Kwesinye isikhathi ngibona indodana yami eneminyaka emine bese ngithola umbuzo ojwayelekile wemibhangqwana efuna ukwazi kakhulu, kuphela ngendlela ecabangayo: Ucabangani? Futhi iqiniso ukuthi, ukuzibeka ezicathulweni zakhe, ngobunzima abantu abadala abacabanga ukuthi babuyele kuleyo minyaka yomcabango nobuhlanya, ngigcina ngiziphendula: Noma yini, uzobe ecabanga noma yini.
Kule "noma yini" umlingiswa oyinhloko wale ndaba ungena ngokugcwele. UMnu P uyibhere, umngani omkhulu ongabonakali u-Arthur amngenisa endlini yakhe ngelinye ilanga ukuze angaze ahlukane naye. Ukube u-Arthur ubengumntwana wangempela, bekungeke kube nokungabaza ukuthi ngelinye ilanga ubengeke, ahlukane noMnu P, futhi mhlawumbe, eminyakeni eyalandela, angakwazi ukumbona esibayeni sakhe se-zoo.
Kepha okuhle ngezincwadi ukuthi abalingiswa bazo bahlala bekhona, bekhumbula umlando wabo ngamehlo kwanoma yimuphi umfundi, ngisho nakowomfundi ofanayo ofunda kabusha.
Endabeni yalokhu incwadi Ukuhambela okungalindelekile kukaMnu, ukuhlangana no-Arthur omncane, omphefumulo wakhe uvuleka kakhulu ngomngani wakhe omusha futhi ophazamisayo uthokozisa kakhulu umfundi wezingane, intsha noma umuntu omdala ohambisana nokufunda.
U-Arthur uhlala kulowo mzuzu lapho i-ego iqala ukuzibonakalisa ngobudlova emzimbeni wakhe wonke, impendulo eyihhafu ye-neuronal nengxenye ye-hormonal. Inqubo ejwayelekile kakhulu yabancane abaqala ukufuna isiza sakho. Ubani kuze kube yileso sikhathi owayengaba ngumlingani womphefumulo, umfowabo uLiam uba yileso "sitha" esincane abahlala bephikisana naso minutiae abangadonsa ngayo ukunaka kwabazali babo. Yilapho u-Arthur ezwa khona ukungaqondi okujwayelekile kwezingane eziyeka kancane kancane ukuba.
Yisiphi isixazululo esingcono kunokuletha umngani ocabangelayo emhlabeni? Kungani hhayi ibhere? Kuphelele, kunjalo. Ibhere elimhlophe, elikhulu kakhulu, eliqinile, elikwaziyo ukuhlanganyela ebubini kanye nezikhathi ezijabulisayo zokutholwa, umngane engingaxoxa naye futhi sijabule naye.
Ngaphandle kokungabaza, lokhu kuyincwadi ekahle kulezo zingane, eziyeka kancane kancane ukuba njalo. Futhi ngqo kuleso sifiso sokukhula noma kuleyo inertia yesikhathi, umuntu uzijabulela ngempela izikhathi ezinhle kakhulu, zokudala nezithakazelisayo zobuntwana.
Ungathenga incwadi Ukuhambela okungalindelekile kukaMnu, inoveli entsha kaMaría Farrer, lapha: