UHarry Potter kanye neMfihlo yeCOP26

NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, Okthoba 10, 2021

“Blimey, Harry!” kubabaza uRonald Weasley, ubuso bakhe bucindezele ewindini, elunguza emaphandleni ashesha ukudlula ngenkathi iHogwarts Express ebomvu ibenyezela intuthu yamalahle esibhakabhakeni isendleleni ebheke enyakatho eGlasgow engqungqutheleni yezulu yeCOP26. “Uma imfihlo okufanele uyithole yaziwe futhi ingaziwa yibo bonke abakwaMuggles, kusho ukuthi yaziwa nakithi abaningi. Futhi kuyalandela ”- URon waphenduka wabhekana nomngani wakhe owayehleli ngaphesheya kwegumbi elincane lesitimela -" ukuthi singavumela abakwaMuggles ukuthi nabo bazikhathaze ngakho. "

“Amabhulukwe kaMerlin!” UHermione Granger wagqekeza, wavala Uhlu Oluphelele Lokuphikisana Okungachazeki eMagical Fiction ngokubukeka kokukhungatheka okungabekezeleleki. "Uma abakwaMuggles bebambe enye ingqungquthela yokubeka sengathi babuthakathaka ekuvimbeleni ukubhujiswa kwakho konke okuphilayo emhlabeni, futhi kungowama-26, kanti labo abangaphambilini abangama-25 babe nomphumela ophambene nalokho obekudingeka, khona-ke kuyalandela, ”- UHermione ukhulume ngokunensa nangokucacile ngokungathi kunengane eneminyaka emithathu -“ ukuthi asikwazi nje ukuvumela abakwaMuggles bakhathazeke ngakho, futhi kungahle kube nokuthinta ikusasa lethu futhi, noma ngabe yiziphi izinhlobo zemikhuba emibi sinquma ukwenza njengabo. ”

UHarry wayazi ukuthi udinga ukusho okuthile, kodwa ngaphambi kokuba akwazi, uRon wayememeza, enomlomo ogcwele amaxoxo kashokolethi, okuthile ngokuthi wayeqiniseka kanjani ukuthi uViktor Krum mhlawumbe unempendulo, uma kubhekwa ukuthi imithombo emingaki kawoyela eyayinomndeni wakhe.

“Sekwanele!” kusho uHarry, ebheka uHermione esihlalweni sakhe, ngoba wayebonakala ekulungele ukuthola elinye igumbi azohlala kulo. “Ake sihlole esikwaziyo, noma ngabe sikwenze izikhathi eziyikhulu ngaphambili. Okungenani sizokwazi ukutshela izingane zethu ukuthi sizamile, akunjalo? ”

URon wabubula futhi wanqekuzisa ikhanda, uHermione wathi ngokuthula, “Anginaso isiqiniseko sokuthi ngizoletha izingane emhlabeni ogcwele abantu abangakwazi ukuzitholela okwabo emuva ngezandla ezimbili nangenduku ekhanyisiwe.” UHarry uthathe lokho njengesikhuthazo esikhulu kunazo zonke abengasithola futhi waqhubeka.

"Siyazi," kusho uHarry, "ukuthi abakwaMuggle benza lezi zivumelwano ezibuthakathaka futhi behluleka ukuzigcina, akunjalo? Futhi sidlule kuzo zonke izindlela ababengabaqinisa ngazo noma bahlale kuzo, akunjalo? ”

"Ukukhipha wonke amathuba," kusho uHermione, "akukaze kube isimangalo esithile, uma ubheka imigomo emihlanu yeSnufalargin the Snooty, eyasungulwa okokuqala eminyakeni eyishumi nanhlanu. . . ”

“Ngiyazi,” kusho uHarry. “Ngiqonde ukuthi angazi, kodwa ngizwe nje, kulungile? Kuthiwani uma le mfihlo, imfihlo ebesiyalwe ngayo ukuba siyithole, ngomyalezo okusemasemishi kaHagrid nakuMorse Code kuzwakala ukushaywa kwezikhala zezibani zeKnight Bus, yaziwa futhi ayaziwa ngoba akuyona indlela yokuqinisa isimo sezulu esiwubuwula izivumelwano njengoba zinjalo kodwa zokungeza okuthile kuzo ezingekho, okusobala kakhulu ukuthi akekho ongacabanga ngakho. ”

"Incwadi ehlanjululwe," kusho uHermione. “Yebo, ngicabange ngalokho futhi. . . ”

“Ngikhathaze ini?” kubuza uRon, uHermione akamnaki.

“Ngikucabangile lokho,” kusho uHermione, “kodwa yini okusalayo ngaphandle kwezivumelwano obekungaba kuzo ngokwemvelo? Ngisho ukuthi kufanele kube yinto enkulu kakhulu. Ngeke kube ngumlilo womuntu othile wekamu noma igalaji likaphethiloli. Akunakuba yimboni ethile encane ethole ukuyekelwa okukhethekile. Kufanele kube kukhulu ngokwanele ukuthi kungakufanelekela ukukhathazeka okukhulu, okuthile okufanele konke ukulwa esesidlule kukho ukuze sifike kuleli banga, ingasaphathwa eyakwaRon. . . ”

UHermione wanqikaza, futhi uRon wamqedela isigwebo sakhe. "Kulungile, ingasaphathwa eyenwele yami." URon ubuyisele emuva i-hood yakhe wafaka ikhanda lakhe elinempandla elicwebezelayo ebhekisa kubangani bakhe.

"Ngiyithanda kanjalo," kusho uHermione.

URon wamamatheka. “Anginankinga,” kusho yena. “Ngiqonde ukuthi uma kubalulekile kangako, ngingajabula ukuthi ngiyeke umuzwa wami wesokunxele. . . ”

"Ngakwesokudla," kuphuka uHarry. “Masibuyele ekulweni.”

URon noHermione bambuka sengathi ulahlekelwe yingqondo.

“Cha,” kusho uHarry. “Angiqondile ukuthi kufanele silwe sodwa. Ngisho, ake sicabange ngomqondo wokulwa. Sikwenza ngamahlumela amancane ezandleni zethu. Sibheka abangani abayi-12 nenja njengebutho elikhulu. Kodwa abakwaMuggle bakwenza kanjani lokhu? ”

“Amasokisi kaMerlin, Harry,” kuphendula uHermione ngenjabulo, “kungenzeka ukuthi ungena entweni ebiyaziwa futhi ingaziwa nakithi. Singabantu abaphakeme kangaka emicabangweni yethu, kepha ngokungangabazeki sakha umbono wokuthi abanye abakhohlakele ngokungenakulinganiswa kuyo yonke into, kuze kufike ezingeni lapho ubudlova bujwayeleke kakhulu kangangokuthi ngeke sikwazi ukububona. ”

“Uxolo,” kusho uRon, “ngicela ungakusho futhi eParseltounge, ngoba kuzoba lula ukuyiqonda ngaleyo ndlela?”

“Kulungile,” kusho uHarry, emshaya indiva uRon, “simemezela ukuthi uVoldemort unomphela futhi mubi ngendlela engenakulinganiswa futhi samukela ukuthi anginayo enye indlela ngaphandle kokumbulala, noma okungenani ngibe nenhlanhla enkulu futhi ngimbulale njengoba ngisazama ukukwenza , ngoba sikholelwa kwiziprofetho nokuhlukaniswa kwezigaba zezinto ezithile njengoMnyama ezinye njengoKhanya. Kepha iMuggles iyikho konke, ngisho ukuthi bonke bangamaMuggle nje kuphela, akunjalo? Abahle kakhulu bangenza okubi nababi kakhulu benze okuhle. Futhi-ke bacabanga ngendlela esenza ngayo yize bengenasisekelo sokwenza lokho. ”

“Ngakho-ke” kuqhubeka uHermione, “akudingeki balwe uma bekhetha ukungalwi, futhi ukhiye wakho konke lokhu ngumbuzo owubuze ngaphambili: Balwa kanjani?”

“O,” kusho uRon, “ngiyamazi lo. Ngokudabuka. Ngisho, ngokudabukisayo empeleni. Akukho ukungahloniphi abazali bakho, uHermione, kepha isifuba sogogo kagogo wami singalwa kangcono ukudlula. . . ”

"Uqinisile," kusho uHarry kuHermione, eqhubeka nokuziba uRon. “Abalwi ngezihluthu noma njengabantu ngabanye. Balwa nemboni enkulu kakhulu, enye yenzuzo enkulu kakhulu, enye yezinto ezibhubhisa kakhulu, omunye wabathengi abakhulu kakhulu bakaphethiloli nabangcolisa umoya namanzi nenhlabathi, imishini ehlala njalo yokulungiselela impi engapheli emikhulu kangangokuba umfutho wayo udala ukulwa , futhi inkulu kangangokuthi ifinyelela odongeni lodonga. ”

"Futhi yini," uHermione wacishe wamemeza ngokunqoba, "okushiywe ngokuthula kuzo zonke izivumelwano zesimo sezulu, zonke izinhlelo zikaMuggle zokumisa ukubhujiswa kwesimo sezulu? Enye yezindlela ezinkulu ababhubhisa ngayo isimo sezulu: amasosha! Amanye amaMuggle akhokhelwa ukugcina amasosha ngaphandle kwezivumelwano, kunjalo. Futhi abanye babo bacabanga ngobuqotho ukuthi izimpi zibaluleke kakhulu kunokugcina impilo emhlabeni. Abanye babo bacabanga ukuthi akukho lutho okufanele bakhathazeke ngalo noma kunjalo. Futhi iningi labo alikunakanga okwenzekayo. ”

URon wathi: “Awume, ngabe nina mahippie amabili enizama ukuthi nibe yizishoshovu zokuthula?”

UHarry noHermione babukana base besho ngazwi linye bathi, “Yebo!”

“Kulungile,” kusho uRon. “Yinto yokuqala enhle leyo osuyishilo selokhu singene kulesi sitimela. Futhi bheka engisanda kukuthola efonini yami: http://cop26.info  . "