– Yebo, wozani, ubani owokuqala? Kubuza u-Idot.
– Isihluthulelo. – kusho i-Toad. – uphakamisile.
– Yebo, yebo, uma ungafi, ungaphuza.
– Yini ongayenza ngaphandle kwami, abantukazana. Futhi angesabi ukufa. Ngingowami…
– .. kusuka ekuvutheni. – Kwethulwa Idot futhi, ukuthatha ikhefu lakhe, for the bastard.
– Izinkomo! – Owesifazane osekhulile ushaywe ehlombe ngentende yomfana, futhi, ethatha imfoloko yakhe, waklebhula ukhokho ebhodleleni. Kufinyeziwe. «Wine..» wamamatheka, wamunca okuqukethwe lelo gulp. Ukhungathekile futhi waklwebha. -Kryaaaa! phola.
– Hawu, yini? kubuza u-Toad, egwinya amathe.
– Kuhle. Okuthile sekuqalile ukudlala ekhanda lami.
– Yebo inkunzi. – U-Idot uphendule ngokunamandla, ephuze ibhodlela lakhe.
– Yebo, isihogo siyazi. Kepha indala?! – wathi, ebuka ibhodlela lakhe esele lingenalutho, uToad.
– Futhi ake sibe nesinye ngaphezulu.. – ugogo onamileyo uphakanyisiwe. – AmaTatar awaphili ngaphandle kwabashadikazi.
– Ngakho-ke kusele abathathu kuphela. – U-Idot wayethukuthele. – Yini okufanele siyiphathise?
– Lalela, ini?! Ukuphuza, ukuphuza kanjalo, ngokunqena. Uma sesiphila. Futhi amabhodlela asevele akudala. Azinalutho noma zigcwele. Amabhodlela ayaziswa, hhayi iwayini.
Futhi baphuza ezinye izingilazi ezintathu. Bahlala kulayini babeka ugwayi: Idot – Marlboro, Toad – Belomor, kanye nogogo uClavka ngendlela yakudala – umlenze wembuzi. Ngakho-ke baphela ngaphandle kokuqeda ukubhema, behleli…
APULAZ 4
– Ahhhh!! Ahhh!!! – izwakele egcekeni.
– Kuyini? – wagxuma embhedeni u-Ottila, ezibuza. Umqondo wakhe wawususephusheni wabe esewela kancane kancane phezu komcamelo futhi wahloka ngokushesha.
– Ahhhh!!! – UBlop wagxuma futhi futhi, wawela phansi embhedeni. – Hawu, ngiyakwenza. – Wabamba umphambili wakhe ngesandla sakhe. – Yini oyikhohlisayo, siwula?
UPale Isolda Fifovna ungene egumbini elinamehlo anwebekile, emboza umlomo wakhe odonsa ngezandla zombili.
– Aa, aa. wavele wakhomba umunwe ubheke emnyango.
– Yini enye? – uhleli phansi wabuza uKlop.
– Lapho, esibayeni…
– Kuyini esibayeni? khuluma ngokucacile…
– Kunekati elifile…
– Yini ikati? U-Ottila ubuze futhi, ehlikihla ibunzi lakhe eligcwele ukuvuvukala. – Ukhuluma ngani?
– Mummy! – Esesakaze amehlo akhe phansi phansi kwezwi lakhe, kusho yena.
– Manje, ake sibone. – U-Ottila wafika ezinyaweni zakhe wahamba nezicathulo ezingubeni zakhe ezigqokile.
Izolo, ubuye ebusuku kakhulu lapho wonke umuntu elele ngakho-ke akabuzwanga ngobuqili beziboshwa. UZhinka amlandele.
Isikhwama sasibukeka singenalutho. Bonke abahlakazeke kabi bahlala bengashintshiwe. U-Osteroid Odnoglazovich wayehleli maphakathi nodoti: impesheni, umgcini wezisebenzi, ikati lesigaba sesithupha, owazalwa ngosuku lokufunda ngezinkanyezi. Umyeni kaGogo Klawka, ngokunembile, uClaudius Aldarovna von Schluchenberg, indodakazi kaBaron, indodana kaLenin engekho emthethweni. Watshela wonke umuntu lokho.
– Wenzani lapha? kubuza u-Ottil, ikhehla elihlushwa i-dystrophy.
– ngihleli. – Umkhulu waphendula ngokuzithoba waqinisa ifoni.
– Ngiyabona ukuthi awusebenzi.
– Manje ubuzani?
– Ufike kanjani lapha? – kufakwe i-Isolda bass.
– Hambani, ngizoyithola. kusho uBedbug kumkakhe aphendukele kumkhulu wakhe. – Impendulo.
– Ngaphandle komgodi odongeni, u-Osteroid wanikina ikhanda.
U-Ottila wahamba udoti waya emgodini odongeni wabona ngemuva kwenkomo eyayiphakamisa umsila wayo. Wayibheka wayethuka: uphahla lwezindlu lwalubonakala.
– Ingabe ukhona umgwaqo noma okuthile? kubuza umkhulu wakhe.
– Heh, kunjalo.
– Futhi iphi yonke inkomo zami? – Into yokuqala ezafika emqondweni kaKlopu, owayenombono wezinwele ezilandelanayo nezindlebe zezindlebe wabheka eceleni kwesibaya kusuka ngaphakathi. «Yebo, khumula imbongolo yakho,» wakhala, wadonsa umsila wenkomo. Yena, ngokuziphindisela, wamthulisela umfudlana, onjengowokucima umlilo, ngokucindezela kwezulu eliyikhulu. U-Ottila wandiza esuka ekucindezelweni ngamamitha amabili ukuya emuva futhi uNape wagibela emgodini wezingulube. U-Isolda wagijimela kuye ezosiza i-inertia futhi wabamba ikhanda lakhe esifubeni sakhe esihle. Futhi wayefuna ukuphefumula…
– Fu! – Wahlikihla ikhanda lakhe emuva emgibeni kwathi ngokubuka kwakhe kwamuva wabuka ngenkathi ingcindezi yemayini eyayithela emgodini ishona phansi: «Muuuu!!!» – inkomo yakhula, i-dartanula futhi yabuya nayo, isusa umsila wayo kubhungane. nezinye izinambuzane.
– Siphi ukhiye? – umkhulu ucele akhiphe intuthu.
– Uyini ukhiye? – IsiHeberu saphendula uBedbug, esukuma esuka kubulongwe bendlala.
– Umkami omlahlile ebugqilini!!! – U-Osteroid wagoba futhi wancika emadolweni ngezandla zakhe wasukuma. Ubuso bakhe buzwakalisa ukufa.
– Isolda!!
– Yini, sithandwa?
– Ulibonaphi ikati?
– Lapho, umgodi. Ukhuphuke lapha futhi wathutha? – wawela kumbala ka-Isold. – Bengifuna ukumkhwabanisa, ngibheke, futhi waba ngumama nalokhu umkhulu-babai.
– Uphi umkami, umbonisikazi? – okhathazekile u-Osteroid.
Baphi laba basebenzi abafudukayo? – kubuza uKlop Wife.
– angazi? – Isolde ekhathazekile. – Izolo bebehleli endaweni yesithathu, lapha.
– Bese-ke? – U-Ottila wasukuma. – Futhi wena – hlala phansi, manje sizothola.
– Ngemuva kwalokho ngalala.
– Baye kuphi? Lezi ezimbili zilungile, kepha iThoyizi?! Ujeziswa ngokuboshwa ngenkani ngempoqo. Baphunyuke. Phunyuka!!! Shayela u-Intsefalata, ngokuphuthumayo. Singaphunyula.
– Uphi umkami? – Umkhulu uthe ngezwi eliqhaqhazelayo.
– Azange azosebenza ngenkani. Uzohlala esifanayo … – uBedbug wathukuthela wathukuthela.
– Bosisi!!! U-Apchi, kusho i-Intsephalopath, wavela emgodini ovela eceleni komgwaqo.
– O, usuvele ulapha? – Yini omemeza ngayo? – wagxuma uBedbug. – Ngokushesha, indumiso.
– Blablabla, apchi, mlondeli, ulapha? Bengicabanga ukuthi usendlini, ngakho ngamemeza.
– Kungani?
– Ngakho-ke, lokhu, i-apchi, ngilethe…
– Ubani?
«Amakhemikhali, i-apchi,» kuphendula u-Intsephalopath, futhi esikhundleni sesigxobo sakhe, kwavela ikhanda elibomvu emgodini, limbozwe induna kanye nama-eels, isigaxa esidlakudla sobala besibhakabhaka esivele sishintshile futhi sashintsha ngokushesha ebusweni buka-Arutunov.
– Yebo, kanjani? – ubuzile ophethwe.
– Yini, kanjani? – U-Otila uqulekile ebuza omuncu. «Uyanginikeza?» Ngiyashada, ngicela…
– Cha, ikhareji, ngamubopha, i-apchi, – Futhi i-Incephalopath yaphonsa uSokhemisi emgodini, – ukhasa, woza, bha uthotho. -Kodwa wanamathela kule ndawo okukhulunywa ngayo kuye. Njengoba besho: nochuku futhi aluvumelani.