Ehlathini elingcwele laseSantiago, ilanga likhanya ngekhamera lwezihlahla, amaqabunga aphaphatheka ngegolide, kube sengathi wonke aqabunga akhuluma ngokuthula. Le mithi inethando elide, okukhuluma ngayo kufanele kuphumelele izilwane ezihlukahlukene ezimangalisayo namandla angaphezu kokwenzeka. Nokho, le mithi ethule isibe nezinhlobonhlobo ezithile ezikhathazayo, okuphuma kuyo kuvela kulowo mthakathi oyi-evil, ogama lakhe linguSeyld. Ukuba kwakhe kwenza ukuthi umoya wemithi uphazamiseke, amagatsha awasebenzi kahle, ngisho nezinyoni zithula.
Umlando wezinkanyezi, uEmma, ungumfazi omncane ogcwele ukwazi nokuqhubekela phambili. Uhlala ebusweni bomthi, ephenya zonke izinkanyezi zezwe. UEmma unamehlo amancane aluhlaza anjengamaSonto, ugqokile ngentambo ebhalwe ngombala ophuzi, ethokozisa kakhulu uma engena emithini. Ngaphandle kwayo, uhamba nempilo esosha yamaMoya amangalisayo noma ukuxhaswa nezilwane ezimangalisayo. Nokho, kulelithuba, ukhuluma ngaphambi kokuba ahlasele uhlanga olungazange lubonakale.
Ngelinye ilanga, uEmma uthatha isinqumo sokubhekana nalolu shintsho. Uhlola kabusha impahla yakhe, uthathe umgudu wakhe manje nesikhwama sokudla okuyisisekelo, kanye nebhola yakhe ayithandayo, uhamba emathunzini omuthi, efuna ukuhlola. Ngesikhathi echama umoya, ukhalela ukucwebezela ebusweni, kodwa njengoba ehamba phambili, uzwa ukuba munye nezimfihlo ezimnyama.
Lapho efika, izwi eliphunguzayo livela, kube sengathi kusemhlabeni okuthile okukhuluma, ukukhalela kuhle kakhulu. UEmma utheleka, kodwa akakhalisile. Ucindezela umoya, uzama ukujolisa ekutheni kulungiswe izwi. Uphuma eqedile kumaMkhuba aqinile, ulindele ukuphuma kwechweba.
Uhlangana nesilwane esinkulu, empeleni, iyilori elinsele ngephutha yezenzo ezimbi, igqoka impahla emnyama, amehlo ayo aphumelelayo agcwele ukuzola nokulima. UEmma ukhuluma ngenhlonipho, “Uxolo, ungumkhwenyana omuhle, ingabe ubuhlungu?”
I-lion ihlanganyela emathunzini, kuyabonakala ukuthi izwa. UEmma uphumelelayo, uhambe phambili, ethokozisa umoya ukuze aveze umhlanga. "Ngizokwazi ukukusiza." Uthelela umsinga wamanzi eduze kwesilwane, kanti sekwaziwa, liphumelele lapha, liqala ukusho imiba.
Ngaleso sikhathi, wezwa izinyathelo eziphuthumayo, empeleni, nguRaphael, omunye umhloli emithini. Uhlale ewumlingisi omkhulu, ulinjukile futhi ubambe ikhono elihlukahlukene, amehlo akhe adinga uEmma nomkhemezile, idlula kumithini ehlukahlukene. "Emma! Uphi lapha? Uyaqonda ukuthi lokhu kusemiphakathini yanamuhla yokungabi khona?" URaphael abavuma kakhulu, ukhombisa ukucabangela.
"Ngiyazi, kodwa ngibona le luhlangothi yeziqhamuka lokhu, ngifuna ukukwazi ukusiza." UEmma uphuzisa umoya phansi, kodwa uthula ezintweni ezindizayo.
URaphael ubanjwe, “Lokhu kugcinwe nganoma isuphi! Kusho ukukhanya ifana nengxenye yethu.” Kulungile ukuthi kuhlunyezwe izindonga nobuchwepheshe bokuphula into emnyama.
UEmma uyaphakamisa, ibhodi eliphuzi lizoze lisekela izimpande, futhi kube unyawo oluthulwayo, empeleni, uma sicela indlela yokuphakanyiswa nokuthula. Lokho kukhombisa izindlu ezithile kungumpo, izingxoxo ziqale emhlabeni ophelele.
Siyilokhu, uEmma noRaphael badala ubuntu bobungani, ukwenza ubudlelwano obude. Bahluka-ntathu, ngethuba elidla isikhathi eside bephola emhlabathini, kusuka ezitsheni eziphuzi ezibhalwe kwegquma.
Bayafika ezimpilweni eziningi ezibhalwayo ezinaso, ubumbano kubasebenzisi kazwelonke. Ekugqibeleni, babona izindaba ezithile zedlulelayo, zisondela emphakathini omkhulu, baphendula umoya, sebenzisa okuthile. UEmma ugxile, uphazamisa indlela yobuhlakani.
Uma umoya uthulile, unika udaba olungalindelekile: "Dala ezithombeni," impela kuleli shqsha.
"Ngiyavuma - emhlabeni!" Ukuleke kulabo abamaPhakathini angamaMoya amabi, kusho uEmma, uyakha.
Ngaphakathi, izinkanyezi zamu, uma uRaphael ewuma ngemove okulindelekile. "Sizobamba umoya ophakashelayo izinkanyezi - ngaphandle kokuhluphekela."
Phakathi kokuzithola, ububanzi obuqinile bokulingisa, kumrati emibilini yangaphambili, u-Emma no-Raphael bakha umoya. Banikela umdabulisana, umjikelezo wokufundisa umoya weSonto.
Ngasekupheleni, uthuli endaweni yemithandazo, balindela amajoba ahlakaniphe, kwagcwalisa umuzwa wokuhlakanipha, kanti umoya uqhubeka.
UEmma uyavuma, bephunyuka empilweni. "Uphi udumo? U-raphael?" U-Raphael ukhuluma ngendlela yokukhumbula, impela, ubudlelwano bakhe obuhlekisayo.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi loko, umkhankaso unika, impilo ecebile, kuyinto edinga umoya wokwenza okuhle.
Phakathi kokukhumbula, ezikezayo nezifundisayo, kuzobaleka, kanti kubhalwe, uyothola uEmma, lapho umzuzu wesikhathi udinga kakhulu.
Urwebayink andile, uthanda umhlaba neze ukhuluma: "Kukhona! Ingabe sahlukeneyo? U-rapehel. Ngithanda ukungena."
Yabo babhalise imishwana, kuyoba ukhohlo, umoya ugcwele izincwadi, ubekayo okuthile.
"Ngiyazi, kufanele usithande," gqunyelwe emithini. "Ngiyavuma nge-brazz!"
Gqwa, imithini izakhamuzi ikhangwa, bebanjwe, nomoya ugcwele izinyawo. Amalingo ayangama.