Okwa li ku na aanegumbo ye holathane.
Once upon a time,
there lived a happy
family.
Mokukala kwawo ihaa kondjo. Ohaa kwatha aakuluntu yawo miilonga yomegumbo nomepya.
They never fought with
each other. They helped
their parents at home
and in the fields.
Ashike kakwa li ya pitikwa okuhedha popepi nomulilo.
But they were not
allowed to go near a
fire.
Iilonga yawo oya li ye na oku yi longa uusiku. Oshoka oya li ya mewa mezi.
They had to do all their
work during the night.
Because they were made of wax!
Ashike okamati kamwe oka li ka yuulukwa okuya pokaantenya pondje.
But one of the boys
longed to go out in the
sunlight.
Esiku limwe ehalo lye lyokuya pondje olya li enene noonkondo. Aamwayinamati oye mu kunkilile kee shi ninge…
One day the longing
was too strong. His
brothers warned him…
Akutu! Ekunkililo olye ya lya lata! Okwa hengumuka po kuupyu wetango.
But it was too late!
He melted in the hot
sun.
Aanona yezi oya li ya yemata mokumona mumwayina ta hengumuka po.
The wax children were
so sad to see their
brother melting away.
Ashike oya kongo ondunge. Oya me ezi ehengumuki molupe lwokadhila.
But they made a plan.
They shaped the lump
of melted wax into a
bird.
Oya fala oshihongomwa shomumwayina kombanda yondundu onde.
They took their bird
brother up to a high
mountain.
Etango sho lya piti, oshihongomwa osha tuka po tashi imbi muuyelele woonte dhetango lyongula.
And as the sun rose, he
flew away singing into
the morning light.
Southern African Folktale
Wiehan de Jager
Rachel Nandjembo
Rachel Nandjembo
Oshindonga
Level 2
