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Bala tema e latelang o ntano araba dipotso tse tla e latela.
FEKISI O HAOLA NAHENG TSE OMILENG – THOMAS MOFOLO
A re a ntse a tsamaya, a fihla nokeng e kgolo, e mathang hara moru. A qamaka, a qamaka, a
bona moo difate di leng telele, di bile di batla ho teana le tse ka mose. A hlwella ho tsona. Empa
a fumana hore a k eke a fihlela tse ka mose. Yaba o a theoha, a hlobola. A qhoqhotsa ka molamu
hara metsi, a fihlela hore tjhe, ha ho tebe. A boya a jarella a kena metsing. O ile, o ile, o ile, ha a
le hare a re kgetshe, a tla fihla molaleng. Ha a nyolla leoto hape, a phahama.
Yare ha a qala ho ntsha leoto metsing, le leng le sa le hona metsing, a bona kwena e tla e tlile
ho yena, ya tla e se e ahlame. A be a se a tswile metsing, mme a matha ho baleha. Ha a ntse a
matha jwalo. A ema hang thetheng-theng! A bona monyamahadi wa noha, ntho e setopo se
selelele-lelele. A bona setopo, a sa bone hlooho. E le ntho e kgwadi e mebalabala. A ema
tlekelele! Koena kamorao, noha kapele! Ha a re o re he, a bona hlooho haufi le yena. E mo
tadimile, e kgutsitse tu, e se e ntshitse maleme. A batla a eshwa ke letswalo athe tjhe, ke dinoha
tse mona tse bonolo tse senang taba le motho. Yaba e mo fapoha e theohela ka nokeng.
A qala a ntsha moya. Jwale a ikutlwa hantle hore o lahlehile, o tla shwela hara naha, le hona
haufi. A matha a ba a tswela ka nqane ho moru.
E qotsitswe le holokiswa ho tswa bukeng ya Moeti wa Botjhabela, leq. 60-61
Translation
Read the following passage and then answer the questions that follow.
A FAX IS TRAVELING THROUGH A DRY LAND – THOMAS MOFOLO
As he walked, he arrived at a large river, flowing through the forest. He looked around and saw tall
trees, which seemed to compete with those on the other side. He admired them. But he realized he
could not reach the ones on the other side. Then he descended and undressed. He tapped the water with
his stick and found that it was deep. He turned back and cautiously entered the water. He went, went,
went, and when he was in the middle, he felt the current. When he lifted his foot again, he rose.
Just as he began to lift his foot out of the water, with the other still in the water, he saw a crocodile
coming towards him, already opening its jaws. He quickly got out of the water and ran to escape. As
he ran, he suddenly stopped! He saw the shadow of a snake, a long, elongated creature. He saw the
body but not the head. It was a strange, terrifying creature. He stood frozen! Then, behind him, the
snake was close! As he turned, he saw the head near him. It stared at him, motionless, with its tongue
out. He was filled with fear, but these were just harmless snakes that had no interest in humans. Then it
turned and slid into the river.
He began to breathe. Now he felt truly lost, realizing he would die in this land, far from home. He ran
and emerged on the other side of the forest.
Adapted and simplified from the book Moeti wa Botjhabela, pp. 60-61.