Isahluko sesishwankathelo se- Igqwirha laseBlackbird Pond inokuba luncedo kubo bobabini utitshala kunye nomfundi. Oku Imbasa yeNewbury Ukuphumelela kwinoveli elishumi elinambini kunye nolutsha kuqala ngo-1687 kwi-Colonial America. I heroine yebali nguKatherine (Kit) Tyler.
Isahluko Isishwankathelo soMthakathi weBlackbird Pond
Izahluko 1 - 3
Sidibana noKit Tyler njengoko efika eConnecticut kwi-brigantine Ihlengethwa . Uye wahamba ngenqanawa esuka eBarbados emva kokuba utatomkhulu wakhe eswelekile engenamali. Xa abanye behla, ucela uNat, unyana womthetheli, ukuba amvumele ahambe emhlabeni. Endleleni ebuyela enqanaweni, ngequbuliso utsibela elwandle ukuze asindise unodoli wentombazana encinci kwaye abonise amandla akhe okuqubha. Umfazi olungileyo uCruff, umama womntwana, urhanela iKit yobugqwirha, kuba ngabathakathi kuphela abakwaziyo ukudada. Ukufika ngentla kwidolophu yaseWethersfield, uKit ufuna umakazi nomalume wakhe. Abamlindelanga, kuba usilele ukubazisa ukuba uyeza. Nangona kunjalo, umakazi wakhe kunye nabazala bakhe bambulisa ngokufudumeleyo, kodwa ngobundlongondlongo. Umalume wakhe uMateyu uyavuma ngokungathandabuzekiyo ukuba angahlala kuba akanalo olunye usapho.
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Izahluko 4 - 6
Iinqwelo ezisixhenxe zeKit ezizele iimpahla ezintle zenza iingxaki kusapho luka-anti wakhe ongumPuritan. Umalume wakhe uyavuma ukuba kuphela nguMercy, intombi yakhe ekhubazekileyo, onokugcina i-shawl Kit ashushu ayinike yona. Umzala wakhe uJudith unyanzelekile ukuba abuyise impahla uKit amnike yona. NgeCawa, uKit unyamezele ingqumbo kamalume wakhe xa engavumi ukuya ezintlanganisweni kwaye okwesibini ngokunxiba 'frippery.' Intlanganiso inde kwaye iyadika, kodwa uKit uyasinda. Kwintlanganiso, udibana noJohn Holbrook, owayeseDolphin; UJudith unomona. Ukwajonga umfana, uWilliam Ashby, owathi kamva wacela imvume yokumangalela.
Izahluko 7 - 9
I-Kit iqala ngobomi bokudinwa ngokunxiba ilokhwe enye yasekhaya ebonelelwe ngumakazi wakhe. Akazange asebenze ngoluhlobo ngaphambili kuba utatomkhulu wakhe waseRoyal wayengumnini wamakhoboka. Ngethuba lokuqala, uyasokola ukwenza umsebenzi wezandla. UKit kunye nomzala wakhe uMercy bafundisa kwisikolo esidumileyo apho iindlela zikaKit ezingaqhelekanga nezingafaniyo nePuritan zimfaka engxakini Emva kokugxothwa esikolweni ngokuvumela abantwana ukuba benze amabali eBhayibhile, uKit ubalekela edlelweni elikufutshane, apho alila de udiniwe. Apho wadibana noHannah Tupper, owayeqhutywa eMassachusetts ngokuba liQuaker kunye nobugqwirha obunokwenzeka.
UHana ubuyisela uKit ekhayeni lakhe kwaye umthuthuzela ngelixa esondla ikeyiki yakhe eluhlaza. Womelezwe kukunxibelelana kwakhe noHana, uKit ubuyela edolophini apho axolise khona ngempumelelo kwaye wabuyela kwisikhundla sakhe sokufundisa.
Izahluko 10 - 12
Kit ibuyela kwindlu kaHannah Tupper amaxesha amaninzi. Apho udibana kwakhona noNat, kwaye ufunda ukuba ngumkhuseli kaHana. Udibana noPrudence Cruff, onabazali abangamvumeliyo ukuba aye kwisikolo esibi. Ikhithi iqala ukumfundisa ukuba afunde kwindlu kaHana nanini na xa abo babini bengabaleka imisebenzi yabo yasekhaya engapheliyo.
Ikhithi ihlala emva kwexesha ngokuhlwa kwaHana ngelixa incedisa uNat ukuphinda aphahla uphahla lukaHana. Kuba ufike kade kutyelelo lukammangaleli wakhe uWilliam, usapho lwakhe luyabuza ukuba ebephi kwaye uthandabuza ebaxelela inyani. UNat uxolisa ngokumbandakanya kulungiso. Umalume wakhe uyala ukuba atyelele uHana kwakhona.
Izahluko 13 - 15
UKit ufumanise ukuba umzala wakhe uMercy uthandana noJohn Holbrook, osoloko elundwendwe. Nangona kunjalo, umzala wakhe uJudith umise kuye. Xa eze kuphakamisa inceba, uJudith ucinga ukuba ukulungele ukumbanga kwaye uyakuyeka ukungaqondani. Imvelaphi yezopolitiko yexesha iza phambili kumgca webali kwaye umalume kaKit ujoyine ukumelana nokuthula ngokuchasene nerhuluneli yaseRoyal. UWilliam uqalise ukwakha indlu enomtsalane apho aceba khona ukwenza ikhaya lakhe lomtshato neKit.
Izahluko 16-18
Malume uMathewu urhoxisa umbhiyozo wosapho wokubulela ngenxa yokungoneliseki ngurhulumente waseRoyalist. UNat ufakwa esitokisini kwidolophu yeAll Hallows Eve prank ngokuchasene noWilliam; Uyalelwa ukuba angaze abuyele edolophini. UJohn Holbrook ushiya idolophu esiya kusebenza njengogqirha emkhosini xa esilwa nama-Indiya, abaninzi edolophini, kubandakanya uJudith, uMercy, uKit kunye noPrudence bagula kakhulu, kwaye uMercy uphantse wasweleka. U-Hannah Tupper utyholwa njengegqwirha lokuqhambuka, kwaye uKit no-Nat baphumelele ukumkhupha ngaphambi kokuba indlu yakhe itshiswe liqela elinomsindo. Abantu baseKapa bacinga ukuba uwasebenzisile amandla akhe amdaka anyamalale, kodwa uNat umlandelile ngokukhuselekileyo kwikhaya likaninakhulu kwenye idolophu.
U-Goodwife Cruff ufunde ukuba uKit ufundisa uPrudence ukuba afunde kwaye abe lilizwi lokumtyhola ngobugqwirha. Ngokumangalisayo, umalume kaKit uyamkhusela kwizityholo zokuba naye uligqwirha, kodwa uGoodwife Cruff ubongoza ukuba bathathe uKit baye ejele ukuze bazame njengomlumbi.
Izahluko 19 - 21
UKit uvalelwe elinde ukuthethwa kwetyala xa uSam Talcott, umantyi wasekhaya, ebuyela edolophini ngosuku olulandelayo. UKit uhlala ecinga ukuba uWilliam uzakuvela amkhusele. Ekulingweni, izityholo ezihlekisayo ziyabhabha. Incwadi ekhutshiweyo nguKit kwiPrudence iba sisiqwenga sobungqina. UKit utyholwa ngokubhala igama likaPrudence amatyeli amaninzi ukumenza agule. Okokugqibela, uNat, esemngciphekweni wokubanjwa, kwaye uPrudence uvela enkundleni ukuze akhusele uKit.
Ubulumko bungqina ukuba yena ubhalile igama lakhe kwaye unako ukufunda. Ufunda eBhayibhileni, kwaye noyise, ediniwe kukuxhatshazwa ngumfazi wakhe, ucela ukuba zichithwe izityholo abekwa zona uKit. Kwanasemva kokuba uKit esusiwe, uWilliam akasafuni ukumtshata kwaye athathe uCousin Judith. Ikhithi ikhululekile. Xa edibana kwakhona noNat, kucacile ukuba ikamva labo liya kuba kunye.
Ezi zahluko zishwankathela Igqwirha lePondoni ye-Blackbird bonelela ngohlobo olunombala ocolekileyo webali elinzima. Kuya kufuneka uyifunde yonke le ncwadi ukuze ubuxabise ubutyebi bombhali U-Elizabeth George Speare Ulwimi kunye nebali eliphandwe kakuhle.
