Mangwanani, Mukunda akasvika pamusha mukuru, akatevedzerwa naTaru. Vana vakamirira pamberi pake, maziso avo akazara nechido chekudzidza. “Nhasi tichadzidza kuti simba harisi rekutyisa, asi rekuvaka,” Mukunda akatanga kutaura. “Kana muchibatanidza mweya wenyu nerudo, muchachengeta Magodo uye kuzadzisa hupenyu hwakanaka.”
Vana vakabvunza mibvunzo yakawanda, vachida kuziva nzira dzekubatanidza simba nemweya. Mukunda akaratidza nzira dzokushandisa mweya nemvura, mhepo, moto, uye pasi, achibatana nezviito zvavo kuti vasangodzidza, asi vanzwisise zvakare chirevo cherudo nerunyararo. Taru akaswedera padivi pake, achibatsira kupa muenzaniso uye kutsigira pfungwa dzake.
Asi pasina nguva, vanhu vakuru vemudzimba vakatanga kuedza kushandisa simba rezvokare kusimudzira zvavari kuda. Mukunda akaziva kuti nhaka yavo inoda kudzivirirwa kubva kune vamwe vasina hanya, uye akatanga kuronga nzira dzokuchengetedza runyararo. “Simba harisi rebasa revakuru chete,” akashevedzera, izwi rake rakazadza mweya yevanhu. “Rudo uye mweya zvinofanira kugoverwa kune vose.”
Pakati pezviitiko izvi, Mweya weRima wakabuda zvakare, achiratidza kuti rima harisi rivengi kana vanhu vakashandisa mweya nerudo. Mukunda akaswedera padivi peMweya, akabata ruoko rwake, uye akanzwa simba rakasanganiswa nemweya wevose vaive vari pamusha. “Uri pano kudzidzisa,” Mweya weRima wakataura, “asi nhasi, une basa guru kusimbisa dzidziso yevana, uye kuvaka nhaka inokosha yeMagodo.”
Mukunda akaziva kuti basa rake rainge risingagumi. Akatanga kuumba chikwata chevadzidzisi vemweya, varwi, uye vakuru veimba yeumambo, vachidzidzisa vana maitiro ekuchengetedza simba, kudzora rima, uye kubatanidza rudo nepfungwa dzavo. Vanhu vakatanga kudzidza, uye mukati mevhiki, nzvimbo yose yakazadzwa neruzivo rutsva uye simba rakasanganiswa nemweya.
“Nhaka yedu inofanira kusimudzirwa,” Mukunda akashevedzera, achitarisa vanhu vose. “Vana vemusha, chengetai simba renyu, rudo rwenyu, uye mweya yenyu. Kana muchizviita, Magodo ichagara iri nyika inopenya, isingaperi nerunyararo.”
Taru akabata ruoko rwake, maziso ake akazara nekudada. “Uri Mukunda wechokwadi, mutungamiri ane simba nerudo. Nhaka yenyu ichagara ichichengetedzwa uye ichidzidziswa kune vanouya.”
Pakupera kwezuva, Mukunda akagara pamusoro pemakomo, mhepo ichivhuvhuta zvinyoronyoro, uye akatarisa nyika yakazara nevanhu vakadzidza, kufara, uye kuchengetedza mweya. Akaziva kuti nhaka yaMagodo haina kungoguma pachake, asi yakabatana nerudo, simba, uye dzidziso inodzidziswa kubva kuchizvarwa kusvika kuchizvarwa.
Husiku hwakazara nekuzorora, vanhu vakadzidza kuti simba harisi rekudzvinyirira, rudo harisi pfungwa chete, uye kubatana kweMweya ndiko kunopa nyika kusimba uye runyararo. Mukunda akatarisa nyeredzi dzakapenya mudenga, achinzwa mweya wake uchibatanidza nemweya yevanhu vose, uye akaziva kuti nhasi, nhaka yeMagodo yakasimbiswa uye ichapfuura kubva kuchizvarwa kusvika kuchizvarwa, ichiramba iri nzvimbo yekupenya kwechokwadi, runyararo, uye rudo rusingaperi.
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