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Lutwela yaba Matuyu ali
khukyenda
khwikelemetsi lye
khunyatsa.
One day, Rabbit was walking by the riverside.
Siku moja, Sungura alikuwa akitembea pembeni ya mto.
Wafubu naye
aabaho,nga ikololaaka
kho nalundi nga ali
khulya bunyasi.
Hippo was there too, going for a stroll and eating some nice green grass.
Kiboko alikuwepo pia, akitembea huku akila majani mazuri ya kijani.
Wafubu samanya ari
Matuyu naye aliiwo
ta,ari abira
wamusamba khu sikele.
Matuyu ayulukha
wananikha
khuwotseleela Wafubu
ari,”Wafubu iwe!
Iwe sunyala khubona
uri watsimile khusikele
ta?”
Hippo didn’t see that Rabbit was there and she accidentally stepped on Rabbit’s foot.
Rabbit started screaming at Hippo, “You Hippo! Can’t you see that you’re stepping on my foot?”
Kiboko hakumwona Sungura na kwa bahati mbaya akaukanyaga mguu wa Sungura. Sungura akaanza kumpigia Kiboko kelele. “We Kiboko huoni kama umeukanyaga mguu wangu?”
Hippo apologised to Rabbit, “I’m so sorry. I didn’t see you. Please forgive me!”
But Rabbit wouldn’t listen and he shouted at Hippo, “You did that on purpose! Someday, you’ll see! You’re going to pay!”
Kiboko akamwomba Sungura msamaha, “Samahani, sikukuona, tafadhali nisamehe!” Lakini Sungura hakukubali na akaendelea kumbwatukia Kiboko, “Umefanya makusudi! Kuna siku utakiona, na nitakulipizia!”
Rabbit went to find Fire and said, “Go, burn Hippo when she comes out of the water to eat grass. She stepped on me!”
Fire answered, “No problem, Rabbit, my friend. I’ll do just what you ask.”
Hippo started to cry and ran for the water. All her hair was burned off by the fire.
Hippo kept crying, “My hair has burned in the fire! My hair is all gone! My beautiful hair!”
Kiboko akaanza kulia na kukimbilia kwenye maji. Nywele zake zote zilikuwa zimeungua na moto. Kiboko aliendelea kulia, “Nywele zangu zimeungua na moto! Nywele zangu zote zimeisha! Nywele zangu nzuri!”
Nisyo sikila ni sya leelo Wafubu ayiila ambi ni kameetsi nga
arya Muliro khu mwosya.
Matuyu ikhoya naabi nga nabona Mulilo wosyele Wafubu,nga
aloma ari, “Namunyaliile.”
Rabbit was happy that Hippo’s hair was burned.
And to this day, for fear of fire, the hippo never goes far from the water.
Sungura alikuwa na furaha kwa kuwa nywele za Kiboko ziliungua. Hadi leo kwa kuogopa moto, Kiboko hawezi kwenda mbali na maji.
