KHAWUZITHELEKELELE umntwana omncinci, osandul 'ukufunda ukuhamba, esiwa kwindawo yokuthenga exakekileyo. Ukhona nonina, kodwa akafuni ukumbamba. Ngalo lonke ixesha eqala ukubhadula, ufikelela ngobunono kwisandla sakhe. Ngokukhawuleza, uyayitsala ashiye kude aqhubeke nakweyiphi na indlela ayifunayo. Kodwa akabazi ubungozi: inyambalala yabathengi abangxamile abangamqapheli; ukuphuma okukhokelela kutrafikhi; imithombo yamanzi amnandi kodwa anzulu, nazo zonke ezinye iingozi ezingaziwayo ezigcina abazali bephaphile ebusuku. Ngamaxesha athile, umama-osoloko eshiye umva-ufika ezantsi abambe isandla esincinci ukumnqanda ukuba angangeni kule venkile okanye kuleya, ekubalekeni angene kulo mntu okanye kulomnyango. Xa efuna ukuya kwelinye icala, uyamjika, kodwa kunjalo, ufuna ukuzihambela.
Ngoku, khawufane ucinge ngomnye umntwana othi akungena ezivenkileni, abuqonde ubungozi bokungaziwa. Uyakuvumela ngokuzithandela ukuba umama athathe isandla sakhe kwaye amkhokele. Umama uyazi ukuba ajike nini, amise phi, alinde phi, kuba uyayibona ingozi nezithintelo ezingaphambili, kwaye athabathe eyona ndlela ikhuselekileyo yomncinci wakhe. Kwaye xa umntwana ekulungele ukuthathwa, umama uyahamba ngqo ngasentla, ukuthatha indlela ekhawulezayo neyona ilula iye kwindawo yakhe.
Ngoku, khawufane ucinge ukuba ungumntwana, kwaye uMariya ngunyoko. Nokuba ungumProtestanti okanye umKatolika, okholwayo okanye ongakholwayo, uhlala ehamba nawe… kodwa ngaba uhamba naye?