Ngelixa eli bali ingeyiyo le nto ubuya kuyibiza kutshanje, ibichukumisa kangangokuba singabinakuyihoya. Kubuhlungu kakhulu, ngoko ke cinga ukuba ulumkisiwe. Kodwa ngelixa libali elilusizi malunga nokulwa kwamantombazana amancinci nomhlaza wobuchopho, libali elihle malunga nokuba liqela elingakanani Idabi leenkwenkwezi abalandeli (ezinye kwiindawo eziphakamileyo kakhulu) bayonwabisa loo ntombazana encinci ngelixa ingaziva kamnandi. Ikwalibali lemvelaphi, kwaye siyabathanda abo. Manene namanenekazi, sivumele ukuba sinazise UKatie Johnson kunye ne-droid ayiphefumleleyo kwindalo: R2-KT.
Emva ngoNovemba 2004, uKatie owayeneminyaka emithandathu ubudala kwafunyaniswa ukuba unethumba ebuchotsheni. Ngokukhawuleza wafumana unyango lwe-chemotherapy kwaye ngenkalipho wajongana nazo zonke iziphumo ebezingalindelekanga. Ngenye imini, ngo-Epreli 2005, xa yena nosapho lwakhe bathatha ifoto yicawa yabo, uKatie wabona into ngefestile enkulu esecaleni kwesakhiwo: yayibonakala ngathi yi-R2-D2 . Kwaye lonto yanika utata wakhe, u-Albin, uluvo - ukuba bangakhi i-R2 ukuze bajonge uKatie xa elele (njenge-R2-D2 ejonge iPadme kwisiGaba sesi-II)?
Ke, umdala uJohnson, okwenzeka ukuba abe ngumseki we Umkhosi wama-501 , Owona mbutho mkhulu wehlabathi weStormtrooper cosplayers owenza umsebenzi wesisa kwihlabathi liphela, wadibana ne Iklabhu yabakhi yeR2 ukubona malunga nokwakha uKatie eyakhe idroid. U-Albin kunye nentombi yakhe endala, u-Allie, bajonge ukuyenza ipinki bayithiya ngegama lika Katie (yiyo loo nto i-R2-KT).
Nangona kunjalo, inyani yayikukuba uKatie wayengasebenzi kakuhle kwaye ixesha lalihamba. Kodwa abakhi bahlanganisana kwaye bafumana i-R2-KT eyakhiweyo kwaye bahambisa eyokuqala - kodwa enobungakanani bobomi - imodeli kwindlu yentombazana encinci.
Ngokudabukisayo, uKatie wafa elele ngo-Agasti olandelayo. Kodwa kuye kwafuneka axhome kunye ne-droid yakhe ethembekileyo okwethutyana ngaphambi kokuba ayishiye ngasemva. I-R2-KT yagqitywa ngokusesikweni ngoJulayi 8, 2006, ngaphezulu nje konyaka emva komhla wokuqala. Ngoku, i-R2-KT indwendwela iindibano, izibhedlele zabantwana, kunye neziganeko zesisa kuyo yonke indawo.
Ukufumana okungakumbi malunga ne-R2-KT's adventures eqhubekayo (kunye nokwazisa kwabo uSuku lweSt. Patrick's Day), ndwendwela indawo yabo esemthethweni .
(nge Idayari yeNkqantosi yokufa )
