Iqiniso lokuthi kuyi-Intanethi ungathenga konke, sekuyisikhathi eside kungekho izindaba. Kodwa ngenkathi umuntu efuna ingubo entsha noma i-smartphone, kunezinhlayiya ezithi, ngoba injabulo ephelele, ayinayo kuphela amaqanda enyoni engavamile!
Futhi akuyona ihlaya - uCharlotte Harrison waseBordon (Hampshire) akakwazanga ukubhekana nokukhathazeka kwakhe phambi komqaphi, futhi wathenga ama-egg emu e-bird angu $ 30. Ufuna ukwazi ukuthi kwenzekani?
Ukuthengwa kwakhe okungavamile, okuthunyelwe kusuka esifundeni saseDorset, intombazane eyamukelwe ebhokisini le polystyrene ngoNovemba 17. Okuqukethwe kwawo kwakuyiqanda ubukhulu besundu futhi bunesisindo esingu-175 amagremu.
Kodwa ngalolu daba uCharlotte waqala ukuzuza - ufunda yonke imininingwane ekhona kwiWebhu futhi wathola ukuthi kwakunguNovemba ukuthi u-emu uqala isikhathi sokubeletha. Kodwa lokhu kuyithuba lokuzama ukuthola inyoni yakho ephilayo exotic!
Ngeke ukholwe, kodwa uCharlotte wathengisa uhlelo lwekhaya lokufaka amaqanda amaqanda:
"Ezindaweni ezikhethekile, ngifunda ukuthi ngesikhathi sokukhushulwa, iqanda kufanele lilahlekelwe ngamaphesenti angu-15, futhi ngokufanayo, isisindo. Kwakudingeka ngibheke njalo izinga lomswakama futhi ngilawule. Kodwa into ebaluleke kakhulu ukuthi ngifihla umshini wokufakelwa ekamelweni lendodana yami encane uRis, ngoba wayesegumbini elinendodakazi enhlekazi ka-Ellie eneminyaka engu-4 ubudala, akukho okukwenzeka kuzo! "
Ezinsukwini ezingu-35 ezizayo, njengoba iqanda liba khona esitokisini, impilo kaCharlotte yayingafani nhlobo nokuphila komfazi wesifazane. Owesifazane ubukele "isigceme" njalo ngeminithi, enesisindo, ephendulela futhi elungisa umswakama.
UCharlotte uyakhumbula: "Wonke umuntu owafika ukusivakashela wayejabule, futhi sasingazi ukuthi ngenzani noma cha. Sasivele sinethemba ... "
Maphakathi noDisemba, ngosuku lwama-36 lwalesilingo, uCharlotte wasusa iqanda kusuka ku-incubator wabeka ithawula. Kwenzeka ukuthi ukuze inyoni izwe sengathi iyindawo yasemvelo, kwakudingeka idale isizinda somsindo. Futhi lo wesifazane wayengenakho ukukhetha kodwa ukuqala ukukhipha, ukukhipha umsindo, ukulingisa imisindo ye emu emvelo!
Futhi, ucabanga, akusebenzi? Izinsuku ezingu-12 uCharlotte wafaka futhi wamemeza, futhi le chick lazwa! NgoJanuwari 5, igobolondo yaphuka, futhi isilwane esithandayo somndeni sibonakala.
U-Charlotte usitshela ukuthi: "Lapho indodakazi yami ibona kuqala inkukhu, yajabula kakhulu," kusho u-Ellie ngokushesha. Futhi okwenzekile kimi kwanikeza isisa somusa nesifiso sokuwunakekela. Kuyinto emangalisayo ukuthi ukuthengwa kwami ku-eBay kuphelile ngale ndlela! "
UCharlotte uyavuma ukuthi uKevin uyidalwa elihle kunazo zonke futhi elihle kakhulu:
"Lapho ngihlala phansi embhedeni, uyacindezela umlenze wami. Uma othile ethatha ngesandla, ungibheka ngeso lengqondo. Ngingowokuqala uKevin wabona lapho ehlamba, futhi futhi wakhumbula izwi lami ngama-creaks nomsindo futhi manje ucabanga ukuthi ngingumama wakhe! "
Namuhla le chick inamaviki amathathu ubudala, futhi usejwayele indlu yangasese, izaqathe ngothando isanqante futhi uyathanda ukudlala ngamabherethi e-teddy.
"Umyeni wami uDarren ungikhohlisa ukuthi ngisuse uKevin ngokushesha," kusho uCharlotte. "U-Emu yiyona nyoni enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni futhi umntwana wethu ukhula ngokushesha. Kodwa lokhu akunakwenzeka. Nsuku zonke sinamathele kuye ngokwengeziwe! "