Kei nupi pilvang het lo khatin gen kul het lo kong genna hang pen ka innkuan uh gentheihna hang ahi hi. Ka lawmpa sepna sanginn te’n nasem a tawpsakte lakah ka lawmpa zong kihel hi. Sep ding mu pak lo ahih manin nasep ding dang a zon sungin kha guk bei a, ka sum kholsate uh bei ta hi. Meltheihte sum leitawiin, lohkik nading zong haksa veve ahih manin leitawi kik ding zong baih lo hi. Tua hun laiin ka tate uh kum kua, kum guk leh kum thum mi hi uh a, ka haksatna uh bangmah thei loin, a ne bei thei bek ahi uh hi. Ka nasep theih sun siktawh-laikhet (typing) hi a, hong cial a om ciangin semin, nek le taak, sum le paai muh nading, innkuan vak nadingin kicing zo het lo hi. Tua bang ka seploh ciangin a ommawh mahmah ka tate ka kem hi.
Kum thak leh tam :
Kha guk hong bei-in lametna bangmah om tuan lo hi. Ka lunggim semsemin, ka tate lah ommawh semsem uh a, zing an huan ding ka neihloh niin khuaval zawsop uh hi. Tuaci pi-in kum thak hong tung hi.
Biakinn-ah zong kikhawm tei napi, ka lungsimah bangmah om thei taktak tuan lo hi. Lametna bang hiam ka nei a, ahih hangin ka lamet ka thei tuan kei hi. Tua hun laiin ka tapa Roger kum kua(9) mi pen ommawh phadiak hi.
Nung kal in ka kikholhkhopna khan (sitting room) uhah a lawmte tawh kimawl uh a, ka padenpauh maan lianpen uh tamsak uh hi. A bawlhoih kik nading man $20 pen innkuan ngeinate adingin tam ahihloh hangin, nek ding dang lei nading neihloh ciangin manpha nuam mahmah hi.
Tuni Pizing (Monday) zingsangin nungkal a limlang maan tam ging tawh a kibang, ka lupna khan uh pana ging leh pasal naupang, lauhna tawh a kiho ging ka za hi. Mitkha ah $20 a mawk bei hong dawkin, aw khauh takin, “Bang hih kik nai vua?” cih kawmin inntung lamah ka paito pah hi. Inntung paitohna’ letna tawp panin Roger in lauh mel takin, “Padenpauh... maan... tam... a...!” hong ci hi.
“Kua tapsak hiam?”
“Ih maw, bawllung lawn maimai ung a...”
“Bang hangin lupna khan-ah kimawl na hi uh hiam, manlangin hong kumsuk un, manglang in!”
Hong kumsuk uh a, Roger lawmpa Johnny in phamawhsak tuak het loin, nui hiaihuai a, tuain ka hehna khangsak hi.
“Ka inn uhah kimawl phal nawn lo ka hi uh. Johnny na thei hiam? Roger tawh zong kimawlkhawm thei nawn lo ding. Tua banah ka innsung uhah zong nong lut thei nawn kei ding hi. Limlang maan nih na tapsakna uh hi ta,” ciin Johnny ka hilh hi. A jacket uh pia-in, hehsuak mahmahin inn pualamah ka sawnkhia hi.
Kiho tuak lo :
A pusuak khit uh ciangin telephone la-in Johnny nu ka phone pah a, “Roger’ nu ka hi hi. Ka limlang maan uh tamsak kik uh a..” ka ci leltak hi.
“Ke’n zong nei tuan ke’ng! Johnny bek i tapsak zong hi tuan lopi. Tua bang naupang kimawlna thu maimai tawh hong phone nawn kei in!” cih leh a phone koih thuah hi.
Hehsuak leh lunggim mahmahin tutna-ah ka tusuk a, ka kap hi! Ka kahna hang thupi lohzia ka ngaihsun a, nidangin limlang maan khat lei nadingah buai sam lo hi’ng. Ka buaina a thupilohna panin ka innkuan haksatna uh hong kidawksak hiin ka thei a, tua in ka lungsim nasak semsem hi. Tua bang lianga innkuan bawlsiathuai, limlang maan dal khat bek hanga mite in hopih taka a ngaihsutloh uh hi ta ka hi maw... ka cia a, ka kap damdam hi.
Bangmah ngaihsutpi nei loin ka ta nauzaw nihte ka kem a, bangmah omlohna nek ding koihna kiangah dingin, banga sep theih ka neih? Thungetna....
“Topa hong panpih in” ciin ka kihehpihhuaisak a, ka ngaihsutsut ciangin leitungah kei sangin huh a kul zaw mihing a om ding ka um thei kei hi. Ahih hangin keu mahmahin, bangmah ngaihsun thei taktak loin, Pasian tawh zong ka kikhol thei taktak kei hi.
“Topa, keimah bang a genthei Topa...” peuh ciin ka kiko zel hi. Gentheihna pen Topa tawh kinaina ahih leh, a ta hi taaka genthei hiin ka kithei hi. Ahih hangin bangmah a meetna om tuan lo hi.
Tam kik!! :
Tua kidonna-ah zawha ka om laiin telephone hong ging a, ka liinglak hi. “Pi Leon maw?” ciin hong dong a, ka hihna thu ka hilh hi.
“Anderson ka hi a, na tapa Roger in na nambat hong hilh hi”
“Na van uh siatsak nei hiam?” ka ci pah hi.
“He....!”
Ka upmawhdan lian ahi hi
“... ahih hangin Roger pen naupang hoih mahmah ahi hi” hong cih ciangin ka naak nuamdeuh pah hi.
“A lawmpa tawh ka inntual uhah kimawl uh a, bawllung tawh ka padenpauh maan deng tam uh hi”
“Awi! poi mah si e! Ommawh lo dingin ka hilhhilh hiven...”
“Tua bang hi ding hi. Pi Leon aw, na tapa pen na tai lua kei in, a thu kong hilh ding hi. Maan pen tamsak mah uh hi. Pusuakin ka sam hi. Na tapa lo zaw pen taimang a, teekta ka hih manin ka delh thei kei hi. Ahih hangin na tapa pen khitui luang dektakin mawh kisasa-in hong kileh a, maisak dingin hong thuum hi. Amin leh na telephone nambat hong pia a, tua ciang hong hopih ka hi”.
Dawn kik pak nading zong ka thei kei hi. Padenpauh khat bawl nadinga ka buai laiin, a dang khat bawl ding nei kik... ka lungsim patau mahmah hi. Gen ding thei loin leilam enin ka om hi.
Ahih hangin hong hopihnu in gen zo nai lo a, “Pi Leon aw, hih bang tapa hoih a nei dingin na innkuan uh na hanciam mahmah ding uh um ing. Kong pahtak mana hong phone hi zaw ing” hong ci hi.
Phat theih phat mawhin ka tapa a phat hangin a maan kitam pen tam veve a, kikhel thei tuan lo ding hi. Innkuan hoih leh zahtakhuai banga hong mu ahih leh, ka bawlsak kik uh kul ding hi. Tua dingin lah bangmah neih ka nei kei uh hi.
“Pi Anderson, lungdam ei, maan kitam man zong piak kong sawm ding uh hi. Ahih hangin, tu lianin bel ... haksa mahmah...” ciin ka hilh a, ka innkuan uh haksatzia leh gentheihzia ka hilh gawp hi.
Thungetna :
Ka gen zawh ciangin Pi Anderson in zong gen ding thei pak loin tawmvei om a, “Lawmnu, thu ngen lo na hi hiam?” hong ci hi.
“Ngen e, thu ngen mah ing,” ciin ka dawng hi. Hi mah hi, thu ka nget zelna ka hilh a, ahih hangin ka lungsim taktak tawh ka nget theihloh thu ka gen kei hi.
“Thu kong ngetpih ding hi. Ka biakinn uhah thungen pawl ka kibawl uh a, tualaiah na min zong kong hel ding hi. Topa’n thupha hong pia hen” ciin a phone koih hi.
Khung kawmin ka ngaihsun a, tuni’n banga ka sin? Sung lama ka Kha pen a keu ngeina in keu veve a, pua lam lah ka gentheih ngeina-in genthei veve-in, maan kitam bawlphat ding nih ka neih beh hi. Ahih hangin thu khat, ka tate kiangah ka siam bangbanga nuntakzia ding ka hilh pen, tuni in a metna ka thei hi. A lawmpa in haksatna thuak ngam loin a buksan/taisan laiin, ka tapa in phungam a, zo hi. Mi haupi ka hi hi!!
Kong pakta hi :
Kong khak hong kihong a, lau kawmin Roger hong lut hi. A khutah lenin, ka angah ka kawi hi.
“Bang ci a, mi in hong phone hi lo hiam, nang hong taai lo ding maw?”
“Taai lo e, kong pakta zaw hi” ciin Pi Anderson thu gen khempeuh ka hilh hi. Maan a tapsakna hanga lungdam ka hi kei a, a hihkhialh pen hangsan takin a tungah bang tung ding hiam cih thei loin a phutsuak ngam thupi ka sakna thu ka hilh hi.
“Ahih leh, bang hangin Johnny bangin taimang lo na hi hiam?”
A hang gen ding a thei pak kei hi. Kingaihsunin, “Ih maw, Sunday School ah hong hilh uh hi. Na pen hihkhialh theih hi a, imsim lo a gen hoih hi. Ka ipsim leh ka gitlohna a tamsak semsem ka hi hi” hong ci hi.
“Tua bang maw! Ahih leh i gitlohna tamsak semsem loin, Pasian kiangah mawhmaina i ngenkhawm diam?” ka ci a, ka nih-un thu ka ngenkhawm uh hi.
Ka sinkhiat :
Nitak, ka pasal nasep ding zonga vakkhia hong ciah ciangin ka tuah thute ka hilh a, amah’n zong Roger pen pakta mahmah hi. Maisakna ngenin ka innkuan-un thu ka ngen kik uh hi. Ko nupa zong a tuamin ka Kha mi velval loh uh hangin, ‘tate tawh a kitona Pasian zuat hoih hi’ cih ka phawk uh hi.
Komau mah bangin maan kitam thei aneih cihloh buang Pi Anderson in koh tawh kibatna tam neih het lo hi. Neih le lam, sum le pai tampi neiin, nupi zahtakhuai mahmah hi a, meltheih hoih leh lawm hoih, a hau pipi zong tampi nei hi. Thu hong ngetsak bek tham loin, ka sep nading hong ngaihsutpih a, ka innkuan kivak nading uh ka muh theih nading nasep hong muhsak pah hi. Tua banah ka lawmpa in taxi hawl nasep mu a, ka hun haksapi uh nuamzaw deuhin ka palsuak thei uh hi.
Hih hun ka pelh theih nading uh a kipatna pen Maan thum kitapna hang hi lel tak hi!!
(Lengzem pan ka tei khiat hi.)
