Ixhego nomzukulwana walo
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Utatomkhulu uphathwa kakubi ngunyana nomolokazana wakhe. Yintoni eya kubanceda bayiqonde impazamo yabo baze batshintshe indlela abamphatha ngayo?
Ngaphambili, kwakukho utatomkhulu owayesele ekhulile owayehlala nonyana wakhe, umolokazana wakhe, nenkwenkwana yabo. Amehlo katatomkhulu ayengekho bukhali njengangaphambili, yaye maxa wambi izandla zakhe zazingcangcazela xa esitya. Oku kwenza kube nzima kuye ukubamba icephe lakhe, kwaye amaxesha ngamaxesha, isuphu yakhe yayiphalala etafileni.
Unyana wakhe kunye nomolokazana wakhe babengakuthandi oku. Kwakubenza bangakhululeki. Ngoko, babemhlalisa kwikona ethe cwaka kude kwitafile enkulu yosapho. Babemnika ukutya kwakhe ngesitya esidala, esikhaphukhaphu, yaye ngamanye amaxesha, babengamniki nto ingako kwaphela.
UTatomkhulu wabukela usapho lwakhe ekwikona yakhe encinane, amehlo akhe ezele lusizi. Ngobunye ubusuku, izandla zakhe zangcangcazela kangangokuba isitya sakhe saphuma eminweni yakhe saza santlitheka phantsi. Saqhekeza saziingceba.
“Owu, jonga into oyenzileyo!” watsho umolokazana wakhe ekhefuzela. Wacaphuka kodwa utatomkhulu wathoba intloko akaphendula. Ngosuku olulandelayo, bamnika isitya somthi ukuze angasaphuli esinye.
Ngenye injikalanga, inkwenkwana yabo, eyayineminyaka emine kuphela ubudala, yahlala phantsi. Wayehlanganisa ngocoselelo iinkuni ezincinci. Uyise wakubona oko waza wabuza, “Wenza ntoni, nyana wam?”
Inkwenkwe yajonga phezulu yancuma. “Ndenza isitya seplanga ukuze wena nomama nityele kuso xa ndimdala.”
Utata nomama bothuka babanda. Bajongana, bekhuphe amehlo. Kanye ngelo xesha, bayibona indlela ababemphethe kakubi ngayo utatomkhulu.
Kwangobobusuku bambuyisela etafileni yosapho. Baqinisekisa ukuba unokutya okuninzi, kwaye ukuba uchithe kancinci, akukho mntu uzakukhalaza. Ukususela ngoko, bonke batya kunye, yaye ikhaya labo lalizaliswe bubushushu nothando kwakhona.
