Cool kwaba I kuhleleke. Keen, ekubaleni, perspicacious, acute, futhi uyiqili–Ngangineminyaka zonke lezi. ubuchopho wami kwaba njengoba enamandla njengoba ugesi, njengoba eqondile njengoba esikalini wemithi sika, njengoba eyenza umuntu acabange eseZwini njengoba nommese. Futhi–cabanga-ke!–Ngangineminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili kuphela.
It is Akuvamile ukuba umuntu ukuze osemusha ingqondo giant enjalo. Thatha, Ngokwesibonelo, Petey Bellows, engihlala naye eyunivesithi. nobudala obufanayo, nesizinda, kodwa oyisimungulu njengenhlangano ok. A nice esikanye ngokwanele, uyaqonda, kodwa lutho upstairs. uhlobo Emotional. engazinzile. izwele. Okubi nakakhulu, a faddist. izimfashini, Ngiyavuma, yiyona kuphikisa okucabanga. Ukuze sikhukhuleke kuzo zonke Craze into entsha engenayo kanye, lizinikele ngokwakho idiocy nje ngoba bonke abanye bayayenza–lokhu, kimi, kuyinto Acme of mindlessness. Not, Nokho, ukuze Petey.
Ngenye intambama Ngathola Petey elele embhedeni wakhe nge nkulumo sosizi olungakaze ngobuso bakhe ukuthi mina ngokushesha kwatholakala ukuthi unesifo appendicitis. “Ungawuhlehlisi,” ngithe. “Ningaphathi laxative. Ngizothola udokotela.”
“Raccoon,” yena mumbled esinabantu.
“Raccoon?” ngithe, ukuhlaba ikhefu zindiza yami.
“Ngifuna ijazi raccoon,” yena sibangalasile.
Ngaqonda ukuthi inkathazo yakhe yayingahambisani ngokomzimba, kodwa ngokwengqondo. “Kungani ufuna ijazi raccoon?”
“Ngazile it,” wamemeza, ishaya ngamandla amathempeli yakhe. “Ngazile Zazisho buya lapho Charleston wabuya. Like a fool I iyisebenzise yonke imali yami ukuba izincwadi, futhi manje angikwazi ukuthola ijazi raccoon.”
“Can you mean,” Ngathi Bengakholwa, “ukuthi abantu empeleni ugqoke raccoon amabhantshi aphinde?”
“Zonke Big Men Campus ugqoke kubo. Where've Mehlo?”
“In the umtapo,” ngithe, baqambe indawo hhayi zazivame ukuhanjwa Big Men Campus.
Yena wagxuma embhedeni futhi kuhambisane nesivinini sokufunda komfundi ekamelweni. “Ngifanele abe ijazi raccoon,” Wathi inkanuko. “Ngifanele!”
“Petey, kungani? Kubheke enomqondo. Raccoon amajazi kukhona engahlanzekile. Bachitha. They sinuke kabi. Bahlaziya esiningi. Ubathola amabi. They—”
“Wena abaqondi,” wangingena emlonyeni ngamawala. “Kuyinto into ongayenza. Musa ufuna ube ku ukubhukuda?”
“Azikho,” Ngathi truthfully.
“Well, I,” wamemezela. “Bengizokunika yini ngoba ijazi raccoon. Anything!”
ubuchopho My, ukuthi ukucacisa instrument, bengene gear okusezingeni. “Anything?” Ngibuzile, embuka esinda.
“Anything,” waqinisekisa e ukushaya tones.
I stroked isilevu yami ucabangisisa. Kwenzeka isimanga ukuthi ngangazi kuphi izandla zami phezu ijazi raccoon. Ubaba wabe babenendlela eyodwa ngezinsuku zakhe undergraduate; yalala manje isiqu elisophahleni lwendlu emuva ekhaya. Kwenzeka ukuthi Petey wayenokuthile okunenani ngangifuna. Akazange abe ncamashi, kodwa okungenani ayenakho amalungelo kuqala kuwo. I ubheke intombazane yakhe, Polly Espy.
Kwase kuyisikhathi eside lokufuna Polly Espy. Angigcizelele ukuthi isifiso sami sokuba lona wesifazane osemusha kwakungeyona ngokomzwelo emvelweni. Kade, ukuze siqiniseke, intombazane yavusa imizwelo, kodwa mina wayengeyena umuntu inhliziyo yami abuse ikhanda lami. Ngangifuna Polly for ngokuhlakanipha ibalwa, Isizathu cerebral ngokuphelele.
Ngangiyisihambi freshman esikoleni emthethweni. In iminyaka embalwa Ngingathanda kube out in practice. Ngangineminyaka kahle ukubaluleka uhlobo olufanele unkosikazi ekuthuthukiseni career ummeli sika. Abameli yimpumelelo ngase ngibone babeyizinkulungwane, cishe ngaphandle kokukhetha, ushade enhle, nomusa, abesifazane ezihlakaniphile. With eyodwa ukungenzi, Polly zifakwa lezi Ukucaciswa kahle.
Beautiful kade. Wayengeyena okwamanje enkulu pin-up, kodwa Ngangiqiniseka ukuthi kwakuyofika isikhathi nikeza ukuntuleka. Yena beyivele ezazidingeka.
Unomusa kade. By nomusa I mean egcwele umusa. Bekanalo erectness of carraige, i kalula ukuthwala, a poise ukuthi ngokucacile the best zokuzalanisa. At yasetafuleni wakhe baba ngamashumi enkulu. I owayembonile ngesikhathi Kozy Kampus Korner kokudla okukhethekile wendlu–sinkhwa eyayinegama ezilahliwe ebhodweni eyosiwe, umhluzi, nati oqoshiwe, kanye dipper of sauerkraut–ngaphandle ngisho kokuthola iminwe yakhe omanzi.
Intelligent wayengeyena. Empeleni, yena echezuka kolunye uhlangothi. Kodwa ngikholelwa ukuthi ngaphansi kokuqondisa kwami ​​wayengeke aqhubeke smarten up. Kunoma yikuphi, ukuthi kuwufanele ngizame. Ikona, ngemva kwakho konke, lula ukwenza intombazane enhle eziyizimungulu smart ukwedlula ukwenza i-smart intombazane ugly enhle.
“Petey,” ngithe, “Kanti wena in love with Polly Espy?”
“Ngicabanga ukuthi kungcono a kid esibukhali,” yena waphendula wathi, “kodwa angazi uma ubungenza call it ukuthanda. Kungani?”
“Ingabe,” Ngibuzile, “kukhona uhlobo ilungiselelo esisemthethweni naye? Ngiqonde ukuthi uyahamba engaguquki noma okunje?”
“Azikho. Sibona nomunye impela kancane, kodwa sobabili sibe nezinye nezinsuku. Kungani?”
“Kulapho,” Ngibuzile, “nanoma yimuphi omunye umuntu osondelene naye enendawo esithanda ngokukhethekile?”
“Akukhona ukuthi ngazi. Kungani?”
Ngivuma ngekhanda ngokwaneliseka. “Ngamanye amazwi, uma ubungase aphume isithombe, emkhakheni azotholakala. Ingabe lelo lungelo?”
“ngicabanga kanjalo. Yini ekutholeni at?”
“Nothing, lutho,” Ngathi bubi, futhi wathatha ipotimende lami aphume ekamelweni.
“Uyaphi?” kubuza Petey.
“Home for the ngempelasonto.” Ngalahla izinto ezimbalwa esikhwameni.
“Lalela,” uthe, ephethe ingalo yami ngokulangazela, “ngenkathi uku ekhaya, ungase ngeke uthole imadlana kusuka umuntu wakho endala, ungakwazi, futhi usibeke kimi ukuze ngikwazi ukuthenga ingubo raccoon?”
“I angase enze kangcono kunalokho,” Ngathi ngokucisha iso ongaqondakali futhi wavala esikhwameni sami kwesokunxele.
“Bheka,” Ngathi ukuba Petey lapho ngibuya ngoMsombuluko ekuseni. Ngalahla ukuvula ipotimende, wembula omkhulu, hairy, intfo gamy ukuthi ubaba wayeke igqoke Stutz yakhe Bearcat e 1925.
“Holy Toledo!” UPetru wathi ngokuhlonipha. Yena kwafaka izandla zakhe zibe raccoon coat bese ubuso bakhe. “Holy Toledo!” wakuphinda eyishumi nanhlanu noma amabili izikhathi.
“Ungathanda it?” Ngibuzile.
“awu yebo!” wamemeza, ephethe lo isikhumba sesilwane esinoboya okunamafutha kuye. Bese look esiyiqili weza amehlo akhe. “Ufunani ngoba?”
“intombazane,” ngithe, ecokama akukho mazwi.
“Polly?” wabuza in a ngekuhleba akafe. “Ufuna Polly?”
“Kulungile.”
Yena wajikijela ijazi kusuka kuye. “Ungalokothi,” Wathi stoutly.
I uyaziqhelelanisa nezinsolo ezimthintayo. “Okay. Uma ungafuni abe ku ukubhukuda, Ngicabanga ukuthi ibhizinisi lakho.”
Ngahlala phansi esihlalweni wazishaya ukufunda incwadi, kodwa aphume ekhoneni iso lami ngaqhubeka ngibhekile Petey. Wayengumuntu edabukile. Okokuqala wabheka at ijazi ne ukubonakaliswa waif efasiteleni ebhikawozi. Ngalesosikhathi he jikisa bese usetha umhlathi wakhe ngokuzimisela. Khona-ke wabheka emuva ngaleso elingenamikhono, ukulangazelela nakakhulu ebusweni bakhe. Ngalesosikhathi he jikisa, kodwa nge isixazululo hhayi kangaka ngalesi sikhathi. Emuva naphambili ikhanda lakhe swiveled, isifiso Waxing, nesinqumo isiphela. Ekugcineni, kasukanga away nhlobo; yena nje wema futhi bebambe nge mad nenkanuko at ijazi.
“Kuyinto kungenjengokungathi nginokuthile wayemthanda Polly,” Wathi esinabantu. “Noma uya engaguquki noma okunje.”
“Kulungile,” I babubula.
“Yini Polly kimi, noma me to Polly?”
“Not into,” Ngathi:.
“It nje kuye kwaba kick abayitoho–ambalwa nje UYAHLEKA, yilokho kuphela.”
“Zama on the coat,” Ngathi:.
walalela. I coat bunched okusezingeni ezindlebeni zakhe kwachitheka zonke indlela phansi isicathulo sakhe eziqongweni. Wabheka like kwendunduma yenhlabathi raccoon efile. “Ohambisana emihle,” Wathi bobabili sekumnandi.
“Ingabe deal?” Ngibuzile, Elulela isandla sami.
He kugwinywe. “Kuyinto deal,” Wathi walula isandla sami.
Kwadingeka usuku lwami lokuqala ne-Polly kusihlwa ezilandelayo. Lokhu kwakuphambi kwaLowo uhlobo inhlolovo; Ngangifuna ukuthola ukuthi ungakanani umsebenzi kwadingeka ukuba ukwenze ukuze uthole umqondo wakhe kuze kube okujwayelekile I edingekayo. Ngithatha isancinza sami sokuqala dinner. “Gee, ukuthi wayengumuntu dinner delish,” Wathi lapho sishiya yokudlela. Ngibe sengithatha wakhe movie. “Gee, ukuthi wayengumuntu movie marvy,” Wathi lapho sishiya enkundleni yemidlalo. Futhi ke mina wamthatha wamletha kwakhe. “Gee, Ngaba nesikhathi sensaysh,” Wathi njengoba lona wesifazane wayesethi kimi goodnight.
Ngabuyela ekamelweni lami bokwehlukana. Ngangisanda kwaphazamiseka ngendawo umsebenzi wami. ukuntuleka Le ntombazane kolwazi kwaba sesabeka. Nome-ke kube ngokwanele ukuze nje kuphela ukwanelisa wakhe ngolwazi. Okokuqala kwadingeka ukuba ukucabanga. Lokhu lwase njengendlela project of akukho izilinganiso ezincane, futhi ekuqaleni Kwakuthi angiye alinike emuva Petey. Kodwa-ke mina ngikwazile ngicabanga ngokwengeziwe ngaYe izintelezi wakhe obuningi ngokomzimba futhi mayelana nendlela yangena ekamelweni nendlela ayisingatha yembangi, futhi nganquma ukwenza umzamo.
Ngaya ngakho, njengoba kuzo zonke izinto, ehlelekile. Ngamnika inkambo logic. Kwenzeka ukuthi mina, njengoba umfundi umthetho, wayethatha inkambo logic ngokwami, ngakho kwadingeka wonke amaqiniso kutholakale yami. “Polly,” Ngathi kuye lapho Ngangimlanda ngosuku lwethu olulandelayo, “kulobubusuku siya phezu Knoll futhi inkulumo.”
“The, terrif,” Umfazi waphendula wathi:. Enye into Ngizothi le ntombazane: Ubungeke ukuya kude ukuze zithole esinye ovumelana ngakho.
Saya Knoll, indawo campus trysting, futhi sahlala phansi phansi kwe-oki, futhi yena Wangibuka alinde: “Sizofunda ukukhuluma mayelana?” eyicelayo.
“Logic.”
Wacabanga lokhu phezu umzuzu owodwa wanquma uyithandile. “Magnif,” wathi.
“Logic,” ngithe, aziqede umphimbo wami, “isayensi yokucabanga. Ngaphambi singacabanga ngendlela efanele, kumelwe siqale sifunde ukuqaphela fallacies ezivamile logic. Lezi sizoyithatha up tonight.”
“Wow-Dow!” wakhala, zishaya izandla zakhe delightedly.
I winced, kodwa waya ngesibindi ku. “Okokuqala ake sihlole ubuze besimo esibizwa Dicto Simpliciter.”
“Ngazo zonke izindlela,” wanxusa, batting eyelashes wakhe ngokulangazela.
“Dicto Simpliciter kusho i-agumenti okusekelwe nje okungaqondile ukuzibhala. Ngokwesibonelo: Ukuvivinya umzimba kuhle. Ngakho everybody kufanele alisebenzise.”
“Ngiyavuma,” wathi Polly ngobuqotho. “I mean umzimba omangalisayo. I mean it eyakha umzimba nakho konke.”
“Polly,” Ngathi ngobumnene, “i-agumenti is a ubuze besimo. Ukuvivinya umzimba okahle nje okungaqondile ukuzibhala. Ngokwesibonelo, uma une isifo senhliziyo, Ukuvivinya kubi, akukuhle. Abantu abaningi ihlelwe odokotela babo ngeke ukuzivocavoca. Wena kumelwe ihlangabezane nezimfuneko the nje okungaqondile. Kumelwe uthi ukuzivocavoca ngokuvamile kuhle, noma umzimba kuhle abantu abaningi. Kungenjalo wena benzile Dicto Simpliciter. Ingabe ubona?”
“Azikho,” yena wakhuluma waphandlesela. “Kodwa lena marvy. Yenza okuningi! Yenza okuningi!”
“Kuyoba ngcono uma uyeka ezibangisana emkhonweni wami,” Ngamtshela, futhi lapho yena uziyekile, ngaqhubeka. “Okulandelayo sithathe a ubuze besimo esibizwa Ukusheshe nje okungaqondile. Lalelisisa: Awukwazi ukukhuluma isiFulentshi. Angikwazi ukukhuluma isiFulentshi. Petey Bellows ayikwazi ukukhuluma isiFulentshi. Ngakho-ke mina, kumelwe siphethe ngokuthi akekho at University of Minnesota angakhuluma French.”
“Ngempela?” wathi Polly, amazed. “Akekho?”
Ngafihla ukucikeka yami. “Polly, kungcono ubuze besimo. I nje okungaqondile kufinyelelwe kakhulu ngokuxhamazela. Kunezindawo ezimbalwa kakhulu instances ukuba basekele isiphetho esinjalo.”
“Yazi yimuphi fallacies ngaphezulu?” eyicelayo ehefuzela. “Lena fun ezingaphezu kuka dancing ngisho.”
Ngalwa off igagasi lokuphelelwa ithemba. Ngaboniswa entweni engakuyisi ndawo nale ntombazane, ngokuphelele zizenzakalele. Namanje, Angilutho uma kungenjalo persistant. ngaqhubeka. “Kube sekulandela Thumela Lokhu. Lalela lokhu: Ake hhayi ukuthatha Bill on epikinikini yethu. Everytime sike sizinike isikhathi uphume kanye nathi, kuyanetha.”
“Ngiyazi somebody like nje ukuthi,” ebabaza. “Intombazane emuva ekhaya–EULA Becker, Igama lakhe u. It alusoze lwaphela. Njalo lapho single sithatha wakhe on a epikinikini–”
“Polly,” Ngathi ngqo, “kungcono ubuze besimo. EULA Becker akakubangeli imvula. Yena engahlobene nesenzakalo imvula. Wena enecala Post Lokhu uma sisole EULA Becker.”
“Mina ngizoba ngeke aphinde angishaye,” Wathembisa ngokudabuka. “Ingabe ungithukuthelele?”
I wabubula. “Azikho, Polly, Angisona mad.”
“Ngitshele ezinye fallacies ngaphezulu.”
“Kulungile. Ake sizame Amagceke eziphikisanayo.”
“Yebo, ake,” yena chirped, eshaywa amehlo bakhe ngenjabulo.
I ayamukeleki, kodwa kwafaka phambili. “Nasi isibonelo izakhiwo eziphikisanayo: Uma uNkulunkulu angenza noma yini, angasinika ukwenza libe yitshe elisindayo ukuze Ngeke bakwazi abaliqukulayo?”
“Kunjalo,” yena waphendula ngokushesha.
“Kodwa uma ungenza yonke into, Yena lingenza itshe,” Ngatshela.
“Yeah,” esho ucabangisisa. “Well, ke ngicabanga Akakwazi ukwenza itshe.”
“Kodwa Angenza noma yini,” I wamkhumbuza.
Yena emibi wakhe pretty, ikhanda ezingenalutho. “Ngingumfana konke udidekile,” wavuma.
“Yebo wena. Ngoba lapho izakhiwo ingxabano kungqubuzane, akukho kungabaza agumenti. Uma kukhona i force irresitible, akukho kungabaza object engenakususwa. Uma kukhona intfo engenakususwa, akukho kungabaza mandla angahlulwa yilutho. Yithole?”
“Ngitshele ezinye ngaphezulu lento okubukhali,” esho ngokulangazela.
Ngaya kodokotela iwashi lami. “Ngicabanga singathanda kangcono call it a ebusuku. Ngizothatha ekhaya manje, futhi uya ngenxa yazo zonke izinto okufundile. Sizoba esinye isikhathi kusasa ebusuku.”
I zibekwe wakhe at ehostela sentombazane, lapho yena wangiqinisekisa ukuthi ayengazange kusihlwa ngokuphelele terrif, futhi ngaya ekamelweni lami glumly ekhaya. Petey walala snoring embhedeni wakhe, elingenamikhono raccoon baqoqene kuhle kwesilo omkhulu onoboya ezinyaweni zakhe. Okomzuzwana ngishaye nokuvuka kwakhe futhi eyitshela ukuthi wayengase abe intombazane yakhe emuva. Kwakubonakala kucace ukuthi project yami wawuzofekela. Le ntombazane nje inhloko logic-ubufakazi.
Kodwa-ke mina uhlaziywe. Engangisichithile ngobunye ubusuku; Ngingahle njengoba ukuchitha kahle enye. Ubani owayazi? Mhlawumbe endaweni ethile kule ndawo ezingasekho kwengqondo yakhe Amalahle ambalwa kuphela namanje smoldered. Mhlawumbe ngandlela-thile ukuthi nginga fan kubo amalangabi. Kuyavunywa bekungelona nethemba igcwele ithemba, kodwa nganquma owodwa ngizame more.
Ihlezi phansi kwe-oki ngakusasa kusihlwa Ngathi, “okokuqala ubuze besimo tonight lethu libizwa ngokuthi Ad Misericordiam.”
Yena wavevezela ngokujabula.
“lalelisisa,” ngithe. “Umuntu ofake isicelo umsebenzi. Lapho boss uyambuza izimfanelo zakhe zinkulu kangakanani, uphendula ngokuthi yena unomfazi nezingane eziyisithupha ekhaya, yinkosikazi Kunjengokungathi ongakwazi ukuzisiza, izingane asinalutho oludliwayo, akukho sinezingubo zokugqoka, akukho nezicathulo ezinyaweni zawo, abekho imibhede endlini, akukho amalahle emiphongolweni, futhi ebusika uyeza.”
A izinyembezi Kwehla ngamunye Polly sika pink izihlathi. “Oh, lokhu kuyinto kabi,” yena wachiphiza.
“Yebo, Kubi,” ngavuma, “kodwa kungcono akukho agumenti. Le ndoda never waphendula umbuzo boss sika ngokufaneleka kwakhe. Kunalokho anxusa ukuzwelwa the boss sika. He bophezela ubuze besimo Ad Misericordiam. Uyaqonda?”
“Uke got a iduku?” yena blubbered.
Ngadlulisela wakhe iduku futhi wazama ukuba ngigweme nokuklabalasa ngesikhathi wesula amehlo akhe. “Olandelayo,” Ngathi ithoni elawulwa kahle, “elandelayo sizoxoxa ngokuthi bangasizwa Analogy False. Nasi isibonelo: Abafundi kufanele bavunyelwe ukuba sibheke tincwadzi tifundvo tabo ngesikhatsi izivivinyo. Ngemva kwakho konke, odokotela abahlinzayo babe ama-X ray ukuba zibaqondise ngesikhathi sihlinzwa, abameli babe briefs khaphi them ngesikhathi kuqulwa icala, ababazi babe amapulani khaphi them uma they wakha indlu. Kungani, ke, Akufanele abafundi bavunyelwe ukuba sibheke tincwadzi tifundvo tabo ngesikhatsi luhlolo?”
“Kukhona manje,” esho la mazwi ngomdlandla:, “nkolelo marvy kakhulu Ngalalela eminyakeni.”
“Polly,” Ngathi testily, “i-agumenti kuyinto kahle. Odokotela, abameli, nababazi kungukuthi nibhala isivivinyo ukuze ubone ukuthi kungakanani abakufundile, kodwa abafundi. The izimo elihluke ngokuphelele kuleli, futhi awukwazi ukwenza isifaniso phakathi kwabo.”
“Ngisasho namanje ukuthi kuwumqondo omuhle,” wathi Polly.
“Nuts,” I muttered. Ayebambelele I ziqhubeka. “Okulandelayo sizozama Hypothesis lokhu kuphikisana kangakanani neqiniso.”
“umsindo Yummy,” kwaba Polly asabela.
“Lalela: Uma Madame Curie azikaze ukushiya plate enezithombe ekhabetheni nge isinqamu of pitchblende, namuhla izwe kungabi namuntu owaziyo mayelana Radium.”
“Yiqiniso, weqiniso,” wathi Polly, nodding ikhanda lakhe. “Ingabe ubona ukuthi likhona movie? Oh, it nje wangqongqoza me out. Lokho Walter Pidgeon kuyinto Ungadliwa kangaka. I mean yena waphuka kimi.”
“Uma ungakwazi ukukhohlwa Mr. Pidgeon okomzuzwana,” Ngathi coldly, “Ngithanda aveze ukuthi isitatimende a ubuze besimo. Mhlawumbe Madame Curie ngabe wathola Radium esikhathini esithile kamuva. Mhlawumbe omunye umuntu ngabe wathola it. Mhlawumbe iyiphi inombolo yezinto bekuyokwenzekani. Awukwazi ukuqala nge umbono wokuthi akulona iqiniso bese udweba noma iyiphi iziphetho supportable kuwo.”
“Kwakufanele ukubeka Walter Pidgeon e izithombe,” wathi Polly. “I hle umbone.”
One chance ngaphezulu, Ngenze isinqumo. Kodwa eyodwa nje. Kukhona kulinganiselwe lokho inyama negazi akunakulidla athwale. “Ubuze besimo elilandelayo ubizwa ngokuthi ushevu Well.”
“Kuhle kangakanani!” yena gurgled.
“Abalisa ababili abanesimo mpikiswano. Eyokuqala uyasukuma uthi, 'Abaphikisi yami ungumqambimanga notorious. Ngeke ukukholelwe ukuthi vu ukuthi uya athi '… Manje, Polly, cabanga. Cabanga kanzima. Kwenzenjani?”
Ngayibona igxumagxuma eduze njengoba yena amasokisi brow wakhe alube emakamu. Kungazelelwe inhlansi intelligence–owokuqala sengibone–weza amehlo akhe. “Akulona iqiniso,” esho ethukuthele. “Akusiwona okwanele. Yini ithuba uye umuntu wesibili got uma umuntu wokuqala umbiza ngokuthi umqambimanga ngaphambi kokuba ngisho uqala ukukhuluma?”
“Right!” Ngakhala umtshela. “eziyikhulu amaphesenti ilungelo. Akulona iqiniso. Umuntu wokuqala uye ushevu ngaphakathi kahle ngaphambi noma ubani wamphusiza kuwo. Uye wanquma imisipha yawo imbangi yakhe ngaphambi kokuba uqale ngisho… Polly, Ngiyaziqhenya ngawe.”
“Pshaw,” yena babubula, besimayili nokukhophozela ubumnandi.
“Uyabona, othandekayo wami, lezi zinto zingekho kanzima kangaka. Konke kufanele ukwenze nje ukugxilisa ingqondo. Cabanga–sihlole–nokulinganisa. Woza manje, ake sibukeze konke esiye sakufunda.”
“Dubula kude,” esho nge wave Airy esandleni sakhe.
Nathi. nokwazi ukuthi Polly kwaba akawuthandi a cretin, Ngaqala eside, Ukubuyekeza isiguli konke I wayemtshelile. Over and ngokuphindaphindiwe I ekhonjiwe instances, waveza ukushiyeka kwethu okungathí, wayelokhu okhanda away ngaphandle kokuyekethisa. Kwakungathi imba umgodi. Ekuqaleni konke kwaba umsebenzi, izithukuthuku, nobumnyama. Ngangingabazi nhlobo lapho ngangilifunda njalo ukufinyelela ukukhanya, noma uma benginga. Kodwa ngaphikelela. I yashaywa futhi clawed wayokhuhla, futhi ekugcineni Ngavuzwa. Ngase ngibona chink sokukhanya. Bese kuthi-ke chink saba sikhulu futhi ilanga kwafika ethela nawo wonke babukhanya.
Five nights akhathazayo lokhu kwakudla, kodwa angizisoli. Ngangenze logician out of Polly; Engangibafundise wakhe ukuba acabange. Umsebenzi wami kwakwenziwa. Wayengumngane kangifanele at last. Wayengumngane kimi umfazi kufanelekile, umngenisi wezihambi efanele mansions zami ngenyuke, ongumama efanelekayo izingane zami kahle heeled.
Akumelwe kucatshangwe ukuthi ngangineminyaka ngaphandle uthando le ntombazane. Ngokuphambene. Njengoba nje Pygmalion walithanda Lona wesifazane ophelele wayesike ukulolongwa, ngakho Ngangikuthanda emayini. Sase sifikile isikhathi sokuba ashintshe ubuhlobo bethu kusukela ezingathakazelisi zezifundiswa yothando.
“Polly,” Ngathi uma senza esilandelayo wahlala ngaphansi kwesihlahla se-okhi yethu, “kulobubusuku thina ngeke nixoxe fallacies.”
“Aw, Gee,” wathi, badumazeke.
“Othandekayo wami,” ngithe, besekela wakhe emomotheka, “Manje siye ubusuku ezinhlanu wazihlanganisa. Siye ayithole kanye ezigqoke. Kuyacaca ukuthi thina abafanelana kahle.”
“nje okungaqondile Ukusheshe,” wathi Polly egqamile.
“Ngicela uphinde,” Ngathi:.
“nje okungaqondile Ukusheshe,” ephinda. “Ungasho kanjani ukuthi thina abafanelana kahle ngesisekelo nezinsuku ezinhlanu kuphela?”
I chuckled nge yokuzijabulisa. Ingane othandekayo zafunda wakhe kahle. “Othandekayo wami,” ngithe, patting ikhanda lakhe ngendlela ezikwaziyo ukubekezela, “nezinsuku ezinhlanu inala. Ngemva kwakho konke, ungenawo ukuba adle lonke ikhekhe ukwazi ukuthi kuhle.”
“Analogy False,” wathi Polly ngokushesha. “Angisona ikhekhe. Ngingumfana intombazane.”
I chuckled nge yokuzijabulisa Kuthi kancane. Ingane othandekayo ayekufunde esifundweni sakhe mhlawumbe kahle kakhulu. Nganquma ukushintsha amaqhinga. Ngokusobala ndlela engcono kakhulu elula, strong, isimemezelo ngqo yothando. Ngathi ukuma kancane, ingqondo yami omkhulu wakhetha amagama afanele. Ngabe sengiqala:
“Polly, Ngiyakuthanda. Wena izwe lonke kimi, nenyanga nezinkanyezi kanye nemilaza yezinkanyezi ezingaphezu kokwenza emkhathini ongaphandle. Ngiyacela, isithandwa sami, ungasho ukuthi wena uzohamba engaguquki nami, ngoba uma ngeke, ukuphila kuyoba yize. Ngizokwenza bayethe. Ngizokwenza abenqabayo kokudla kwami. I abayozulazula ubuso bomhlaba, a shambling, ozwakala-eyed hulk.”
Lapho, Ngacabanga, alo izingalo zami, okufanele sikwenze.
“esiheni,” wathi Polly.
I kutsho amazinyo ami. Bengingekho Pygmalion; Ngangineminyaka Frankenstein, futhi monster wami kwadingeka kimi emphinjeni. Ayekwesinye Ngalwa igagasi ukwethuka agubhayo ngami. Ngaso sonke izindleko kwadingeka ukuba ngiqhubeke cool.
“Well, Polly,” ngithe, ukuphoqa smile, “ngokuqinisekile baye bafunda fallacies yakho.”
“Uneminyaka darn kwesokudla,” esho nge ikhanda eyingqabavu.
“Futhi owafundisa zona, Polly?”
“Wenza.”
“Kulungile. Ngakho wenza kanjalo ungikweleta okuthile, akunjalo, othandekayo wami? Uma bengingafikile, kanye wawungeke usufundile fallacies.”
“Hypothesis lokhu kuphikisana kangakanani neqiniso,” esho kweso.
Ngaphuthuma ngaya ukujuluka kusukela brow yami. “Polly,” I croaked, “Akumelwe uthathe zonke lezi zinto ukuze ngokoqobo. Ngisho lokhu kuyinto eklasini Izinto nje. Uyazi ukuthi izinto ozifundayo esikoleni ungenayo into ukwenzani ngokuphila.”
“wamane wathi nje,” wathi, ukunikina umunwe wakhe at me ngidlala.
Kwaba kusukile lokho. I wagxuma wama ngezinyawo zami, bellowing njengenkabi iya. “Ingabe wena noma ngeke uhambe engaguquki nami?”
“Ngeke,” Umfazi waphendula wathi:.
“Kungani kungenjalo?” I safuna ngenkani.
“Ngoba lokhu ntambama ngathembisa Petey Bellows ukuthi ngingathanda engaguquki naye.”
I reeled emuva, ukunqoba ne zehlazo kwalo. Ngemva ebekhuluma, ngemuva wenza idili, ngemva kokuba walula isandla sami! “Lokho rat!” I shrieked, kwakusuka chuncks olukhulu Turf. “Awukwazi ukuya naye, Polly. Muhle a ungumqambimanga. Muhle a ukukopela. Muhle a rat.”
“Ushevu Well,” wathi Polly, “futhi yekani ukumemeza. Ngicabanga ukumemeza kumele kube ubuze besimo kakhulu.”
With an umzamo omkhulu yentando, I modulated izwi lami. “Kulungile,” ngithe. “Uneminyaka a logician. Ake sibheke le nto ngokunengqondo. Kanjani you ukhetha Petey Bellows phezu kwami? Ngibheke–okhaliphile, a yengqondo ebhaliwe okusika, umuntu owayelomoya ikusasa okuqinisekisiwe. Bukani Petey–ifindo-ekhanda, a jitterbug, a guy ngubani awusoze wazi ukuthi wayesezokutholaphi ukudla esilandelayo uvela. Ungangenzela isizathu esisodwa enengqondo kungani kufanele uhambe engaguquguquki nge Petey Bellows?”
“I Ngokuqinisekile can,” wamemezela Polly. “Ufanele ijazi Racoon.”
…..Okuningi

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