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KALE panali kalonga amene ankafuna kukwatira mfumukazi; koma iye anayenera kukhala mfumukazi yeniyeni. Anayenda padziko lonse lapansi kuti akapeze mmodzi, koma palibe pamene akanatha kupeza zomwe ankafuna. Panali mafumukazi okwanira, koma zinali zovuta kudziwa ngati anali enieni. Nthawi zonse panali chinachake chokhudza iwo chomwe sichinali momwe chiyenera kukhalira. Choncho anabwerera kunyumba ndipo anali wachisoni, chifukwa akanakonda kwambiri kukhala ndi mfumukazi yeniyeni.

Madzulo ena mphepo yamkuntho inagwa; panali mabingu ndi mphezi, ndipo mvula inagwa kwambiri. Mwadzidzidzi kugogoda kunamveka pachipata cha mzinda, ndipo mfumu yakale inapita kukatsegula.

Anali mfumukazi ataima patsogolo pa chipata. Koma, wokongola kwambiri! Anali ndi masomphenya okongola kwambiri chifukwa cha mvula ndi mphepo zomwe zinamupangitsa kuyang'ana. Madzi anatsika kuchokera ku tsitsi lake ndi zovala zake; anatsika mpaka kumapazi a nsapato zake ndikutulukanso ku zidendene. Komabe anati anali mfumukazi yeniyeni.

“Chabwino, posachedwapa tidzadziwa zimenezo,” anaganiza mfumukazi yakale. Koma sananene chilichonse, analowa m’chipinda chogona, anachotsa zofunda zonse pabedi, naika nandolo pansi; kenako anatenga matiresi makumi awiri nawaika pa nandolo, kenako mabedi makumi awiri otsikira pamwamba pa matiresi.

Pa ichi mfumukazi inagona usiku wonse. M'mawa anafunsidwa kuti anagona bwanji.

“O, zoipa kwambiri!” anatero iye. “Ndatseka maso anga usiku wonse. Mulungu yekha ndiye amadziwa zomwe zinali pabedi, koma ndinali nditagona pa chinthu cholimba, kotero kuti ndili wakuda komanso wabuluu thupi lonse. Ndizoopsa!”

Tsopano anadziwa kuti anali mfumukazi yeniyeni chifukwa anamva nthanga kudzera m'matiresi makumi awiri ndi m'mabedi makumi awiri otseguka.

Palibe wina kupatula mfumukazi yeniyeni amene angakhale wachifundo ngati ameneyo.

Kotero kalonga anamutenga kukhala mkazi wake, pakuti tsopano anadziwa kuti anali ndi mfumukazi yeniyeni; ndipo nandolo inayikidwa mu nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, komwe ikanawonedwabe, ngati palibe amene wayiba.

Nkhani yeniyeni imeneyo.