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

Tingi nonongombe Tingi and the cows

Ingrid Schechter

Ingrid Schechter

Anna Sengumbe

Rukwangali

Level 2

A woman with her arm around a boy.

Tingi kwa tungire kumwe nozinakuru wovakadi.

Tingi lived with his grandmother.

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

Age nga kungu nongombe kumwe nozinakuru.

He used to look after the cows with her.

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

Ezuva limwe vakwayita kwa wizire.

One day the soldiers came.

A soldier pointing and two cows walking away.

Awo kwa ya gusire nongombe.

They took the cows away.

A woman and a boy running through a forest.

Tingi nozinakuru kwa dukire vaka vande.

Tingi and his grandmother ran away and hid.

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

Awo kwa ka vende moyihwa dogoro ngurova.

They hid in the bush until night.

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

Ano vakwayita yipo va ka tengwire.

Then the soldiers came back.

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

Ozinakuru yipo va mu horekere Tingi konhi zomahako.

Grandmother hid Tingi under the leaves.

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

Mukwayita gumwe yipo ga lyete kuguru kwendi korulyo Tingi, nye age kwa mwenene teete.

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

A woman and a boy walking out of the forest.

Apa va mwene asi kuna wapa, Tingi nozinakuru yipo va tundire oku va vende.

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

A woman and a boy walking to a house.

Kwa tengwire kembo nelimweneneno.

They crept home very quietly.

Written by: Ingrid Schechter

Illustrated by: Ingrid Schechter

Translated by: Anna Sengumbe

Language: Rukwangali

Level: Level 2

Source: Tingi and the Cows from African Storybook

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