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Ngale
hatchi uja nayenso ankayenda wa Adamu chifukwa kumaloku sikunali
koti n’kufika hatchi. Atangofika padziweli, anthu awiri ankatsogola aja
anayenda mozungulirazungulira padziwelo kuti atsimikitse kuti palibe
munthu. Sipanatenge nthawi kuti azindikire zoti pamalowo panali
anthu. Sanakayikire zoti Kino ndi mkazi wake adutsa kudzera pamwala
unali ndi zomwera zowandikawandika uja. M’modzi wa iwo anakwera
mwalawo n’kuponya maso ake chakutsogolo koma sanawone munthu.
Kenako anatsika n’kuyamba kukonkha kukhosi kwake ndi madzi a
padziwe lija. Munthu anali ndi mfuti uja anabzala matako ake pansi
n’kumapuma. Nayenso anali atatheratu ngati chikabudula cholimira.
Anzake aja anakhala pambali pake n’kumasuta fodya. Kino anangoti
maso ga pamene anthuwo anakhala moti posakhalitsa anawawona aku-
dya chakudya chawo.
Kenako mdima wowopsa unagwa mphirimo ndipo Kino anamva
mawu chapansipansi. Anali Juana ndipo ankatonthoza Coyotito kuti
asasokosere kwambiri.
Kino sanasiye kuyang’ana anthuwo moti anazindikira kuti awiri
agona. Koma m’modzi ankayang’anira anzakewo mfuti ili m’manja.
Kenako Kino anapita kukalowa m’phanga lomwe munali Juana.
“Juana, ndapeza njira,” anatero Kino.
“Komatu akhoza kukuphani.”
“Ndikangopeza njira yolandira mfuti ili ndi munthu m’modziyo
ndiye kuti ndawatha,” anatero Kino. “Sindikukayikira kuti ndikhoza
kuthana naye chifukwa awiri akugona.”
Juana anagwira nkono wa mwamuna wakeyo. “Komatu akhoza
kuwona zovala zanu zoyerazi ndi kuwala kwa nyenyeziku.”
“Usadandawule ndi zimenezo,” anatero Kino. “Ndikungofunika
ndingotsika mwezi usanatuluke. Ndikangotenga mfutiyo andimva
madzi.”
Kino ankadziwa kuti kameneka kakhoza kukhala komaliza
kuwonana ndi Juana. Choncho anasakasaka mawu abwino m’mutu
mwake ndipo atawapeza anati: “Ndimakukonda kwambiri mkazi
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