I-Blue Rose (Gerda Klein)

I-Blue Rose kaGerda Klein

UJenny uyintombazane encane—intombazanyana ethandekayo. Unamehlo ansundu nezinwele ezinsundu ngokumnyama. Uma izinwele ziwela emehlweni akhe uyazixubha. Kodwa isandla sakhe asihambi ngqo esiphongweni sakhe. Kunalokho, igoba njengembali iqala ngokuvula amacembe ayo. Bese esula izinwele emehlweni akhe.
Uyabona, uJenny uhlukile. Uhlukile? Yebo, uhlukile kwamanye amantombazane amancane.
Kodwa ngokuqinisekile bonke abantu akudingekile ukuba bafane, bacabange ngokufanayo, benze okufanayo, noma bafane.
Kimina uJenny ufana nerozi eliluhlaza.
I-rose eluhlaza ?
Wake wayibona i-blue rose? Kunama roses amhlophe nama roses apinki namarose aphuzi, kanye nama roses amaningi abomvu. Kodwa blue ?
Wonke umlimi angathanda ukukhulisa i-rose eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Abantu babeqhamuka kude bezoyibona. Kungaba yivelakancane futhi kuhluke futhi kube kuhle.
UJenny uhlukile, naye. Futhi ngakho, ngandlela thile, ufana ne-blue rose.
Ngenkathi u-Jenny efika ekhaya okokuqala evela esibhedlela—umntwana ophinki, egona futhi eyindilinga—wayekhala njalo. Wakhala ukwedlula izingane eziningi.
Kungani?
Hhayi-ke mhlawumbe wabona izithunzi ezihlukene ezamethusa. Mhlawumbe wezwa imisindo ayengayijwayele. Lapho esekhulile, uJenny wayehlale eseduze nonina futhi ebambelele kuye.
Uyazi, uma izinyane lekati lilahlekelwa umsila kuthiwa lithola izindlebe ezibukhali. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi umsila usiza ikati ligijime ngokushesha. Kodwa izinyane lekati elingenamsila lizwa kangcono futhi likwazi ukubona izinyathelo ezisondelayo ngaphambi kokuba amanye amakati ezwe.
Abanye abantu abazi ngezindlebe ezinhle zekati elinjalo; babona ukuswelakala komsila kuphela.
Ezinye izingane zinonya futhi ziyagqolozela futhi ziyaklolodela: "Ikati alinawo umsila! Ikati alinawo umsila!"
Ngezinye izikhathi, uJenny wayegijima aye kunina futhi ambambe amqinise, ngaphandle kwesizathu nhlobo. Okungenani, akukho esingakubona.
Ngakho saqonda ukuthi izwe likaJenny lalihluke kancane, esingalazi ngezindlela ezithile. Saqala ukucabanga ukuthi usezweni lapho singase singazizwa sisekhaya ngokuphelele. Ukuya lapho, ngandlela-thile, kungase kufane nokuya kwenye iplanethi.
Ngandlela thize, kunjengokungathi uJenny umi ngemva kwesikrini, isikrini esingakwazi ukusibona. Mhlawumbe inemibala emihle. Mhlawumbe imibala iyamphazamisa uJenny ngezinye izikhathi ekunakeni lapho sikhuluma naye. Noma mhlawumbe ulalela umculo esingezwa.
Kuthiwa amahlengethwa anolimi nomculo wawo, oqhutshwa amagagasi. Umculo asikwazi ukuwuzwa ngoba izindlebe zethu azilungile ngokwanele.
Ngakho uJenny angase ezwe imisindo esingayizwa. Mhlawumbe yingakho egxuma kwesinye isikhathi angene emdansweni wakhe ongajwayelekile.
Ngezinye izikhathi ngicabanga ukuthi uJenny ufana nenyoni, inyoni enamaphiko amafushane kakhulu. Enyoni enjalo, ukundiza kunzima: kuthatha amandla engeziwe, umzamo owengeziwe, isikhathi esengeziwe. Inyoni enamaphiko avamile ithatha kalula ukundiza, kodwa inyoni enamaphiko amafushane kufanele isebenze kanzima kakhulu ekufundeni. Ngandlela thize, kufanele ihlakaniphe.
Ngakho-ke, kufanele siqonde ukuthi kungakanani uJenny akufezile lapho efunda okuthile.
Kodwa kukhona omunye uJenny. UJenny othi, ntambama ebusika enesiphepho, ahlale esihlalweni sakhe esinyakazayo yedwa futhi anyakaze, ebambe unodoli wakhe ezingalweni zakhe. Akhathazeke kakhulu futhi axakeke, bese ethi, kancane, "Mama, uSally uthi ngikhubazekile. Kuchaza ukuthini lokho mama? Ukudelela? Izingane zithi 'zidelile', zihleke."
"Bahlekani mama?"
Ziningi izinto uJenny angaziqondi.
Futhi kunezinto eziningi abanye abantu abangaziqondi ngoJenny:
ukuthi uJenny ufana nekati elingenamsila;
ukuthi uJenny uzwa umculo ohlukile;
ukuthi uJenny ufana nenyoni enamaphiko amafushane, futhi kufanele avikelwe.
U-Jenny ufana ne-blue rose, intekenteke futhi iyathandeka.
Futhi ngenxa yokuthi mancane ama roses aluhlaza, asazi okuningi ngawo.
Siyazi kuphela ukuthi kufanele banakekelwe ngokucophelela.
Futhi wathanda okwengeziwe.