Saturday 23 November 2013

The Princess of Nzwazwi


This story began with an if, If I had to write a story for my 6 year and 10 year old sisters,what would it be. Once upon a time,in the village of Nswazwi,there lived a very kind and loving princess.She had large sparkling eyes, a wide smile and a caring heart.She had a kinky afro that she always held in colourful bright hair bands,nice full black lips, a big beautiful nose and flawless ebony skin.She was short and a little chubby.She was very very beautiful.Her  daddy was King Kenny and he owned hundreds of big healthy cattle, a farm where they grew yellow maize, grey millet, red tomatoes,,brown beans,green morogo ,watermelon and sugar cane.He was very rich.King Kenny was also very generous and everyone in his village loved him dearly.King Kenny loved his little princess very much.He let her come to the kgotla meetings with him to meet his people when they came to see him.When Princess Wandipa went to the Kgotla she tied her hair in a beautiful head scarf and wore a neat,well ironed dress. King Kenny taught her that her clothes should always be clean,even if they were old,they must be clean.She  helped wash them and asked the helper to help her iron them for her.The iron was not supposed to be used by children as young as her because  it was hot and it would burn her.King  Kenny taught her to respect everybody,from the little children ,to the old people,to her age mates,the poor and the very rich.When she asked aunty,the helper to iron her clothes,she always said,"aunty, please may you help me by ironing my clothes? "  Princess Wandipa was never rude. She  watched everything the elders did,learning so that one day she could do those things well too because King Kenny taught her to learn from others so she could be a wise young lady.When people came fighting to the Kgotla, King Kenny would hear them out,and when they finished talking he would ask Princess to bring them some tea,and diphaphata to eat.Princess Wandipa's diphaphata we well baked,and people always wanted more.Princess Wandipa gave them more to eat to their heart's content.When everyone was well fed,the King would ask Princess Wandipa what he must do.Princess Wandipa always smiled and asked the villagers why they were fighting.She told them fighting each other was bad.The villagers should love each other,protect one another and always make peace.The villagers would be embarrassed at themselves for lacking wisdom,and they would apologise and go to their homes peacefully.Princess Wandipa would then go into the village,and play with her friends.If one of her friend  in the village had no food, she would ask King Kenny to let them pick ripe maize,beans,morogo,sugar cane and let the family milk their big healthy cows.King Kenny would also give the family cattle to look after for him,and when calves where born King Kenny would give away the calves so that the family could have many more cows in the future.This way no one could remain poor in the village of Nzwazwi. King Kenny was very happy with the way Princess Wandipa cared for the villagers,and when he was about to die,he told the villagers that Princess Wandipa will inherit everything he owns and become the Queen of Nzwazwi  and she would look after everyone in the village.The people clapped and clapped because they knew she would be a caring Queen and they all lived happily ever after.

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