KA PA KHEDAP!

Hih thu Willie B. Raborn in a gelh ahi hi. Khangnote ngaihsutna a zo mahmah pen thu kihilh gawp lam zong hi khin lo a, mit a muhna in nakpi’n nasem hi. T.S.L

      Midangte bangin ka khangno lai-in ke’n zong lawmte neih bang neihloh ka laupen hi. Kum 13 mi ka hih lai, 1963 kumin, khedap penny loafers kici khat suakthak hi. Khangnote in kideih lua mahmah ahih manin, penny loafers bulh lo a vakkhiat sangin, kheguakin kivakkhia nuam zaw liang hi. Tua bang liangin bulhloh kilau hi. Tua khedap pen khatvei thu-in fashion hong hi lak a, tua ma lianin oxfords kici khedap khat lei khin ka hih manin, tua oxford bulh kawma lawmte kianga om zong nuam ka sa kei liang hi.

Khedap lei ngetna

      Ka pa pen mawtaw sia bawla nekzong (car mechanic) hi a, ni khat pen ka pa kiangah penny loafers hong leisak dingin ka ngen hi.

      A mel-ah lamdang sa hi cih kimu thei a, “Willie, na khedap bulh lai pen kha khat zong hi nai lo a, a thak kisam na hiam?” ciin hong dong kik hi.

      “Pa aw, tuhun ciangin mi khempeuh in penny loafers bulh uh hi lo maw!”

      “Bawi aw, mi pate bangin sum nei pah lo hi ing”

      Ka pa khasum pen tawm mah-mah a, inn saap leh innkuan nek ding thalawh khia thei ciamciam bek hi.

      “Pa aw, theisiam lo hi teh. Tu-a ka khedap ka bulh ciangin hai tuak lua hi veng!”

“Mi khedap en masa phot in”

      Ka pa pen kun sukin hong dakkhia kik a, hong enin thu khat hong gen hi. “Bawi aw, hih bangin ci ni. Na khedap bulh lai pen tuni bulh kik inla, sanginn a na lawmte khedap khempeuh na et khit ciangin na khedap a hoih lo pen ahih leh, na nu buhtang lei nading i koihsa pen lakikin, sum behlapin lei ni” ci hi.

      Lawhcing kisa mahmahin tua ni pen sang ka kah hi. Ka pa thugen ka theihsiamdan in tuni pen ‘ka oxford khedap tawh sang ka kah nunung pen ni ding’ ahi hi. ‘Khedap nidanglai lua’ bulh nawn lo ding ka hih manin ka lungdam mahmah hi. Ahih hangin hong kam vaikhak pen ka mangngilh kei a, a thugen bangin ka om hi. Ahih hangin ka muhte pen ama kiangah genkik dingin hoih khin lo hi.

      Sunkhua-in ka sangnaupang pihte khe ka en a, khedap ci tuamtuam tam mahmah hi, cih ka mukhia hi.

      Khedap a san, a vom, puan khedap nin mahmah leh a lui mahmah a bulh zong om hi. Sun khawl hun ciang hoih taka ka et leh, khedap pawlkhat pen bang company bawl hiam cih zong kithei nawn lo zah a lui khawng, nasepna munah zong bulh uthuai nawn lo ding zaha hoih nawn lo khawng, mun tampi ah a vang omta khawng zong ka mu hi. Pawlkhat in, guahzuk hun cianga bangci bang maha a khe uh kawt lo ngei lo ding cih kithei  khawng bulh uh hi. Genloh theihlohin penny loafers vom a bulh zong om mah uh hi. A khetul lamah sakol khe a kivuah bang pian sik kual kivuah a, a pai uh ciangin tua pen ging kauhkauh hi. Hall sunga a pai laitak ua tua a gingin, a zate lungtang kisai manlangsak zo liang hi. Bulh a uthuaina zah mahin, tua kalsuan khiat ciang a ging kauhkauh zel pen neih a uthuaina hi mawk hi.

      Sang tuak ciangin ka pa sepna workshop lamah ka pai pah hi. Nipi kal tawp hi a, khedap thak lei-in, mai kal ciang khedap thak bulh in sanginn hall lianpi sungah pai ging kauhkauh dingin ka kingaihsun hi. Khedap lei kei kik ning e cih lam ka ngaihsun nawn kei a, bulh siam kei kha le’ng cih lam bekbek ka ngaihsun hi. Tua manin, penny loafers ka bulh hun cianga pai ding dan ka kisinkhol liang hi. Ka neih a ka pai siam naak leh ging kauhkauh ding hi.

     

Ka pa workshop lamah

      Workshop ka tun ciangin na dai dide a, mawtaw oil gim bek zong nidang sangin namtui ka sa zaw hi. Bang hiam a kikhen ging kauhkauh bek kiza thei hi. Ka pa in mawtaw bawlna khan (room) sunga 1956 Chevy mawtaw bawl a, tua car neipa in khan dang khatah ngak hi. Tuapa thei ngei ka hih manin, “Pu Alva, ka pa in bang tan sem ding hiam?” ci-in ka dong hi.

      “Bang ci theih ding ka hiam Will. A gear box hoih lo bawl a, a hoih lo dang zong a muh leh bawl suak pah ding hi” ciin hong dawng hi. 

Ka pa khedap

      Car bawlna khan sungah ka lut hi. Car nuaiah ka pa thallup a, a khuk ciang bek ka mu thei hi. Ka pa pen hopih pah ka sawm a, buai lua ahih manin ka hopih ngam kei hi. Car nungah dingin ka mit ka khoihkhoih leltak hi.         

      Tuni in ka pa hong vaikhak bangin khedap ka en kawikawi a, hong sawlna mun ka et zawh ciangin tun ama khedap ka en hi.

      Ka pa in khedap vom a lui mahmah bulh a, amah leh, amah banga workshop leh na niam semte in a bulh bang uh, a bawlkhia company zong kithei nawn lo bulh hi. Thallup ahih manin a khedap nuai lam zong kimu thei a, a veilam pen a nuai lam vang ta a, a tung lam savun tawh kipelh thei ahih manin mun nihah sai-ip khau tawh khui hi. A khedap khaute lui lua mahmah ta ahih manin a muuk pen palh khin hi. A lang nihin a khetul a sah pen om nawn lo a, tua a kilhnate in a khe a sutloh nadingin kawisak khin hi. Tua pen ka pa khedap ahi hi.

Lei teitei utna

      Tua bang thawm nei lo a ka pa khedap et na’n hun bangtan hiam ka zat zawh ciangin, ka pa in a car bawl zoin car nuai panin hong pusuak hi. “E! Bawi, nang hong ciah ta maw?” ciin nui kawmin hong ding khia hi.

      “He, tawp ta ung a...”

      “Kong hilh bangin na om hiam?”

      “He, om mah ing”

      “Tua leh banga na ngaihsut dan?”

      Ka mitkha-ah ka lawmte khedap bulh sia mahmahte hong kidawk zangzang a, ‘Mi in zong a sia pipi bulh uh’ ci-a thudik ka gen leh, ‘Tua ahih leh na khedap ngeina bulh kik in!’ hong ci ding hi si. ‘Penny loafers bulh khin uh’ ka cih leh lah zuau gen hi ding. Mite in bangbang a bulh uh zongin ka pa khedap mucian mahmah lai ka hih manin, hong leisak ding ka pa in khedap gina zong nei lo a, ke’n khedap suak thak pen bulh ka maizum pian hi.        

      Ahih hangin, mitkha-ah penny loafers hong kidawk pen phiat theih hi lo hi. Penny loafers khuh lo liana blue jeans teen a, jeans mai lama ip, khupi tawh sawk kawm a, jeans jacket silh a, tee lianga sam hiat a, sangin hall sunga pai ging kaukauh lai leh, ka classmate-te in tua ka bulhna hang a hong etdan uh a kilamdan ding dan ka theician mahmah hi. Ka damsung hunin tua bang a om ngei lo dinga ka kingaihsut ciangin nei lo thei lo hiin ka kithei a, ka neihloh nading a hang khat zong ka thei kei hi. Ka maizum ahih manin a mit zong ka en ngam kei a, nuai lam en leng lah a khedap ka muh ding lau lai. Cihmawh thoihin Chevy car lui en kawmin, “Penny Loafers neih teitei ut ing!” ci-in ka pa ka dawng hi.

     

Sum tawh khedap saiah

      A khut lianpi a oil bang neinaite puansia nin mahmah tawh hul-in, nui kawmin hong en a, “Na deih mahmah leh ai ve maw”ci kawmin a ip sung sawk hi. Penny Loafers...!

      “Sai ka khak zawh ciangin tuni bel na nu tawh ka kithuah uh kul ding hi. Innkuan nek ding nidang sanga tawmzaw lei kisam mawk ahih manin” a cih aw ging pen kician takin zong ka thei kei hi. A ip sungpanin Dollar 10 note lakhia a, “Na khedap deih pen va lei o leh” a cih aw ging simloh ka beng in bangmah theithei nawn lo hi.

      Khedap man pen $ 10 hi a, ahih hangin za-a thum pen siah (sales tax) piak kisam lai ahih manin a ip sung sawkin zong a, hong pia kik hi. Lungdam lua-in ka pa workshop panin a lenin ka leng khia a, khedap kizuakna sai ka tun lam zong ka thei man kei liang hi. Sai tawhleta penny loafers a phokhiatna uh munah ka ding seisai hi.

      Nisimin tua khedap sai limlang sunga khedap “SALE $ 9.95” a kici pen a kisuang lai hiam, cih ka en den a, tu’n zong tua pen kisuang lai hi. Tun bel a eta et hun bei a, lei-in, bulhin, pai ging kauhkauh ding hing.

Ahih hangin..

      A sungah lut-in, aw ling keuhkeuhin penny loafers ka lei nopna thu ka hilh hi. Tua bang hun laitakin hi ka kisakna lian mahmah hi. Ahih hangin, khedap ka deihna hang khat, khetul tunga a ging thei kikoih pen a tuama lei kisam ahihna thu hong hilh uh hi. Khedap bek man pen $ 9.95 hi a, a sik kipei thei tawh ka lei ding leh ka sum in cin lo hi. Sik kihel loin ging thei lo ding ahih manin ka buai hi.

      Sik ging thei tawh leiloh pen a manphatna om loin thei ka hih manin ka nu kiangah sik kual man ngenin, hong piak hun ciang a kitonin lei mai ning, ciin ngaihsutna ka bawl hi. Ahih hangin pizing ciang ka lawmte muhna a bulh kisam lua mahmah hi! Kilawm taka bulh thei dingin bulh kisinkholh  kisam lai. Leitung na dang khempeuhte zekai thei a, ahih hangin hih khedap in bangmah ngak thei nawn lo hi. Tu’n ka neih teitei kisam hi, ciin ka ngaihsun vat a, ‘Ka pa kiangah va ngen kik ning e’ ciin ka kingaihsun hi.

Khanglo ta ing

      Ka pa maw? Mitkha-a a khedap bulh lai muh zong haksa ka sa mahmah a, phiat theih hi leh ka phiat nuam mahmah hi. Ahih hangin ama kiangah pai leng va mu kik ding hing. Et zong kul loin siat theih bang pen a sia ka pa khedap pen ka theician mahmah hi. Tua khedap zuakna sai sungah leitunga khedap tam manpen leh hoih penpente kigual diudeu a, ahih hangin khat zong mucian lo hing.. ka pa khedap cih simloh.

      Tua bang khedap kikek leh sia mahmah bulh in ka pa in kei leh ka innkuanpihte nek ding leh inn saap man thalawh a, zankim laitakin zong mun gamla pipi-ah mawtaw bawl dingin hong kisam thei hi. Phun sese loin tho a, ka ihmut kalin tua khedap bulhin ka pa in kei adingin kum takpi na sem hi. Pu Alva leh midang te’n ka pa a zuat sese na uh hang zong ka thei hi. A siatna lai a hilh ban uh, ama’n a hoih lo zongkhia a, a khonkhongin a bawlsak man ahi hi.

      Tua bang liang a gima a sep hangin ama ading khedap zong lei ngam lo a, a kisap mahmah lei nadinga a phalloh pen kei adingin phal hi. Ka pa in keimah bangin a khedap deihpen bulh zel leh, ken bang khedap bulh ding ka hiam? Kum 13 mi hi ta ing a, ka khedap deihpen ka bulh theih nadingin ka pa in kum bangzah tak khedap gina bulh loin a damsung hun zang ding hiam? Khanglo ta ing.

Lei veve ding hing!

      Ka dakkhia kik a, sai sunga etlawm taka penny loafers kikoih ka en kikkik hi. Tua khedap hoih mahmah pen khatvei thu-in ka deihna beimang vat a, kalsuankhia-in, a mong om lo zah donga khedap manpha leh tulai kigualte khempeuh ka paisan hi. “CLEARANCE 50% OFF” cih a kisuanna muna ka pa khedap bulh theihzelte a kikoihna maiah ka ding hi.

      Ka lungsim sungah ka sanginn hall sung ua pai ging kauhkauh mah hong kidawk kik hi. Ahih hangin tua a uthuai mahmah mitkha pen ka pa khedap lui in hong khuhcip kik zel hi. Leitunga khedap manpha leh etlawm hi a ka theihte ka ngaihsut khit ciangin zong, ka pa khedap pen hangsan pen veve hi!

      Tua leh, siah tawh kigawmkhawma $ 6.13 a kizuak nambat 10, ka pa deih ding pen la-in, hoih takin ka tuunsak a, a man pia-in, lamdang kisa pipi-in ka pa workshop lam ka zuan kik hi.

      Workshop tuakcil a ka pa car lui mahmah kongkhak ka hong a, a tutna-ah khedap pen koihin, workshop sungah ka lut a, ka sum zat valte ka ap kik hi.

      Sumte sim a, “Na khedap deih pen $ 9.95 man hiin thei vengin, tam val si e” ciin hong dong a, “Sale uh a!” cih bekin ka dawng hi. Ciah hun ding ahih manin munphiah la-in workshop ka phiat siang pih a, nitak lam nai 5 hita ahih manin kikhak-in, ciah dingin car sungah ka lut uh hi.

Khedap thak

      A hawlpa tut nadingah khedap ka lei thak om hi. Tua bang liang a ka deih, amah bangin a damsunga a bulh ngeiloh ding penny loafers hi dinga a up pen hon a, khoihsin ut hi ding hi - khedap kitunna pen a phei tungah dawm takin domto a, damtakin bawm hongin, a et leh a bulh laitak bang lian khedap mu hi. A muh sawm bang mu lo ahih manin lamdang sa in hong en a ;

      “Aw! Penny loafers na lei ding sa a..?”

      “Ka... ka lungsim laih kik ing a..”

      Hong en a, a nui ding ka sak leh a khitui luang dingin hong kithawi hi. Hong en ngam loin mai lam en a, a khut lianpi in car stearing lenkip semsem hi. Tunglam enin dai dide a, theisiam lak tawh kibangin ka lam hong nga-in hih thu bek hong gen hi:

      “Ka khedap mu hi teh maw?!”