– Yimani, yimani amakati anamahloni! – Ukudonsa, ukugxuma ngemuva kwesihlanu, izinyawo eziyishumi emhlabeni wonke uMfu Cherevich Chmor Iko. – Stay!! -uye wawela phansi. UBotva wama futhi wanquma ukuyohlala egqumeni. Ngokuphazima kweso, kwavela umgodi ohlangothini lwentaba futhi uGeneralisiphilis wakhuphuka.
– Kuyini? – wathukuthela. «Awukashiyi ndawo?» Amagciwane. Sesha ngokushesha! Bese kuthi., Bese kuthi.,?! – ekuhlaselweni yisifo sezinzwa waquleka futhi wawa ngaphandle kokuzizwa, ecindezela uhlangothi lwesokunxele lwe-chin, uhlobo lwenhliziyo lwagula. Futhi babengenayo inhliziyo, mhlawumbe… Kepha abahambi banquma ukusheshe baphume bengabonakali ngenxa yentukuthelo kaGolupyan.
Kwakuhlwile futhi wonke umuntu wayefuna ukudla.
– Hawu, ngabe nonke nikhathele? kubuza uZeka.
– Ehe!! – abanye baphendula kanzima.
– Ngemuva kwalokho ubambe undlunkulu. Ngisakhipha i-radik esuka kuye ngesipansi sami. – uphakamise uCasulia.
– Kulungile, kulungile, mina uqobo ngingalala ngaphansi kwakho, ikakhulukazi njengoba ngilala kangcono ngemuva kwalokho. – uphakamise uStasyan. Impela, waqamba amanga ukuthi wakhandwa ngamatshe ngemuva kokubulawa kukaKazulia, eqinisweni wayegula ngemuva kwalokhu ekuseni… Noma ngemuva kokushaywa? Ngamafuphi, ngakusasa ekuseni kuzovela.
Kepha omjondolo babulawa yindlala kangangoba bezwa izinto zondlunkulu futhi bamphosela kuye. UStasyan wamemeza, kodwa sase sidlulile isikhathi. Wonke umuntu wayelele engaboni futhi efuna ukudla!!!..
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Kusekuseni abahambi bavuka ekuseni, belambele indlala, bathuthela kuthulekile elele, owathi ngephupho wabaleka kamnandi futhi engasoli ukuthi naye uqobo umile ngokwahlukana kwemisebe. Ngokuqondile, wayengeke abe ngumsakazo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, akazange aphazamisane nenqubo yabo yokuhlola, kodwa ngokusobala babethanda ukuthola ukudla kunzima, hhayi ngeze. Futhi manje uCasulia wayehamba ngemuva kwemijondolo, futhi njengoba uStasyan wayengumshini obuphindwe kabili futhi ephakeme kuneKazulia, wayengamlimaza ngokulala, azivikele ngokusobala, okwenezela umbala ekudleni kwezinguquko. Ngemuva kokushintshana ngokuphelele, undlunkulu wayiqonda kahle indima yakhe, futhi eyayilimaza kuye, futhi, lapho ebona indlela ama-galups aqanjwa ngayo ngomdlandla, wamane wadlala nabo, enza sengathi uyisisulu. Hhawu, ukushesha kwalawa mathambo ukuwina ukudla.
Bavele bagxumela kanye kanye, bamchoboza uStasian emhlabathini uZasratich noChmor Iko bendawonye, ngendlela eyinqaba, bathaya amahlombe endlunkulu, ngaleyo ndlela evumela uKazulia ukuba akhuphuke futhi athinte ezansi emzimbeni wakhe olanjelwe ngamanzi.
– Aaaa!! Ahhh! – U-Sparrow wamemeza, hhayi kakhulu ebuhlungwini njengakuqala kokuphazamiseka. Konke kwagxuma. Futhi uCasulia waxolisa kamnandi.
Ngiyacela, ngicela ungixolele, kepha okuqukethwe kwakho ama-radio nuclides, akumangazi, kuhlala kuvuselela futhi uzokwanela thina isikhathi eside, mhlawumbe nayo yonke indlela.
– Kunjalo, kepha mina ngokwami ngingalala ngaphansi kwakho, ngaphandle kwalokhu kusetshenziswa kwamathambo omlenze okungizwisa ubuhlungu nokujabha ngokungazethembi. – kuphendula uStasyan, elele ngaphansi kwephakethe lomshini ezungeze imiphetho futhi phakathi nendawo kwakuhleli uCasulia.
– Ubanjiwe yingakho-ke kungcono ukuthula, uyindondo yethu, futhi esikufunayo yilokho esizokwenza nawe. – kusho uCherevich.
UStasyan washintsha ubuso bakhe. Ubengeke aphendukele emithini eyomile yokuhlukumezeka kuma-gallups, kepha isitatimende sikaChmor Iko sithinte ukuziqhenya kwakhe. Kepha wakopela, kwaba sengathi ubuyisana nalokho okushiwo uCherevich, efihle inzondo nentukuthelo emphefumulweni wakhe. Impindiselo izokwahlulela wonke umuntu.
Kepha konke, elinde ukudla ukufafazwa, abanye bamane balalela umyalo, kanti abanye bakwenza. Kepha inyoni encane ibingacabangi kanjalo, futhi ibicabanga ukuthi wonke umuntu uyamsola ngamehlo ayo futhi imbuka, kodwa empeleni umane wema phambi kweKazulia. Kepha ukungabaza kwakhe ukunemba kwalokho akushilo kubo bonke akuzange kwehlise umoya.
– Futhi ungangigqolozi. Ngingumgogodla futhi yikho lokho! Uma ucabanga udoti ohlukile ngami futhi, ngizomphuca ukudla!! Ngabe kuyacaca kuwo wonke umuntu?.
– Bheka ukuthi awunqedwa. – uphunyuke eZasratich.
– Kuthule, kuthule. – Uqinisekisile uCasulia Zeka. – Ngikhafulele – - bonke bema benganakile. UCasulia wakhanyisela phezulu futhi wajabulisa wonke umuntu ngokuqondile ohlose kugebhezi futhi wehla undlunkulu. – ngalokhu, vumela uStasyan uqobo asho. Ungubani eziqongweni zethu futhi uhlala kuphi.
– Yebo, konke ku-oyile!! – kusho undlunkulu, futhi wacabanga: «kungangivikela, uma ngiphikisana ne-trophy, khona-ke… sizobona.» – Ngabe usugijimile?!
Futhi bagijimela endaweni efanayo neyayizolo, kodwa kancane. Ngisho kancane kakhulu. Akunakwenzeka ukucabanga: kahle, sooooooo kancane. Kancane kunokucabanga. Futhi nguStasyan kuphela owahamba, njengoba njalo. Ngabathola futhi ngabuya njalo. Ubuke ngenhlekisa ukuthi inyongo ihamba kanjani, futhi kuye kwaba sengathi bagijima ngombono onjengokuskrola okuhamba kancane komdlali wevidiyo. UStasyan wahambahamba nelukuluku futhi wabhekela ezingubeni nasebusweni babo. Kepha kwabonakala kubo ukuthi ubephuthuma, ngoba ubashesha kakhulu. Indida yesikhathi: izolo bahambe ngokushesha okungaphezu kosuku, futhi namuhla bagijima kancane kunomzuzu. Ngokusobala, i-radiation ibuye ithinte ukucaca kwesikhathi… Noma mhlawumbe yisifiso sondlunkulu noma umbhali?! Kunoma ikuphi, kumnandi futhi hhayi standard.
– Uyamgijimisa? – Ebuzwa, kahle, ohhh, kancane skull Zasratich. – Ngabe uyangidina?!
UStasyan wathuthela ngesikhathi somuntu, ngakho-ke isikhathi sakhe sisondele futhi sithanda kakhulu kithi, futhi sizoncika kuye.
– Ngakho-ke awukwazi ukuhambisana nawe.
– Yini?
– Awukuxoshi. Ngifuna ukuqonda ukuthi hlobo luni lwezinhlobo. Ingabe unenkinga nesikhathi sangaphakathi? Lapha nginakho, njengoba abantu benakho ngokulinganayo nangokucacile. Futhi une-turpentine kupapa, khona-ke ukuqunjelwa. Ngokuvamile, ngiyinyoni, hhayi isilwanyana esidliwayo. Ngidinga ukundiza, ukukhuphuka. Ngisungule amaphiko anamandla futhi … – waphakamisa izinyawo zakhe wababuka. Usizi lwamdida futhi wabubula ekuqaleni. – Uh… kungaba nezimpaphe, umsila uzofika. Nasi isikhathi sokugcina ngigijime kangcono, kepha hhayi okokugcina. Imisebe iyabuyiselwa, kepha amandla awekho. Yebo, kuyajabulisa ukuthi uzophinda uzisongele ngophondo lwenqama, ngamaphiko noma emilenzeni, kusihlwa?
– Kwasemini. – UCasulia wabambeka emugqeni weqa imilenze yakhe yaba ngamawele. Nguye kuphela owayemqonda. Futhi kokunye, inkulumo yakhe ibibonakala ishesha, kungathi ngejubane futhi ithambile, kube sengathi i-helium iphefumule…
– Kwasemini? Mhlawumbe ungaba nesidlo sasemini ne-firefox, ibhulakufesi lokuqala, okwesibili, kanye nokudla okuhlanu?.. – UStasyan wathukuthela. – ugebhezi aluqhekeki, huh? Wena, uChmoriko, – noStasyan bamemeze emlenzeni kaCherevich, naye ovele walengiswa ehamba kancane emoyeni phakathi nokujaha kwakhe kancane. Kodwa-ke, yena washesha ngokushesha ngejubane lesikhathi sethu. – Hhayi-ke, uzongimunca kulokhu?
– Impumulo! – kuphendula uCilulia oshaya kancane kancane.
– Uhlala ekhaleni lami? Ngakho-ke anginakhala. Angisiye ikati eliyimpandla? Ukuthi unekhala. Futhi nginomlomo. -uqinisekisile undlunkulu wafaka iso lakhe kubhulabhu lapho amadevu aphuma khona kancanyana, kwabe sekukhala ekhaleni.
– Into esemqoka ukuthi ulimi lube. – Ungeze uMfu Cherevich. – Uyakhuluma futhi ubolile njengondlunkulu…
Kepha uStasyan akabange esabalalela futhi akazange ababheke. Waba nesithakazelo ekhaleni elalivela emgodini onamadevu, elaphuma kancane kancane ngaphandle komgodi.