Ngaphandle kokubona ilanga, ngolweSonto olukhanyayo, ogwini lwe-Alona Beach, amagagasi ahlalela kancane ogwini, akhipha izwi elijabulisayo. Umoya lapha ugcwele iphunga elisha lezingazi, kanye nokukhanya okushisayo okukhanya ngelanga. Kulobu bufakazi obuhle bomgomo, kukhona intombazane eyaziwa ngokuthi uSela. Uthwala isikhumba esihle esithukuthele, njengoba umoya wamanzi uveza ubuso bayo, bukhanya ngesimo esimnandi.
USela unokujwayela ukuhamba ngaphansi kwalezi zimpango, ezwe wonke ithontsi lezemfundo, inhliziyo yakhe ihamba kahle, ikhanya njengalezi zinkanyezi ezisemkhathini. Isikhumba sakhe siqhakaza ngaphezulu kokukhanya kwelanga, sikhazimula njengesitshalo esiningana, amanzi acwebile asakhanya ubuso bakhe, okunomusa kuzo zonke izinhliziyo.
Ngalesi sikhathi, uSela wahlangana nomfana ogama lakhe lingu-El, onenwele emnyama ephethe imisebe elikhanyayo elangeni, emehlweni akhe efana novukwe lwezinkanyezi. U-El wayeqhuba umkhakha ogwini, wabona uSela edlula, wakha ukumisa, akhyale umuzwa omuhle ebusweni bakhe.
"Hello, ngiyabonga u-El! Ingabe ufika lapha ukuze uvakatshelwe ogwini?" U-El ubuze, ngokwendlela abukhali kahle ezwakalayo, kwavela imizwa yokuzigabisa kuyo.
USela wavuma, uzizwa ethokozisa, "Sawubona, ngiyabonga u-Sela. Le ndawo ibukeka kahle, ibhodi lakho lezigaga lihle kakhulu!"
Ukuthokozwa kukaSela kwamdaka u-El uqhoqho, wagqoka umanga lwakhe. Wabuyisela phansi umphumela wakhe, wagqabula izikhukhula ezithile kulawaya, “Unemfanelo yokwakha ibhodi elikhulu? Singaqhuba ndawonye!"
USela wawa, waziphendulela, bekungakholakali. Abanye babahamba kwazulu, uSela eqoso amazinyo aqukethe izingazi, kanti u-El uhamba kunye, ephethe izinto ezincane esandleni, esebenzisa ibhakede emanzini, efaka ukugqokiswa imibala. Bashintshana izincwadi zomlilo, bekukhona izinsuku ezinhle nezide ezizilawula, ugqa omhlaba ubukhali kakhulu.
Ekuhamba kwayo, uSela wabona ukwakha ibhodi, icela ukuba ibhodi iqine, kulindeleke ukuthi ikhokhe nhlanzi. U-Sela wakha amanzi, ugqugquzela umoya, u-El abheka uhlelo lwakhe. Inhliziyo yakhe yangempela ibonwa, ikhuluma kancane kancane.
"Uyaziqhenya, ungakwenza kanjani lokhu?" U-El angene, ubukeka ehlangabezana nemigomo yezenzo.
USela uqhaqhazela, ukuba nethuba fdiyuchi ukungena, wakhuluma, "Ngiyabonga! Lokhu kudinga imali nezikhono ezifanele. Singasebenzisa ibhodi lethu ukwenza ibhodi elibukeka kahle!"
Njengoba isikhathi sihamba, benza le ndawo ibukeke njengalena, bezama ukwenza ubuciko, behlohlisa ibhodi ngama-seashells, benza imifino. Ukuphuma kulwa, enezinyoni ezinemibala ye-amarillo yamazulu, lezi zingadi ziqhakaza kakhulu.
“Lokhu kufezwe kulokhu, kikufuze ukunweka phansi,” uSela uthe, “Ngaze nganquma ukufeza pob umuntu.”
“Ngiyabona, ukwazi ukukuthokozisa neqhubekela phansi!” U-El uthe, ubuso bakhe bubonisa imishangano.
Njengoba behamba, i-pavane yayigcwaliswa эффектами, nansi enye ikhuluma ezimbili ezithokozisa umcibisholo. Kweshintsha izwi lenhliziyo, bathola ukuhlangabezana nezithombile.
“Uyawazi u-Tswini, isimanga?” U-El wabuza ngenhlonipho.
“Ngiyafuna, kufanele sazi,” U-Sela uphilayo emanyangweni, “ngiyapheli mimoya, ngezi-toressi.”
Njengoba bakhuleka, bahamba phambili ndawonye, behlangana, onjiniyela beba tefua ezindaweni ezithelayo. Ukuguba komgwaqo benza izithombe zikhumbuleka, ibhodi yabo ibhalwe phansi.
"Lezi ziyinzuzo zakho," خوش گفته. "Hamba kahle, unokufundiswa."