Ngokuqondile, ukuzama ukudlala. Kungaba ubuwula kakhulu ukuvumela umntwana asesibayeni senkosi yezilwane.
"Ingonyama yethu encane" - yindlela abazali bakhe abayibiza ngayo ngothando ingane u-Arie. Futhi lesi akusona isidlaliso, kepha igama: u-Arie, elihunyushwe lisuselwa esiHeberu, lisho inkosi yezilwane. Akumangalisi ukuthi abe nemvunulo encane yebhubesi ekhabethe lakhe. Futhi lapho unkulunkulukazi u-Arie nomngane wakhe benquma ukuyisa ingane yabo e-zoo e-Atlanta, bahamba nayo le mvunulo.
"Usuku belupholile futhi nesudi belifudumele," kusho uKami Flamming. "Futhi umama wakhe wapakisha isudi yokugqoka u-Arya uma kwenzeka egodola."
Ngokusho kukaKami, ngesikhathi befika e-zoo, amabhubesi ayengakazishiyi izindawo ezivalekile. Umndeni wazungeza cishe zonke izilwane futhi ekugcineni wabuyela ehhokweni lazo.
"Ngabona amabhubesi ephuma futhi nganquma ukugqokisa u-Arye isudi ukuze ngimthwebule isithombe phambi kwabo," kuchaza uKami.
Owesifazane wayethembele kusibhamu esihle, kepha wayengalindelanga nakancane ukuthi kuzokwenzekani ngemuva kwalokho. Ekuqaleni, amabhubesi ayebheka le ngane kude. Bese besondela. U-Arye wahlola ngokuthula izilwane ezinkulu ngengilazi ewugqinsi futhi wazama ukuthinta "ikati". Futhi kubukeka sengathi bamthathe njengowabo! Ibhubesi laze lazama ukumshaya ngonyawo. Ngesinye isikhathi, intende yesandla sika-Arye nesidlakela sebhubesi esikhulu ngasikhathi sinye bacindezela ingilazi ezinhlangothini zombili.
"Bheka, Arie, ufana nawe, mkhulu kuphela," - Izwi likaKami lizwakala lingekho esikrinini.
Owesifazane uqinisekile: lokhu kuzoba yinkumbulo enhle kakhulu yokuhamba kokuqala kanye no-godson wakhe.
"Sithathe izithombe ezimbalwa futhi sahamba ngokushesha ukuze izilwane zingalingeki ngokweqile," kuchaza unkulunkulukazi. "Kodwa bekungakholeki."