Ewe, ngubani phakathi kwethu ebuntwaneni engazange athathwe yizinto ezenzekayo kwinkwenkwe uMowgli, eyakhutshwa yipaki yempisi?
Kodwa ke kwakubonakala ngathi le nto yayingummangaliso ongumbhali wombhali onolwazi uRudyard Kipling, kwaye ngobomi bokwenene akukho nto inokwenzeka.
Kodwa ke ... I-photographer yaseLondon uJulia Fullerton-Batten iqokelele amabali angama-12 athusayo ngoMowgli wamanje kwaye awabumbene kwiprojekthi yezithombe ezihleliweyo "Abantwana abangenamakhaya".
Qaphela, ezinye iinkcukacha ziya kuthusa!
1. UJenie, eU.SA, ngo-1970.
Le ntombazana yayingekho inhlanhla emva kokuzalwa. Uyise wakhe wagqiba ekubeni wayekho emva kokuphuhliswa kwaye akahlali kwintlalo. UJanie wasebenzisa ubuninzi bakhe ebuntwaneni bodwa, ehleli emanzini amancinci eklasini elincinane ekhaya. Esi sihlalo walala! Xa uneminyaka eyi-13, le ntombazana yayinomama kwintlalo yoluntu, apho abasebenzi bakhankanya ukuziphatha okungaqhelekanga ekuziphatheni kwakhe. Kwaye akumangalisi, kuba uJenie akakwazanga ukuthetha isandi esisodwa, kwaye esoloko esiqhaqhaqhazelayo kwaye sitshiza. Le meko yayilinga iinzululwazi ezininzi. Ngokuqinisekileyo uJeni waba yinto yophando kunye nokulinga. Emva kwexesha wafunda amagama ambalwa, nangona kwakungenakwenzeka ukuwaqokelela kwizivakalisi. Eyona mpu melelo yayifunda iimibhalo ezimfutshane kunye nezakhono ezincinci zokuziphatha kuluntu. Emva kokutshintshana, uJenie wayehlala kunye nonina kunye nezinye iintsapho ezithandana naye ixesha elincinane, apho wayedlula ukuthotywa kunye nobudlova! Emva kokuxhaswa koogqirha bemi, ukuphuhliswa kwentombazana kwakhona kwavela ngokukhawuleza kwaye kuphele ukuthula. Kwixesha elithile igama lakhe lilibalekile ngokupheleleyo, de kube umcebisi-bucala wazisa ukuba wayehlala kwisiko kubantu abadala abasalumkileyo.
2. Intaka-intaka yaseRashiya, ngo-2008.
Imbali yeVanya Yudin esuka eVolgograd isandul 'ukuvuselela bonke abeendaba. Kwavela ukuba le nkwenkwe engaphantsi kwe-7 ivalwe ngumama egumbini, yintenitshala kuphela eyayiziqhekeza ngeentaka! Kwaye, nangona iVanya yayingekho phantsi kobundlobongela, kwaye unina wayemondla rhoqo, wayencitshisiwe into ebaluleke kakhulu - unxibelelwano! Le ngqungquthela inkwenkwe yenzela ngoncedo lwabahlala naye ... kwaye ngenxa yoko, uVanya akazange afunde indlela yokuthetha, kodwa yedwa ekhupha njengentaka kwaye yavusa amaphiko akhe. Ngoku intshontsho yenkwenkwe iphakathi kwindlela yokuvuselela kwengqondo.
3. Madina, eRashiya, ngo-2013.
Ibali le ntombazana liya kukumangalisa ngakumbi! Kuyaziwa ukuba iminyaka engama-3 uMadina wayehlala kuphela kunye neenja, wayidla ukutya, walala waza wazinza xa ebanda. Unina wentombazana wayenxile kakhulu emini, kwaye uyise wayishiya intsapho ngaphambi kokuzalwa kwakhe. Ababonela ngamehlo bathi ngelixa uMama enendwendwe egxininisayo, uMadina wahamba kunye neenja kuzo zonke iine emanzini aze athathe amathambo. Ukuba uMadina naye ubalekele kwindawo yokudlala, akazange adlale, kodwa wawahlasela nje abantwana, kuba wayengenakukwazi ukuthetha nangayiphi indlela. Ngethuba elifanayo, oogqirha banikezela ngethemba elizayo kwixesha elizayo le ntombazana, eqinisekisa ukuba ufuna ukulungelelaniswa nokuqeqeshwa kuphela.
4. Marina Chapman, Columbia, 1959.
Nangona uneminyaka eyi-5, uMarina wathunjwa kwidolophana yakhe yaseMzantsi Melika kwaye waphoswa ngabaphangi ehlathini. Yonke le nto wayehlala phakathi kweenkwenkwezi ze-capuchin, de wafunyanwa ngabazingeli. Wadla konke okuveliswa yizilwanyana - iingcambu, amajikijolo, amabhanana. Walala emigodini yemithi, wahamba kuzo zonke ezine kwaye wayengenakukwazi ukuthetha nhlobo. Kodwa emva kokulondoloza ubomi bentombazana engazange bube bhetele - wathengiswa kwisibhedlele, waza waba ngumkhonzi kwintsapho kaMafiosi, apho ummelwane wakhe wamsindisa khona. Nangona wayenabantwana abathathu, indoda enomusa yayikhusele intombazana, kwaye xa yayineminyaka esemthethweni, ngo-1977, yamncedisa uMarina ukuba abe nomgcini wezindlu e-UK. Kwakukho apho intombazana yanquma ukulungisa ubomi bakhe, isatshati kwaye yazala abantwana. Ewe, kunye nentombi yakhe encinci uVanessa, uMarina naye wabhala incwadi ethi "Intombi engenalo igama"!
5. Inqanawa evela eMaspagne, eFransi, ngo-1731.
Ibali likaMarie Anzhelik Mammy Le Blanc, nangona i-prescription yalo, yaziwa kwaye ibhalwe! Kuyaziwa ukuba iminyaka engaphezu kwe-10, uMarie wahamba ehlathini eFransi yedwa. Ephethe ibhola, intombazana yazikhusela izilwanyana zasendle, yadla iintlanzi, iintaka kunye namaxoxo. Xa, ngo-19 ubudala, uMarie wayebanjwe, isikhumba sakhe sasivele simnyama kakhulu, iinwele zenye i-plex ene-tlex, kunye neminwe yakhe iphosakekile. Le ntombazana yayihlala ilungele ukuhlaselwa, yayijonge kwaye yasela amanzi kuwo onke emine ukusuka emlanjeni. Wayengazi intetho yomntu kwaye wayethetha ngokulila nokukhula. Kuyaziwa ukuba wayengenakulinganiswa nokutya okwenziwe ngokulungeleyo nokuba, ukhetha ukufumana ukutya kwakhe kwaye adle izilwanyana eziluhlaza! Ngomnyaka we-1737, kunokuba kumnandi ukuzingela, le ntombazana yayikhuselekile yiNdlovukazi yasePoland. Ukususela ngeli xesha, ukuvuselelwa phakathi kwabantu kuye kwazisa isiqhamo sokuqala-intombazana eye yafunda ukuthetha, ukufunda nokutsala abalandeli bokuqala. UDicarca wayehlala e-Champagne ade aneminyaka engama-63, waza wafa ngo-1775 eParis.
6. I-Leopard Boy, India, 1912.
Nangona ebudeni beminyaka emi-2 le ntombazana encinci yayidluliselwa ehlathini yingweyi yowesifazane. Emva kweminyaka engama-3, umzingeli, xa ebulala isidumbu, wathola kwiqonga leebhokhwe zakhe kunye nentombazana eneminyaka emihlanu ubudala! Emva koko yinkwenkwe yabuyela kwintsapho yakhe. Kuyaziwa ukuba ixesha elide le nkwenkwe yagijima kuzo zonke iine, ixuma kwaye ikhala. Kwaye iminwe ezandleni zakhe, ijwayele ukugoba kwii-angles ezilungileyo, ukunyuka ngokukhululekile kwimithi. Kwaye nangona kunjalo ukuba ukulungelelanisa kwamnika "umntu" ukhangela, inkwenkwe yengwe yayiphila kungekudala, ifa ngenxa yesifo somlingo (oku kwakungekelwe ngenxa yobungqina bayo buntwaneni!)
7. Kamala no-Amala, u-India, ngo-1920.
Elinye ibali elibi - u-Amala oneminyaka engu-8 ubudala kunye no-Kamala oneminyaka engama-anesine ubudala, watholakala kwindwendwe yempisi ngu-Joseph Singh ngo-1920. Wayekwazi ukuthabatha amantombazana kuphela xa iindlovu zashiya indawo yokuhlala. Kodwa inhlanhla ayizange ishintshe isenzo sakhe. Ukufumana amantombazana bebengakulungele ubomi kunye nabantu, amaqela ezandla kunye neenyawo zabo zazingcoliswa ebomini kuzo zonke ezine, kwaye bakhetha ukutya iidiliya ezitsha kuphela! Kodwa ngokumangalisa, ukuva, ukubona nokuvumba kwakunjalo! Kuyaziwa ukuba u-Amala wafa ngonyaka emva kokuba afumaneka, kwaye uKala wafunda nokuhamba ngokuthe ngqo kwaye athethe amagama ambalwa, kodwa ekufikeni kweminyaka eyi-17 wafa ngenxa yokungaphumeleli kwezintso.
8. Oksana Malaya, Ukraine, 1991.
Le ntombazana yafunyanwa kwinja yenkenjana eneminyaka eyi-8 ubudala, eyona-6 yayiphila ngemilenze emine. Kuyaziwa ukuba abazali abanxilisayo baxosha u-Oksana ngaphandle kwendlu, kwaye ukufuna ukufudumala kunye nomnqweno wokuphila kwamsondeza kwenkenja yenja. Xa le ntombazana ifunyenwe, yayiziphatha njengenja kunomntwana-yagijima kuzo zonke iine ngolwimi lwayo lwalukhupha ngaphandle, lwaluphazamisa kwaye lwalumisa amazinyo. Ulwaphulo olunzulu lwamnceda uOksana ukuba athathe izakhono ezentlalo ezincinci, kodwa uphuhliso lumile kwinqanaba lomntwana oneminyaka emihlanu ubudala. Ngoku u-Oksana Malaya uneminyaka engama-32 ubudala, uhlala e-Odessa epulazini, phantsi kolawulo olungqongqo kunye nokunyamekela.
9. I-Wolf Girl, Mexico, 1845/1852.
Yaye le nto mbazana, eyakhutshwa yizimpisi, ayizange ivumeleke ukuba ithambile! Kuyaziwa ukuba amaxesha amaninzi wabonwa emiyo emine ephakamileyo yeengcuka ezihlasela iibhokhwe, ezitya iibhokhwe kunye nobisi obusayo kwimpisi.
10. uSujit Kumar okanye umfana wenkukhu, iFiji, ngo-1978.
Lo mntwana wajeziswa ngenxa yokuziphatha kakubi kwindlu yokukhupha njengesijeziso. Ewe, emva kokuba umama anciphise ubomi bakhe, kwaye ubawo wa bulawa, utata wam wathatha imfundo. Nangona kunjalo, iindlela zakhe, nazo, azikwazi ukubizwa ngokuba yizinto ezintsha, kuba esikhundleni sokuthatha umzukulu, wakhetha ukuwuvala kunye neenkukhu kunye neendwangu. Bahlangula uSujit kwi-coop yenkukhu eneminyaka eyi-8. Kuyaziwa ukuba le nkwenkwe iyakwazi ukukhwela kunye nokubetha. Wayeyidla ipekki, waza walala njengentaka, ehleli kwaye ecinezela unyawo lwakhe. Abasebenzi kwikhaya labahlengikazi bamyisa ekubuyiselweni kwabo ixesha elithile, kodwa apho inkwenkwe yayiphatha kakubi kakhulu, apho yayibophelelwe iminyaka engaphezu kwe-20 kunye nephepha kumbhede! Ngoku, umntu omdala, u-Elizabeth Clayton ummlandele, owambona njengomntwana kwi-henhouse.
11. Ivan Mishukov, uRashiya, 1998.
Nangona eneminyaka emine, emva kokuxhaphazwa kwendlu, uVanya wabaleka ekhaya. Ukuze aphile, le nkwenkwe yaphoqeleka ukuba iguqulwe kwaye icele. Ngethuba elifutshane, yena, njengowakhe, wathatha ipaka yezinja. Ngabo, u-Ivan wadla, walala waza wadlala. Kwaye ngakumbi - inja "yamisela" inkwenkwe njengenkokeli yabo! Phantse iminyaka emibili uVanya wayephila ubomi obulahlekileyo kunye nama-quadrupeds, de kubekho indawo yokukhusela. Kuze kube yimini, le nkwenkwe idlulile ngokupheleleyo ukuhlaziywa koluntu kwaye iphila ubomi obupheleleyo.
12. UJohn Szebunya okanye iMonkey Boy, Uganda, ngo-1991.
Ebona indlela uyise obulala ngayo unina, uJohn Ssebunya oneminyaka emithathu ubudala wabaleka ekhaya. Wafumana indawo yakhe yokukhusela ehlathini kunye neenkwenkwezi. Kwakukho kwezi zilwanyana awayezifunda iindlela zokusinda. Isiseko sokutya kwakhe kwakuyizimpande, amazambane, amantongomane kunye ne-cassava. Emva kokuba le nkwenkwe ifunyanwe ngabantu, waphathwa ixesha elide kwiimpompo kunye neefowuni ngamadolo. Kodwa, ngaphandle kokuba uJohn wafunda ngokukhawuleza ukuthetha, wafumanisa enye italenta-ilizwi elihle! Ngoku inkunzi yenkwenkwe yindumiso, kwaye iyakwazi ukubonwa kwintetho nakwi-UK njengenxalenye yeChorus yaBantwana "iiparele zase-Afrika"!