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Uninazala ufika kumkhwenyana olele kwi-sofa ngamabango:
Ndixelele, kutheni ulala? " Ucingo luye lwawa, ukuchithwa kwamanzi kuhla, ukuvuza kwephahla, kwaye ubuncinane unako ukufumana i-henna! "Ngaba mna?" Ngaba ndiyayifuna? Ngomso umama-mkhwenkco uthi kwakhona umkhwenyana wam: "Kuze kube nini ungamanga?" Imyezo yasemifinini iphezulu, iwindwangu ayifuni, umnyango usuqhekeze! Umkhwenyana, engakhange avuke kwi-sofa, uyangcikiva: "Ngaba mna?" Ngaba ndiyayifuna? Umama-mkhwenkwe akakwazanga ukuma, wagijima waya kwidolophana yaseSoviet, wampophisa yonke into kumyeni wakhe, wabuyela kuye ngamaxwebhu: "Kulapho!" Yonke into ikopishwe kuwe, hamba ulungise, lungisa! Umkhwenyana, xa ehlolisise amaphepha, waphendula ngelinye ilitye lokutshatyalaliswa: "Ngaba nguwe?" Ngaba uyayifuna? *** Uninazala wakhe waya kumkhwenyana wakhe, waphonsa umnwe wakhe emacaleni emashalofu, kwiplasitori, wabonisa uthuli waza wathi: - Ewe, mtshakazi, ukhumbula nawuphi na umzekeliso? (Ngaloo nto ucinga ukuba umalokazana uya kukhumbuza into efana no "Ucoceko luqinisekiso sempilo".) Umalokazana uyaphendula: - Kakade, ndiyakhumbula. - Yintoni? "Ihagu ihlala ifumana ingcola!" *** Umfazi uthi kumyeni wakhe: - Umama ulungisa kwigumbi, unokushukuthela kuthi? Siza kusikhusela kwinyanga okanye ezimbini. "Sasichitha iiveki ezimbini kunye nonyoko ngelixa esetyhefu iindiza, sasibukele inyanga yomama wakho xa abamelwane bakhe bekhukhulile, ngoku kwakhona?" Unokumnceda kangakanani umama wakho? *** - UAbram, unokuvuyiswa? Ekugqibeleni, uninazala usweleke? "Ufumene phi le nto?" - Ndahamba ngaphaya kwendlu yakhe, kufuphi nomnyango wakhe kwakuyi-lid coffin. "Izya, ndikucela kuwe." Kumnyango we-9 phantsi, umgangatho ngamnye unamabala angama-4. Oo, le yilelothi! *** Unina ongumYuda onenkathalo ukhala ebhaleni: - Semochka, uye ekhaya ngokukhawuleza! Mama, yintoni le? Ngaba ndikhulule? - Hayi, Semochka, ufuna ukutya!
*** - Utatomkhulu, apha udala, uze utshate intombazana. Uya kufa, kodwa uya kuhlala. "Kungcono ukuhlala kungekhona!" *** Utata wayeza kugqirha waza wathi: - Ugqirha, ndikhwehlela. Unzala, uneminyaka emingakanani? "Eyesine." - Ngaba udibene nge 40? -Aye. - Kwangama-60? -Aye. - Ke nini na ukukhohlela? *** E-ofisini, uphando luvulela umnyango kunye nabantu abasuka kwingqongqelo kwikorori beva udokotela ekhuluma nesigulane esisisityebi. - Ugqirha, ndineempumlo ze-runny, intlungu yomlomo kunye neendlebe, ukukhwehlela kuqala. - Kufuneka uhambe uye kwisitya esishushu eYiputa okanye kwiMeditera. Ukutya kufuneka kuqiniswe: i-salmon, i-caviar, i-piggy ingulube. Iziqhamo zaseTropiki zixhomekeke: iinanayi, imango, ibhanana. Emva koko ugogo ugxininisa eofisini ngamagama athi: "Oo, ugqirha, ndinento efanayo: iindlebe, umqala, kunye nomkhuhlane!" Kwakhona ndifuna ukuya eYiputa. Ugqirha wamjonga ngaphantsi kwebunzi lakhe: "Wena nawe, ugogo, gquba iindlebe zakho kwiduku lakho kwaye ungahambi ngokukhawuleza kwidolophana!" *** Igosa le-Whiteguard, ehleli ekhonteni, ekhonkotha iifayile zekhopi, umntu othunjiweyo we-Army Army ukhokelwa kuye kwaye babuza: "Yintoni enokuyenza ngayo?" - Shoot. Udubule, bangela oku kulandelayo: - kunye nayo yintoni oyenzayo? - Shoot. Kwaye yadutshulwa. Khokela okwesithathu: - kwaye yilapho? - Ukudubula kwakhona. Ngokukhawuleza indoda yaseBomvu yayiyakhala ithi: "Musa, andifuni!" Andifuni! Igosa - kumajoni: - Oku akudingeki ukuba kudutshulwe. - Kutheni na? "Uyabona: akafuni."
*** Indoda ihlala kwinqaba yasendulo. Ebusuku wavuka, wahamba ngekridi, waza waya kuye. Izandla zivusa, zizama ukuyikrakra, ngelizwi elibi lithi: - Hayi! Ndiyinto eyoyikisayo, ndihlala kule nqaba iminyaka engama-300! Mntu, uyavuya: - Oo, luhle kangakanani! Mhlawumbi uyazi apho indlu yangasese ikhona! *** Abahlali beza ehlathini kuma-mushroom. Akuzange kuqale ukuba yinto emnyama, imvula yamanzi, kwaye abalimi balahlekelwa indlela yakhe. Kuyatshwenyeka, kungekhona umphefumlo. Wajika waza waphuma waya kwindawo yokucoca. Uyabona ukuba kukho imoto, akukho mntu kuyo. Ndiza kuhlala, - ndicinga, - kwisihlalo sokugqibela, ndilindele imvula. Ngokukhawuleza imoto yaqala ukuhamba ngokuthula. Le ndoda yawa esihlalweni, isuka ebusweni, ihleli, igubha, iphuma ehlathini, endleleni yomgodi. "Hayi, zonke ixilongo!" Ucinga ngale ndoda. Kwaye waqala ukutshilo ebomini bakhe. Ngokukhawuleza, kuvela isandla esinomisonto, sithatha isondo kwaye siphendulula imoto ngaphandle kwendlela. Kwi-muzhik yaba yimbi kakhulu. Shayela emangcwabeni. Imoto iya ngqo kwi crypt. -Nceda, ngoku ngokuqinisekileyo-umbhobho! Ucinga ngale ndoda. Akunjalo! Kwakhona isandla somsi sibonakala ngaphaya kwewindow kwaye itekisi imoto idlule i crypt. Imoto idlula idolophini elahliwe. Ubumnyama. Ngokukhawuleza, iqonde emotweni ngumama oqhwabayo. Lo mntu wayeka ukuphefumula ngoyika. Kwakhona isandla somsi sibonakala size sitshise ugogo. I-muzhik igubha ngokukhululeka. Emva koko imoto iyayeka, i-eccentric enezandla ezinobomi ibukeka kwi-salon kwaye ibuza abalimi: - Wenzani apha? Indoda ephilileyo, eyoyikayo: "Ndi ... mna ... ndihlala phantsi ndihambe." Ingqungquthela yeboya isele iqhume ngentukuthelo: - Hayi, ukhangele! Kwaye imoto ipholile, ndiyichukumisa imoto malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-5, ndiya kuzuza i-hernia kungekudala, kwaye ihleli phantsi, iya! *** Umlilo kwi-brothel. Yonke into ejikelezile iyatshisa. Wonke umntu uyamemeza: "Amanzi! Amanzi! "I-hussar iyaphuma kwi-corridor kwaye ngelizwi elikhulu:" Kwindlu yeshumi elinesibini - i-champagne! "