izimanga ezihlekisayo

Egcekeni lakithi, ngandlela thize ama-magpie amabili ajabule. Ngokusobala, ukuphila kwabo kwakuyisicefe, futhi umoya wabo ongakhathali wawufuna ukuzijabulisa, futhi banquma, sebebumbene, ukuba bazenzele ezandleni zabo ibhizinisi lezinhlobonhlobo zokuzijabulisa … amaphiko … kahle, ngokuvamile, bazenzela ngokwabo.

Futhi banakekela isisulu - ikati lendawo le-Angora, ekuseni eliphuma ngefasitela lesitezi sokuqala ukuze lizihambela lodwa. Balinda laze laphuma ikati endleleni noma lahlala ebhentshini, kwase kuqala ubumnandi. Omunye kwabangamashumi amane wanyonyoba waya ngemuva kwekati wadonsa umsila walo. Ikati ngokucasuka laphendukela kumoni, kodwa ngaleso sikhathi enye i-magpie evela kolunye uhlangothi iphinda iqhinga elifanayo. Ikati laphenduka futhi ... ngokuvamile, uyaqonda. Ukuzijabulisa kungahlala isikhathi eside kakhulu, futhi ngezikhathi ezithile ama-magpies aqala ukuhleka ngendlela engokwemvelo, futhi ngemva kokuhleka, aphinde athatha isisulu. Ikati, selikhathele ngokuphelele, labaleka ekhaya ngendlela eyihlazo kakhulu. Lalidabukela ikati, kodwa izanusi zababaza, futhi umbono wawuhlekisa kakhulu. Babezijabulisa ngale ndlela njalo ekuseni, kwaze kwaba yilapho ikati liyeka ukubonakala egcekeni - mhlawumbe layeka imizamo engenathemba yokwenza i-promenade, noma lathuthela kwenye indawo. Angazi ukuthi kwenzekani kuma-magpies. Angiphindanga ngibabona egcekeni. Mhlawumbe bathutha bayohlala ehlathini eliseduze, noma mhlawumbe bathola isisulu esisha endaweni ethile.