Mme a re: “Monna mongwe o ne a na le bana ba basimane ba le babedi. Yo mmotlana wa bone a raya rraagwe a re: ‘Rra, nnaya mo e neng e tlaa nna ga me ga boswa.’ Mme a ba kgaoganyetsa dilo tse o tshelang ka tsone. Mme ya re malatsi a ise a fete a le mantsi morago ga moo, ngwana yo mmotlana a phutha gotlhe, a etela kwa lefatsheng le le kgakala, mme a le gone a senya dilo tsa gagwe mo ditlhapelong tsa bofafalele. Ya re a sena go di fedisa tsotlhe fela, ga wela mmopamo o mogolo thata mo lefatsheng leo; mme a simolola go nna mo pitlaganong. Mme a ya a ineela mo go mongwe monni wa lefatshe leo, mme ene a mo isa kwa nageng ya gagwe gore a otlele dikolobe teng. Mme a eletsa a ka bo a ka kgora moroko o o jewang ke dikolobe; mme a se ka a fiwa ke ope. Mme e rile a itharabologelwa a re: ‘Kana batlhanka ba ba thapilweng ba ga rre ba bantsi jang, ba na le dijo tse di lekanyeng di ba di sala, mme nna ke swela fano ka tlala. Ke tlaa nanoga ke ya kwa go rre, ke mo raya ke re: Rra, ke leofetse legodimo, le fa pele ga gago; ka moo ga ke tlhole ke tshwanela go bidiwa morwao; ntira jaaka mongwe wa batlhanka ba gago ba ba thapilweng.’ “Mme a nanoga, a tla kwa go rraagwe. Ya re a sa ntse a le kgakala, rraagwe a mmona, mme a tlhomolwa ke pelo, a taboga, a ya a wela mo thamong ya gagwe, a mo atla. Mme morwawe a mo raya a re: ‘Rra, ke leofetse legodimo, le fa pele ga gago, ga ke tlhole ke tshwanela go bidiwa morwao.’ Rraagwe a raya batlhanka a re: ‘Ntshang seaparo se sentlentle ka bonako, lo se mo apese; lo mo rwese mohitsana mo letsogong, le ditlhako mo dinaong; lereng namane e e nonneng, lo e tlhabe; mme a re jeng, re dire mokete o mogolo; gonne yo morwaake o ne a sule, mme o bile o tshedile; o ne a latlhegile, mme o bonywe.’ Ba simolola go dira mokete. “Jaana morwawe yo mogolo a bo a le kwa nageng; ya re a tla a atamela ntlo, a utlwa kopelo le pino. Mme a bitsa mongwe wa batlhanka, a mmotsa a re: ‘Ke eng se se dirwang jaana?’ A mo raya a re: ‘Monnao o tsile; mme rraago o tlhabile namane e e nonneng, ka gobo a mmonye a itekanetse fela.’ “Mme a nna bogale, a gana go tsena; mme rraagwe a tswela kwa go ene a mo rapela. A fetola rraagwe a re: ‘Bona, ke go diretse ka dinyaga tse dintsi tse, le gone ga ke ise nke ke tlole taolo ya gago gope; le fa go ntse jalo, ga o ise o ko o nneye le fa e le potsane, gore ke dire mokete le ditsala tsa me. Mme morwao yo, yo o supuditseng dilo tsa gago le baakafadi, o rile a sa ntse a tla fela, wa mo tlhabisa namane e e nonneng.’ “A mo raya a re: ‘Morwaaka, ke na nao ka metlha yotlhe, le tsotlhe tse e leng tsa me ke tsa gago. E ne e le tshwanelo fa re ka dira mokete, ra ba ra itumela; gonne yo monnao o ne a sule, mme o bile o tshedile; o ne a latlhegile, mme o bonywe.’ ”