Mangwanani ezuva rakazara, vanhu vakauya kubva kumisha yose, vakabata zvombo zvavo, zvipfeko zvemvura nemoto, uye vakazara neruremekedzo. Madzimai, varwi, nevana vechidiki vakapembera pamwe chete, vachiratidza kuti nhaka yaMukunda yakapinda mumoyo yevanhu. Taru akaswedera padivi pake, maziso ake akazara nekudada. “Nhasi, nhaka yenyu ichaponeswa uye ichadzidziswa kubva kuchizvarwa kusvika kuchizvarwa. Mukunda, uri simba rinogara.”
Mukunda akashevedzera, izwi rake rakazara nesimba nerunyararo, “Simba harisi rekutonga chete, asi rekuvaka, kudzidzisa, uye kuchengetedza nhaka yedu. Nhasi tinopembera nhaka yedu, kubatana, uye rudo, uye nhasi Magodo ichagara iri nyika inopenya nekusingaperi.”
Vanhu vakatanga kuimba nziyo dzemhuri, dzichibatanidza simba remweya uye rudo. Varwi vakadzidzisa vechidiki nzira dzekudzivirira rima, kubatanidza mweya, uye kushandisa simba nerudo. Madzimai vakasimbiswa, vachibatsira vamwe kuona simba ravo rekuchengetedza nhaka uye kudzidzisa vanhu. Mukunda akafamba pakati pavo, achiratidza nzira dzokubatanidza mweya, simba, uye rudo, achidzidzisa vechidiki kuti nhaka yeMagodo inogona kuenderera mberi kwemakore akawanda.
Pakarepo, mhepo yakatanga kufema zvinyoronyoro pamusoro pemisasa, ichiratidza runyararo, mufaro, uye kubatana. Vanhu vakasangana, vachibatanidza simba nerudo rwavo, uye nhaka yakasimbiswa. Mukunda akatarisa Taru, achinyemwerera. “Kubudirira kweMagodo hakusi kweumwe chete, asi kwekubatana kwevanhu, simba, uye rudo. Nhasi, nhaka yedu yakasimbiswa zvachose.”
Mhepo yakadzikama, nyika yakaputika nemufaro, uye vanhu vakadzidza kuti nhaka haingogumiri pazvipo chete, asi inobva mukudzidzisa, rudo, uye simba remweya. Mukunda akagara pamusoro pemakomo, akatarisa nyika yakazara nevanhu vakadzidza, vakafara, uye vakasimba. Akaziva kuti nhasi, nhaka yake yakasimbiswa zvachose, rufu rweRima rakaparadzwa, uye Magodo yakapinda muchikamu chitsva chekupenya kwechokwadi, runyararo, uye rudo rusingaperi.
Pakupera kwezuva, vanhu vakagara pasi, vakazorora, uye vakanzwa mufaro mukuru. Madzimai akasimbiswa, varwi vakadzidziswa, uye vechidiki vakanga vakagadzirira kuchengetedza nhaka. Mukunda akatarisa nyika yakazara nevanhu vakadzidza, vakafara, uye vakasimba, uye akaziva kuti nhasi, nhaka yavo ichagara ichichengetedzwa nekusimbiswa kwemakore anouya.
Taru akabata ruoko rwake, achiratidza kutsigira kwake. “Uri Mukunda wechokwadi, mutungamiri ane moyo wakajeka. Nhaka yako ichagara ichidzidziswa, ichichengetedzwa, uye ichipfuura kubva kuchizvarwa kusvika kuchizvarwa.”
Mhepo yakadzikama, mhepo yechokwadi ichivhuvhuta zvinyoronyoro pamusoro pemakomo, uye vanhu vakazara nekuzorora, kufara, uye rudo. Mukunda akagara, akatarisa nyika yavo yakazadzwa nerunyararo, akaziva kuti nhasi, nhaka yavo yakasimbiswa zvachose, uye Magodo yakapinda muchikamu chitsva chekupenya kwechokwadi, rudo, uye runyararo rusingaperi.
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