Thembela moyeng
Home | Written stories | Multilingual stories | Thembela moyeng

Written stories

Try our growing collection of stories to print out or read aloud at home with the whole family.

Thembela moyeng

Author

Leo Daly

Illustrator

Magriet Brink

Translator

Phetolelo ka Mpho Masipa

“Haai, Thembela!” a realo Mma. “Go na le moya o montšhi ka fao ntle. Tsena ka ngwakong, go sego bjalo o tla tsenwa ke phefo.”

Efela Thembela ga a theeletše ka ge a ipshina kudu. Meriri ya gagwe e fofela godimodimo ga hlogo ya gagwe, ebile e mo kgoma le ditsebe. Roko ya gagwe e kwagala okare ke khaete gomme Thembela o na le bonnete bja gore ge a rata, a ka fofa – a fofela lefaufaung.

“Moya o bose bjang, Mma,” a sega. “Ga ke nyake go tla ka ngwakong.”

thembela-1-colour

“O swanetše, Thembela,” gwa fetola Mma. “Moo ntle ga gwa loka – go kotsi kudu.

Thembela o ile a emiša matsogo ka mathoko a a iša godimo le fase bjalo ka nonyana. “Go lokile, go lokile,” ka myemyelo. “Ke tla tla ka ngwakong.”

Ge a realo, a fofa. O putlile ka tšhengwaneng a ikwa okare o a fofa. Moya o ile wa mo phuthela wa mo iša go Mma, yo a ilego a mo tswalelela ka mo gare.

“Ijoo, Thembela! Ga wa lapišwa ke go fofa? Nkane o sa hlape ka meetse a borutho gomme wa ya malaong?”

Ge Mma a etla go robatša Thembela a re, “Haai, Thembela, lefaseng ka moka go swanetše go ba e le wena fela yo a ratago moya.” Pele Mma a tloga, Thembela o ile a kgopela gore digarteine di bulwe gore a bone maru ge a sepela le bogodimo bja mehlare ge e eya ka mo le ka mo. O ile a atla mmagwe gomme a swarwa ke boroko.

Mafelelong a beke yeo, Mma o be a swanetše go ya toropong, gomme Mmane Ida a tla go šala ka gae.

“Ijoo,” a realo Mmane Ida a hemela godimo kudu, “ke kwele ditabeng gore go na le ledimo leo le tlago!”

Letšatši lohle maru a be a kgobokane lefaufaung go fihlela go fifala tše e kego ke bošego. Pula e ile ya thoma go na. Thembela ga a tshepe seo a se bonago. Ke pula ye ntši kudu ye a sa kago a e bona gomme go tletše meetse gohle. Efela Thembela o a myemyela. O tšeere jase ya pula, a tšea le dikamputsu a tšwa.

“Aowa, Thembela!” Mmane Ida a goeletša. “Tsena ka mo ngwakong gona bjale!”

Efela Thembela ga a mo theeletše ka ge a ipshina kudu. O a sega ge moya o tsena jaseng ya gagwe ya pula ebile o tlala ka mongatseng bjalo ka palune ye kgolo. “Ge nka emiša matsogo aka,” a sega, “nka fofa!”

Mmane Ida o ile a kitimela ka ntle a apere kaone ya gagwe ye pinki gomme a kuka Thembela a mmuša ka ngwakong. “Ga go yo a ratago moya,” a realo Mmane Ida. “O dira lešata, o a tonya, o dio se be gabotse.”

Ge Mmane Ida a etla go mo robatša, Thembela o kgopela gore digarteine di bulwe a kgone go bona mehlare ge e eya ka mo le ka mo le maru a sepela. Efela Mmane Ida o re, “Nkase seke! Ka nnete nka seke, ebile nka seke!” O tswalela digarteine. “A re holofele gore ngwako o ka se gogolwe ke pula ye,” gwa bolela Mmane Ida a tetemela.

Thembela o kwa modumo wa magadima le marothodi mo marulelong. Bjale moya o fokela mabotong. O kokota lebating le go šikinya mafasetere. O tsena ka tšhemene gomme wa tšhoša Mmane Ida a ba a khuta ka morago ga sofa. Marulelo le mapolanka a mo tlase a ile a tšokotšega gomme mehlare ya letša melodi.

thembela-2-colour Mmane Ida a goeletša, “Joo moratiwa, re tla gogolwa ka moka!” Efela Thembela ga a fšiege. O theoga malaong a kitimela lebatong la ka tlase. O ile a apara dikamputsu ka pela a tšea le amporela, gomme a ya ka ntle bjalo ka mogale. Moya o foka ka maatla, pula e a na le medumo e a kidimetša lefaufaung.

“Ke nna, Moya,” a realo Thembela. “Nkane o befetšwe? Naa o gopola gore ga go yo a go ratago? O seke wa itira setlaela. O dira lešata ebile o a tonya, efela ke ipshina ka wena – gape ke a go rata. KE A GO RATA MOYA!”

Gateetee, medumo ya ema le maru a le a maso a phatlalala. Pula ya nyamelela ka bjako. Ge Thembela a lebelela godimo, a bona lefaufau le hlwekile. Go na le ngwedi o mogolo gomme le dinaledi di a phadima. Bjale go foka moya wa bose go mo dikologa, a emiša amporela ya gagwe gomme wa mo atla gabosele marameng a gagwe.

“Ke a leboga, Moya,” a realo Thembela. “Ke leboga ge o rakile pula.”

Thembela o ile a retologa gomme a tsena ka ngwakong. O ile a thuša Mmane Ida go tšwa ka morago ga sofa gomme a mo direla komiki ya kofi ya borutho.

“Aowa,” a realo Mmane Ida, “ga ke rate moya.” Efela Thembela o ile a myemyela.