Mukunda akamira pamusoro pemakomo, achitarisa nyika yakazara nevanhu vakadzidza, vakadzikama, uye vakasimba. Taru akaswedera padivi pake, maziso ake akazara nekudada uye kutsigira. “Nhasi tichapembera nhaka yedu, rudo rwedu, uye simba redu. Magodo ichagara iri nyika yekupenya, runyararo, uye kubatana.”
Vanhu vakatanga kuimba nziyo dzechinyakare, dzichibatanidza simba remweya uye rudo rwavo. Madzimai akasvika vachibata mitemo yechivanhu, varwi vakabata zvombo zvavo zvemvura uye moto, uye vechidiki vakaswedera padhuze vachidzidziswa nzira dzekudzivirira rima. Mukunda akafamba pakati pavo, achiratidza nzira dzokubatanidza mweya nerudo, achibatsira vechidiki kunzwisisa simba rerunyararo.
Pakati pezviitiko izvi, vanhu vakatanga kugovana nyaya dzemhuri dzavo, nhoroondo dzemadzitateguru, uye chido chavo chekuchengetedza nhaka. Mukunda akanzwa mufaro usingaperi, achiona kuti nhaka yake yakapinda mumoyo yevanhu vose. “Kubudirira kweMagodo hakusi kweumwe chete, asi kwekubatana kwevanhu, simba, uye rudo,” akashevedzera, izwi rake rakazadza mweya yevanhu.
Taru akabata ruoko rwake, achiratidza kutsigira kwake. “Uri Mukunda wechokwadi, mutungamiri ane moyo wakajeka uye nhaka yako ichagara ichidzidziswa kubva kuchizvarwa kusvika kuchizvarwa.”
Vanhu vakatanga kusimudza mhepo nemakumbo, vachiratidza simba ravo uye kubatana kwavo. Simba rerudo, mweya, uye nhaka yakasanganiswa, zvichiita kuti Magodo ipenye kupfuura nakare kose. Mukunda akatanga kuronga nzira dzekuchengetedza nhaka yacho, achidzidzisa varwi, madzimai, nevana vechidiki nzira dzekubatanidza mweya, kudzivirira rima, uye kusimudzira runyararo.
Pakupera kwezuva, vanhu vakagara pasi, vakazorora, uye vakanzwa mufaro mukuru. Mukunda akatarisa nyika yakazara nevanhu vakadzidza, vakafara, uye vakasimba. “Nhasi, Magodo yakazadzwa nemufaro, kubatana, uye simba rerudo. Nhaka yedu yakasimbiswa, uye rima harichakwanisi kudzora nyika yedu.”
Husiku hwakazara, mhepo yakadzikama, nyika yakaputika nemufaro, uye vanhu vakadzidza kuti simba, rudo, uye kubatana ndizvo zvinopa Magodo kusimba uye runyararo. Mukunda akagara pamusoro pemakomo, akatarisa nyeredzi dzakapenya mudenga, uye akaziva kuti nhasi, nhaka yake yakasimbiswa zvachose, nyika yacho yakapinda muchikamu chitsva chekupenya kwechokwadi, runyararo, uye rudo rusingaperi.
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