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A woman sitting against a tree and a boy petting a cow.

Tingi neengobe Tingi and the cows

Ingrid Schechter

Ingrid Schechter

Bertha Haimbodi

Oshikwanyama

Level 2

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A woman with her arm around a boy.

Tingi okwa kala puinakulu.

Tingi lived with his grandmother.

A woman sitting against a tree and a boy petting a cow.

Vo nainakulu ova li hava ka lifa eengobe.

He used to look after the cows with her.

A woman with her arm around a boy and soldiers marching.

Efiku limwe ope uya ovakwaita.

One day the soldiers came.

A soldier pointing and two cows walking away.

Ovakwaita ova shinga po eengobe.

They took the cows away.

A woman and a boy running through a forest.

Tingi nainakulu ova faduka po ndele tava ka hondama.

Tingi and his grandmother ran away and hid.

A woman with her arm around a boy sitting in a dark forest.

Ova ka hondama moixwa fiyo oufiku.

They hid in the bush until night.

A woman and a boy hiding in a forest and soldiers walking around.

Ovakwaita ova ka aluka vali.

Then the soldiers came back.

A woman hiding a boy under leaves in a dark forest.

Tingi okwa holekwa kuinakulu koshi yomafo.

Grandmother hid Tingi under the leaves.

A soldier stepping on a boy hiding under leaves in a dark forest.

Omukwaita umwe okwa lyata Tingi nomhadi yaye yokolulyo, Ashike Tingi ine linyenga nande nande.

One of the soldiers put his foot right on him, but he kept quiet.

A woman and a boy walking out of the forest.

Ovakwaita eshi va ya Tingi nainakulu ova shituluka apa kwa li va hondama.

When it was safe, Tingi and his grandmother came out.

A woman and a boy walking to a house.

Ova ya meumbo tava ende tava hondjaunine melimweneno.

They crept home very quietly.

Written by: Ingrid Schechter

Illustrated by: Ingrid Schechter

Translated by: Bertha Haimbodi

Language: Oshikwanyama

Level: Level 2

Source: Tingi and the Cows from African Storybook

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