Arthur Greene
Mhla ugcina ukufika sekuhambe isikhathi emsebenzini, kungenzeka ukuthi awukaze usho uthi: “Ipigogo elinolaka elibizwa ngoSteve lingivimbele ukuthi ngingene ehhovisi lami.”
Hhayi-ke, yilokhu uJim Daley usolwazi osizayo ocwaningweni enyuvesi yase-Texas, okwakumele akutshele abaphathi bakhe ngemuva kokuhlangana ngqo nepigogo lesilisa elihle – nelinenkani kakhulu.
UJim ungomunye wabantu abaningi base-San Antonio ababone ukuthutheleka kwamapigogo muva nje. Izilwane ezibabazekayo zonke zibhabhadiswe ngo “Steve”.
Abantu bendawo bakujabulele ukubona umhlambi wezinyoni zindiza edolobheni futhi sebeqale nokulandela sonke isilwane abasibonayo esingu-Steve ohlelweni lwenkundla yokuxhumana.
Ukuhlangana kukaJim noSteve, kwabona le nyoni ihlala phambi kwesango lesakhiwo ngamaphiko asongwe kahle ngemuva kwayo.
“Akekho owayefuna ukuya kwipigogo ngoba ayaziwa ukuthi anolaka,” kusho uJim etshela i-San Antonio Express News.
Amapigogo abesilisa aziwa ngempela ngokuthi anolaka kakhulu ngesikhathi sokukhwelana, futhi anemilomo kanye namazipho abukhali.
UJim wanquma ukungamphazamisi uSteve, futhi ekugcineni wasebenzisa umnyango ohlukile ukufinyelela ebhodini lakhe.
“Ngigcine sengibona ipigogo lihamba lodwa lisuka ewindini laselebhu ngaphambi nje kokufika kwezokuphepha, ngakho-ke akubanga nankinga enkulu,” esho.
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