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Ngano yaMhembwe naShumba

The Tale of Duiker and Lion

Ngano

Kare-kare, musango makagara mhuka dzakawanda. Shumba ndiyo yaiva mambo wemusango, uye mhuka dzese dzaimutya. Shumba yaidya chero mhuka yainoda pasina anomudzivirira.

Zuva rimwe, mhuka dzakatanga kunetseka. Dzakati:"Kana Shumba ichiramba ichidya pasina mutemo, tichapera tese. Ngatitumirei mumiriri kunotaura nayo."

Mhuka dzakatumira Mhembwe, nokuti aiva ane hungwaru, unyoro, uye mutauro unonyaradza.Mhembwe akaenda kuna Shumba ndokuti,"Ishe wangu, tine chikumbiro. Tiri kukumbira kuti mutigadzirire mutemo wokudya. Pane zvatinopa, zvingava nyore kwamuri uye zvirinani kwatiri. Tichagadzira hurongwa hwekuti mazuva ose umwe neumwe atumire mhuka kuna mambo kuti idyiwe."

Shumba yakapfugama, ichinyatsoteerera. Yakabvuma zano raMhembwe,"Zvakanaka, ndinobvuma. Ndicharega kuvhima. Asi kana zvisingashande, ndichadzokera pandaimboita."

Kubva zuva iroro, mhuka dzakawirirana kugadzirisa hurongwa. Zuva nezuva, imwe mhuka yaizoenda kuna Shumba. Mhepo yegomba yakadzikama. Mhuka dzakatanga kurarama nerunyararo.

Asi zuva rimwe, mbudzi yakaramba kuenda kuna Shumba, ichiti,"Handiende kunofa! Ngandiyendei zvandiri! "Shumba ikaziva izvi, ikatsamwa, ikati: "Zvino tazonyepa! Regai ndizvionere!"

Asi Mhembwe akakurumidza kuenda kuna Shumba ndokumuremedza nemashoko: "Usatongerere mhuka dzese nokuda kwekusa teerera kwemumwe. Hurongwa hunoshanda, tinogona kugadzirisa".Shumba yakaterera zvakare. Mhepo yakadzikama futi.

Chidzidzo

Kutaurirana zvakanaka kunounza rugare. Hungwaru hunokunda hasha nesimba. Kuvimbika uye kurongeka zvinodzivirira mhirizhonga.

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