A Grandmother Storybook

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Page 3 from Botswana
Once upon a time there was a woman who had no children at all. She did everything herself, even to fetch a spoon! Everything she did or ate did not make her happy. One day she remembered to go to a traditional doctor. She asked for help and the doctor gave her instructions to do.
She went home and did what the doctor said. After two weeks, in the morning when she went to her room and found seven children in a huge basket. Theri mother told them never to get out of the house, only at night.
Once day when their mother was not there, they decided to sneak out to fetch water from the river. While they were walking, a king's son saw a beautiful girl from one of the seven girls. The name of the girl was Lomipi. The king's son asked for water from Lomipi and Lomipi said no. She told her sisters to throw sand at him so she could run home. Some days later, they finally got married and went away. They lived happily ever after.
Cassandra Segaise

in Setswana:
Gatwe bogologolo tala ga bo go le mosadi mongwe a bidiwa Mmamosadiseopane. Mosadi o o ne a sena bana. O ne a nna a sa natefelelwe ke sepe.
Letsatsi lengwe a gakologelwa go ya ngakeng. Ngaka e e bidiwa Boreaitsw. O ne a botsa ngaka gore o ka nna le bana jang. Ngaka ya mmolelela sengwe le sengwe. Mosadi o ne a dira se a se boleletsweng. E rile ditshipi tse pedi di sena go feta, a fitlhela bana mo nkgwaneng e e tone. E ne e le basetsana fela.
Mmaabo bana o ne a seka a bolelela ope ka se. O ne a raya bana ba gagwe a re ba se ka ba ya gope motshegare. Mme letsatsi lengwe mmaabone a seyo ba ngwega ba ya go ha metsi.
Fa ba ntse ba tsamaya ngwana wa kgosi a bona Lomipi, Lomipi ene o ne ale montle go ba gaisa. Ngwana was kgosi a kopa metsi mo go Lomipi, mme Lomipi a gana go mo siela metsi.
Lomipi a raya bo monnawe a re o tla itira yo o mosielang. Fa a tsena fela fa ngwaneng boo ba mo gasa ka mmu gore a sie. Mme erile malatsi mangwe a sena go feta ba felela ba nyalane.
Malatsi a feta a le mabedi ba bo ba huduga ba ya go nna go sele.
by Cassandra Segaise

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From: Grandmother and Me - a Kidlink book in many languages
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May 2000