UMary Allen
Ingwe yeqhwa ingeyomndeni wekati. Uyikati elikhulu nelincane kunawo wonke. Ingwe yeqhwa ayiyona ingwe ekhethekile, noma ngabe igama lingayiphakamisa. Uwuhlobo oluhlukile. Ihlala futhi ezintabeni kunengwe.
Uboya bawo bumpunga noma obukhanyayo obunamabala amnyama. Lokhu kuyenza ingabonakali eqhweni nasemadwaleni. Uboya bayo buminyene kakhulu futhi bunikeza isivikelo esihle kakhulu emakhazeni. Izinwele zikhula ngisho ematheni ezinyawo zakhe. Izidladla zikhulu kakhulu. Ushona kancane eqhweni sengathi ugqoke izicathulo zeqhwa.
Izingwe zeqhwa zihlala ezintabeni zase-Himalaya nasezindaweni ezizungezile. Kukhona iqhwa namadwala amaningi, kodwa futhi namahlathi e-scrubland nama-coniferous. Ezinye zazo zihlala phezulu kakhulu, kuze kufike kumamitha ayizi-6,000 XNUMX ngaphezu kogu lolwandle. Umuntu kufanele aziqeqeshe kancane ukuze akwazi ukubekezelela ngenxa yomoya omncane lapho.
Ziphila kanjani izingwe zeqhwa?
Izingwe zeqhwa zikwazi ukukhwela phezu kwamadwala. Ziyakwazi futhi ukugxuma okude, isibonelo uma kufanele zinqobe umfantu emadwaleni. Kodwa kunento eyodwa abangakwazi ukuyenza: ukubhonga. Intamo yakhe ayikwazi ukwenza lokho. Lokhu futhi kubahlukanisa ngokusobala nezingwe.
Izingwe zeqhwa zingabantu ababodwa. Ingwe yeqhwa ifuna indawo enkulu yayo, kuye ngokuthi zingaki izilwane ezizingelayo. Ngokwesibonelo, izingwe zeqhwa ezintathu kuphela ezingangena endaweni elingana nesifunda saseLuxembourg. Baphawula indawo yabo ngobulongwe, izimpawu zokuklwebheka, nephunga elikhethekile.
Kwakucatshangwa ukuthi izingwe zeqhwa zazivame ukuphuma futhi cishe ebusuku. Namuhla siyazi ukuthi zivame ukuphuma ziyozingela emini, futhi phakathi nesikhathi esiphakathi, okungukuthi kusihlwa. Babheka umhume wedwala ukuze balale noma baphumule. Uma bevame ukuphumula endaweni efanayo, ungqimba oluthambile, olufudumele lwezinwele zabo lwakha lapho njengomatilasi.
Izingwe zeqhwa zizingela izimbuzi nezimvu zasendle, i-ibex, izimbila nonogwaja. Kodwa izingulube zasendle, izinyamazane nezinsephe, izinyoni, nezinye izilwane ezihlukahlukene nazo ziphakathi kwezisulu zazo. Nokho, ezindaweni eziseduze nabantu bathumba nezimvu nezimbuzi, ama-yaki, izimbongolo, amahhashi nezinkomo. Nokho, phakathi nendawo, zithanda izingxenye zezitshalo, ikakhulukazi amagatsha avela kwezinye izihlahla.
Abesilisa nabesifazane bahlangana kuphela ukuze bahlangane phakathi kukaMasingana noNdasa. Lokhu kuhlukile kumakati amakhulu ngoba amanye awancomi isizini ethile. Ukuze batholene, babeka ezinye izimpawu zephunga futhi babizane.
Insikazi ilungele ukukhwelana isikhathi esingangesonto kuphela. Uthwala amazinyane akhe esiswini isikhathi esingangezinyanga ezintathu. Ivamise ukuzala amazinyane amabili noma amathathu. Isisindo ngasinye sinesisindo esingamagremu angu-450, cishe isisindo esifanayo namagxolo amane kuya kwamahlanu kashokoledi. Ekuqaleni, baphuza ubisi lukanina.
Ingabe izingwe zeqhwa zisengozini?
Izitha zemvelo ezibaluleke kakhulu zezingwe zeqhwa yizimpisi, kanti ezindaweni ezithile nezingwe. Balwela ukudla bodwa. Ngezinye izikhathi izingwe zeqhwa ziphathwa amarabi noma zihlaselwe amagciwane. Lezi zilwane ezincane ezingahlala eboyeni noma emgudwini wokugaya ukudla.
Nokho, isitha esibi kakhulu indoda. Abazingeli ngokungemthetho bafuna ukubamba izikhumba bazithengise. Ungakwazi nokuhola imali eningi ngamathambo. Babhekwa njengomuthi omuhle kakhulu eChina. Abalimi futhi ngezinye izikhathi badubula izingwe zeqhwa ukuze bavikele izilwane ezifuywayo.
Ngakho-ke, inani lezingwe zeqhwa lehla kakhulu. Base bevikelekile futhi banda kancane futhi. Namuhla kunezingwe zeqhwa ezingaba ngu-5,000 kuya kwezingu-6,000 futhi. Lokho kusengaphansi kweminyaka eyi-100 edlule. Izingwe zeqhwa azikho engcupheni yokushabalala, kodwa zibalwa “njengezisengozini”. Ngakho usesengozini.