UNyonyana kwakuyinyoni encane. Wayemncane impela kodwa enza njengezinye izinyoni.
UNyonyana wayehlala endlini enhle noMdondoshiya. UNyonyana wayewuthanda kakhulu uMdondoshiya.
KwakuwuMdondoshiya olungile. Wawunikeza uNyonyana amathoyizi amaningi.
UNyonyana wayephatheka kabi
uma uMdondoshiya ungekho.
Ngakho-ke ngolunye usuku
uNyonyana wandiza
wayofuna uMdondoshiya.
UNyonyana wandiza waya phezulu, phezulu kakhulu waze wabona wonke umhlaba.
Wayefuna ukuthola uMdondoshiya. Ngabe wayezokwehlela kuphi?
UNyonyana wehlela ehlathini elikhulu, elaligcwele izihlahla nezimbali
kanye nomcebo.
Wayekuthanda ukudlala ngobucwebe obubenyezelayo! Kodwa ngabe uMdondoshiya wayekuphi?
UNyonyana wafika ensimini ebanzi yeqhwa. Iqhwa lalimhlophe lithambile.
UNyonyana wayezifela ngokugingqika phansi lapho kuphole khona. Kodwa-ke wayekuphi uMdondoshiya?
Okulandelayo, uNyonyana wandizela ngisho nangaphezulu esibhakabhakeni. Wandiza phakathi kwezinkanyezi kanye nasezinxanxatheleni zazo!
Wabona inyanga! Wabona inkanyezi enomsila!
Kodwa-ke wayekuphi uMdondoshiya?
Esekude phezulu, ngamehlo akhe abukhali obunyoni, uNyonyana wabona okuthile!
Ngabe kwabe kuyini?
UNyonyana washwibeka ebheke phansi, phansi, phansi.
Ngabe wayezoqathakela kuphi?
UNyonyana wehlela ngqo ezandleni zoMdondoshiya! Wayejabule kakhulu ukuwubona.
“Ngiyakuthanda, Mdondoshiya!”
kumemeza yena.
UMdondoshiya wabamba uNyonyana wamsondeza kuye.
“Nami futhi ngiyakuthanda,” kwasho uMdondoshiya.
Small birds big adventure_zulu
Uhambo Olukhulu lukaNyonyana
Illustrator: Wesley van Eeden
Author: Nick Mulgrew
Designer: Jennifer Jacobs
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Website: https://bookdash.org/
Editor: Bongani Kona