Taru akaswedera padivi pake, achiratidza kutsigira kwake uye kudzidzisa vamwe. “Nhasi, tichasimbisa kubatana kwevanhu vose, kunyanya madzimai nevarwi,” akatsanangura Mukunda, izwi rake rakazara nesimba uye runyararo. “Simba harisi rekutonga chete, asi rekuvaka, kudzidzisa, uye kuchengetedza nhaka yedu.”
Vanhu vakatanga kusvika kumuzinda vachiratidza ruremekedzo. Madzimai vakasimbiswa neruzivo rutsva, vachidzidziswa nzira dzekushandisa mweya wavo uye simba ravo zvine hungwaru. Varwi vakadzidziswa kushandisa simba ravo nemazvo, kudzivirira vanhu kubva kune zvakaipa, uye kubatana nerudo. Mukunda akatanga kuronga misangano yevadzidzi vemweya, varwi, nevakuru vemusha, vachidzidzisa nzira dzekuchengetedza nhaka uye kusimudzira Magodo.
“Vanhu veMagodo, simba rakasimba harisi rekudzvinyirira, asi rekudzidzisa uye kuchengetedza,” Mukunda akashevedzera. “Kana tichishanda pamwe chete, hapana chingagone kusvibisa nhaka yedu kana kudzvanyirira vanhu vedu.”
Taru akabata ruoko rwake, uye maziso ake akazara nekudada. “Uri Mukunda wechokwadi, mutungamiri ane moyo wakajeka. Nhaka yako ichagara ichichengetedzwa uye ichidzidziswa kune vanouya.”
Madzimai akatanga kuumba zvikwata zvekudzidzisa vamwe, vachibatanidza mweya wavo nerudo uye simba. Varwi vakadzidzisa vechidiki nzira dzekuchengetedza simba uye mweya, uye vanhu vakadzidza kubatana neruzivo rutsva. Mukunda akafamba pakati pavo, achiratidza nzira dzokudzivirira rima uye kusimbisa nhaka, achibatanidza simba rerudo nemweya wavo.
Pakarepo, vanhu vakatanga kupindura, vachiratidza kuti simba nerudo zvakasanganiswa nemweya zvinoshanda. Mhepo yakatanga kufema zvinyoronyoro pamusoro pemisasa, ichiratidza runyararo uye kubatana. Mukunda akatarisa Taru, achinyemwerera. “Kubatanidzwa kwevanhu hakusi kwekuita zvinhu zvishoma chete, asi kwekusimbisa nhaka yedu, rudo, uye simba rerunyararo.”
Asi pasina nguva, vanhu vemamwe madunhu vakatanga kuyedza kushandisa kusagadzikana kwavo kudzvanyirira Magodo. Vakasvika vakapfeka zvipfeko zvemumvuri uye vakabata pfuti dzisina tsarukano. Mukunda akaziva kuti basa rake harisi kungodzidzisa chete, asi kudzivirira vanhu kubva kune vasingadi zvakanaka.
“Vanhu veMagodo, musatya!” akashevedzera. “Simba redu rakabatana nerudo, nhaka yedu yakasimbiswa, uye hapana chingatikanganisa kana tichishanda pamwe chete.”
Vanhu vakabva vatanga kushanda pamwe chete, vakadzidzisa vamwe vechidiki nzira dzekudzivirira rima, kubatanidza mweya, uye kushandisa simba nerudo. Mukunda akafamba pakati pavo, achiratidza nzira dzokubatanidza mweya uye simba, achidzidzisa vechidiki kuti nhaka yaMagodo inogona kuenderera mberi kwemakore akawanda.
Pakupera kwezuva, vanhu vakadzidza kukosha kwekubatana, rudo, uye simba. Magodo yakazara nechiedza chemweya, mhepo yakadzikama ichiratidza kuti nyika yakadzokera kuhurongwa hwayo hwechokwadi. Mukunda akagara pamusoro pemakomo, akatarisa nyika yakazara nevanhu vakadzidza, vakafara, uye vakasimba. Akaziva kuti nhasi, nhaka yaMagodo yakasimbiswa, uye kubatana kwevanhu, madzimai, nevarwi kwakaita kuti nyika ipenye zvekusingaperi.
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