Pali amene sindikudziwa chiwonetsero chakupha m'malo aliwonse abata ndi amtendere, kutali ndi gulu la anthu okwiya. M'chipululu, pakati pa cacti ndi crickets, Elmer ndi Rose amakhala ndi ana awo aakazi asanu. Moyo umagunda mopumira, zenizeni zimadutsa ndikuchedwa kwa nthawi yotsekedwa pakati pa malo ouma a chigwa chachikulu.
Kubwera kwa mlendo wotchedwa Rick, alendo otayika omwe amapatsidwa malo ogona ndi kupumula, amadzakhala malo ovuta m'banja. Mwina ulendo wa Rick siwowoneka ngati wamba, mwina mnyamatayo wapeza zomwe amafuna.
Atsikana asanuwo amakopeka ndi mlendoyo, pomwe makolo awo Elmer ndi Rose amayamba kuzindikira kuti pali china chake chomwe chatsogolera Rick kumeneko. Ndizosangalatsa kudziwa kuti, danga lalikulu, ndi zochuluka zotheka komanso zakutali, moyo umachepa kufikira utapanga malo okwanira.
Chifukwa chowonadi chikutuluka ngati madzi akuda kuchokera pachitsime chokumbidwa m'chipululu. Chifukwa ndizotheka kwambiri kuti banja lachilendo silikhala kutali ndi dziko mwangozi. Vuto ndiloti zifukwa zomwe zinawatsogolera kumeneko zimawoneka ngati zobisika kwamuyaya.
Momwemonso cacti imamera minga m'malo mwa masamba kuti apewe kutaya madzi, banja limagwirizana ndi chitetezo ichi. Khalidwe lirilonse limationetsa zomwe timachita modabwitsa pazomwe sizinachitikepo zomwe zikubwera m'malo abatawa koma oyipa kale.
Mu buku Nyumba ya Cacti Tidazindikira kuti palibe malo oti tingathawe wekha, kuchokera ku bizinesi yomwe sinamalizidwe, mantha ndi zisankho zazikulu.
Tsopano mutha kugula buku la The House Among the Cacti, buku laposachedwa kwambiri la Paul Pen, apa: