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

Tingi kota gumi Tingi and the cows

Ingrid Schechter

Ingrid Schechter

Sylvia Fernandu

Cwi Debe, Gǂkao J. B. Kxao, Kaqece Khallie N!ani, Kileni A. Fernando, Sylvia Fernandu, Tsemkxao Cwi

Ju|’hoansi

Level 2

A woman with her arm around a boy.

Tingi ǃxoana ǀxoa ha txun.

Tingi lived with his grandmother.

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

Ha ǃ’uin ǀxoa ha txun ko gumi.

He used to look after the cows with her.

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

ǀAm-nǀui sondasi tsigǀae.

One day the soldiers came.

A soldier pointing and two cows walking away.

Siǃa ǀ’huicoe gumi te u ǀxoa.

They took the cows away.

A woman and a boy running through a forest.

Tingi sa ha txun ǃaah te gǀae tcxoma.

Tingi and his grandmother ran away and hid.

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

Sa u te gǀae tcxoma tzi ǁama ǁ’akoa ko ua gǀu.

They hid in the bush until night.

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

Te ǁama ǁ’aka sondasie ce gǀae.

Then the soldiers came back.

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

Txun gǃam Tingi ko ǃaihn nǃu’ubusi ǃka.

Grandmother hid Tingi under the leaves.

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

Sonda nǀui ǁu ha ǀkai gǃoq te nǃae nǀang.

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

A woman and a boy walking out of the forest.

Ka sa se he sa koqe, Tingi sa ha txun gǃai.

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

A woman and a boy walking to a house.

Sa ko ǂha te gǃa’ama ǃaoh.

They crept home very quietly.

Written by: Ingrid Schechter

Illustrated by: Ingrid Schechter

Translated by: Sylvia Fernandu

Read by: Cwi Debe, Gǂkao J. B. Kxao, Kaqece Khallie N!ani, Kileni A. Fernando, Sylvia Fernandu, Tsemkxao Cwi

Language: Ju|’hoansi

Level: Level 2

Source: Tingi and the Cows from African Storybook

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