Ulwandle, uLwandle, uLwandle.

Ukuhlala ngaselunxwemeni, kwaye ukhangelele kumgama wamaza ajikelezayo, umntu akanakunceda ukucinga: Yintoni na, ngaphaya kwelo xesha?

Isibhakabhaka esingenamlilo kunye nemibala yelanga elitshisayo libuze ukuba ungacingi ngeengxaki ezininzi, kwaye isandi samagagasi e-surf agcwalisa umphefumlo ngento engaziwayo kwaye yenza ukuba uphumule imisipha yakho, vala amehlo akho, uze ungene ebumnyameni bamabali athamsanisayo anceda, umzuzu ukulibala malunga nesixeko esiqhumayo, Ngobomi bakhe obunenkathazo kunye nokukhawuleza okungapheliyo.

Unokucinga ngamabali amaninzi, i-banal ingumlawuli ongeyikratshi yinqanawa yepirate, engadangaliyo phambi kweemvula kunye namaza asendle. Umthetheli oyikayo, ohlonishwayo nothando ngabo bonke abahamba ngomkhombe, njengoJohn Crooked Legs, uGeorge oyedwa kunye no-Alvin Hook.

Unokuzicingela endaweni ye-dolphin ehlakaniphile, intlanzi ehlazileyo okanye i-shark elambile ngonaphakade. Nguyena kunye nendlela emele ngayo.

Uhlobo oluthile lwenqanawa elidilizwe ngumkhumbi luyakwenzeka, olulandelayo lufunyenwe phakathi kolwandle ngolwandle kunye nokuphonswa ezweni. Emva koko uphendula imibuzo: "Wafika njani ePortugal, ophakathi kweLwandle lwasePacific?" Iindaba ezivuyoleyo ze-mermaid apho ewa khona, zithandana, kwaye emva kweminyaka emibili elukhuni esichithwa esibhedlele sengqondo, hamba yedwa phakathi kwinqanaba lolwandle ukuze ufumane isithandwa sakhe "isidalwa sikaThixo," ngoko ke, Ungasayi kubuyela ehlabathini, ufe ngenxa yendlala.

Wonke umntu unamabali akhe, kodwa ke, ulwandle, luyikratshi eliqhelekileyo lomhlaba, elimele ligcinwe kwaye likhuselwe yizo zonke izibilini. Ulwandle aluyona nje indawo echaphazelayo, kodwa nekhaya lezilwanyana ezininzi ezintle zomhlaba. Akunakwenzeka ukuba ungamthandi ulwandle, awukwazi ukukunceda, ngokuba ukubonga kwizakhiwo zikaThixo, ihlabathi lizele imibala kunye neenkumbulo ezimnandi.

Ndiyabonga. Siyabonga, ulwandle!