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Tom waxa uu sidaa masaf uu moos bisil ah.
Tom carries a tray of ripe bananas.
Tom anabeba tenga la ndizi zilizoiva.
Tom waxa uu aadaa suuqa si uu moos u soo iibiyo
Tom goes to the market to sell bananas.
Tom anaenda sokoni kuuza ndizi.
Dadka suuqa joogaa waxa ay gadanayaan khudrad.
People at the market are buying fruit.
Sokoni watu wananunua matunda.
Laakiin cidna gadanmayso mooska Tom. Waxa ay doorbidaan in ay khudradda ka soo gataan haweenka.
But no one is buying
Tom’s bananas.
They prefer to buy fruit from women.
Lakini hakuna anayenunua ndizi za Tom. Wanapenda kununua matunda kutoka kwa akina mama.
Dadku waxa ay yiraahdaan, “jaalliyaddayada, haweenka uun baa iibsha khudradda.” “Qofkani waa nin noocee ah?” ayay dadku is weyddiiyaan.
“In our community, only women sell fruit,” people say. “What kind of a man is this?” people ask.
“Kwenye jamii yetu, ni wanawake pekee ndio wanaouza matunda,” watu wanasema. “Ni mwanamume wa aina gani huyu?” watu wanahoji.
Laakiin Tom ma niyad jabo. Waxa uu yiraahdaa, “Gata mooskayga! Gata mooskayga bisil ee macaan!”
But Tom does not give up.
He calls, “Buy my bananas!
Buy my sweet ripe bananas!”
Lakini Tom hakati tamaa. Anaita, “Nunua ndizi zangu! Nunueni ndizi zangu tamu zilizoiva!”
Haweeney ayaa masafta kor uga qaadday xirmo moos ah. Si taxaddar leh ayay u eegaysaa mooska.
One woman picks up a bunch of bananas from the tray.
She looks at the bananas carefully.
Mwanamke mmoja anachukua kichane cha ndizi kutoka kwenye tenga. Anaziangalia ndizi kwa umakini.
Haweeneydi mooskii waa ay gadatay.
The woman buys the bananas.
Mwanamke ananunua ndizi.
Dad badan ayaa yimid kabadhkii. Waa ay gateen mooskii Tom oo waa ay cuneen.
More people come to the stall.
They buy Tom’s bananas and eat them.
Watu wengine wanakuja kwenye kichanja. Wananunua ndizi za Tom na kuzila.
Markiiba, masaftii wuu martay. Tom waxa uu tirsaday lacagtii uu shaqeystay.
Soon, the tray is empty.
Tom counts the money he earned.
Mara, tenga linakuwa tupu. Tom anahesabu pesa alizopata.
Dabadeed Tom waxa uu gatay saabbuun, sonkor iyo rooti. Alaabtii waxa uu ku qaatay masaftiisii.
Then Tom buys soap, sugar, and bread.
He puts the things in his tray.
Tom ananunua sabuni, sukari, na mkate. Anaweka vitu kwenye tenga lake.
Tom madaxa madaxa ayuu ku miisaantay masafti gugiisa ayuu na aaday.
Tom balances the tray on his head and goes home.
Tom anajitwisha tenga kichwani na kwenda nyumbani.
Written by: Humphreys Odunga
Illustrated by: Zablon Alex Nguku
Translated by: Anwar Mohamed Dirie
Read by: Ibrahim Ahmed
