Wakha Wabona Isiporho?

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Wamkelekile kwiVeki yeHalloween! Njengokuba sinyuka isinyuko esinyukayo esiya ngaseHalloween ngoMgqibelo, siza kube sikunika umxholo odidayo. Kwaye sifuna ukuva kuwe, abafundi bethu abagqwesileyo bakaMary Sue. Ke masixelelane ngamanye amabali ayoyikisayo-okanye kungenjalo, masiqinisane ukuba izinto azihambi nyani ebusuku.

Ndineemvakalelo ezixubeneyo xa kufikwa kumba wesiporho. Ndoyikiswa ngokulula ziimovie ezoyikisayo, kodwa ndiyakuthanda ukufunda amabali eziporho, ngakumbi ezembali. Banokusixelela okuninzi malunga nenkcubeko abaphuma kuyo, kwaye zihlala zibangelwa ziintsomi zabantu, uthando, ilahleko, umothuko kunye nokunyaniseka. Enye yezinto endizithandayo ekhefini kukuya kukhenketho lwesiporho, abo bahambahamba ngobunono kwiidolophu ezindala ebusuku, besiva malunga nokuhlukunyezwa kwamaxesha aphakathi, ukubulala okungasombululekanga, kunye nokubukela okunokwenzeka okuhlala kusenzeka rhoqo kwizitrato zamatye amakhulu.

Kodwa andikaze ndibone isiporho, kwaye andiqinisekanga ukuba ndiyakholelwa ukuba bakhona. Ithiyori yam yeyokuba siyachaphazeleka ziindawo kunye nolindelo. Ukuba uhlala ehotele eyaziwa ngokuba yi-haunted, umzekelo, ingqondo yakho iyakulungeleka kakhulu kuyo nayiphi na into engaqhelekanga, kwaye inokude ikwenze cinga uyibonile into ongazukuyijonga kwiHampton Inn. Abantu abaninzi amava eparedolia amaxesha ngamaxesha, umbono ongachanekanga wokubona ubuso bezinto, okanye ukuva amazwi kwingxolo engaqhelekanga. Ndingacinga ukuba ukwindawo ekhethiweyo ye-spooky, olu tyekelo luya kuphakama.

Ezinye iindawo zikwindawo apho zenzakele khona de kube ngathi ikrolwe emhlabeni. Wakha waya edabini? Kukho uhlobo lokuthula kunye nokuziva okungcwele komhlaba okungabonakali ngokungathi kuphela kukuqikelelwa kwengqondo. Umhlobo wam ophethe inqanaba eliphezulu wamisa inkampu kufutshane neChickamauga Creek, apho elinye lawona madabi abiza kakhulu kwiMfazwe yamakhaya, kwaye uya kufunga aze abone ukuba wabona iziporho ngobo busuku.

Ndakhulela kwisakhiwo esidala kwisiXeko saseNew York, apho ubomi bam bonke indlu eyayingumakhelwane yayingumabhodlo. Ngenye imini xa ndandineminyaka eli-12 okanye njalo, ndathatha umnxeba ndaza ndabeka umnxeba osuka ku IHarper's Bazaar intatheli. Batsho ukuba bebesenza ibali kwizakhiwo ezazikade zikho eNew York, kwaye nendlu esecaleni kwakukudala ihletywa ukuba ihlala iziporho. Babefuna ukuzisa umntu ophakathi oza kuphanda.

Ayizange ifike kweli nqanaba, kodwa ukubuza kwandenza ndayibona indlu elandelayo. Ibali yayikukuba yayiphethwe ngumatiloshe omdala owayekhathalelwe ekupheleni kobomi bakhe ngumongikazi omncinci. Emva koko wayishiya indlu nayo yonke into eya kuye, kodwa kungekudala emva koko le ntombazana yasweleka nayo. Oku kwasungula amadabi asemthethweni asuka kwiintsapho zombini malunga nepropathi, kwaye ngenxa yoko, imimoya yomatiloshe omdala kunye nomongikazi wakhe bahlala, bengakwazi ukuphumla.

Khange ndibenangxaki yokukhula, kodwa bendicinga ngebali lendlu elandelayo. Endaweni yokoyikisa, njengamabali amaninzi eziporho, yayilusizi, ukubonakalisa izinto ezimbi esizenzayo omnye komnye. Ukanti omnye umsebenzi obalulekileyo wamabali esiporho kukukhumbula ngokuzalwa kwabantu abathile abanokuthi ngelahlekileyo baphelelwe lixesha, kwaye ngenxa yoko, ndiya kuhlala ndinombulelo ngokuhlala sibaxelela.

Ngaba uke wambona umoya, okanye ngaba uhlala okanye u tyelele kwindawo ethile kunye nebali elihle lokubonisa? Sixelele ngayo yonke into kwizimvo.

(umfanekiso: IThala leeNcwadi leCongress , Melander. ICandelo lokuprinta kunye neefoto)

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-UMary Sue unemigaqo-nkqubo engqongqo yokuphawula engavumiyo, kodwa ayikhawulelwanga, ukuthukwa nabani na , Intiyo nentetho egonyamelayo. —