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KWAKE kwaba khona inkosana eyayifuna ukushada inkosazana; kodwa kwakuzomele ibe inkosazana yangempela.Wahamba umhlaba wonke ukuze ayithole, kodwa akukho lapho ayengakuthola khona lokho ayekufuna.Kwakukhona amakhosazana ngokwanele, kodwa kwakunzima ukuthola ukuthi awangempela yini.Kwakuhlale kukhona okuthile ngabo okwakungenjengoba kufanele kube.Ngakho waphinde wafika ekhaya futhi edabukile, ngoba wayengathanda kakhulu ukuba nenkosazana yangempela.

Ngobunye ubusuku kwafika isiphepho esinamandla, kwaba nokuduma nombani, nemvula yana izikhukhula.Kusenjalo kuzwakale ukungqongqoza esangweni lomuzi ,ihambe inkosi endala iyovula.

Kwakuyinkosazana imi laphaya phandle phambi kwesango.Kodwa, muhle, yeka umbono imvula nomoya okwakumenze wabheka.Amanzi ehla ezinweleni nasezimpahleni zakhe; ehlela ezinzwaneni zezicathulo zakhe aphinde aphumele ezithendeni.Nokho uthe uyinkosazana ngempela.

“Hhayi-ke, sizokuthola maduze lokho,” kucabanga indlovukazi endala.Kodwa akazange asho lutho, wangena ekamelweni lokulala, wathatha zonke izingubo zokulala, futhi wabeka ipizi phansi; wabe esethatha omatilasi abangamashumi amabili wawabeka phezu kwephizi, wabe esebeka imibhede engu-20 ephansi phezulu. omatilasi.

Kulokhu inkosazana kwadingeka ilale ubusuku bonke.Ekuseni wabuzwa ukuthi ulale kanjani.

“O, kubi kakhulu!” kusho yena.“Angikaze ngivale amehlo ami ubusuku bonke.Izulu lazi kuphela okwakusembhedeni, kodwa ngangilele phezu kwento eqinile, kangangokuthi ngimnyama futhi ngiluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka umzimba wonke.Kubi!”

Manje babazi ukuthi inkosazana ngempela ngoba wayezwe ipizi phakathi komatilasi abangamashumi amabili kanye nemibhede engamashumi amabili e-eider-down.

Akekho umuntu ngaphandle kwenkosazana yangempela obengazwela njengalokho.

Ngakho-ke inkosana yamthatha njengomkakhe, ngoba manje yayazi ukuthi inenkosazana yangempela; futhi ipeyi yafakwa emnyuziyamu, lapho ingase ibonakale khona, uma kungekho muntu oyintshontshile.

Lapho, leyo yindaba eyiqiniso.