Chilombo cha ginger chotchedwa Squinty chinakhala chofatsa kwambiri. Anazindikira kuti mayiyo ali ndi pakati pomwe mimba idayamba kukula. Ndiyeno anangodzitengera yekha mwanayo.
"Ndikuganiza kuti adazindikira nthawi yomweyo chomwe chinali. Squinty ankakonda kwambiri mimba yanga. Ndinkangokonda kukhala pamenepo ndikukhalamo, "akuseka Ellie, mwiniwake wa mphaka wa ginger. Malingana ndi iye, Squinty ankayang'anitsitsa pamene iye ndi mwamuna wake akusintha ofesiyo kukhala nazale. Ndipo atamaliza kukonza, anasamukira kumeneko kukakhala.
Squinty ndi mphaka, monga akunena, za tsogolo lovuta. Analowa m'banja la Ellie zaka 15 zapitazo, pamene eni ake anabweretsa chiweto ku chipatala cha Chowona Zanyama chifukwa cha euthanasia. Mphaka ankafunika opaleshoni, ndipo eni ake a Squinty analibe ndalama. Inde, ndipo dzina lake linali losiyana - Mango. Ellie analibenso ndalama zochitira opaleshoniyo. Anakwanitsa kulipira pang'onopang'ono, ndipo redhead adakhala naye.
“Anali mphaka wozizira kwambiri yemwe ndinamuonapo. Sindikudziwa kuti ndikanamugoneka bwanji, ”adadabwa Ellie.
Opaleshoniyo inayenda bwino. Koma vuto lina linatulukira: mphakayo anali wogontha. Ayi. “Tinkaganiza kuti anali waulesi komanso wogona, ndiye kuti sathamangira kuyitana. Kumvetsetsa ngati mphaka akumva kapena ayi nthawi zambiri kumakhala kovuta kwambiri. Choncho, athu, likukhalira, samva ", - akufotokoza Ellie pokambirana ndi zipata .
Komabe, kusamva sikunasokoneze moyo wa mphaka. Ndipo posakhalitsa adalandira dzina latsopano - Squinty, lomwe limatanthauza "squinting". “Ali ndi nkhope yoteroyo, ngati kuti amakuyang’anani nthaŵi zonse,” akumwetulira Ellie.
Pazaka 15 zomwe Squinty wakhala ndi mbuye watsopano, adasamuka naye kasanu ndi kamodzi, adamuwona akukwatiwa, adayang'ana bwino ziweto zomwe zidawoneka m'nyumbamo: Ellie ali ndi galu ndi mphaka wina. Mtsikanayo atakhala ndi pakati, adalangizidwa kuti asamutse Squinty. Ndi nyama zinanso.
“Anzanga ndi abale anga anakhala anthu okhulupirira malodza kwambiri. Iwo ananena mozama kuti mphaka akhoza kuba mpweya wa mwana, akutero Ellie. “Ndinkangodandaula za kabedi kakang’ono. Ndipotu, ili ndi bokosi lalikulu. Ndipo aliyense amadziwa zomwe amphaka amakonda kuchita ndi mabokosi. “
Squinty ankakondadi bedilo ndi mtima wake wonse. Ndipo pamene mwana wamkazi wa Ellie, Willow, anabadwa, nayenso anam’konda.
“Mphaka wathu wachiŵiri sanasonyeze chidwi ndi mwanayo. Ndidawadziwitsa kwa Willow - ndidawalola kununkhiza pang'onopang'ono, kuyesa. Pambuyo pake, Squinty samasiya Willow konse, "Ellie akudabwa.
Mphaka amagona pafupi ndi mwanayo: m'chipinda chake kapena pabedi la kholo (komwe sanalole kukwera kale). Nthawi zonse amayang'anira kudyetsa usiku - mwachiwonekere, amaonetsetsa kuti zonse zikuyenda bwino. Ndipo nthawi zina amagona m’malo omwewo. Kenako Willow anakula ndikuyamba kumva mphaka. Amayi ankada nkhawa kuti ubwenzi umenewu udzatha: ana akugwira ubweya kwambiri. Koma Squinty anali woleza mtima kwambiri. Kuchuluka komwe amalola ndiko kukankha dzanja la mwanayo pang'onopang'ono ndi dzanja lake. Koma kumasula zikhadabo - ayi.