Pieter's Journey: Finding Home and Heart in Stellenbosch
Update: 2025-10-02
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Fluent Fiction - Afrikaans: Pieter's Journey: Finding Home and Heart in Stellenbosch
Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:
fluentfiction.com/af/episode/2025-10-02-22-34-02-af
Story Transcript:
Af: Die son het liggies oor die dakke van die ou, Hollandse huis in Stellenbosch geskyn.
En: The sun shone gently over the roofs of the old, Dutch house in Stellenbosch.
Af: Dit was lente, en kleurvolle blommetjies het die tuine rondom die kinderhuis opgehelder.
En: It was spring, and colorful flowers brightened the gardens surrounding the children's home.
Af: Pieter, 'n seuntjie van nege jaar, het by die groot venster gestaan en na die blomme daar buite gekyk.
En: Pieter, a nine-year-old boy, stood by the large window and looked at the flowers outside.
Af: Sy oë het ver gesoek en sy hart het verlang na 'n plek waar hy kon behoort.
En: His eyes searched far, and his heart yearned for a place where he could belong.
Af: Die kinders en personeel van die kinderhuis was vir hom soos 'n familie, maar hy het iets meer gesoek – 'n huis met eie mense wat net aan hom behoort.
En: The children and staff of the children's home were like family to him, but he sought something more—a home with his own people who belonged only to him.
Af: Pieter was 'n kind met groot drome en 'n lewendige verbeelding.
En: Pieter was a child with big dreams and a lively imagination.
Af: Maar vandag was hy senuweeagtig.
En: But today, he was nervous.
Af: Hy het gehoor dat hy vandag mense sou ontmoet wat moontlik sy nuwe ouers kan word.
En: He had heard that today he would meet people who could possibly become his new parents.
Af: Anika en Thabo.
En: Anika and Thabo.
Af: Hulle name het soos musiek in sy oë gedans.
En: Their names danced like music in his eyes.
Af: Tog, die vrees vir afkeur het aan sy moed geknaag.
En: Yet, the fear of rejection gnawed at his courage.
Af: Wat as hulle hom nie wou hê nie?
En: What if they didn't want him?
Af: Wat as hy vir hulle nie goed genoeg was nie?
En: What if he wasn't good enough for them?
Af: Hy het besluit om al sy senuwees te laat vaar.
En: He decided to let go of all his nerves.
Af: Hy sal vriendelik wees en glimlag.
En: He would be friendly and smile.
Af: Hy sal die mense wees wat hulle wil ontmoet.
En: He would be the person they wanted to meet.
Af: Miskien, net miskien, kan hy hulle harte wen.
En: Maybe, just maybe, he could win their hearts.
Af: Die oggend het verbygespoed en voor hy hom kon kry, het hy op 'n sagte bank in die geselskap van Anika en Thabo gesit.
En: The morning flew by, and before he knew it, he was sitting on a soft couch in the company of Anika and Thabo.
Af: Hulle was vriendelik en het warm geglimlag.
En: They were friendly and smiled warmly.
Af: Anika het lang bruin hare gehad en Thabo het 'n skaam, maar warm lag.
En: Anika had long brown hair and Thabo had a shy but warm laugh.
Af: Pieter het sy skouers regop getrek en 'n storie begin vertel uit sy oorvloedige verbeelding, oor 'n seuntjie wie se vriende almal diere was.
En: Pieter straightened his shoulders and began telling a story from his abundant imagination, about a boy whose friends were all animals.
Af: Dié seuntjie het 'n groot avontuur onderneem, het hy verduidelik, om sy plek in die wêreld te vind.
En: This boy undertook a great adventure, he explained, to find his place in the world.
Af: Die diere het hom gelei, hom getroos as hy hartseer was, en hom gehelp om sy moed te vind.
En: The animals guided him, comforted him when he was sad, and helped him find his courage.
Af: Pieter het nie besef hoe diep sy woorde geraak het nie, tot Anika 'n traan uit haar oog gevryf het en Thabo se lag stil geword het.
En: Pieter didn't realize how deeply his words touched them until Anika wiped a tear from her eye and Thabo's laugh grew quiet.
Af: “Jy het 'n wonderlike verbeelding,” het Thabo aangevul.
En: “You have a wonderful imagination,” Thabo added.
Af: “En 'n hart vol liefde,” het Anika bygevoeg.
En: “And a heart full of love,” Anika added.
Af: Daardie middag het Pieter gehoor hoe Anika en Thabo met die hoof van die kinderhuis gepraat het.
En: That afternoon, Pieter heard how Anika and Thabo spoke with the head of the children's home.
Af: Hulle het gesê dat hulle iets besonders in Pieter gesien het.
En: They said that they had seen something special in Pieter.
Af: Iets wat hulle graag deel van hul gesin wou maak.
En: Something they wanted to make part of their family.
Af: Pieter se binneste het gesing.
En: Pieter's insides sang.
Af: Die wete dat hy gekies is, dat hy deel van 'n gesin sou wees, het sy hart met vreugde gevul.
En: Knowing that he was chosen, that he would be part of a family, filled his heart with joy.
Af: Hy het nie net selfvertroue gevind nie, maar ook die warmte van 'n nuwe familie.
En: He found not only confidence but also the warmth of a new family.
Af: Anika en Thabo was meer as net Sy-gaan-miskien-ouers-wees.
En: Anika and Thabo were more than just maybe-going-to-be-parents.
Af: Hulle was nou sy ouers.
En: They were now his parents.
Af: So het Pieter se reis van verbeelding tot werklikheid 'n nuwe pad ingevaar.
En: Thus, Pieter's journey from imagination to reality took a new path.
Af: Hy het gevoel dat hy na 'n tuin van nuwe beginne stap, waar hy altyd sal behoort.
En: He felt like he was stepping into a garden of new beginnings, where he would always belong.
Af: Die lente in Stellenbosch het op 'n nuwe manier oor die kinderse kinderhuis geskyn, dog dié keer met Pieter se hart daar agter.
En: The spring in Stellenbosch shone over the children's home in a new way, but this time with Pieter's heart behind it.
Af: Hy het geweet, hy is tuis.
En: He knew he was home.
Vocabulary Words:
Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:
fluentfiction.com/af/episode/2025-10-02-22-34-02-af
Story Transcript:
Af: Die son het liggies oor die dakke van die ou, Hollandse huis in Stellenbosch geskyn.
En: The sun shone gently over the roofs of the old, Dutch house in Stellenbosch.
Af: Dit was lente, en kleurvolle blommetjies het die tuine rondom die kinderhuis opgehelder.
En: It was spring, and colorful flowers brightened the gardens surrounding the children's home.
Af: Pieter, 'n seuntjie van nege jaar, het by die groot venster gestaan en na die blomme daar buite gekyk.
En: Pieter, a nine-year-old boy, stood by the large window and looked at the flowers outside.
Af: Sy oë het ver gesoek en sy hart het verlang na 'n plek waar hy kon behoort.
En: His eyes searched far, and his heart yearned for a place where he could belong.
Af: Die kinders en personeel van die kinderhuis was vir hom soos 'n familie, maar hy het iets meer gesoek – 'n huis met eie mense wat net aan hom behoort.
En: The children and staff of the children's home were like family to him, but he sought something more—a home with his own people who belonged only to him.
Af: Pieter was 'n kind met groot drome en 'n lewendige verbeelding.
En: Pieter was a child with big dreams and a lively imagination.
Af: Maar vandag was hy senuweeagtig.
En: But today, he was nervous.
Af: Hy het gehoor dat hy vandag mense sou ontmoet wat moontlik sy nuwe ouers kan word.
En: He had heard that today he would meet people who could possibly become his new parents.
Af: Anika en Thabo.
En: Anika and Thabo.
Af: Hulle name het soos musiek in sy oë gedans.
En: Their names danced like music in his eyes.
Af: Tog, die vrees vir afkeur het aan sy moed geknaag.
En: Yet, the fear of rejection gnawed at his courage.
Af: Wat as hulle hom nie wou hê nie?
En: What if they didn't want him?
Af: Wat as hy vir hulle nie goed genoeg was nie?
En: What if he wasn't good enough for them?
Af: Hy het besluit om al sy senuwees te laat vaar.
En: He decided to let go of all his nerves.
Af: Hy sal vriendelik wees en glimlag.
En: He would be friendly and smile.
Af: Hy sal die mense wees wat hulle wil ontmoet.
En: He would be the person they wanted to meet.
Af: Miskien, net miskien, kan hy hulle harte wen.
En: Maybe, just maybe, he could win their hearts.
Af: Die oggend het verbygespoed en voor hy hom kon kry, het hy op 'n sagte bank in die geselskap van Anika en Thabo gesit.
En: The morning flew by, and before he knew it, he was sitting on a soft couch in the company of Anika and Thabo.
Af: Hulle was vriendelik en het warm geglimlag.
En: They were friendly and smiled warmly.
Af: Anika het lang bruin hare gehad en Thabo het 'n skaam, maar warm lag.
En: Anika had long brown hair and Thabo had a shy but warm laugh.
Af: Pieter het sy skouers regop getrek en 'n storie begin vertel uit sy oorvloedige verbeelding, oor 'n seuntjie wie se vriende almal diere was.
En: Pieter straightened his shoulders and began telling a story from his abundant imagination, about a boy whose friends were all animals.
Af: Dié seuntjie het 'n groot avontuur onderneem, het hy verduidelik, om sy plek in die wêreld te vind.
En: This boy undertook a great adventure, he explained, to find his place in the world.
Af: Die diere het hom gelei, hom getroos as hy hartseer was, en hom gehelp om sy moed te vind.
En: The animals guided him, comforted him when he was sad, and helped him find his courage.
Af: Pieter het nie besef hoe diep sy woorde geraak het nie, tot Anika 'n traan uit haar oog gevryf het en Thabo se lag stil geword het.
En: Pieter didn't realize how deeply his words touched them until Anika wiped a tear from her eye and Thabo's laugh grew quiet.
Af: “Jy het 'n wonderlike verbeelding,” het Thabo aangevul.
En: “You have a wonderful imagination,” Thabo added.
Af: “En 'n hart vol liefde,” het Anika bygevoeg.
En: “And a heart full of love,” Anika added.
Af: Daardie middag het Pieter gehoor hoe Anika en Thabo met die hoof van die kinderhuis gepraat het.
En: That afternoon, Pieter heard how Anika and Thabo spoke with the head of the children's home.
Af: Hulle het gesê dat hulle iets besonders in Pieter gesien het.
En: They said that they had seen something special in Pieter.
Af: Iets wat hulle graag deel van hul gesin wou maak.
En: Something they wanted to make part of their family.
Af: Pieter se binneste het gesing.
En: Pieter's insides sang.
Af: Die wete dat hy gekies is, dat hy deel van 'n gesin sou wees, het sy hart met vreugde gevul.
En: Knowing that he was chosen, that he would be part of a family, filled his heart with joy.
Af: Hy het nie net selfvertroue gevind nie, maar ook die warmte van 'n nuwe familie.
En: He found not only confidence but also the warmth of a new family.
Af: Anika en Thabo was meer as net Sy-gaan-miskien-ouers-wees.
En: Anika and Thabo were more than just maybe-going-to-be-parents.
Af: Hulle was nou sy ouers.
En: They were now his parents.
Af: So het Pieter se reis van verbeelding tot werklikheid 'n nuwe pad ingevaar.
En: Thus, Pieter's journey from imagination to reality took a new path.
Af: Hy het gevoel dat hy na 'n tuin van nuwe beginne stap, waar hy altyd sal behoort.
En: He felt like he was stepping into a garden of new beginnings, where he would always belong.
Af: Die lente in Stellenbosch het op 'n nuwe manier oor die kinderse kinderhuis geskyn, dog dié keer met Pieter se hart daar agter.
En: The spring in Stellenbosch shone over the children's home in a new way, but this time with Pieter's heart behind it.
Af: Hy het geweet, hy is tuis.
En: He knew he was home.
Vocabulary Words:
- gently: liggies
- yearned: verlang
- belong: behoort
- nerves: senuwees
- imagination: verbeelding
- rejection: afkeur
- courage: moed
- undertook: onderneem
- guided: gelei
- comforted: getroos
- abundant: oorvloedige
- adventure: avontuur
- tear: traan
- insides: binneste
- joy: vreugde
- confidence: selfvertroue
- wonderful: wonderlike
- path: pad
- shone: geskyn
- blossoms: blommetjies
- warmth: warmte
- straightened: regop getrek
- smiled: geglimlag
- shy: skaam
- staff: personeel
- perhaps: miskien
- filled: gevul
- belonged: behoort
- quiet: stil
- beginnings: beginne
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