UMary Allen
Intshe iyinyoni engandizi. Namuhla ihlala kuphela e-sub-Saharan Africa. Wayehlala futhi entshonalanga ye-Asia. Nokho, wabulawa lapho. Abantu bathanda izimpaphe, inyama, nesikhumba. Amaduna abizwa ngokuthi amaqhude, abesifazane babizwa ngokuthi izikhukhukazi, kanti amaphuphu abizwa ngokuthi amatshwele.
Izintshe zesilisa zikhula zibe zinkulu kunabantu abade kakhulu futhi zinesisindo esicishe siphindwe kabili. Ezinsikazi zincane futhi zilula. Intshe inentamo ende kakhulu kanye nekhanda elincane, kokubili cishe ngaphandle kwezimpaphe.
Intshe ingagijima isigamu sehora ngamakhilomitha angama-50 ngehora. Kunjalo-ke izimoto ezivunyelwe ukushayela emadolobheni ethu. Isikhathi esifushane, ikwazi ngisho nokuphatha amakhilomitha angama-70 ngehora. Intshe ayikwazi ukundiza. Idinga amaphiko ayo ukugcina ibhalansi ngenkathi igijima.
Ziphila kanjani izintshe?
Izintshe zivame ukuhlala e-savannah, ngababili noma ngamaqembu amakhulu. Konke okuphakathi nakho kuyenzeka futhi kuvame ukushintsha. Izintshe ezingamakhulu amaningana zingahlangana emgodini wamanzi.
Izintshe zidla kakhulu izitshalo, kodwa kwesinye isikhathi izinambuzane, nanoma yini engaphandle komhlaba. Bagwinya namatshe. Lokhu kuzisiza esiswini ukuchoboza ukudla.
Izitha zabo eziyinhloko amabhubesi nezingwe. Ziyazibalekela noma zizikhahlele ngemilenze yazo. Lokho kungabulala ngisho nebhubesi. Akulona iqiniso ukuthi izintshe zigxilisa amakhanda azo esihlabathini.
Izintshe zibathola kanjani abantwana?
Abesilisa babuthana endlini yabesifazane ukuze bazalane. Intshe ihlangana kuqala nomholi, bese kuba nezinkukhu ezisele. Zonke izinsikazi zibekela amaqanda azo endaweni eyodwa, enkulu yokudangala esihlabathini, umholi ephakathi. Kungaba namaqanda angaba ngu-80.
Umholi kuphela ongafukamela emini: Uhlala phakathi futhi afukamele amaqanda akhe nabanye kanye naye. Eyeduna ifukamela ebusuku. Lapho izitha ziza futhi zifuna ukudla amaqanda, ngokuvamile zithola amaqanda onqenqemeni. Ngaleyo ndlela amaqanda akho maningi amathuba okuthi asinde. Izitha ngokuyinhloko izimpungushe, izimpisi namanqe.
Amatshwele achanyuselwa ngemva kwamasonto ayisithupha. Abazali bazivikela elangeni noma line ngamaphiko. Ngosuku lwesithathu, bahamba ndawonye. Imibhangqwana enamandla ibuye iqoqe amatshwele kwababuthaka. Laba-ke nabo babanjwa kuqala yizigebengu. Intsha ngokwayo ivikelekile ngale ndlela. Izintshe zivuthwa ngokocansi lapho zineminyaka emibili.