The Banyan Tree's Secret

chapter 7 the New Seeds

Chapter 7: The New Seeds

Dzuwa litalowa mame atatha, ufumu wonse unakhala chete. Koma chete si chifukwa choopa. Chete chifukwa cha chiyembekezo. Chete chomwe chimabwera pambuyo pa mkuntho waphunzitsa anthu.

Anawo anathamangira ku munda oyamba. Sanathamangire kubisala. Anathamangira kubzala. M'manja mwawo munali mbewu zazing'ono. Mbewu zomwe amayi awo ankasunga m'miphika yakale. Mbewu zomwe agogo awo anabisala nthawi ya chilala chachikulu. Mbewu zomwe zinkadikirira nthawi yake.

Elder Mara anatuluka m'nyumba mwake atanyamula ndodo yake. Anali ndi mantha ndi mvula moyo wake wonse. Koma usiku watha iye anayima mu mame pafupi ndi ana. Ndipo anaphunzira chinthu chatsopano. Mame sanabwere kuwononga. Mame anabwera kutsuka zinthu zofooka.

"Zibzaleni mozama," anauza mtsikana wotchedwa Amina yemwe ankadigira ndi supuni yosweka. "Mozama mokwanira kuti mkuntho wina ukadzabweranso usakuzule. Koma osati mozama kwambiri mpaka ziiwale njira yofikira ku dzuwa."

Amina anagwedeza mutu. Manja ake aang'ono anadzaza ndi dothi. Koma kumaso kwake kunali chisangalalo. Chifukwa tsopano ankadziwa chinsinsi. Mbewu si imafa. Imangogona.

Amuna ndi akazi a m'ufumuwo anawonera. Anawonera ana akugwira ntchito yomwe akulu ankaopa. Kubzala nthaka yomwe idagundidwa ndi mvula. Koma pang'onopang'ono, akuluwo anayamba kutsatira.

Mlimi wina wotchedwa Banda anatenga mbewu zake zabwino kwambiri. Zimene ankasunga kuti adzagule. Anazibzala m'dothi lamvula. "Ngati ana angathe," anadzipweteketsa, "ine ndingathe nazo."

Tsiku lonse mundawo unadzaza ndi anthu. Palibe amene anauzanidwa. Palibe amene anawauza. Koma aliyense anadziwa. Nthawi yobzala yafika.

Madekha dzuwa litalowa, mundawo unasintha. Unali wosiyana ndi munda wa m'mbuyomu. Munda wakale unali wa mantha. Munda watsopano unali wa chiyembekezo. Pakhomo pa mundawo, Elder Mara analemba mawu ndi ndodo yake padothi:

"Mbewu si ifa. Imagona mpaka nthawi yake ifike."

Usiku umenewu, ufumu wonse unagona mwamtendere. Chifukwa kwa nthawi yoyamba, anthu sanali kubzala mbewu zokha. Anali kubzala chikhulupiliro. Chikhulupiliro kuti ngakhale nthaka itawoneka yolimba, mbewu youma mtima imatha kuiphwanya.

Mame adachoka. Koma maphunziro ake adakhala. Ndipo mbewu zatsopano zidayamba ntchito yawo chete. Pansi pa dothi, popanda wina aliyense kuona.