Nawu nkhani ina ya kukodzera pabedi. Mnyamatayonso ali ndi zaka 12. Bamboyo anasiya kulankhula ndi mwana wakeyo, sanalankhule n’komwe. Amayi ake atabwera naye kwa ine, ndinapempha Jim kuti akhale m’chipinda chodikirira pamene tikulankhula ndi amayi ake. Pokambitsirana naye, ndinaphunzira mfundo ziwiri zofunika kwambiri. Bambo a mnyamatayo anakodza usiku mpaka zaka 19, ndipo mchimwene wake wa mayi ake anadwala matenda omwewo mpaka zaka pafupifupi 18.
Mayiyo anamumvera chisoni kwambiri mwana wakeyo ndipo ankaganiza kuti ali ndi matenda otengera kwa makolo ake. Ndinamuchenjeza kuti, “Ndikambilana ndi Jim panopa pamaso panu. mverani mawu anga ndi kuchita monga ndikunena. Ndipo Jim adzachita chilichonse chimene ndingamuuze.”
Ndinaitana Jim n’kunena kuti: “Amayi anandiuza chilichonse chokhudza vuto lanulo, ndipo inu mukufuna kuti zonse zikuyendereni bwino. Koma izi ziyenera kuphunzitsidwa. Ndikudziwa njira yotsimikizika yowumitsa bedi. N’zoona kuti kuphunzitsa kulikonse n’kolimbikira. Mukukumbukira momwe munayesera zolimba mutaphunzira kulemba? Choncho, kuphunzira kugona pabedi louma, sizidzatengera khama. Izi ndi zomwe ndikufunsa iwe ndi banja lako. Amayi ananena kuti nthawi zambiri mumadzuka XNUMX koloko m’mawa. Ndinawapempha amayi anu kuti ayimitse alarm XNUMX koloko. Akadzuka, adzalowa m'chipinda chanu ndikumva zofunda. Ngati kwanyowa amakudzutsani, mupita kukhitchini, kuyatsa nyali ndipo mudzayamba kukopera bukhu lina mu notebook. Mukhoza kusankha bukulo nokha. Jim anasankha The Prince ndi Pauper.
“Ndipo inu, amayi, munati mumakonda kusoka, kupeta, kuluka ndi kumangirira zigamba. Khalani pansi ndi Jim kukhitchini ndikusoka mwakachetechete, kuluka kapena kupeta kuyambira XNUMX mpaka XNUMX koloko m'mawa. Pazaka zisanu ndi ziwiri, abambo ake amadzuka ndi kuvala, ndipo panthawiyo Jim akanakhala atadziika mu dongosolo. Ndiye mukukonzekera kadzutsa ndikuyamba tsiku labwino. Mmawa uliwonse pa XNUMX koloko mudzamva bedi la Jim. Ngati chanyowa, mumadzutsa Jim ndi kumutsogolera mwakachetechete ku khichini, kukhala pansi pa kusoka kwanu, ndipo Jim kukopera bukulo. Ndipo Loweruka lililonse uzibwera kwa ine ndi kope.”
Kenako ndinapempha Jim kuti atuluke n’kuuza amayi ake kuti: “Nonse munamva zimene ndanena. Koma sindinanenenso chinthu chimodzi. Jim anamva ndikukuuzani kuti muwerengenso bedi lake ndipo, ngati lanyowa, mumudzutse ndikupita naye kukhitchini kuti akalembenso bukulo. Tsiku lina m’mawa udzafika ndipo bedi lidzakhala louma. Mudzabwerera ku bedi lanu ndikugona mpaka XNUMX koloko m'mawa. Kenako dzukani, dzutsani Jim ndikupepesa chifukwa chogona kwambiri.
Patatha mlungu umodzi, mayiyo anapeza kuti bedi lauma, anabwerera kuchipinda chake ndipo XNUMX koloko n’kupepesa ndipo anafotokoza kuti anagona mopitirira muyeso. Mnyamatayo anabwera ku msonkhano woyamba woyamba wa July, ndipo pofika kumapeto kwa July bedi lake linali louma nthawi zonse. Ndipo amayi ake anapitirizabe "kudzuka" ndikupepesa chifukwa chosamudzutsa XNUMX koloko m'mawa.
Tanthauzo la lingaliro langa lidafika pa mfundo yakuti mayi angayang'ane bedi ndipo, ngati linali lonyowa, ndiye "muyenera kudzuka ndi kulembanso." Koma lingaliro ili linalinso ndi tanthauzo losiyana: ngati lauma, ndiye kuti simuyenera kudzuka. Patangotha mwezi umodzi, Jim anali ndi bedi louma. Ndipo bambo ake anamutengera kukawedza - ntchito yomwe ankakonda kwambiri.
Pamenepa, ndinafunika kupeza chithandizo chamankhwala chapabanja. Ndinawapempha amayi kuti azisoka. Mayi anamumvera chisoni Jim. Ndipo akakhala mwamtendere pafupi ndi kusoka kapena kuluka kwake, Jim adawona kudzuka m'mawa ndikulembanso bukulo ngati chilango. Iye anangophunzira chinachake.
Kenako ndinapempha Jim kuti andichezere muofesi yanga. Ndakonza masamba olembedwanso mwadongosolo. Poyang’ana patsamba loyamba, Jim ananena mosasangalala kuti: “N’zomvetsa chisoni bwanji! Ndinaphonya mawu ochepa, ndinalemba molakwika ena, ndinaphonyanso mizere yonse. Zolembedwa moyipa." Tinadutsa tsamba ndi tsamba, ndipo Jim anayamba kusamalidwa bwino ndi chisangalalo. Zolemba pamanja ndi kalembedwe zapita patsogolo kwambiri. Sanaphonye liwu kapena chiganizo. Ndipo pakutha kwa ntchito zake adakhuta ndithu.
Jim anayambanso kupita kusukulu. Patapita milungu iwiri kapena itatu, ndinamuimbira foni n’kumufunsa mmene zinthu zinalili kusukulu. Iye anayankha kuti: “Zozizwitsa zina chabe. Kale, palibe amene ankandikonda kusukulu, palibe amene ankafuna kucheza nane. Ndinali wachisoni kwambiri ndipo magiredi anga anali oipa. Ndipo chaka chino ndinasankhidwa kukhala kaputeni wa timu ya baseball ndipo ndili ndi zisanu ndi zinayi zokha mmalo mwa atatu ndi awiri. Ndinangoganizira za Jim pa kudzipenda kwake.
Ndipo atate a Jim, amene sindinakumanepo nawo ndipo amene ananyalanyaza mwana wawo kwa zaka zambiri, tsopano amapita nawo kukapha nsomba. Jim sanachite bwino kusukulu, ndipo tsopano wapeza kuti amatha kulemba bwino komanso kulembanso bwino. Ndipo izi zidamupatsa chidaliro kuti atha kusewera bwino komanso kukhala bwino ndi amzake. Chithandizo chamtunduwu ndi choyenera kwa Jim.