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KWAKUDALA kwakukho inkosana eyayifuna ukutshata inkosazana; kodwa yayiza kuba yinkosazana yokwenene.Watyhutyha ihlabathi lonke ukuze afumane enye, kodwa akukho ndawo wayenokukufumana kuyo oko wayekufuna.Kwakukho amakhosazana ngokwaneleyo, kodwa kwakunzima ukufumana ukuba ngaba ngokwenene.Kwakusoloko kukho into ethile ngabo eyayingekho njengoko ifanele ukuba njalo.Ngoko wabuyela ekhaya kwakhona kwaye wayebuhlungu, kuba wayengathanda kakhulu ukuba nenkosazana yokwenene.

Ngolunye urhatya kwabakho uqhwithela olukhulu, kwabakho iindudumo nemibane, yaza izandyondyo zemvula.Ngequbuliso kwavakala unkqonkqozwa esangweni lesixeko, waza ukumkani omdala waya kulivula.

Yayiyinkosazana imi apho phandle phambi kwesango.Kodwa, mhle ubabalo! onjani wona umbono wemvula nomoya owamenza ukuba akhangele.Amanzi ehla ezinweleni nasezimpahleni zakhe; ehla ehla ukuya ezinzwaneni zezihlangu zakhe kwaye aphinde aphume ezithendeni.Kodwa ke wathi yinkosazana yokwenene.

“Ke, siza kuyifumana kungekudala loo nto,” wacinga njalo ukumkanikazi omdala.Kodwa akazange athethe nto, wangena kwigumbi lokulala, wathabatha zonke iibhedi phezu kwebhedi, wabeka i-ertyisi phantsi; emva koko wathabatha oomatrasi abangamashumi amabini, wabeka phezu kwe-ertyisi, emva koko iibhedi ezingamashumi amabini ze-eider-down on top of. oomatrasi.

Ngale nto inkosazana kwafuneka ilale ubusuku bonke.Ekuseni wabuzwa ukuba ulale njani.

“Owu, kubi kakhulu!” watsho.“Kunqabile ukuba ndiwavale amehlo am ubusuku bonke.Izulu liyazi kuphela into eyayisebhedini, kodwa ndandilele phezu kwento eqinileyo, kangangokuba ndimnyama naluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kuwo wonke umzimba wam.Kuyoyikeka!”

Ngoku babesazi ukuba yinkosazana yokwenyani kuba wayiva i-ertyisi kanye koomatrasi abangamashumi amabini kunye neebhedi ezingamashumi amabini eeider-down.

Akakho umntu ngaphandle kwenkosazana yokwenene enokuba novakalelo ngolo hlobo.

Ngoko inkosana yamthabatha ukuba ibe ngumfazi wayo, kuba ngoku yayisazi ukuba inenkosazana yokwenene; kwaye i-pea yafakwa kwimyuziyam, apho isenokubonakala, ukuba akukho mntu uyibileyo.

Apho, libali lokwenyani elo.