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Ndandincokola nenja yam, uHermes. Walala phantsi ecaleni kwedesika yam.

“Kawhren,” watsho uHerm. Unenkathazo ngezandi "r" kwaye uthetha nge-accent encinci ekufuneka ibe yi-cocker spaniel. "Kutheni abantu bengakwazi, undewhrstrand?"

“Andazi, Herm,” ndatsho. Ndifumanisa ukuba ndihlala ndiyiphendula ngale ndlela imibuzo yakhe.

Wabuya sele ekhotha inzipho yakhe yasekhohlo.

“Uyazazi na iintsuku zakho?”

"Herm, uthetha ngantoni?"

“Imihla ka-yoehre, Kawhren. (phumla) Ngaphambili…”

Wajika walungisa inzipho yakhe yasekunene. UHerm uneenyawo ezikhulu azidlayo ngazo. Wagqiba ukuzilungisa, wolula waza wenza inja enyukayo nangaphantsi kumbhoxo, eshukumisa intsomi yakhe eqaphela uhlobo lwakhe olugqibeleleyo. Watsho endijongisa phezulu.

“Xa wawuselula.” Uthe.

“Owu, ewe, ndiyakhumbula, Herm,” ndatsho. “Ndandidla ngokukhwela ibhayisekile yam ndisihla ngezitrato ezinemithi emidala emasebe achukumisayo enza uphahla phezu kwentloko yam. Oko kwakungaphambi kwesifo saseDutch Elm.”

"Kutheni umntu enzakalise isibini?" Wabuza uHerm othukile.

“Uchama emithini,” ndamkhumbuza.

"Izibini ezinkulu, kuphela, Kawhren, u-nevewhr uchama ngamabini amancinci."

UHermes walala phantsi; imilenze yakhe yomibini yangasemva idlalile, intloko emathupheni akhe.

Ndandidla ngokukhwela amahashe kumbindi wehlathi. Ndandidla ngokuphuma ndedwa, ndingemva, kungekho mntu wumbi ngaphandle kwam nehashe lam, maxa wambi ebusuku, phantsi kwenyanga, kodwa ngokufuthi phakathi kobushushu bemini yehlobo laseMidwestern. Kuloo mahlathi apholileyo, sasiza kufika kwithafa elincinane elingqukuva, elinomthunzi nelikhuselwe yimithi. Bendisehla ngomzimba wakhe oshushu, ndingqiyame isidlele sam entanyeni yakhe. Bendiya kulala phantsi, ihashe lam litya ecaleni kwam, amehlo am asezantsi, ndijonge kwihlabathi elincinci. Izinambuzane ezintle ezineentamo ezinde ezinomoya ovuthuzayo obonakala elubala ezimile kwimilenze ebhityileyo phezu kwengca ebhityileyo egotywe ubunzima bazo, kwaye zincokola ngapha nangapha. Iimbovane ezixakekileyo zazithwala imithwalo ephindwe kabini kunobukhulu bazo. Kwavela iimpethu kunye namahobe. Izigcawu zaziluke iintambo ezikhanyayo. Iinyosi zabaleka zasela. Linnet wings, lamagama athi gqi entloko kum, mahle ngathi ngamagama amaninzi endalo elulwimini. Ukujonga kwihlabathi elincinci lengca yedlelo kunye nezinambuzane kwinqanaba lamehlo kumntwana ocinezelekileyo emhlabeni yindlela ihlabathi leefairies, kungoko kwaqala ngayo iintsomi.

“Kawhren,” watsho uHerm, esondela, ngoku, kwingongoma yentetho yakhe, “awuzange ucinge xa ​​wawuselula ukuba abantu bangenza umonakalo!”

“Hayi, Herm.” Yayingeyonyani leyo. Ndandisengumntwana ngezona ntsuku zinzima zeMfazwe Yomlomo; sasicinga ukuba izixhobo zenyukliya ziza kutshabalalisa ihlabathi. Umhlaba wam kwidlelo elifihlakeleyo kunye nengca etya ingca ecaleni kwam yayiza kugqabhuka. Ngoku, sibukele umkhenkce unyibilika kwaye silinde…Kodwa kwezi ngcinga, ndingayikhusela inja yam.

“Andinakuze ndikhathazeke,” watsho uHermes.

“Ewe, utya inyama yenkomo nenkukhu ekrwada, Herm.”

“Kwaye ipizza iyakrazuka,” watsho.

"Ukusuka esitratweni, ick,"

“Akukho mntu ungalunganga, Kawhren,” waphendula uHerm. "Ngamnye wethu unetyala." “Kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba,” wahlabela mgama egxininisa, ephakama, “ukuba masingagxagxaki. Ngendlela evwry siyazi. " Ubeke isilevu sakhe emlenzeni wam. "Ndizama ukuba yinja elungileyo."

“Yinyani le, Hermes,” ndatsho ndiphulula intloko yakhe, “uyeyona nja ndiyaziyo.” Ngokungafaniyo nodade wabo, uCleis, endimthanda kakhulu, uHermes unobubele, unobuhlobo kwaye uyabhideka.

“UCleis akathethi,” watsho uHerm, efunda ingqondo yam.

“Yinyani leyo, Herm,” ndaphendula, nangona uHermes ethetha nam ngaphakathi kwentloko yam kwaye kufuneka ndithethe ngaye, Cleis, nokuba ndimamele kangakanani na uhlala ethe cwaka. Andiliva ilizwi lakhe. Xa uCleis efuna ukuba yibrat, njengasepakini, uvala iindlebe zakhe kwisandi selizwi lam, impumlo emhlabeni, egijima kwizangqa ezinkulu, ekhululekile kunye ne-feral. Ndibiza emva kwakhe, ndileqa ngobudenge. Ndimcenga ngeebhiskithi. Xa ediniwe, uhlala.

Ndandinomfundisi-ntsapho owayedla ngokuthi, “Bathi kum amahashe zizilwanyana ezizizidenge, kodwa ndiyamangala,” ebhekisa kwabo bethu babezama ukunxibelelana newaka leekhilogram zenyama phakathi kwemilenze yethu ngaphandle kokuphoswa ngokukhawuleza.

“Kawhrewn,” watsho uHerm, “kutheni abantu bezizidenge nje?”

Ebenomsindo ke ngoku.

Ugxininise ngakumbi wabhomboloza. UCleis wakhonkotha naye. Kwandula ke ngokufuthi kusenzeka, ukukhonkotha kwabo kwakhawuleza bada babhomboloza kunye, ngokurhabaxa, belahliwe.

Emva kokuba i-cacophony yayeka, uHermes wazitsalela ngokuthe ngqo; imilenze yangaphambili ityalwe, imilenze yangasemva yandisiwe, intloko yakhe phezulu. Wathetha ngegravitas, “Ilizwe lethu elihle. Ourhr enye kuphela. "