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ULesedi wayesaba yonke into. Wayesaba izithunzi. Wayesaba imisindo. Wayesaba ngisho nokuduma kwezulu. Wayesaba izinto eziningi kakhulu kangangokuthi wonke umuntu wayesembiza ngokuthi unguGundanyana.  

Kudalo umfanyana omncane wayehleli ngaphansi kwesihlahla somkhiwane osebeni lomfula omkhulu ekhala. Wayelahlekile.  

Buqamamana nalapho, uNgwenya wahuquzela emanzini eduze nonqenqema lomfula wabukela umfanyana lo omncane. UNgwenya wayefile ...

Edolobheni laseMahikeng, kwakuhlala umfana omncane ogama lakhe kwakunguKabelo. Akukho okunye ayekuthanda ngaphezu kokupheka. Wayepheka ukudla okumnandi okwakuthokozelwa yiwo wonke umuntu emndenini wakhe. UKabelo futhi wayebhaka kahle. Wayebhaka ...

Ekuseni ngolunye usuku indoda engenakhaya yavuka. Yayichithe ubusuku bangayizolo icela ukudla, kodwa akukho noyedwa owayeyikhombise umusa.

Isisu sayo sasiduma ngoba yayilambe kakhulu. Inexhala lokuthola ukudla, yahamba yangena ...

Kwesukasukela, kwakukhona imbuzi eyayihlala eTranskei. Njalo ngonyaka le mbuzi yayihamba iye emagqumeni ezinyangeni zokuqala zehlobo. Yayiya kule ndawo ngoba kwakunokudla okuningana futhi yayikwazi ukudla ngendlela ethanda ngayo.

Ngahlobo ...

Njalo ekuseni uKoketso usiza ugogo wakhe ukuthi aphe izinkukhu ukudla ehhokweni elisemva kwendlu.

“Pok, pok, pok,” kumemeza uGogo bese izinkukhu ziza zigijima ocingweni. “Pok, pok, pok,” bese zithi. “Paak, paak, paaaak!” ...