ʻO ka pōpoki lōʻihi ʻo Kuzya mai Minsk

I ka lā 24 o Dekemaba, 1993, ua hele au i kahi hale kūʻai ma Moscow e kūʻai i nā makana. A lohe au i ka hoʻohuli ʻana o ka wahine nāna e lawe i nā ʻeke i kekahi e ʻohi i ka pipi: “ʻAe, nānā, liʻiliʻi loa ʻo ia, hele ʻo ia i ka pā. A ʻo ia ke kokoleka! Ua hoihoi au i kēia huaʻōlelo “chocolate”… ʻoiai ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo e loaʻa iaʻu kahi pōpoki.

Lawe au iā ia a lawe mai iā ia mai Moscow. Ua hana ʻia kekahi hanana hoihoi ma ke kaʻaahi. I koʻu haʻalele ʻana i ke keʻena i ka pō, ua holo ka pipi. Hoʻomaka wau e ʻimi iā ia ma nā keʻena āpau. Ua holo kekahi kahunapule kiʻekiʻe ma ke kaʻa hoʻokahi, a i koʻu kīkēkē ʻana, puka ʻo ia i waho a lawe aku i kaʻu pipi ma ka poho lima. "ʻO ia," wahi āna, "holo mai iaʻu no kahi kumu. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā holoholona, ​​​​akā, ʻoiai ʻo ia i holo mai… Ua like ʻo Kuzma me he lālā o ka ʻohana iā mākou. Nui nā keiki me ia, ke ulu nei ka moʻopuna. Aloha nui ia iā mākou. A ua noho pū me mākou no 24 makahiki. I nā makahiki a pau a mākou i makemake ai e ʻike i kona ʻano. Akā ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoholo pololei. Ma nā hōʻailona waho a pau, ua like ia me ka ʻohana Havana Brown. Huli mākou i ka Internet a loaʻa nā hōʻailona a pau iā ia. ʻO ka mea nui loa, he ʻumi ʻeleʻele kona. A ʻeleʻele maoli lākou! Akā naʻe, ʻaʻohe mea loea i kēia ʻano ma Minsk. A i koʻu kāhea ʻana i kahi hui elite, ua pane mai lākou iaʻu: “He aha ka ʻokoʻa? Aloha ʻoe iā ia e like me kona ʻano? Ua pane au - ʻoiaʻiʻo! Ma hope o kēlā, ua pau ka huli ʻana. No mākou, aloha ke ʻano. He nui ka poʻe i manaʻoʻiʻo ʻaʻole hiki i ka pōpoki ke ola i kēlā lōʻihi. I kekahi manawa kūʻai mākou i mea nona a ʻōlelo mākou: "No ka pōpoki kahiko." "ʻehia makahiki?" – nīnau lākou. – 24 makahiki… – a ʻaʻole ʻike nā mea kūʻai aku i ka mea e ʻōlelo ai.  He mālie a naʻauao ʻo Kuzya, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻoki i kekahi mea, ʻaʻole i haehae me kona mau niho. I ka manawa like, haʻaheo ʻo ia: inā ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia i ka meaʻai, e noho pōloli ʻo ia i hoʻokahi lā, ʻelua, ʻehā ... Pono maoli ʻo ia i ke kamaʻilio. I ke kakahiaka, ninau au: — Kuzya, pehea oe? A pane ʻo ia: "Meow!" Kamaʻilio ʻo ia ma kāna ʻano ponoʻī, a he mea hoihoi loa ke kamaʻilio pū me ia. Hele ʻo ia a hui me nā mea a pau, a makemake mau i ka hele ʻana o ka lā. Manaʻo mākou e hauʻoli ʻo ia iā mākou me kāna hui no ka manawa lōʻihi e hiki mai ana.