Iminyaka engaphezu kwemibili, uMargarita Sulankina ungumama ojabulayo, ukukhulisa izingane ezimbili - uValery noSergey. Ngalesi sikhathi, izingane azizange nje zivuke, kodwa futhi zema. Futhi konke lokhu ngenxa yothando, ukunakekela, ukunakwa nokukhuliswa okufanele.
"Into ebaluleke kakhulu emndenini wethu nakule nqubo yokukhuliswa uthando! - I-Margarita Sukhankina. - Uma uthanda izingane, zizizwa, noma ngabe unjalo, njengomama, unamandla nazo. Kubonakala sengathi baqwashisa ukuthi konke okusendlini nasempilweni kwenziwa egameni lesikhathi sazo nekusasa. Kubalulekile ukukhuluma nezingane, njengakubantu abadala: Noma kunjalo iqiniso lokuthi uLera noSeyazha basencane, bangilalela futhi bangethembe.
Umsebenzi wami ukuchaza izingane, "Yini enhle, yini okubi." Ngingitshela ukuthi ngomunye nomunye udinga ukwaba amakhukhi noma ama-orange e-slicker orange, kanye nabangane - amathoyizi. Ngifuna ukufundisa i-Lero nezinto ezilula kakhulu, kodwa ezibalulekile: ukuthanda, ukuqonda nokuzwelana, zinakekelene. Ngesikhathi sindawonye, bashintshe kakhulu: kuhluke ngokuphelele, izingane zasekhaya. Sinidweba, sidwebe, funda, ukubhukuda echibini, ukugibela amabhayisekili, dlala nabangani. Kuyiqiniso, bahamba ngomkhumbi, futhi bayazitha, kepha bayazi okuhle nokubi. Uma kuphakama noma yiziphi izingxabano phakathi kwazo, ngihlala ngizama ukuchaza ukuthi umfana akufanele acasule le ntombazane, kufanele avikele, alondoloze futhi asiza, futhi, nalo, le ntombazane kufanele futhi lisize umfowabo. Uma uLera egijimisana futhi athinta ukudabuka, kufanelekile futhi acele intethelelo: "U-Serezhah uyaxolisa, angikho ngempela."
Nginaka kakhulu impilo yabo: lapho siqala ukuhlala ndawonye, kwadingeka ngixazulule izinkinga ezithile, kodwa, ngenhlanhla, vele ngemuva. Sedge kulo nyaka kuya esikoleni, futhi usuvele ulungiselela lokhu. ULera akaqhuma ngemuva: kanye nomfowabo bafunda ukubhala, ukufunda, ukubala. Ababelethi bangisiza ukukhulisa izingane. Kubandakanya, baqapha ukudla, ukuze u-Lera nama-Serge ahlala abe nemifino eningi, izithelo, iphalishi kanye nesobho - konke okudingayo ngomzimba wezingane ezikhulayo. I-Lerochka, njengesihambeli sabavakashi esizayo, ngifundisa ukupheka, hlanza, futhi uhola umnotho. Kuyaqapheleka ukuthi uyayithanda ngempela. "