Kuphumelele kakhulu Edurne portela ekwandiseni ukungqubuzana kwemilingo kwabantu bakithi kugxile kummeleli wabo uPueblo Chico. Ngoba kusuka kulezo nalezi zindawo lapho sivela khona, siphethe uzibuthe ongathi lapho sibuya kusenze sihlale esikhathini esedlule nesedlule.
Yingakho konke okwenzekayo nalokho okwenzekile kungokwethu ngokushesha. Empeleni sibonga isipho sikaPortela sokuzwelana senza iprozi. Kepha futhi, futhi empeleni, ngoba okwenzekayo nokuqoshwe enkumbulweni yezimo zakudala kubonakala kubuyela ku-retina yethu njengoba sibona lapho siphinda sivula amehlo ethu. Imisebe yesikhathi esilengiswe phakathi kwephunga lezinkuni emlilweni ihlale ikhona.
Ngakho-ke le noveli ibuya kuwo wonke umuntu. Uhambo olugcwele izimangaliso zabalingiswa abanjengo-Ariadna osemncane noPedro wakudala. Zombili zihlala ngasikhathi sinye nendawo efanayo. Kepha laba bobabili banezikhathi ezihluke kakhulu. Olunye ulayini olulinde lokho kweqa komlingo okubhala kabusha amakhasi abeshiywe engenalutho, futhi axazululwa ngendlela ekhangayo phambi kwamehlo ethu avulekile.
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Amehlo avaliwe inoveli emayelana nendawo eyodwa, idolobha elingaba negama yingakho libizwa ngePueblo Chico. IPueblo Chico iboshelwe ezintabeni zasendle kwesinye isikhathi ezimbozwa yinkungu, kwesinye isikhathi kube neqhwa, uhla lwezintaba lapho kwesinye isikhathi izilwane zilahleka khona, abantu banyamalale. UPedro, umlingisi omdala wale noveli, uhlala edolobheni, okuyinqolobane yezimfihlo ezizungeze udlame oluhlasele le ndawo amashumi eminyaka.
Lapho i-Ariadna ifika ePueblo Chico ngezizathu ezingacaci ekuqaleni, uPedro uyambuka futhi ambheke, kuyilapho i-Ariadna iveza ukuxhumana kwayo nomlando othulisiwe wendawo. Ukuhlangana kwesikhathi esedlule nesamanje, phakathi kukaPedro no-Ariadna, kuvusa inoveli lapho u-Edurne Portela ephenya khona ngodlame okuthi, yize luphazamisa unomphela izimpilo zabalingiswa, lwenze kube nethuba lokudala isikhala sokuhlalisana nobumbano.
Manje usungathenga inoveli "Amehlo Avaliwe", ka-Edurne Portela, lapha: