Musi mufumakadzi a tshi humela murahu vhugabeloni, munna wawe, vhana vhawe na vhathu vhoṱhe vha muḓana vho vha vho lindela. Vho vha vho vhasa mulilo muhulu we wa thathaba na u bva ṱhase swiswini.

“Zwo ralo,” vha mu ṱavhela mukosi, “kha vha ri anetshele tshiṱori. Kha vha ri anetshele tshiṱori!”

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Mufumakadzi a mwemwela. O fara ganda a ri, “Ee … Nal’ibali …tshiṱori khetshi. Ssshhh. Zwino kha vha thetshelese.”

Ndi zwe tshiṱori tsha u thoma tsha anetsheliswa zwone.

Nga murahu ha izwo mufumakadzi o isa ganda kha nḓevhe yawe a anetshela zwiṱori zwinzhisa. Arali itshi hu tshiṱori tsha u thoma tshe na tshi pfa, elelwani, hu na zwinzhi, zwinzhisa zwine zwa kha ḓi ḓo ḓa.