Ihlobo liyisizini eshisayo neshintshashintshayo. Wonke umuntu uthi ihlobo lifana nobuso bomntwana futhi lizoshintsha. Uma lijabule, ilanga likhanya kakhulu. Uma lidabukile, ilanga licasha emafwini futhi likhale ngasese. Lapho lithukuthele, kwakukhona amafu amnyama, umbani nokuduma kwezulu, futhi kwakunemvula enkulu. Ihlobo libi kakhulu!

Ihlobo selifikile, futhi ichibi eLinghu lihle kakhulu!
Ngibone izimbali ezinhle ze-lotus ziqhakaza echibini. Kukhona obomvu, opinki, obomvu njengomlilo, opinki njengoboya obufiphele. Ezinye zivulekile ingxenye, ezinye zivulekile ngokuphelele, kanti ezinye zingamathambo ezimbali. Amaqabunga e-lotus ayindilinga futhi aluhlaza. Ezinye zibhoboze phezulu emanzini, njengesambulela esikhulu; ezinye zintanta phansi emanzini, njengesikebhe samaqabunga e-lotus aluhlaza. Ngempela “kude futhi kuseduze, phezulu naphansi”.
Ichibi ehlobo liheha zonke izilwane ezincane. Ngabona izimvemvane zindiza echibini, sengathi zidansa umdanso omuhle; nezinyoni zafika, zicula i-lotus, sengathi zithi: “Dade Lotus, sawubona! Sawubona!” I-dragonfly encane yandizela phezulu yadlala ehlumeni lembali ye-lotus. Ngempela “i-lotus encane inezimpondo zayo ezibukhali, kanti i-dragonfly isivele imi ekhanda layo.” Ibhukuda ngenjabulo, sengathi ithi, “Ihlobo lihle kakhulu!”

Ubusuku basehlobo, isibhakabhaka esicwebezelayo esigcwele izinkanyezi. Ngihlala ngithanda ukubuka isibhakabhaka esikhangayo esinezinkanyezi.
Bheka, izinkanyezi ezingenakubalwa zikhanya njengamatshe ayigugu, kanti isibhakabhaka esikhulu sinjengesihenqo esikhulu. Ngezinye izikhathi izinkanyezi ezincane zifana namatshe ayigugu afakwe esihenqo esiluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, ekhanya ngokukhanya okuncane; ngezinye izikhathi zifana namehlo amancane acwayizayo, efuna into ethile emhlabeni ngelukuluku.

Isibhakabhaka esigcwele izinkanyezi ebusuku basehlobo singumhlaba okhululekile, ngeke bangitshele imikhondo yabo, imicabango yabo, isimo sabo sengqondo, futhi ngeke bakuvumele ukuthi ubone ukubukeka kwabo ngokucacile, bazokudalela indawo yokucabanga, bavumele Wena ucabange, udale, futhi ukuvumele wakhe!