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A man riding a scooter.

Impanuka Accident

Espen Stranger-Johannessen

Aakanee

Abisange Iragena Sandrine

Nkulikimfura Olivier

Kinyarwanda

Level 3

A man riding a scooter.

Carlos atwaye velomoteri. Ari kwihuta cyane.

Carlos rides a scooter. He rides fast.

A man riding a scooter into a puddle.

Mu muhanda haratose. Umuhanda uranyerera.

There is water on the road. The road is slippery.

A man falling off a scooter.

Velomotero iradigadize maze aragwa.

He loses control of the scooter and falls off.

A man lying on the road and people rushing towards him.

Carlos yababaye cyane.

Carlos is badly hurt.

A woman phoning an ambulance.

Umugore ahamagaye imbangukiragutabara. “Habaye impanuka. Mubanguke.”

A woman calls for an ambulance. “There has been an accident. Come quickly!”

An ambulance.

Imbangukiragutabara ihageze byihuse.

The ambulance comes very quickly.

Two paramedics putting a man on a stretcher.

Abagabo babiri bashyize Carlos kuri burankari.

Two men put Carlos on a stretcher.

Two paramedics carrying a man on a stretcher into an ambulance.

Bateruye Carlos bamushyira mu mbangukiragutabara.

They lift Carlos into the ambulance.

An ambulance in front of a hospital.

Imbangukiragutabara yerekeje ku bitaro.

The ambulance drives to the hospital.

A nurse pushing a man on a trolley in a hospital.

Umuforomokazi ajyanye Carlos mu bitaro.

A nurse takes Carlos into the hospital.

Someone attaching a drip to a hand.

Ari kumuvura.

She treats him.

A man lying in a hospital bed.

Carlos arababara akaguru cyane, kandi arahangayitse.

Carlos’s leg hurts a lot, and he is worried.

Two doctors operating on a man's leg.

Akaguru ke kabazwe n’abadogiteri babiri.

Two doctors operate on his leg.

A man lying in a hospital bed, and a man and woman standing at the bottom of his bed.

Ababyeyi be baramusuye. Bamubajije uko impanuka yagenze.

His parents visit him. They ask him how the accident happened.

A man walking on crutches being helped by a man and woman.

Bamujyanye mu rugo. Carlos aragendera ku mbago.

They drive him home. Carlos is using crutches.

Written by: Espen Stranger-Johannessen

Illustrated by: Aakanee

Translated by: Abisange Iragena Sandrine

Read by: Nkulikimfura Olivier

Language: Kinyarwanda

Level: Level 3

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