U-Alma kanye no-Anna

I-fox terrier yami ebushelelezi futhi ngangihlala sihlangana endaweni ye-paddock ne-Labrador. 

  Ngolunye usuku umnikazi weLabrador wathi ufuna ukuyilalisa inja. Ngokudideka kwami, waphendula ukuthi iLabrador inuka kabi endlini. Ngaso leso sikhathi, ngabona ukuthi lena kwakuyinja yami, futhi ngavele ngathatha intambo kumnikazi. “Kungani udinga ukuyilalisa inja,” ngathi, “kungcono unginike yona!” Umnikazi wazama ukuphikisa, kodwa ekugcineni inja yagcina ngami.

Nokho, kusukela osukwini lokuqala kwaba sobala ukuthi akuyona yonke into elula kangaka. I-Labrador yayimbozwe izindawo zokungezwani komzimba, futhi njengoba kwavela kamuva, isidalwa esineshwa sasike saphuka (futhi asizange sifakwe) izidladla. Umnikazi wangaphambili uchaze ukuthi inja ishaywe ngesicabha, kodwa ukulimala kukhomba ukuthi bekungesona isicabha, kodwa bekuyimoto.

 Yaqala kanjalo indlela ka-Alma wami we-polynomial. Ekhaya bambiza ngokuthi u-Alya, u-Alyushka, uLuchik, futhi lapho ephazamisa ngempela, kabi kakhulu - uMare.

Saphathwa isikhathi eside. Ukwelashwa kwathatha isikhathi esingangonyaka, futhi kwasetshenziswa imali engakanani, ngesaba nokukhumbula. Kodwa angizange ngibaze nakancane ukuthi kwakufanele. Mina no-Alma sesihambe ndawonye iminyaka engaphezu kweyisi-6. Waba isalukazi esineminyaka engu-10, engingenawo umphefumulo. Kunezinkinga zempilo, sidla ukudla. Izidladla zika-Alma zivame ukuba buhlungu, bese eza kimi futhi afake izidladla zakhe kimi ukuze ngimasaje.  

Uma ngidinga ukuhamba (isibonelo, ohambweni lwebhizinisi), inja iya esitelekeni sendlala futhi iqala ukudla futhi kuphela ngemuva kokukhuluma nami ku-Skype noma ocingweni. 

Angazi ukuthi yena kanye nesiphetho sami ngabe kwenzeka kanjani ukuba u-Alma akazange eze kimi, kodwa iqiniso lokuthi nginaye kuyinjabulo enkulu. Naphezu kwakho konke okuhlangenwe nakho, ngijabulela yonke iminithi echithwa naye.

Futhi kuye injabulo enkulu kwaba ukuvela kwengane emndenini wethu. Ngenkathi indodakazi yami izalwa, u-Alma wanquma ukuthi wayenomntwana ongumuntu, okwakunguye yedwa owayenesibopho ngakho. Kuze kube manje, ulala ngaphansi kukasofa wezingane, ukuze uma umntwana, uNkulunkulu engavumi, ewa ebusuku, uyomveza emhlane wakhe othambile. Bafaka i-tutus nobuhlalu, badlale i-ballerinas futhi bajabule ngokuphelele. Ngiqinisekile ukuthi inja yami inokuguga okuhle.

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