Ngiseyingane, ngangingaqondi ukuthi kungani omakhelwane nabazali behlonipha umakhelwane wethu owayesebenza enkulisa. Kwaze kwadlula iminyaka eminingi lapho ngabona khona ukuthi isikhwama sakhe semali esincane sasifihla imfihlo enkulu...
Igama lakhe kwakunguFaina Pavlovna. Ukuphila kwakhe konke wasebenza enkulisa efanayo. Umzanyana - eminyakeni engamashumi ayisithupha, lapho bethatha umama lapho esuka enkulisa. Futhi ekhishini - eminyakeni engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili, lapho bengithumela khona. Ubehlala esakhiweni sethu.
Uma uphendulela ikhanda lakho ukusuka efasiteleni uye kwesokunxele, wawungabona ngezansi futhi ngokusobala kuvulandi wendlu yakhe - bonke behlezi nama-marigolds kanye nesihlalo esifanayo, lapho, esimweni sezulu esihle, umyeni wakhe okhubazekile wahlala amahora amaningi. Babengenazo izingane.
Kwaba namahlebezi okuthi ikhehla lanqamuka umlenze empini, futhi lona, lisamncane kakhulu, walikhipha ngaphansi kwezinhlamvu ngemuva kokuqhuma.
Ngakho wazihudula kukho konke ukuphila kwakhe, ngokwethembeka nangokwethembeka. Kungaba ngenxa yozwelo noma uthando. Wayekhuluma ngaye engathi ngosonhlamvukazi, ngenhlonipho. Futhi akazange asho igama: "Sam", "He".
Enkulisa, ngangingavamile ukukhuluma naye. Ngikhumbula kuphela eqenjini elincane lenkulisa (noma enkulisa?) Safakwa ngababili futhi saholwa ngohlelo ukusuka ophikweni lwesakhiwo kwehle kuya ehholo lomhlangano. Kwakukhona isithombe odongeni. "Ngubani lo?" — uthisha waletha ingane ngayinye kuye ngabanye. Kwakudingekile ukunikeza impendulo efanele. Kodwa ngesizathu esithile ngaba namahloni futhi ngathula.
UFaina Pavlovna weza. Wangiphulula ikhanda ngobumnene futhi wasikisela: "Umkhulu uLenin." Wonke umuntu wayenesihlobo esinjena. Ngendlela, washona eneminyaka engu-53. Okungukuthi, wayesemdala njengoHugh Jackman noJennifer Aniston manje. Kodwa - «umkhulu».
UFaina Pavlovna naye wayebonakala emdala kimi. Kodwa eqinisweni, wayesengaphezudlwana kwamashumi ayisithupha (iminyaka yanamuhla kaSharon Stone noMadonna, ngendlela). Wonke umuntu wayebukeka ekhulile ngaleso sikhathi. Futhi zazibonakala zihlala phakade.
Futhi wayengomunye walabo besifazane abanamandla, abavuthiwe ababengabonakali begula.
Futhi kunoma yisiphi isimo sezulu nsuku zonke, ngokucacile ngokuvumelana nesimiso, waya enkonzweni. Esigqokweni esifanayo esilula nesikhafu. Wanyakaza ngamandla, kodwa hhayi ngokubhuqa. Wayenesizotha kakhulu. Wamamatheka nomakhelwane bakhe. Wahamba ngokushesha. Futhi wayehlale ephelezelwa sona leso sikhwama esincane se-reticule.
Naye, wabuyela ekhaya evela emsebenzini kusihlwa. Ngemva kweminyaka eminingi, ngaqonda ukuthi kungani abazali bami babemhlonipha kangaka nokuthi kungani ayehlale ephethe isikhwama esincane nje.
Ukusebenza enkulisa, eduze nekhishi, uFaina Pavlovna, ngisho nangenkathi yezitolo ezingenalutho, empeleni akazange athathe ukudla ezinganeni. Isikhwama esincane sasiyinkomba yokwethembeka kwakhe. Sikhumbula osisi ababulawa indlala empini. Uphawu lwesithunzi somuntu.