – except Thapelo. He was just too small. Then Bless the dog hid Mama’s present in the neighbour’s locked yard, and they needed someone who could fit through the hole in the fence to get it back.
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INkosana uSwekile noAwande umbhaki

Kwaye kukho inkosana eyayinegama elinguSwekile. INkosana uSwekile yathiywa elo gama ngenxa yothando lwayo lwezimuncumuncu eziswiti ezifana neekeyiki, iibhisikithi, iikeyiki ezineziqhamo, iidowunathi neepudini. INkosana uSwekile wayetefiswe ...

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Prince Sugar loved sweet treats so much that no one else in his village was allowed to eat anything sweet. One day Awande the baker arrived and gave sweet treats to all the children. To appease the angry prince Awande agreed to bake a new treat for him every day – on condition that he eat the whole treat on that day …
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