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Ngokusebenzisa umhlaba ongaphezulu kolwandle, khangela kuwo wonke umhlaba ukuba unokufumana enye, iringer efileyo kuwe. Kodwa bobabini, bahlala kwisihlwele sabantu abazizigidi ezi-6, abaze badibane okoko betsala ...
UKazao wonwabile ngobomi bakhe eMirai ("kwiKamva") Isiqithi. Ngokuqinisekileyo, abazali bakhe bamshiya emva kokuba ezelwe, bamshiya ukuba akhulele kwikhaya leenkedama, kodwa ubomi bakhe bumnandi kwaye unabahlobo bakhe, ngakumbi u-Eiko othandekayo, intombazana ayithandayo. Ngobunye ubusuku, nangona kunjalo, unephupha elibi apho azibona esifa kwingozi yesithuthuthu. Emva koko, yonke into iyatshintsha. Ngosuku olulandelayo, abazali bakhe "bafunyanwa ngokungummangaliso" kwaye uyakhutshwa kubomi bakhe obumnandi kunye no-Eiko ukuba angene kwilizwe alaziyo kuphela kwimidlalo kamabonakude nakwizabelo zesikolo. Ulahlwe ngokungathandabuzekiyo embindini wedolophu enemephu ebabazekayo yesikhokelo, uKazao ugcinwe ekuzulazuleni engenanjongo ekhangela ikhaya lakhe elitsha ngoyena mhle kwaye edlulisele uYuu, ovela kwiklasi yakhe kwisikolo sakhe esitsha. Ngaphandle kwemizamo yakhe yokwamkela ukubuya kwabazali bakhe ngesiquphe kunye nezihlobo zikaYuu ezinobungane, uKazao akakwazi ukushukumisa imvakalelo yokuba izinto azilunganga. Kwaye akanakho ukulibala uEiko. Kutheni le nto abazali bakhe belinde iminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu ukuba bambize kwakhona? Kwaye kutheni ipiyano ikukuphela kwefanitshala esetyenzisiweyo kwindlu entsha yabazali bakhe? Iimfihlakalo ziqala ukufumba enye kwenye njengoko ubuxoki buwa buhlungu kweli bali linomdla ngamathuba exesha elizayo kunye nothando olungenatyala.