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Ngale
mveka ngati mwana zikamalira.”
Mtima wa Kino unali utasungunukiratu ndi mantha. Ankadziwa
kuti amene akulirayo ndi mwana wake Coyotito. Kunena zowona, tsoka
likalimba umakuwotcha ndi mkute wadzana. Coyotito uja analiranso
ndipo munthu anali ndi mfuti uja anazindikira pemene kulirako
kunkachokera. Munthu ameneyu sanali woti akalozetsa mfuti yake
n’kuphonya.
“Mwinadi ndi nyama, ndikuganiza kuti itseka pakamwa pake ndi
chipolopolo ichi,” anatero akutukula mfuti ija ndipo posakhalitsa pan-
amveka chiphokoso choswa makutu kuti pho-o-o-o, ndipo kulira kuja
kunaleka.
Kino anachita zilope n’kulumphira munthu anawomba mfutiyo
mpeni uli m’manja. Posakhalita mpeni wakewo unagwira ntchito yake
ndipo unalowa mopanda kudziletsa pakhosi pa munthuyo. Pamene
ankazula mpeniwo, anawuyendetsa mwamphulupulu n’kuzinga winan-
so amene anagona pansi paja ndipo dzanja linali anali akutola mfuti ija.
Apo ndiye Kino anaterera ngati mlamba. Amene anatsala uja anadzam-
batuka asakudziwa kuti chikuchitika n’chiyani ndipo analumphira
padziwe lija n’kusambira mpaka kuwoloka. Posakhalitsa anayamba
kukwera mwala wina kuti athawe, koma anachedwa. Ndi kuwala kwa
mwezi uja Kino ankatha kumuwona bwinobwino moti anatukula mfuti
ija n’kuwomba, koma anaphonya. Chifukwa cha phokoso la mfutiyo,
munthu uja anatsetsereka pamwalawo n’kugweranso m’madzi. Kino
anamutsatira ndipo atamuyandikira, anatukulanso mfuti ija n’kupanga
una pakati pa maso ake.
Kino ankatha kumva kuti chinachake chalakwika chifukwa mdani
wake uja atangolekana nawo moyo wapadziko lapansi, anamva mkazi
wake akulira m’phanga anabisala muja. Kulira kumeneku kunali
kwachilendo kwambiri m’makutu mwake.
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Aliyense ku La Paz amakumbukirabe za kubwerera kwa banjali.
Zimamveka kuti anatulukira chakumadzulo. Anthu atangowawona
anayamba kuwatsatira ndipo ana ogulugusha anathamangira m’makwa-
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