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Uninazala ufika kumkhwenyana olele eseceleni ngezimangalo:
"Ngitshele ukuthi kungani ulala phansi?" Ucingo luye lwawa, ukuchithwa kwehle, ukuvuza kwephahla, futhi okungenani ungaba ne-henna! Ingabe ingimi? " Ngidinga? Ngakusasa umkhwezala uphinde wabuya umkhwenyana wami: "Kuze kube nini ungamanga?" Insimu yemifino iningi, iwindi alivala, umnyango usuqede! Umkhwenyana, ngaphandle kokuvuka e-sofa, uncibilikisa: "Ingabe ngimi?" Ngidinga? Uninazala akakwazanga ukuma, wagijima waya emzaneni waseSoviet, waphonsela umkhwenyana wakhe konke, wamtshela amaphepha: "Lapha!" Konke kukopishwe kuwe, hamba ulungise, lungisa! Umkhwenyana, lapho ehlolisise amaphepha, waphendula ngendlela efanayo: "Ingabe kungokwakho?" Ingabe uyayifuna? *** Uninazala wafika kumalokazana wakhe, wagxilisa umunwe wakhe emashalofini, emakamelweni, wabeka uthuli wathi: - Awu, mkhwenyana, ukhumbule noma yisiphi isaga? (Ngesikhathi esifanayo ucabanga ukuthi umalokazana uzokhumbula into efana no "Ukuhlanzeka kuyisiqinisekiso sempilo".) Izimpendulo zomalokazana: - Yiqiniso, ngiyakhumbula. - Yini? "Ingulube ithola ingcolile!" *** Umfazi uthi kumyeni wakhe: - Umama wenza ukulungiswa egumbini, angashukumisela kithi? Sizoyivikela isikhashana noma inyanga. "Sachitha amasonto amabili nomama wakho ngenkathi eshisa ubuthongo, sasibheke inyanga yomama lapho omakhelwane bakhe bekhukhulile, manje-futhi?" Ungakanani umama wakho? *** - U-Abrama, ungabongiswa yini? Ekugcineni, uninazala ushonele? "Utholephi lokhu?" - Ngahamba ngaphesheya kwendlu yakhe, eduze komnyango wakhe kwakuyisikhumba sephepha. "Izya, ngiyanxusa." Emnyango we-9 phansi, igumbi ngalinye linamafulethi amane. Oh, lena yilethothi enjalo! *** Umama ongumJuda onakekelayo uyamemeza ekhanda: - Semochka, hamba ekhaya maduzane! "Mama, yini lokhu?" Ngingamaqhwa? - Cha, Semochka, ufuna ukudla!
*** - Ugogo, lapha usukhulile, futhi ushade nentombazane encane. Uzofa, kodwa uzohlala. "Kungcono ukuhlala kunokungabi njalo!" *** Umkhulu weza kudokotela wathi: - Udokotela, ngiyakhonya. - Ugogo, uneminyaka emingaki? "Amashumi ayisishiyagalolunye." - Uke wakhukhuka ngo-40? -Ayikho. - Futhi ngo-60? -Ayikho. - Ngakho kufanele ukhwehlele nini? *** Ehhovisi, udokotela uvula umnyango nabantu abavela emgqeni emgodini bezwa udokotela ekhuluma nesiguli esicebile. - Udokotela, nginekhala eligijimayo, umphimbo omuncu nezindlebe, ukukhwehlela kuqala. - Kudingeka uhambe ukuze usebenzise isihlabathi esishisayo eGibhithe noma eMedithera. Ukudla kufanele kuqiniswe: i-salmon, i-caviar, ingulube ye-ngulube. Izithelo ezishisayo zithokoze: i-ananas, imango, ubhanana. Khona-ke ugogo osuka emgqeni uyangena ehhovisi ngamagama athi: "O, dokotela, nginakho into efanayo: izindlebe, umphimbo, nokukhwehlela!" Ngidinga futhi ukuya eGibhithe. Udokotela wambuka ebunzini lakhe: "Futhi wena, ugogo, faka izindlebe zakho ekhanda lakho futhi ungasheshi uzungeze umzana!" *** I-Whiteguard iphoyisa, ehlezi ekhanda lesikhulu, ebopha ifayela le-nail, indoda eyathunjwa i-Red Army iholwa kuye futhi iyabuza: "Yini okufanele uyenze ngakho?" - Shoot. Udubule, yenze okulandelayo: - Futhi yini okufanele ukwenze? - Shoot. Futhi lokhu kudutshulwa. Khombisa okwesithathu: - Futhi yilapho? - Ukudubula futhi. Ngokungazelelwe i-Red Army indoda yakhala ithi: "Cha, angifuni!" Angifuni! Isikhulu - amasosha: - Lokhu akudingeki kudutshulwe. - Futhi kungani ngokuzumayo? "Uyabona: akafuni."
*** Umuntu uhlala enqabeni yasendulo. Ebusuku wasukuma, wahamba emgodini, futhi wafika kuye. Amandla agxuma, ezama ukusabisa, ngezwi elibi uthi: - Hhayi! Ngingumfana omubi kakhulu, ngihlala kule ndlu iminyaka engama-300! Muntu, ujabule: - O, yeka ukuthi udumo kangakanani! Cishe uyazi lapho indlu yangasese ikhona khona! *** Umlimi wezwe uhambe waya ehlathini ngamakhowe. Ngokungaqondakali yaqala ukuthunjwa, imvula yayimvula, kanti abalimi balahlekelwa indlela yakhe. Kuyabisa, hhayi umphefumulo ozungezile. Wagijima futhi waphuma waya ekuhlanzeni. Ubona ukuthi kukhona imoto, akekho okhona kuyo. Ngizohlala phansi, - ngicabanga, - esihlalweni sangemuva, ngilindele imvula. Ngokungazelelwe imoto yaqala ukuya ngokuthula. Le ndoda yawa esihlalweni ngenxa yokwesaba, ihlezi, iyathuthumela. Ishiya ihlathi, endleleni yomgodi. "Kulungile, konke kuyicilongo!" Ucabanga ngale ndoda. Futhi waqala ukusho impilo yakhe. Ngokungazelelwe, kuvela isandla esinezinwele, sithatha isondo bese siphendvula imoto. Kwa-muzhik kwaba kubi kakhulu. Shayela kudlule amathuna. Imoto iya ngqo ku-crypt. -Veza, manje ngokuqinisekile - ipayipi! Ucabanga ngale ndoda. Hhayi - cha! Kanti futhi isandla somsindo sibonakala ngefasitela langasese elingaseceleni bese lithengisa imoto idlule i-crypt. Imoto idlula edolobheni elilahliwe. Ubumnyama. Ngokungazelelwe, ngqo emotweni kuyinkhulukazi ekhukhumezekile. Le ndoda yayeka ukuphefumula ngesaba. Kanti futhi kukhona isandla esinezinwele esibonakalayo bese seba khona kukagogo. I-muzhik igcwele ukukhululeka. Khona-ke imoto iyeka, i-eccentric enezindebe zibukeka e-salon bese ibuza osizini: - Wenzani lapha? Indoda enomsindo omncane, owesabayo: "Mina ... ngi ... lapha ngihlala phansi ngihambe." I-eccentric yezinyosi isivele iqhuma ngokufutheka: - Cha, ubheka! Ngami imoto isile, ngiyiphoqa imoto ngamakhilomitha angu-5, ngizoyithola i-hernia maduzane, futhi ihlezi phansi, iya! *** Umlilo emgodleni. Konke okuzungezile kuyashisa. Wonke umuntu uyamemeza: "Amanzi! Amanzi! "I-hussar igxuma emgodini futhi ngezwi elikhulu:" Futhi ekamelweni le-15 - i-champagne! "