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Pane imwe nguva pane imwe nguva yaive muchinda aida kuroora muchinda; asi aizofanira kunge ari mwanasikana chaiwo. Akafamba pasirese pasi rese kuti awane imwe, asi hapana kwaanogona kuwana chaaida. Pakange paine mambokadzi zvakakwana, asi zvaive zvakaoma kuziva kuti vaive vechokwadi. Pakanga paine nguva dzose chimwe chinhu nezvevakaita sezvazviri. Saka akauya kumba zvakare uye akasuruvara, nekuti angadai akada kwazvo kuva nemuchinda chaiwo.

Rimwe dutu remhepo rinotyisa rakauya; Pakanga paine kutinhira nemheni, uye mvura yakadururwa nemvura zhinji. Pakarepo kugogodza kwakanzwika kugedhi reguta, uye mambo wekare akaenda kunovhura.

Yakanga iri mwanasikana wakamira kunze uko pamberi pegedhi. Asi, nyasha dzakanaka! Saiye mvura uye mhepo nemhepo zvakange zvaratuka mvura. Mvura yakamhanya pasi kubva kune vhudzi nehembe; yakamhanyira pasi mune zvigunwe zveshangu uye kunze zvakare kuchitsitsinho. Uye zvakadaro akati aive mwanasikana chaiye.

"Zvakanaka, tichakurumidza kuzviona," vakafunga mambokadzi wekare. Asi haana kutaura chinhu, akapinda mumba memubhedha, akatora mubhedha yose kubva pamubhedha, akaisa pea pasi; akabva atora matete makumi maviri uye akabva arara nemubhedha makumi maviri nemashanu pamusoro pe matete.

Pane izvi mambokadzi aifanira kurara husiku hwese. Mangwanani akabvunzwa kuti akavata sei.

"Ah, zvakaipa kwazvo!" Akadaro iye. "Ndafara ndakavhara maziso angu husiku hwese. Denga rinongoziva zvakange zviri pamubhedha, asi ini ndakanga ndakarara pane chimwe chinhu chakaoma, kuti ndive dema uye bhuruu zvese pamusoro pemuviri wangu. Zvinotyisa! "

Zvino ivo vaiziva kuti aive muchinda chaiwo nekuti akange anzwa pea kuburikidza nematirita makumi maviri uye nemari makumi maviri emubhedha.

Hapana munhu asi mwanasikana chaiwo anogona kunge akanyatsoterera sezvazviri.

Naizvozvo muchinda akamutora mukadzi wake, nekuti ikozvino waiziva kuti wakange ane mwanasikana wamambo chaiye; pea yakaiswa mumuseum, painogona kuonekwa, kana pasina munhu akaba.

Ikoko, ndiyo nyaya yechokwadi.