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Polly anapanda basi

Polly boards the bus downtown for the first time, with a patient capybara at the wheel and one nervous question per stop.

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Je, basi hili linaenda katikati ya mji? Ninahitaji uwanja mkuu.

Tikiti moja, tafadhali. Ni mara yangu ya kwanza kwenye njia hii.

Tikiti moja, tafadhali. Ni mara yangu ya kwanza kwenye njia hii.

Ni bei gani? Leo nina sarafu tu.

Ni bei gani? Leo nina sarafu tu.

Nishuke wapi kwa ajili ya uwanja mkuu?

Nishuke wapi kwa ajili ya uwanja mkuu?

Kituo kinachofuata! Vizuri, tayari naelekea mlangoni.

Kituo kinachofuata! Vizuri, tayari naelekea mlangoni.

Asante kwa subira yako! Tutaonana baadaye!

Asante kwa subira yako! Tutaonana baadaye!

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