Isikhathi sokusebenza: 134 imiz
Eminyakeni emibili edlule, ubaba wanyamalala. Ngokushesha umndeni wami waba mpofu, futhi umama, owayengakwazi ukwehlisa izinga lakhe lokuphila, wangicela ukuba ngithengise umzimba wami, wathi, "Okwamanje nje." Ngicabanga ukuthi iyancelisa. Kodwa ngamukela. Wayengumndeni wami kuphela. Umlingani wami wokuqala wayengumfana wangaphambili kamama. Ngikhumbula ngilahlekelwa ubuntombi bami ngenkathi ngichotshozwa isisu sami esinamafutha futhi ngikhala ngobuhlungu. Ngesikhathi ngimnika imali, wakhala wathi, "Ngiyaxolisa," futhi wasebenzisa le mali ukuthenga izingubo ezinhle. Ngemva kokuphindaphinda okumbalwa, wathola umsebenzi omusha futhi ngakwazi ukubuyela empilweni yami endala. Akusadingeki ngizizwe kanjalo. Kulungile ukuba yintombazane evamile. Ngakho ngathandana. Namuhla bekuwumkhosi wasehlobo ebengiwubheke phambili. Ngenza i-aphoyintimenti yokuhlangana nalo lonke ikilasi futhi ngibukele iziqhumane. Ngifuna ukugqoka i-yukata enhle futhi ngihambe eduze komfana engikhathalelayo. Yilokho engangikucabanga. "Ngifuna uhlale nalo muntu namuhla, uyazi ukuthi ngithini?" uMama ngenjabulo ufaka imali esikhwameni sakhe ngemuva kokuthola imali kumuntu omdala. "Ngiya emkhosini nabangani bami namuhla," waphendula, wahleka waphuma ekamelweni, "Awukwazi ukuthi cha." Le ndoda endala yasondela ngobumnene kimi eyayithukuthele ngokuthi kungani futhi yangiwola ehlombe, yathi, "Uma uya ocansini, ake siye nami emkhosini." Angikwazi ukuphunyuka esiqalekisweni sikamama. Indaba yentombazane enempilo futhi elusizi eyayisetshenziswa ngabantu abadala.