UMary Allen
Umbokwane inhlanzi efana nenyoka. Umzimba wayo mude kakhulu, mncane futhi uyashesha. Unamaphiko amancane alingana njengamaribhoni emzimbeni. Izikali zincane kakhulu futhi zincane. Kungakho abantu bethi bayashelela ube ungabacindezeli.
Kunezinhlobo ezingaba ngamashumi amabili zama-eel ezihlangana zakha uhlobo oluthile. Sine-eel yaseYurophu kuphela. Kubhekiselwa kuye uma umuntu lapha ekhuluma ngombokwane. Lezi zimbongolo zihlala emifuleni nasemachibini. Umbokwane omdala ungakhula ube yimitha ubude. Ukuze zizale, zibhukuda zehle emifuleni futhi zidabule olwandle cishe ziye eMelika. Lapho bayagana. Insikazi idedela amaqanda bese iyafa. Owesilisa naye uyafa.
Izilwane ezincane zikhula emaqandeni. Uma zikhulu njengomunwe, zicishe zikhanye, bese zibizwa ngokuthi ama-glass eels. Bese bebhukuda behlehle olwandle bakhuphuke nemifula. Ama-eels aneqhinga lokwenza lokhu: angena etshanini obuswakeme ukuze asuke komunye umfula aye komunye.
Ama-eels abhekwa njengamnandi kakhulu ngakho-ke abanjwe futhi adliwe abantu isikhathi eside. Ngokuvamile zidayiswa zithosiwe noma zibhenyiwe. Ezikhathini lapho abantu benokuncane okunye ukudla, ngezinye izikhathi ama-eels ayebaluleke kakhulu kunegolide namatshe ayigugu.