Zhizha imwaka unopisa uye unochinja-chinja. Munhu wese anoti zhizha rakaita sechiso chemwana mucheche uye richachinja. Kana richifara, zuva rinopenya zvakajeka. Kana richisuruvara, zuva rinovanda mumakore uye rinochema muchivande. Parakanga rakatsamwa, paiva nemakore matema, mheni nemabhanan'ana, uye kwainaya mvura zhinji. Zhizha harina kunaka!

Zhizha rasvika, uye dziva riri muLinghu rakanaka kwazvo!
Ndakaona maruva akanaka elotus achitumbuka mudziva. Kune matsvuku, matsvuku, matsvuku semoto, matsvuku semhute. Mamwe akavhurika hafu, mamwe akavhurika zvizere, uye mamwe mapfupa emaruva. ​​Mashizha elotus akatenderera uye akasvibira. Mamwe akaboorerwa kumusoro mumvura, seamburera hombe; mamwe akayangarara pasi pemvura, sechikepe chemashizha elotus chegirini. Zviri "kure uye pedyo, kumusoro uye pasi".
Dziva muzhizha rinokwezva mhuka diki dzese. Ndakaona shavishavi dzichibhururuka pamusoro pedziva, sekunge dziri kutamba kutamba kwakanaka; shiri dzakauyawo, dzichirira pamusoro peruva remuroti, sekunge dziri kuti: “Hanzvadzi Lotus, mhoroi! Mhoroi!” Kashavishavi kadiki kakabhururuka kakatamba pabukira reruva remuroti. Chaiva chokwadi kuti “kashavishavi kadiki kane nyanga dzako dzakapinza, uye kashavishavi katomira pamusoro pako.” Kushambira-shava nemufaro, sekunge kuri kuti, “Zhizha rakanaka!”

Husiku hwezhizha, denga rakajeka rizere nenyeredzi. Ndinogara ndichida kutarisa denga rinoyevedza rine nyeredzi.
Tarisai, nyeredzi dzisingaverengeki dziri kupenya sematombo anokosha, uye denga guru rakaita sechidzitiro chikuru. Dzimwe nguva nyeredzi diki dzakaita sematombo anokosha akaiswa muchidzitiro chebhuruu, achipenya nechiedza chisina kujeka; dzimwe nguva dzakaita semaziso madiki ari kupenya, achitsvaga chimwe chinhu panyika nechido.

Denga rakazara nenyeredzi muhusiku hwezhizha inyika yakasununguka, havazondiudze zviratidzo zvavo, pfungwa dzavo, hunhu hwavo, uye havazokuregi uchiona chitarisiko chavo zvakajeka, vanongogadzira nzvimbo yekufungidzira iwe, rega Iwe ufungidzire, ugadzire, uye uvake!