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umvundla

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rabbit

verb noun

rabbit

Yongeza ngelithi: “Umvundla wawusaziwa njengesona sidalwa sanda ngokumangalisayo yaye ngenxa yoko umela ukuthwasa kwehlobo.”
It adds: “The rabbit was known as an extraordinarily fertile creature, and hence it symbolized the coming of spring.”

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UMvundla unamendu adlula nawomoya.
Hare is faster than the wind.

Xa uMvundla ufika ezantsi emasimini, yayingumkhuluwa kaNcanda owathi gqi wathi “Ndifike kuqala kunawe!”
When Hare reached the bottom of the field, it was the brother who popped up and said, “Got here before you!”

Umvundla wagoduka nebhokhwe yabuyela ekhayeni layo.
The hare went back to his home and the goat went back to hers.

Khawufane ucinge ukuba wamangaliseka kangakanani uMvundla xa uNcanda esithi gqi echulumancile ezantsi emasimini aze athi, “Ndifike kuqala kunawe!”
[Aw 2]Imagine his surprise, then, when Hedgehog popped up cheerfully at the bottom of the field and cried out, “Got here before you!”

“Ewe kunjalo,” watsho uMvundla.
“Yes,” said Hare.

Umvundla wabaleka wagoduka.
The hare quickly ran home.

UMvundla wahlala kufuphi, ezihleka izilwanyana.
Hare just sat around laughing.

Unyaka ngamnye waseTshayina uthiywa ngesinye sezilwanyana ezili-12 ezisetyenziswa xa kuvunyiswa ngeenkwenkwezi—inamba, ingwe, inkawu, umvundla nezinye.
In the lunar calendar, each year is named after one of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac —dragon, tiger, monkey, rabbit, and so on.

Kodwa ingaba wakwazi njani uNcanda ukushiya uMvundla?
But how had Hedgehog managed to beat Hare?

UMvundla noNkawu baqikaqikeka behleka.
Hare and Monkey rolled about laughing.

UMvundla wawothuke kakhulu kangangokuba zange uqaphele nokuqaphela ukuba yayiyincanda yimbi leyo yayisitsho.
Hare was so surprised that he didn’t even notice that it was a different hedgehog.

UMvundla zange uphinde uqhayise kwakhona – ingakumbi uqhayisele uNcanda.
Hare never boasted again – at least not to Hedgehog.

watsho umvundla.
said the hare.

Umfama wayefuna ukuwuxelela umvundla zonke izinto ezithe zathethwa kuye apho endleleni, kodwa umvundla wawusele ungasabonakali.
The farmer wanted to say something to the hare about all the things that had been said to him on the way, but the hare had already disappeared.

“Uyayazi,” watsho uMvundla, “Laa NTO ihlala equleni!”
“You know,” said Rabbit, “The THING that lives in the pool!”

11 Khawucinge ngesilwanyana osithandayo, mhlawumbi imbila okanye umvundla.
11 Think of an animal that you enjoy watching, maybe a rock badger or a rabbit.

Umvundla wabajonga waze wathi, “Kriiiiii!
The hare looked at them and said, “Greeeeee!

Le nto yayihlekwa ngaphambili, kodwa ngoku inzululwazi ifumanisa ukuba umvundla uyakwetyisa ukutya kwawo.
This was once scoffed at, but science now finds that the rabbit reingests its food.

UMvundla wavele nje wahleka, kodwa ezinye izilwanyana zona zaziqinisekile ukuba icebo lazo laliza kusebenza.
Hare just laughed, but the other animals were sure that their plan would work.

Yongeza ngelithi: “Umvundla wawusaziwa njengesona sidalwa sanda ngokumangalisayo yaye ngenxa yoko umela ukuthwasa kwehlobo.”
It adds: “The rabbit was known as an extraordinarily fertile creature, and hence it symbolized the coming of spring.”

Kudala-dala kwakukho umvundla owawubaleka kakhulu, usogqitha zonke ezinye izilwanyana zasefama.
Many years ago there was a hare that could run faster than any other animal on the farm.

wahleka uMvundla umsinekele.
Hare laughed nastily.

UMvundla wawuqinisekile ukuba wawuza kuphumelela kangangokuba wawusele ucinga ngamanye amagama amatsha owawuza kumbiza ngawo uNcanda emva kogqatso.
Hare was so sure that he was going to win that he had even been thinking up some new names to call Hedgehog after the race.

Emva kwexesha, uMvundla weza ethe chu.
After some time, Hare came strolling by.

Umvundla ungumqondiso wabahedeni ibe ubusoloko ungumqondiso wokuchuma.”—(1913), Umqu.
The rabbit is a pagan symbol and has always been an emblem of fertility.”—(1913), Vol.