Isilo sejinja okuthiwa uSquinty kuvele ukuthi sithobeke ngokweqile. Wabona ukuthi u-hostess wayekhulelwe lapho nje isisu siqala ukukhula. Futhi-ke wavele "wabela" yena ingane.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi wavele wabona ukuthi kuyini. USquinty ubesithanda kakhulu isisu sami. Bengikuthanda nje ukuhlala phezu kwalo futhi ngilithokozele, ”kuhleka u-Ellie, umnikazi wekati le-ginger. Ngokusho kwakhe, uSquinty ubebhekisisa njengoba yena nomyeni wakhe beguqula ihhovisi lenkulisa. Futhi lapho ukulungiswa sekuphelile, wathuthela lapho wayohlala khona.
I-squinty ikati, njengoba besho, lekusasa elinzima. Wangena emndenini wakwa-Ellie eminyakeni engu-15 edlule, lapho abanikazi bawo beletha isilwane emtholampilo wezilwane ukuze babulawe. Ikati lalidinga ukuhlinzwa, futhi abanikazi beSkinty ngaleso sikhathi babengenayo imali yalo. Yebo, negama lakhe lalihlukile - uMango. U-Ellie naye wayengenayo imali yokusebenza. Wakwazi ukuyikhokha kancane kancane, kwathi ikhanda elibomvu langena naye.
“Ubekade eyikati ebanda kunazo zonke engake ngazibona. Angazi ukuthi bengingamthuma kanjani alale, ”kuzibuza u-Ellie.
Ukuhlinzwa kwahamba kahle. Kodwa enye inkinga yavela: kwavela ukuthi ikati lalingezwa. Kube bonke. “Besizitshela ukuthi uvilapha futhi uyozela, ngakho akagijimi aye ocingweni. Ukuqonda ukuthi ikati liyezwa noma cha ngokuvamile kunzima kakhulu. Ngakho-ke, kuvela kuthi, akezwa ", - kuchaza u-Ellie engxoxweni ne-portal .
Kodwa-ke, ukungezwa akuzange kuphazamise impilo yekati. Futhi kungekudala wathola igama elisha - uSquinty, okusho ukuthi "ukuqumba". “Unobuso obunje, sengathi ubuka wena ngaso sonke isikhathi,” kumamatheka u-Ellie.
Phakathi neminyaka engu-15 uSkinty ahlala nenkosikazi entsha, wahamba naye amahlandla ayisithupha, wambona eshada, wabheka okuhle ezifuyweni ezavela endlini zilandelana: U-Ellie unenja nelinye ikati. Ngesikhathi le ntombazane ikhulelwa, yelulekwa ukuthi ihambise uSkinty. Nezinye izilwane nazo.
“Abangani bami nomndeni wami kube ngabantu abakholelwa ezeni ngendlela eyisimanga. Basho ngobuqotho ukuthi ikati lingantshontsha umoya wengane, kusho u-Ellie. “Bengikhathazekile ngesibhedlela kuphela. Ngemuva kwakho konke, empeleni, leli yibhokisi elikhulu. Futhi wonke umuntu uyazi ukuthi amakati athanda ukwenzani ngamabhokisi. "
U-squinty wayethanda ngempela umbhede ngenhliziyo yakhe yonke. Futhi lapho kuzalwa indodakazi ka-Ellie, uWillow, naye wayithanda.
“Ikati lethu lesibili alikhombisanga nandaba ngengane. Ngibazise kwiWillow - ngibavumele ukuthi bahogele kancane, bahlole. Ngemuva kwalokho, uSquinty akayishiyi nhlobo iWillow, ”kuzibuza u-Ellie.
Ikati lilala kuphela eceleni kwengane: embhedeni walo noma embhedeni womzali (lapho engazivumeli khona ukuba akhuphuke ngaphambili). Uhlala njalo ebheka ukuphakelwa ebusuku - ngokusobala, uyaqinisekisa ukuthi konke kuhamba kahle. Futhi kwesinye isikhathi balala ngisho ezindaweni ezifanayo. Ngemuva kwalokho uWillow wakhula waqala ukuzwa ikati. Umama wayekhathazekile ukuthi lobu bungani buzophela: izingane zibamba uboya ngokuqinile. Kepha uSquinty ubenesineke ngendlela eyisimanga. Isilinganiso esivumela yena ukuthi acindezele ngobumnene isandla somntwana ngezidladla zakhe. Kepha ukukhulula uzipho - ungalokothi.