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🇿🇼 Traditional Folktale Early Readers ⏱️ 4 min 📄 7 Scenes

Tsuro, Murimi neNyoka

Tsuro and the Ungrateful Snake
🎙️ Authentic Studio Narration (Kenzo 🇿🇼) Studio Mastered
Chiitiko 1 pane 7 · Scene 1
Scene 1: A long a time ago, a large snake was pinned under a heavy boulder in the woods, hissing for help.
Sarungano: "Kare kare zvakako..." 🌟 Dzepfunde!

Kare kare zvakako, Nyoka huru yakawirwa nedombo guru musango ikashaya simba rekubuda ichichema.

A long a time ago, a large snake was pinned under a heavy boulder in the woods, hissing for help.

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Chiitiko 2 pane 7 · Scene 2
Scene 2: A passing farmer took pity on the snake, used a wooden lever to lift the boulder, and freed it.

Murimi aipfuura akanzwa tsitsi, akashandisa danda rake kusimudza dombo guru Nyoka ndokupukunyuka.

A passing farmer took pity on the snake, used a wooden lever to lift the boulder, and freed it.

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Chiitiko 3 pane 7 · Scene 3
Scene 3: Once freed, the ungrateful snake coiled around the farmer declaring, "I am hungry, and I will bite you!"

Nyoka yabuda yakabva yamonyoroka pamuviri pemurimi ichiti, "Ndiri nenzara, ndave kukuruma!"

Once freed, the ungrateful snake coiled around the farmer declaring, "I am hungry, and I will bite you!"

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Chiitiko 4 pane 7 · Scene 4
Scene 4: The farmer pleaded for other animals to judge this injustice, but cynical animals said the world is full of ingratitude.

Murimi akachema achikumbira dzimwe mhuka kuti dzitonge mhaka iyi, asi dzakati nyika yakashata.

The farmer pleaded for other animals to judge this injustice, but cynical animals said the world is full of ingratitude.

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Chiitiko 5 pane 7 · Scene 5
Scene 5: Clever Tsuro came along and scratched his head: "I cannot judge this without seeing the exact position you were in!"

Tsuro akauya akati, "Ini handigoni kutonga nyaya iyi ndisina kuona kuti Nyoka yanga yakagara sei pasi pedombo!"

Clever Tsuro came along and scratched his head: "I cannot judge this without seeing the exact position you were in!"

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Chiitiko 6 pane 7 · Scene 6
Scene 6: Vain Snake slithered right back under the heavy rock to demonstrate, and Tsuro told the farmer to let the stone fall!

Nyoka yakapinda zvakare pasi pedombo kuti iratidze, Tsuro ndokubva audza murimi kuti aisiye yakadzvanyirirwa zvakare!

Vain Snake slithered right back under the heavy rock to demonstrate, and Tsuro told the farmer to let the stone fall!

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Chiitiko 7 pane 7 · Scene 7
Scene 7: The farmer and Tsuro walked away in peace while the ungrateful snake was trapped once more. That is where our storyteller rests. Moral: Never repay kindness with malice!

Murimi naTsuro vakafamba vachitenda murugare, Nyoka ichisara mupako rayo. Ndipo pakafira sarungano. Chidzidzo: Usatsive zvakanaka nezvakaipa!

The farmer and Tsuro walked away in peace while the ungrateful snake was trapped once more. That is where our storyteller rests. Moral: Never repay kindness with malice!

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Chidzidzo cheNgano (Moral): Usatsive zvakanaka nezvakaipa; uyo anoripira mutsa nehutsinye anowira munjodzi.
English: Never repay kindness with cruelty; ingratitude always brings down its own trap.
Sarungano: "Kare kare zvakako..."  ·  Vateereri: "Dzepfunde!"
Scene 1: A long a time ago, a large snake was pinned under a heavy boulder in the woods, hissing for help.
Scene 1

Kare kare zvakako, Nyoka huru yakawirwa nedombo guru musango ikashaya simba rekubuda ichichema.

A long a time ago, a large snake was pinned under a heavy boulder in the woods, hissing for help.

Scene 2: A passing farmer took pity on the snake, used a wooden lever to lift the boulder, and freed it.
Scene 2

Murimi aipfuura akanzwa tsitsi, akashandisa danda rake kusimudza dombo guru Nyoka ndokupukunyuka.

A passing farmer took pity on the snake, used a wooden lever to lift the boulder, and freed it.

Scene 3: Once freed, the ungrateful snake coiled around the farmer declaring, "I am hungry, and I will bite you!"
Scene 3

Nyoka yabuda yakabva yamonyoroka pamuviri pemurimi ichiti, "Ndiri nenzara, ndave kukuruma!"

Once freed, the ungrateful snake coiled around the farmer declaring, "I am hungry, and I will bite you!"

Scene 4: The farmer pleaded for other animals to judge this injustice, but cynical animals said the world is full of ingratitude.
Scene 4

Murimi akachema achikumbira dzimwe mhuka kuti dzitonge mhaka iyi, asi dzakati nyika yakashata.

The farmer pleaded for other animals to judge this injustice, but cynical animals said the world is full of ingratitude.

Scene 5: Clever Tsuro came along and scratched his head: "I cannot judge this without seeing the exact position you were in!"
Scene 5

Tsuro akauya akati, "Ini handigoni kutonga nyaya iyi ndisina kuona kuti Nyoka yanga yakagara sei pasi pedombo!"

Clever Tsuro came along and scratched his head: "I cannot judge this without seeing the exact position you were in!"

Scene 6: Vain Snake slithered right back under the heavy rock to demonstrate, and Tsuro told the farmer to let the stone fall!
Scene 6

Nyoka yakapinda zvakare pasi pedombo kuti iratidze, Tsuro ndokubva audza murimi kuti aisiye yakadzvanyirirwa zvakare!

Vain Snake slithered right back under the heavy rock to demonstrate, and Tsuro told the farmer to let the stone fall!

Scene 7: The farmer and Tsuro walked away in peace while the ungrateful snake was trapped once more. That is where our storyteller rests. Moral: Never repay kindness with malice!
Scene 7

Murimi naTsuro vakafamba vachitenda murugare, Nyoka ichisara mupako rayo. Ndipo pakafira sarungano. Chidzidzo: Usatsive zvakanaka nezvakaipa!

The farmer and Tsuro walked away in peace while the ungrateful snake was trapped once more. That is where our storyteller rests. Moral: Never repay kindness with malice!

🔤 Mashoko eMungano (Story Vocabulary)

6 words
Nyoka
Snake
🗣️ NYOH-kah
Murimi
Farmer
🗣️ moo-REE-mee
Dombo
Rock / Boulder
🗣️ DOH-mboh
Mutsa
Kindness
🗣️ MOO-tsah
Kuponesa
To save / rescue
🗣️ koo-poh-NEH-sah
Kutonga
To judge / decide
🗣️ koo-TOH-ngah

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