Kwake kwabakhona intfombatane lelibito layo bekunguMaṱodzi.Maṱodzi bekahlala ekhaya namake wakhe kanye nagogo wakhe.

Ngalelinye lilanga make waMaṱodzi wacela kutsi akamyisele umlayeto ku-anti wakhe labehlala kulelinye lidolobhanyana lasemakhaya.“Ubohamba ngendlela lesivame kuyisebentisa,” make wakhe akhumbuta Maṱodzi.

Maṱodzi wahamba ngendlela levamile waze wayofika ekhaya ka-anti wakhe, futsi wamniketa umyaleto.Endleleni ngesikhatsi asabuyela ekhaya, weva livi lelihoshotelako eceleni kwakhe litsi, “Ngicela ungisite.”

Maṱodzi wacalata eceleni kwakhe wase ubona umfati labelele eceleni kwendlela.Wabingelela lomfati wase uyambuta, “Uleleleni lapha?”

Umfati waphendvula, “Ngibutsakatsaka futsi ngiyagula, kantsi ngisekudzeni kakhulu nelikhaya lami.”Maṱodzi waba nekumvela buhlungu lomfati.

Watjela umfati, “Ngitokutsatsa ngiye nawe ekhaya kitsi ngoba khona kusedvute.”Maṱodzi wasita umfati kutsi asukume. Bahamba ngekunyonyoba lokukhulu baze bayofika ekhaya.

Maṱodzi namake wakhe kanye nagogo bamnakekela lomfati waze wabancono.

Umfati wababonga kakhulu ngekutsi bamnakekele.Wabonga Maṱodzi ngekuba ngumuntfu lonesibindzi nalonakekelanako.

Umfati watsi kuMaṱodzi kanye nemndeni wakhe, “Ngeke ngize ngikukhohlwe loku leningentele kona.Ngemuva kwemalanga lamatsatfu, ngifuna kutsi nisho tifiso tenu letimbili.”

Ngemuva kwemalanga lamatsatfu, Maṱodzi namake wakhe kanye nagogo basho tifiso tabo letimbili.Sifiso sekucala kwaba kutsi babe nendlu lenhle.

Sifiso sesibili kwaba kutsi babe nelihlatsi eceleni kwendlu kute kungabodzingeka kutsi baye kuyotfota tinkhuni ekudzeni.Totimbili tifiso tabo tafezeka, njengoba nje umfati bekashito.

Maṱodzi nemndeni wakubo baphila ngekujabula endlini yabo lenhle labeyiseceleni kwelihlatsi.