UMary Allen
Iihagu zasendle zizilwanyana ezanyisayo. Bahlala emahlathini nasemasimini kwaye ngokusisiseko batya yonke into abanokuyifumana. Zifumaneka kulo lonke elaseYurophu naseAsia. Abantu babefuya iihagu zasekhaya kwiihagu zasendle.
Iihagu zasendle zigrumba emhlabeni ukuze zifumane ukutya kwazo: iingcambu, amakhowa, i<em>beechnuts, nee<em>acorn yinxalenye yokutya kwazo, kodwa kwaneentshulube, iinkumba, neempuku. Kodwa bayathanda nokutya umbona emasimini. Bagrumba iitapile kunye neebhalbhu. Badala umonakalo omkhulu kubalimi nakubalimi ngenxa yokuba banyakazela amasimi ephela.
Iihagu zasendle bezisoloko zizingelwa eYurophu. Abazingeli babiza ihagu yasendle ngokuthi “ihagu yasendle”. Inkunzi yinkunzi yehagu. Inobunzima obuziikhilogram ezingama-200, obubunzima njengamadoda amabini atyebileyo. Ibhinqa lisoka. Inobunzima obumalunga neekhilogram ezili-150.
Imazi yehagu yasendle malunga noDisemba. Ixesha lokumitha liphantse libe ziinyanga ezine. Kukho amathole amathathu ukuya kwasibhozo, ngalinye linobunzima obumalunga nekhilogram enye. Abizwa ngokuba ngamantshontsho eehagu de abe malunga nonyaka ubudala. Imazi iyayincancisa kangangeenyanga ezintathu. Izilwanyana ezincinci ziyathanda ukutyiwa: ziingcuka, iibhere, iilynx, iimpungutye okanye izikhova. Kuphela malunga neshumi elisanda kuzalwa, ngoko ke, lifikelela kunyaka wesine wobomi.