Ngatsi ngiyabuka, ngakhandza kute muntfu, tonkhe tinyoni tesibhakabhaka tase tindizile, tabaleka.
Kuyawudzimate kube ngunini solomane live lihleti ligagadzekile, netjani bawo onkhe emasimi bubunile? Njengobe labo labahlala kulo bakhohlakele, tilwane netinyoni sekubhubhe kwaphela. Ngetulu kwaloko bantfu batsi: “Angeke akubone loko lokwenteka kitsi.”
Ngiyawukhala ngililele tintsaba, ngikhihlite sililo ngenca yemadlelo asehlane. Alahliwe omile akasahanjwa ngumuntfu, nekubhonsa kwetinkhomo akusevakali. Tinyoni tasemoyeni setibalekile, netilwane tihambile.
Ngingete ngabajezisa yini ngaloku?” kusho Simakadze. “Ngingete ngatiphindziselela yini mine esiveni lesifanana nalesi?”
Tinhlanti taselwandle, netinyoni tasemoyeni, netilwane tesiganga, nato tonkhe tilwanyakatana letinwabutelako emhlabatsini, nabo bonkhe bantfu labasebusweni bemhlaba, kuyawutfutfumela ebukhoneni bami. Tintsaba tiyawugumbuceleka, emawa ahhihlikele phansi, nato tonkhe tindvonga tiyawudzilikela emhlabatsini.
Ngenca yaloku live liyalila, nabo bonkhe labahlala kulo bayahusheka; tilwane tesiganga netinyoni tasemoyeni kanye netinhlanti taselwandle kuyafa.”