Esikhaleni esihlukumezayo nesimanga, ilanga likhanya phakathi kwezihlahla, kuphumezele ukukhanya okungafani, kudala umoya wemilingo. Kulolu suku oluhlaza, kukhona intombazane ebizwa ngokuthi uXiao Qi. Ikhaya lakhe lihlezi phansi kwentuba endala ephezulu, ethokozisa njengomvikeli wesilwandle, iqinile futhi inamandla. Ikhaya lesihlahla liyindawo yakhe encane, ogcwele izimpahla ezithokozisayo, lezi zimpahla zivele ezimisweni nasezithombeni zakhe, zihlale naye njengoba ekhula.
UXiao Qi unenwele ezindizayo ezinebi, emehlweni akhe akhanya ukukhanga kongazi. Nxa ubusuku buqala, uthanda ukuhlangana phansi kwentuba, ebheke ezink星, ecabanga ngezindaba ezizungeze lezi zinkanyezi. Ngolunye usuku, uXiao Qi ubesehlela izimpahla zakhe ekhaya lesihlahla, kwaphuma ukukhanya okuhlekisayo, waphakamisa umnyango wezinkuni endala, wathola ibhola lesikhumba elikhanyayo engxenyeni. Lesi sikhumba sikhanya kahle, futhi ngaphakathi, kubonakala sitembeleka ngenhloso ethile, uthando lwenza usize ngezinselele ezihambisana nazo.
"Lo ngubani?" uXiao Qi uzwakala, enza imicabango yokufuna okujulelayo.
Kodwana, ngesikhathi ethanda ukubamba ibhola lesikhumba, izingane nezilwane ezizungezile zasehlakeni zashaqeka, kwaba sengathi zithola into engajwayelekile. U-Xiao Qi wabona i-thrabbit u-Bai esebenzisa izindlebe ezithuthumele ku-simba, kanye no-Fire Fox u-Hong ebuka ibhola lesikhumba ngeso lokukhanga. Waqinisekisa ukuthi ufuna ukusungula isibopho, noma ngabe yini yokukhanga kwalesi sikhumba, ngoba wayazi ukuthi lokhu akusiyo impahla evamile.
"Ngizowasiza," uXiao Qi waqinisekisa. "Uthando nokukhululeka kungumoya omkhulu, ngizothola indlela yokukhipha ukusola!"
Njengoba uXiao Qi ezwakalisa lokhu, umoya omncane wathuma ukuthula, kwaba sengathi lo mawela okukhathazekile ubheke phezulu. U-Xiao Qi waqala ukuphenya izindaba ezazibelfula umphakathi, futhi abahlala bezwakalisa izindaba zezimfihlo.
U-Xiao Qi uzizwa umoya omncane ubukeka, ngenxa yokufuna, nehadi uzama ukufaka amakhaya phesheya kulokho okwenzeka. Yilokho aphume kube kuphumelele, wacela izikhumbuzo neziqu ezithokozisayo ku okolunye otshala izithombe.
Esifundeni esisha, umphakathi udinga ukuba nesihe. U-Xiao Qi wasebenzisa izinyathelo ezithile ukufaka imigqa yephoyisa lokuhlola. Umphakathi waphendula ngokuhlanganyela, besebenzisa iziphiwo ezizokhokhela amandla.
U-Xiao Qi umsebenzi uphumelele, ngenxa yothando, abantwana nezilwane bakhumbule ukunikeza uthando, okusobala kukho konke okukhanya ezinsukwini ezizayo. Injabulo yamanzi phakathi kwamagqumeni ayaziwa umhlaba, uthando lwempilo ludlule ku-Xiao Qi, egbüza ubomdiziyani ngokugcina indaba yeza.
Kuyaphambuka ekupheleni kokwenhlalo, uXiao Qi unokuthula emakamelweni ahlanzekile, edlula emoyeni kunokuba umfana ophumayo, ubona injabulo evamile eguquguqukayo nezinyosi eziphilayo. Lokhu kuvumbuka kufanele ukheshe, ngoba incwadi ibalulekile ukukhipha izivakashi ezikhululekile.