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Mchawi wa Kustaajabisha wa Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Sura ya I Kimbunga

Chapter I The Cyclone

Dorothy aliishi katikati ya nyanda kubwa za Kansas,

Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies,

pamoja na Mjomba Henry,

with Uncle Henry,

aliyekuwa mkulima,

who was a farmer,

na Shangazi Em,

and Aunt Em,

aliyekuwa mke wa mkulima.

who was the farmer’s wife.

Nyumba yao ilikuwa ndogo,

Their house was small,

kwa kuwa mbao za kuijenga zilipaswa kuchukuliwa kwa gari la kukokotwa maili nyingi.

for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles.

Kulikuwa na kuta nne,

There were four walls,

sakafu na paa,

a floor and a roof,

vilivyounda chumba kimoja;

which made one room;

na chumba hicho kilikuwa na jiko la kupikia lililokuwa na kutu,

and this room contained a rusty looking cookstove,

kabati la vyombo,

a cupboard for the dishes,

meza,

a table,

viti vitatu au vinne,

three or four chairs,

na vitanda.

and the beds.

Mjomba Henry na Shangazi Em walikuwa na kitanda kikubwa katika pembe moja,

Uncle Henry and Aunt Em had a big bed in one corner,

na Dorothy kitanda kidogo katika pembe nyingine.

and Dorothy a little bed in another corner.

Hakukuwa na darini hata kidogo,

There was no garret at all,

wala shimo la chini ya nyumba—isipokuwa tundu dogo lililochimbwa ardhini,

and no cellar—except a small hole dug in the ground,

lililoitwa shimo la kimbunga,

called a cyclone cellar,

ambapo familia iliweza kwenda ikitokea mmoja wa hivyo vimbunga vikubwa ukainuka,

where the family could go in case one of those great whirlwinds arose,

wenye nguvu za kutosha kuponda jengo lolote katika njia yake.

mighty enough to crush any building in its path.

Lilifikiwa kwa mlango wa sakafu ulioko katikati ya chumba,

It was reached by a trap door in the middle of the floor,

ambapo ngazi iliteremka hadi ndani ya tundu lile dogo,

from which a ladder led down into the small,

lenye giza.

dark hole.