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Umlando awuhlali encwadini yokufunda: ukuzwisisa kuvela emininingwaneni emincani—umthethosivivinywa, incwadi, isikhalazo sesakhamuzi. Umgwaqo sele umthombo: ububanzi bepheyivumenti nokuphakama kwemikhawulo ziinqunto zabantu abangekho. Buza "kubayini," ingasi "nini." Usuku lukhunjulwa ilanga elilodwa, isizathu esingapheliko. Thoma ngedorobha lakho: umlando awutlhogi ukukhanjwa; kude nje ukujama okumbalwa.

Eminyakeni emakhulu amabili eyadlulako, umtjhado bekuyinkontileka hlangana nemindeni emibili, ingasi abantu ababili kwaphela. Izandla zahlanganiswa, kodwana amatlikitlo atlikitliwe ngabanye.

Ibutho lawela i-Hellespont. Lowo mnyaka utshwaya ukuthoma kwalokho ebesingakubiza ngokuthi yisikhathi.

Isonto elikhulu lavulwa ekuseni, begodu beliduma njengendlu yeenyosi. Igadango lakhe ngalinye belizwakala kibo boke abantu—begodu lokho bekuyindaba yoke.

Ngaphambi kokuthi kube negezi, isiteji besikhanyiswa lilambu lamafutha avela ngenzasi. Lokhu kuchaza ukwakheka kwethiyetha: ukusuka ngenzasi, ubuso bubonakala buyisicaba.

Begodu kuyacaca bona kubayini: abantu bebakhamba ngasemifuleni, kodwana kungakavami bona bakhambe ngasegwini. Imephu ihlale inemininingwana eminengi lapho abantu bakhamba khona kanengi.

Imephu yokuthoma beyitjengisa amagceke welwandle neentaba, kodwana gade ingafaki amadorobha. Lokhu bekungasi ngebanga lokungatjheji: amadorobha atjhugulula izandla, kodwana umkhawulo welwandle wasala.

Indawo ethembekileko khulu emephini endala yindawo engenalutho. Lapho iindaba zabanye abantu zaphela khona, umdwebi wamabalazwe wavele wamisa ipeni lakhe.

Amabalazwe la asinda ngombana gade abiza khulu. Amaphepha atjhiphileko aphela ngesizukulwana esisodwa begodu alahlwa.

Ithiyetha bekukuphela kwendawo lapho isiqubuthu besivunyelwe ukucabanga ngokuzwakalako. Kungakho bekuvalwa kanengi ukudlula iimakethe.

Insimbi enesisindo sethani beyitjhaywa babantu ababili. Umtjhayeli wensimbi wasebenzisa ubudisi bomzimba wakhe, ingasi izandla zakhe—ngaphandle kwalokho, bekangabi namandla nofana isigqi.

Kwaphela amakhulu weminyaka, ubude besitimela bebuqunywa mthetho, ingasi ukunambitheka: lokha ukubeletha kuphezulu, kuba yinde. Imitha eyengeziweko ingakufaka enkantolo.

Izinto ezinjalo bezingazenzelwa ubuhle, kodwana ukubala: amatje bekuyikheshi ebegade ingafakwa ekhanda bese ikhishwa enarheni ngobusuku obubodwa.

Lokho kutjho bona, umuntu owabeka isisekelo akhenge ayibone i-vault. Bayakhela abazukulu babo—pheze akekho ongakwenza lokho amalanga la.

Basuka e-Spain mhlazi-20 kuNobayeni wee-1519. Babuya mhlana ali-18.

Ngomhlana ali-29 kuNtaka wee-1974, abalimi bebagebha amanzi. Bagebha amasotsha ayizinkulungwane eziyisishiyagalombili.

NgoNovemba 4, 1922, isisebenzi sashaya ilitshe. Kwaba ngelokuthoma kwamagadango alitjhumi nathandathu.

Lapha sifika embuzweni omkhulu: kubayini isikhathi esidlulileko sihlala sibonakala sinengqondo ukudlula indlela ebesinjalo ngayo? Ipendulo ilula: siyazi bona kwaphela njani.

I-awa phambi kwekhamera ilingana nama-awa amabili wokuphikisana ngaphambilini. Inguqulo ehlala iphelela ekhamera ngileyo lapho ekugcineni sizwisisa khona ukuthi sikhuluma ngani.

Saphikisana i-awa nehhafu. Sivumelane ngento yinye kwaphela: asazi okuncani ngepilo yangamalanga yesikhathi esidlulileko ukudlula ngeempi zayo—akekho owayirekhoda.

Umkhumbi wangena ethekwini ngemva kweminyaka emithathu. Kwamukelwa njengesimangaliso: woke umuntu besele akholelwa bona ikhambo beliphelile.

Isiwuruwuru sithatha ama-awa amanengi, ukuthula kwamaviki. Amanzi nokudla kuyaphela, akusekho ligu, begodu isiqhema asisenandawo engaya kiyo. Ukuvukela umbuso kwathoma ngqo ekuthuleni.

Amadwala, inkungu, umsinga omkhulu. U-Magellan wakhamba amalanga amatjhumi amathathu nesibhozo begodu walahlekelwa mikhumbi yakhe emibili kwemihlanu.