Ngangingazi lutho ngaleli zwe , ngaphandle kokuthi lena yindawo kuphela ephucukile emhlabeni lapho amadoda egqoka iziketi. Futhi kuthiwa yi-kilt. Leli qiniso lalihlale lihlekisa kimi, kodwa ngangingeke ngicabange ukuthi ngizobhekana nendoda egqokeni. Ngokuqondile, ngizokhetha indoda enjalo. Yebo, ngishiya inkululeko yami futhi ngishada nomScotsman, nangothando olukhulu. Kodwa ngubani owayengacabanga ukuthi bekukhona, ekugcineni komhlaba, ukuthi ngizohlangana noRobert wami othandekayo? Kodwa wahamba ngenhloso eqinile yokungazicindezeli impilo yakhe nazo zonke izinhlobo zezintuthwane.
Cabanga: November, ngeSonto. Imvula engathandeki iyawa. Asikho isidingo sokusheshisa. Mina, ngaphandle komkhuba, nginqume ukuhamba ngiye e-cafe engiyintandokazi futhi ngifunde iphephandaba lekhofi yekhofi enamandla. Ngenza lokhu kuhamba okungathandeki njalo ngempelasonto ... Intombazane enhle ehlezi ngefasitela kuleli cafisi futhi ihlanza ijusi le-orange ngokucabangela ngokusebenzisa utshani.
Wayebukeka , kodwa wayebonakala enhle kakhulu kimi: ukuhamba kwakhe okuncane, izinwele ezinomsoco omude, iminwe emincane ... Ngokuyinhloko hhayi ngethemba lokuphindaphindiwe, ngisahlala etafuleni lakhe. Sashintsha imikhonzo, futhi ngokushesha ngaqaphela ukuthi wayengesiS Scotts. Nokho, angizange ngibe namahloni. Ithuba elihle lokufunda okuthile ngezwe elithile. Ngangifisa ukwazi ukuthi i-Scotsman: enye ingqondo, esinye isiko. Kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo, naphezu kokuthi uRobert wayebonakala engithanda kakhulu, ngangicabanga ukuthi kukhona okungenani okwenziwe ngabanye, ngoba e-Kiev nganginomngane osondelene naye ongimemile ukuba angishade. Kodwa angizange ngiphuthume nhlobo ... Ukuxhumana noRobert ngokushesha wabeka ithoni, ngaphandle kokudlala konke nokuzikhandla. Ekuthomeni wavuma ukulalela imithetho enjalo futhi waba ngumqondisi wami, umngane wami, umngane wami, owayengazange athwale, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo watshela izinto eziningi ezithakazelisayo ngezwe lakhe. Futhi okubaluleke kakhulu - ngaphandle kokukhathazeka nokwakha.
Ngamabomu angizange ngigijime izinto. Ngangesaba ukwesaba injabulo eyayize ekhanda lami. Mina no-Asya sibonakala sivule umhlaba kabusha. Kwakumangalisa ukuthi sinezinto eziningi ezifanayo, nakuba evela e-Ukraine, izwe engingaziwa nakancane. Kodwa ngase ngisazisa ithemba lokuthi ngelinye ilanga siyohamba ngeKreshchatyk, siye eKiev-Pechersk Lavra, futhi mhlawumbe sishade khona. Ngakho kwenzeka ngemuva kwalokho. Ngabe sengimjwayelene no-Edinburgh wami othandekayo - umuzi wasendulo, omuhle, owawungumakhosi amancane. Kanye no-Asya, ngathola kabusha idolobha lami: i-Holyroodhouse Palace (iNdlu ye-Holy Cross), lapho uMary Stewart ahlala khona futhi lapho izimpumputhe ezimbi zihlala khona, Isihlalo sobukhosi sika-Arthur yisigquma esiphezulu e-Edinburgh, i-Royal Mile yiyona endala kakhulu lapha umgwaqo.
Uma kwakungeyona kaRobert , angizange ngithole ukhululekile kulo muzi, kuleli zwe. Ukubamba izandla, sazulazula njalo emigwaqweni nasemigwaqweni yangasese yase-Edinburgh. Wangifundela amavesi omuntu owaziwayo wasekhaya futhi igama lakhe linguRobert Burns. Behlezi ebhentshini epaki, baphuza i-dark ale ngegama elihle elithi "vihavi" - ubhiya obuncane obuphansi. Futhi ngangivame ukumkhathaza ngokuziphukumeza ngokuphelele, ngokubona kwakhe, isicelo sokuza ngandlela-thile ngosuku oluthile. URobert wacasulwa kakhulu ngalesi sicelo. Akazange aqonde ukuthi kungani nginesizotha samadoda aseScotland enjabulo. Yini ongayenzela owesifazane omthandayo ngaphandle kokukhumbula! Lapho ngifika egcekeni phambi kwakhe, nganquma ukuhlinzeka kahle futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ngimnike isandla nesinhliziyo.
Ngiyazi ukuthi lokhu kwakuyisinqumo esiphuthumayo, kodwa, njengoba bethi kuwe: ukuzingela kunamandla kunezigqila! Ngimemele u-Asya endaweni yokudlela, lapho umculo "ophilayo" khona, ikakhulukazi, amabhakpipes aseNyakatho yaseScottland, futhi lapho izitsha zomhlaba ezidumile kakhulu ezikhonzwayo ziyi-haggis: ukulwa kwenqama ne-giblets. Ngiyazi, u-Asya wangikhanyisa, ukuthi, ngokubona kwakho, kuzwakala, hhayi okuthakazelisayo kakhulu, kodwa ukuthi kuyamnandi kangakanani! Okuthandayo, futhi, kwaziswa!
Angisoze ngikhohlwa ukubukeka kwami noRobert. Konke kwakuhlonishwa udumo. Ku-kilt checkered, kuvela, ijaji le-tweed elinamathele, izitokisi eziboshwe, kuthatha, nasezinkalweni - i-spore lesikhumba - isikhwama esikhonywe emgqeni omude. Konke lokhu, uRobert wami ugqoke, futhi ngithi kuwe, ngangihlaba umxhwele kakhulu ngomusa wakhe. Akukho lutho oluhle noma olungenangqondo!
Kunalokho, inhle kakhulu!
Angazi, ngasekuqaleni noma ngasekuqaleni ngazizwa ukuthi anginandaba noRobert. Kodwa sichitha isikhathi esiningi ndawonye, ubhekwe kahle! Okungenani lapho uRob, ehlazekile, ecindezela kuye: "Awufuni ukushada nami? ", Ngabona ukuthi angikwazi ukwenqaba. Ngicabanga ukuthi kwakungu-Edinburgh owa "salula" kithi uthando. Futhi hhayi ngaphandle kwesizathu kuthiwa idolobha elingavamile kakhulu nelingaqondakali emhlabeni. Ngabe sengikisela ukuthi uRobert aye eKiev ndawonye aze amtshele abazali bakhe futhi ashade khona. Ngaphezu kwalokho, isivumelwano sami siphelelwa yisikhathi.
Ngokwemvelo, ngavumelana ngokujabula: okokuqala, u-Asya wangiphendula ngokuphindaphindiwe, futhi okwesibili, ngifuna ngempela ukuvakashela i-Ukraine. Kwakuyisikhathi esimnandi ngathi. Ngalobo busuku, endleleni, u-Asya kuqala wahlala nami ebusuku, ekuseni ekuseni ngimpheka ukudla kwasekuseni eScotland: i-oatmeal ne-saumon. Wamangala ngokuhlanganiswa kwemikhiqizo futhi wathembisa ngenjabulo esikhathini esizayo ukuthi angiphathe nge-borsch ne-vareniki nge-cherries. Ngaqonda ukuthi sakhulela emiphakathini ehlukene, futhi sobabili sasinesithakazelo ekufundeni ngomunye nomunye into entsha.
Kuze kube nemininingwane encane kakhulu.
U-Asya, isibonelo, wayehlekisiwe ngokuthi nginqume imifino ngezikhali. Wahleka ngamagama ezitsha zethu zikazwelonke: isobho senkukhu "coca-face", isaladi isaladi ne-trout - "clap-shot", ngenyama - "stoviz". Ngangithanda nokubona ukuthi ukhonza kanjani ngaphezulu kwe-borsch: udinga ukwenza imisebenzi eminingi kangaka, kodwa yeka indlela okumnandi ngayo! Yebo, leso sikhathi, ngaphambi nje kokushiya eKiev, kwakungenxa yethu noRobert uhlobo oluthile lwezinyanga, isikhathi sokuqaphela okwangempela. Sasithandana, kodwa sazama ukungalahlekelwa ikhanda lethu, ngoba sazi: isifiso sishesha ngokushesha, iholide lesidluli sezinto ezintsha, bese-ke sizodinga ukujwayela impilo yansuku zonke, impilo yansuku zonke. Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi ukuphakama kwami kuhlangene ngokuphelele nokusebenza kukaRobert. Ngangikuthanda ukuthembeka kwakhe nokuhlakanipha, ukuqonda nokulingana okungenamkhawulo kimi. ... Kwabe sekukhona ucingo kubazali, owamangalela ngokoqobo. "Mama, Baba, lungela!" Ngiza nomkhwenyana. Nguye kuphela ekhanda lami!