Nyora chinyorwa chezuva nezuva pamusoro paamai vanowana ukuru hwavanoona huchikura mumwanasikana wavo ane makore echikoro chapakati. Enzanisa mutsa womwanasikana wacho nezvinetso zviri kusangana naamai vari kubasa zuva iroro. Itai kuti nyaya yacho iite kuti mude uye muyemure.
Naizvozvo nhasi ndakaenda kukirasi yaMaddie kuti ndive mutarisiri wezvokudya zvamasikati. Ari mugiredhi rechipfumbamwe, asi anoenda kuchikoro chiduku zvikuru, naizvozvo munhu ari wose akanga achifamba-famba munharaunda duku... achitamba makadhi kana kuti MahJong, achidya zvinhu zvakabikwa zvavakanga vawana pakutengeswa kwaiva pasi pomukoto, uye kazhinji kazhinji, vari kuyaruka. Handishanyi kuenda kuchikoro kwavo, asi Mads airatidzika kuva anofara zvikuru, uye ari mumamiriro ake ezvinhu. Zvaifadza kuva chapupu. Asi ini, ndakanga ndine zuva rakaipa, rinotyisa, risina kunaka, rakaipisisa kubasa, uye pandakasvika, ndakanga ndichitarisa foni yangu kuti ndizive zviri kuitika uye ndichiedza kurwira chikwata changu chitsva icho ndakaudzwa kuti chakanga chisina kukodzera kurwira. Chokwadika, iri rakanga riri zano risina kuteererwa, sezvo "kana pane chikomo chakakodzera kufira pacho" ndichaenda kunozvikotamira pamusoro pacho nenzira inobudirira sezvinobvira. Saka ndakarwa Hondo Isingakundiki, uye mwanasikana wangu akanga achitarisira chikwata chevakomana vaidya makeke uye vachisarudza zvokudya zvavo zvine utano uye vachiseka pavaiisa mataira avo echiChinese... uye ndakanga ndakanyatsogutsikana nezvakabuda muhondo yangu yokunyarara, yepachikoro, yebasa riri kure zvokuti handina kutombocherechedza misodzi yakanga ichiyerera mumaziso angu, kana kuti chokwadi chokuti ndakanga ndakagara pakati peimba yakanga yakazara nevechiduku. Ndinofungidzira kuti chinhu bedzi chakanaka pamusoro pokuchema mukamuri rizere navayaruki panguva yezvokudya zvamasikati ndechokuti kashoma zvikuru kuti ndiwe woga unochema... naizvozvo pane izvozvo. Saka ipapo ndakagara, ndiri mukambani yakanaka, mapfudzi akaderera zvishoma uye ndichiedza zvikuru kuti ndirege kupukuta mhino yangu zvino yakanyorova pamushini wangu. Uye chokwadika kuramba ndichinyemwerera nguva dzose apo Maddie akanditarira, nokuti Mwari anoziva kuti ndakanga ndiripo bedzi kuti ndive nechokwadi chokuti hapana munhu akadonhedza tafura (asi nokutendeseka, kwete ikoko nokuda kwezvimwe zvakawanda, sezvo ava vana vakanga vachizvitarisira vamene uye vakanyatsozvibata nenzira inoshamisa kubva pane zvandinoyeuka kubva mugiredhi rechipfumbamwe) uye chinhu chokupedzisira chandaida chakanga chiri kunyadzisa mwanasikana wangu panguva yezvokudya zvemasikati yechikoro. Asi Maddie akanga akamira ipapo pedyo nechigaro chiduku chesofa pandakanga ndiri, uye akati, "Amai, ibvai pano". Uye ndakatiza. Uye akagara pasi. Haana kundibvunza kuti chii chakanga chisina kururama; akanga atozvinzwa ndisati ndaenda kuchikoro mangwanani ano pamusoro penhamo chaiyo yebasa yandaiva nayo nhasi. Panzvimbo pezvo, akanditsamwira ndokundimbundira zvikuru, ipapo chaipo pamberi pevanhu vose vakanga vakateerera - vaiita sevanhu vose - uye akandinyaradza achiti "zvose zvichava zvakanaka" uye "handina kutarisira zvinhu zvakadai kubva kubasa rangu pari zvino". Akabva asimuka ndokudzokera kunzvimbo yake patafura yemutambo, asinganyanyi kunetseka sokunge akanga achangobva kunwa mvura patsime, uye ndakasiyiwa ndichifunga kuti mwanasikana wangu ari kuyaruka akanga achangobva kundimbundira pachena, muimba yokudyira yepachikoro chesekondari, pamberi pevamwe vana gumi nevaviri vandakanga ndisati ndambosangana navo, uye haana kana kumbozununguka. Maawa matatu gare gare, nhau yacho kubasa yakazoguma yabuda zvakanaka; kunongova kuti kufa paGomo iroro kwakakwanisa kuponesa chirongwa chacho pashure pezvose. Ndakanga ndichifara zvikuru pamusoro pazvo. Asi chikamu chakanakisisa chezuva racho chaiva kuziva kusingarambiki kwokuti Maddie haana kutya, uye ane mutsa, uye ane chivimbo, uye anoda kupfuura miganhu ndokuita zvinhu zvakaoma. Iye achava Simba reZvisikwa. Zvechokwadi, iye zvino ava.