Augustus anali wotentha kwambiri. Ulendowu unali wosaiwalika. Tinapita kuchigwa cha mtsinje wa Air. Adakonzekera masiku angapo, koma ulendowo unatambasulidwa sabata lonse, zinali zochepa. Malowo ali pafupi ndi mzinda wa Satka, ndikosavuta kuyang'ana dzina la Cargazak phanga. Iwo amene amakonda kupumula m'mapiri ndi malo abwino. Mtsinje wa Ah ndi phiri, koma mtsinje wofunda kwambiri wokhala ndi nsomba zosiyanasiyana: kusuta, kavalo, ngwazi. Onetsetsa kuti malowa anayandikira mochedwa masanawa, tinangovala hema ndi bwenzi, ndinapeza nsomba zingapo, zomwe ndinaziwona koyamba. Chimwemwe cha m'mimba mwa anjala adadzakhala nsanja zokoma. Kunyoza ndi madzi amtsinje atagona. Usiku, ndizowopsa pano, nditangoganiza kwa nthawi yayitali, sitinachedwe kuchedwa kuno: Ndinalibe nthawi yogona, ine ndimapita ndi zitsamba zokongola, choncho ife sanadziwe - ndi ndani?
Tsiku lotsatira, alendo amakhala pafupi ndi ife, sizinawopa. Tsikulo litalongosola: Tinapita kukaphunzira madera oyandikana nawo, ndinapeza phanga lapafupi kwambiri, linali lalikulu, kuzizira komanso kuyerekeza ndi malo oyandikana nawo omwe amafanana ndi firiji yayikulu. Pa makina ake, khomo limatulutsa moss wa fluffy, zatsopano komanso zobiriwira zomwe ndimafuna kudya. Mkati mwa phangali pali chobadwa nacho mwamphamvu zake, chingwe cha chingwe chimalowera mumdima, chokutidwa ndi ayezi - sitinatenge ngozi kuti ziutsike kumeneko.
Chifukwa chake, tsiku ndi tsiku, akuyenda pachigwa cha mtsinjewo. M'mawa kumapiri kunayamba ndi mpweya wabwino, masaya owala ndi chifunga ndi mawonekedwe a kristal omwe amasewera padzuwa. Kenako kuyenda kwa nthawi yayitali, kukwera kumapiri, kusodza, kumayenda, kusambira mumtsinje. Mtsinjewo ukuyenda mwachangu kwambiri, koma sizakuya kwambiri, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti mitsinje ikhale yopanda mantha kuti atha kunyamula. Mumvula, msewu watsekedwa apa, ndipo masiku oterewo si nyumba ndipo osakhala pano (usiku umodzi unali mvula). Tisanachoke, tinanyamuka kwambiri, ndikuwona mawonekedwe okongola a mtsinje ndi dera lapafupi. Pakutha kwa ulendowu, ndinamva kuti aborigine anga, ndiwabwino kwambiri mukayamba kukhala m'munda.
Kwa sabata, okhalamo akumaloko anapumula pano, malowa sadutsa njira zokopa alendo ndi asodzi, momwemonso, odya nyama zoyipa kudutsa malowa. Ndiyenera kunena kuti pali msasa wa hema wapafupi .... misasa. Onse amene akufuna kupuma pano ndi osinthika, amatha kuyima pamenepo.