KAP TAHIH IN

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_(10/02/2019)_

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Sun nilhum a na kitong chu kagim val’in matah imutding tia anneh jou a lupna kajot paile hiche nilhah khel² chun ei hin text atam dehset in, keijong ning kihel pumin Facebook a status ki update ho kavet lele laitah hin nungah khat lhase tah a thu hin post khat kahin kamudoh e. Athu hinjih chu kasim suh² in ahile koima hetphah louhel in athusei ho chun ka lung atongkha lheh jeng in, a profile ka check pai tan ahile tuibong lang a Bethel veng a um, amin chu Shishi kiti khat ana hi e. Amel chu kavet le kamukhah abang lheh jeng in, ka vet suh be le a dongmapa toh ana ki post na lim ho kamudoh kit in, ka lungthim a chun, _“Hibang a kilom lhon a ipi dia kimoh khen thei lhon hamo?”_ katin kana lungdon pi lheh e. Pasal pa in akhen dan chu hintin, alha set dan vang chu midang kikhen a ki lhaset toh abang pon, thulah lou keichun kana pohnat pilheh jeng in ahi. Chubang a imutsoh pa chu hiche thu kahinmu chu ka lipset jeng in, _“Ipidia hibang a ki lungset jiuva kikhen thei u ahidem? Oleh, kikhen hi ki lungset hinkho mangho chena lhongpi ham?”_ tin lungset ipi ham ti hephalou kei lungthim chu ana dongkheh tai. Kana kigel laitah in ka loipa Mamang inin phone eihin bol in, _“Min, hungloi o. Lampi a nungah khat gari katolna a ka sukha e. Hospital a pohlut ngaiding ahie. Tu mama in o. Khomoi hindel o”_ ahinti chun kaloipa nopmo sahding deilou jeh in, ka half pant pum chun ka garineo kaki start in kengkoh khao khitman lou hel in ka umna SEMOL a kon’in KHOMOI kahin delsuh tai.

Khomoi leibul kaphah hin lampi pang a mi ana dimset in kenjong gari ka kham in kavet le kaloipa ana um in, gangchel in car sunga ka hengdoh un district hospital kahin del taove. Nungah nu chu amai thi adimjeng in, kho helou in athi abang tan, haina hu neilou in aumtai. Gari tol kahijeh chun kino thim tah in katol in, Mihem khat hinna ding mun del akihi jeh chun breaker umna lamjong helou khop in dunglen vailen kahin lhahpi tai. Kaga lhun u chun emergency ward a ka tollut lai uvin, doctor ho’n ahin buipi lele tauvin ahile minute 10 jouvel hin ahung haidoh tan, hichun lunggel ahung nopdom tai.

Houpi thei ahi nailou jeh chun koi ahi akihethei naipon, amin le aumna hetthei na ding I-card ho la khatcha akipoh khah lou jeh chun ima akihethei poi. Jan nidan 11 lang alhing tan, hichun themkhat houpi thei ahung hitan, keichu loule ai chole a ka lhai lele jeh chun ka um manpon, ka loipa in ahoupi in ahile amin ahinsei doh thei in hichun gangchel in a inko te a hetsah uvin, amaho jong ahung lhung pai tauve.

Damdoi chohna a pat plastic dimset a damsoi kahin khai a ward sung lutding katile mi ana dimset kitta’n, ana eulha jeng uvin, kaloipa abolchah diu kahisah in lunggim nan kadim tai. Kadin lele chu doctor pan ahin mudoh in _“Hungloi tango. Nang naki ngah hichume”_ tia eihin sen jeng phatchun ka lhailut jel in ka thilchoi chu kapetai. Inmai lang a ei soldoh tauvin ahile a inko te toh kahung kihou tauve. Chubang a ka dipchah laitah in, Mamang le kei kom’a chun kipa thu achuti seijeng tauvin keini chu lungdang tah in kakiveto lhon e. Anu in, _“Nao teni,tuni na naonu lhon nahin mudoh lhon hi kakipah val uve Boi. Damsot lhonin lang, thilpha nabol lhon hi keihon lesah jou hih u jongleng Pathen in atamjo in nahin ledit peh lhon teihen”_ atin lhilong pum in asei tan, kenjong kiphatlam tah in kaloipa suhkhah ahidan kasei le, Anu in, _“Ki phatlam lhon hihbeh in. Nilhah anne ding a kakou le a room kikhailih kigo ding kisa a ana um ahi. Ka lungna val a kapho le hung jamdoh a hichea pat ka holmo ahi. Athi mel kamu sang a hitia ka chanu haina hu neipum a nei nungmu sah lhon hi kakipah val e Boi.”_ atitan, hichun ka lungkham na lhon ahung oldom e. Kaki houlim² uvin ahile doctor ho’n nungah nu kisuh khah na a thisan aha lonval jeh a thisan khaipeh ding thu ahinsei tauvin, Anu kavet le la alungkham mel kamu phat chun kave joupon, a pethei ding dinmun a umding koima aumlou jeh chun kei kahung kipedoh kittai.

Room kaga lut kon’in Pathen kom’a taona kanei tan, _“Paa. Tunia hi hiche ka hinkho a ding a thisan kapeh masat pending hi genthei te chunga alhun ding jeh in namin ka thangvah e. Adamlou nu damna hitei ding in na anga kahin lhan e”_ katin ka luttai. Thisan ahin lhohlha tauvin a dammo nu khaipeh din achoidoh tauve. Keijong ka tha abei thimjeh chun hilai a chun kaki cholden tai.

Kho helou in kana imulha tan, jingkho ahungvah hin hospital sung a kana um chu gangchel a kagel le kalung ahung dong man in, hinlah thu umdan ho kahe pai in kaga potdoh le ka loipa le nungah nu anu chu hiche nungah nu koma chun ana toulhon in ana lulhu det² lhone. Doctor round ahung tan, Anu suhkhah ding chula nom kasa kitpon, lekha a ajih chohding ho jouse chu achoding in kache kittai. Hichan jong chun hiche nungah nu mel chu kamu naipoi. Kahung kile lang in ana khangdoh lhontan anu chu akiphatlam kei in hinlah ka lhamon in Mamang jong tot bolthem ahijeh chun totna kaseikhom uvin ka nuikhom kit tauve. Jingkah buneh phat ahung lhing kitta’n, Anu le Mamang chu hotel a bune ding in kasol in kei ka umden tai. Ka umthim mo kei in, lou lekha ho chu kaven ahile amin Shishi, Bethel village tia kijih kamu chun ka lungmit ahung hah doh in, _“Janlhah a facebook a kamu nuchu ahidem?”_ tin kei le kei kaki dong tai. Hichun _“Ka dang achah val’e. Tui neipe uvo”_ tia onem heuva hung kisei chu kaja in kakihei le ka buipi nu chu anahi phat in gangchel in akom a bottle kalan akam a donsah ding katia amai kavet chun, Oh!!! Facebook a kana mu Shishi chu ana hitan ahile kaking dot jeng’in ka veden tan ahile bottle chu ahin tham in, hichun kenjong olchan kadonsah tai. Amel chu atah in ahoijo in pasal mitvet dingchun melhoi na tah khat anei in, vet nom² aum e. Gah houpi ding chula mi adamlou ahijeh chun aham ngapchat louding kahe kit in ka houpi ngam kitpoi. Chomkhat chu kihoulou beh in kaum lhon in, chomkhat jouin Mamang teni jong ahung lhung lhon tai. Keijong anne dingin ka chephei in hinlah hotel sung a chun ipi kaneh ham? tijong helou in koima eisol na loubeh khat chun, hiche numei nu hinkho kahin hetnom na’n kadim tai.

Hospital kale lhun hin Mamang le Shishi nu chu pamlang a ana um lhonin, kenjong ima seilou in window a kon chun Shishi chu kave tan ahile guhthim in ana lhisoh tai. Galut jengdi chula nom kasa kitpon, hinlah a hinkho thusim chu thudu keiman kahetnom lheh jeng’e. Sun nilhum in ka lung amoh bui² tan, kakitim joulou phat in Anu kamoh doh tai. _“Henu, nagelthei dileh na chanu hinkho thusim nei seipeh o. Ipijeh a hitia hi umham?”_ tia kadoh jengle hiti him ahinsei e. _“Amin Shishi ahi. Adang sei thupi ding aumpoi. A kilungset pi pa in ahin khen jeh a hitia hi umkha ahi. Ipi kilungset ham? kahe hih e. Ipidia tulai nungah gollhang aki lungset hohin nahin lungset lou u khatjeh a hinkho kisan na it jilou u ham? Najiding hilou khat hibang a na lungset ule na jiding nu/pa chu itobang in na lungset tadiuvem? Nangho bon hichan a naki lungset u leh na hingnu le na hingpa in ichan a nahin lungset uva na hinkho u a itding hitam?”_ atin alhisoh tai. Kenjong kadohbe in, _“Henu, ipijeh a pasal pa chun akhen jengham?”_ kati leh, _“Anule pa te’n a phatsah lou ahi. Tulai a neilou ngalou te ding in leiset a mun a ong tapoi. Ichena lang² a mi muset kichang ahitai. Chihnan hinnei uvin”_ tin ei donbut in ahile kenjong thu umdan ho kahin hethem tan, hichun kenjong Shishi hinkho kikhelsah ding lungthim kahinnei tai.

Hospital a kaum sung u chun inlang kapha kha tapon, thu jong phone a ka nute kaseipeh tho ji in, chuna ban a kisil khalou akihi tahjeh chun inam jong akisuh tapoi. Perfume a kidoi ding ahi tahlou jeh in kaloipa kisil ding in in a kasol in ama ahung lhun in kei kache kit in hitichun kaki lhah lele tauve. Mamang in asuhkhah ahijeh chun sum lutding ho jong Mamang in, _“Keiman podoh nang’e”_ atin, hinlah Shishi nu ada in, hijongleh Mamang in ama account a kon in sum a draw ji in sum lut ho chu ahin pedoh thu² tai. Shishi nu in, _“Keiho insung mitmo jeh in nangni na genthei lhon valta e na? Min. Nei ngaidam uvo.”_ tin ki phatlam tah in aham in ahile Mamang in, _“Henu, imajouse kei mitmo jeh ahie. Keijoh nei ngaidam uvo. Min, nang in jong nei ha buipi val tae. Nachung lhon a kakipah e”_ ahin tikit in ahile ka vesal in, _“Hung kikam thep sah hih o. A tah² to nahung kilou e”_ katile kabon uvin kahung nuidoh kit uvin, chomkhat kah² chu lungdon suhlhap nan ka nuikhom jiuve. Mamang le Shishi nu chu Shishi dam le damlou buipi in aum lhonin, keivang Shishi genthei kile na ding joh kahol pantai. Amani ana lut masa lhon tan, keivang pamlang a kading in kaki ngaito den tan ahi. Window a konin guhthim in a umchan ho kave jingkei tan, hitia kavet jing laitah chun amel hoina ka mudoh cheh² in ahile kalunga deina khat ahin neidoh tan ahi.

Ka umkhom pet ule ima tilou dan in aum ji in, hinlah ka dalhah teng ule vang guhthim in alhi ana long jingkei e. A umchan chu ka lum vetjou tapo’n, moh lung in ka lungset doh tai. Pasal khat hina in vang, numei idei tho laise in nom akisa na in, ihin lungset doh tah² le vang genthei kipan ahitai. Nikhat jong window a kon’a kavet laitah hin aki hei lele in, akom a bottle kitung alah kigot le drip akikhai jeh a alah phahlou chu alah kigot kamu in ka deljel in ka petai. Aman acham a donthei loujeh chun hitichun achoiden in kenjong ka hethem pai in ka donsah tai. Hiche nikho a kaki thopi na chu ka lung akipah lheh e. _“Min, kakipah e”_ ahinti chu ka kingdot in, _“aare. Shi. Hoia kona kamin nahet ha?”_  katile _“Keimin nang in hia nahet na leh?”_ ahinti kit phatchun kakimoh nuisat lhon in hiche nikhoa a kipa mel kamu chu, kiseival jeple vantil mu kabang jeng’e.

Hiche nia kipat chun kahung kihoudoh lhon tan, ahile ka lung kipa nan adim in, hinlah akah lah tengle guhthim a ana lhiso jichu kamu ji phatle vang kenjong aguh in kalhi kana kitheh jin ahi. Nikhat akapet kaga tohkha in, _“Shi. Ipi buina nanei ham? Ipi na lungnopmo piham o?”_ tia kadoh le akun suh in, _“Min, ka hinkho hi ahing dinga jong kakidei talou ahi. Hinlah, athi ding a Pathen in eiphal nailou hinte. Janlhah a chu keile kei kithat ding a kigel a leia kon’a kichom lha dinga kaki got le kaki lho khel a kanung lhuh ahin, hiva chu naloipa in ei suhkhah dan a um kha ahibou e. Kei jeh in nangni na genthei val lhon ta e. Nei ngaidam lhon o na?”_ ahiti in, kenjong kadohbe in, _“Na hinkho thusim chu kenjong kahet nom nah e”_ kati le a dongmapa toh akingai lai thuho abon in amit a mitlhi pum chun ahinsei tan, kum 2 val kingai lhon ta a hinlah nulepa deisah achan lhon loujeh a khenna ato lhon chu ahinsei tan ahile ka lungset na akibe cheh² tan ahi. Hibang a numei khat in pasal khat a lhahlel vangchu kagel le ka datmah lheh e. Athu asei chai chun ahung kinuh dohtan ahile kenjong kalhem in, _“Shi,. *KAP TAHIH IN* Pathen in nangdia agonlou joh in gel in lang na malam dingjoh ngaito o”_ katipeh in, ka lhem tan ahile amanjong, _“Henge. Hitia kilhep tailou chu lampi dang umlou ma ahitai”_ ati in, chomkhat jouin Anu le Mamang ahung lut lhon in nehthei ahin choh lhon chu kaneuvin totna kasem khom kit tauve. Hospital a kaum sung u chun akom lah a damlou um honjong nom asa lheh uvin, keiho totna sem chun kanui khom jiuvin, ka hetkhah lou mi tampi toh kahung kiheto e. Hapta khat lhingset ka um uvin, ka hung potdoh kon uvin kakomu va umho chun ei lhalel kei uvin, _“Um nalai tangu vo. Min. Nangho pot leu chun lunghel umval di ta hila”_ atiuvin, hijongleh doctor ho thupeh ahijeh chun ki lhalel tah in kahung kikhen tauve.

Shishi te in kaga lhung tauvin ahile a in u chu akitup chet jeng in, inbang a lim kitah ho chu kavet le tan ahile sepai limkhat kamu in, kenjong Shishi kadong pai tan ahile, _“Min, kapa ahie. Kum 4 chesa a chu ana umlou ahitai.”_ ahinti chun alim kitah chu hoisel a ka thah vet le athini kijih chu kamudoh in, kana doh khah chu kaki phalam lheh e. Hichun vailhun maicham kasem un, Pathen koma kipa thusei le kei le Mamang chunga kipathu phon na pum in taona kamang uvin, Shishi damna ding toh gom in ka tao uve.  A insung u hahsat dingdan chu kagel le keijeng in jong hahsa kasa in, kiseibe leh, Shishi Jong insung a chanu changkhat a aneiu ahijeh chun Anu in homtho tah in abol in, alungset lheh e. Hichea kon chun Shishi phone number kahin kipah doh tan, Mamang in jong akilah in nilhah khat a din kahung kikhen tauve. In kaga lhun chu jong kikaplha kabang jeng in, kalal danchu nungah jong kagel ngapchat tahih e. Bujong nelou hel in ka imu in ajing in sun pung 12 lang in kahung khangdoh bep e. Kanu in la kalal ahetjeh chun ei thou nom pon, keichula athi kana bah dan ahi. Katho a pung kavet le kamoh nui in, jingkal bu le sunbu sahkah mo in kahin netai. Chujou in ka phone kavet le Shishi akon miss call kamu in, WhatsApp kavet le _“Min. Ipidia kan call le na lahlou hamo? Shishi kahie.”_ ahinti chu kamupai in kenjong ka reply in, _“Ka ha imutval intin ima kana jahlou ahe Sorry”_ tin kathot in ahile ahin view pai in, aki phatlam na thuho asei in hinlah ken ka lhamon in thu chom² kasei lhon le nilhah anneh phat ana hikit tai.

Niseh in kaki houmat jing lhon tan ahile ki ngamsung na khat chu aum tan, a dongmapa toh akingai lai lhon thusim ho kadong ji in, thudang² ho jong kasei jilhon in totna kasei peh jile amajong ahung kipah thei pantan ahile keijong ka hinkho anom chom lheh e. Loile gol a kihe mai² dan in kaum lhon in, lungset na thu seiding chu ipi a kagel hitam? Ei kithat ding ka bahsah jeng’e. Ama loiho kaki hetpi ho toh jong ama thu kasei jiuvin, mipha ahidan le akitah na ho eisei peh uvin, _“Kihel o. Kisih pon nate”_ eiti jiuvin hinlah lungset thu gasei pat dingchu kagel le ama lungnopmo laitah ahijeh chun ima kasei ngam pon, eihin muda bepding kati aja in ka lunga kagel ho khatcha kasei doh theipo’n, aloiho kom joh a chun Shishi ka lungset dan ho kaha seijoh in ahile aloiho joh chun aha hetjoh dan in aum doh in, ka jachat le kaki sonlel danho kasei jile, _“O homo. Na hinkho in nungah kimu pon nate. Um theimbeh jengta’n”_ tin eihin dai jiuve. Hinlah ken ka lunggel a chun, _“Akipa na thei ding bol a, eihin lungset doh tengle seiding”_ tia ana kigel lha kahitai.

Nilhah khat Mamang in phone eihin bol in, _“Min, hungo tuni Shishi te in a gache te. Pha² hinam gave hite”_ tin eihin tem in, keijong ka lung lamtah ahijeh chun kakigong gangchel in SEMOL a pat Bethel veng kajonsuh lhon tai. Kaga lhun lhon le Anu toh bu ana neh lhon laitah ahijeh chun lutpai ding nom kasa lhon pon, inmai a chomkhat kading lhon in chomkhat jouin kaga lut lhon tai. Keini eimu lhon chun Shishi chu akipah lheh jeng in, gangchel in cha ahin om in, chomkhat kihoulim toh gom in cha kadon un kaki tot lele uvin ahile nilhah nidan 7 ana val tahjeh chun umnom lheh jong leng vaigei ahi tahjeh chun kile ding kati lhontan ahile Shishi in lampi Chan eihung thah lhon in kahung kikhen tauve. Jan in Shishi ka chuti gel² jeng tan, ka lungset na vang ana sang man lheh dan ahitai. Whatsapp a status ho kavet le ki lhaset na ngen ahin post ji in, ka lungthim a chun ama donbut na tobang in, _“Idia lungneo ji nahi ham? Na lungset kei kaum e. *KAP TAHIH IN*“_ kati ji in, hinlah atahbeh a seiding chula kaki pum ngapchat kit jipoi. Ama ding gelna a ama hetphah lou hel a genthei chu kahi mai e. Phat che dungjui in kihou dan jong ahung kikhel jep² tan, kenjong, _“Themkhat beh kisei hen”_ kati jin, tot toh gom in ka khohsah dan thuho kasei ji in ahile aman jong kipah tah in eihin donbut jin, ka lunga kinep na lentah eipeh dan in kahe e. Hiche phat laitah hi exam jou holiday kinei laitah khu ahi in, result ahung out a lekha aban simding hung kisei a thu kija ho vangchu keiding in lunghel ei kipe be in, Shishi kangaina ahung sang cheh² tan, phat chutih chan sei dohlou a ka um chu kakisih lheh e.

Ama kigel lhah na bangchun nursing jilding in Imphal lang a vaikon doh ding in aum tan, achedoh ding nilhah hin a in uva eikou in, ima choilou a cheding nom kasah loujeh chun diary khat ka chohpeh in packing anal na theipen in kabol in kachetai. Lamlhung kei in lunghel nan kadim in, hinlah hiche nikho changei  jong chun ka lungset na kana seidoh ngam deh naipon, ka lungset na thu hojong ka loipa ngaitah Mamang jeng jong kana seipeh poi. Hijeh chun aseidoh ding dan hhasa kasa lheh e. Ajeh chu ei kithopi ding kanei lou ahimai e. A inmai u kalhun le kamoh lunghel in, jing nikho a kon a kamu kit tahlou dingchu kagel le lhaset na leh lung kisih nan kadim lha jeng’e. Insung kaga lut le avon ana kigot laitah ahi in, kenjong kaki thopi in kagon chai lhon chun kenjong kathil choi chu kape tan ahile aman jong kipah tah in eisan peh e. _“Min, cha beh don ta na?”_ atin, cha ahin om in, kadon khom lhon in, hiche nikhoa ama cha om kadon chu kakipana aseije abei hel jeng’e. Alangkhat a lunghel nan kadim kittan ahi. Lungguh a kagel jing lungset thimthu ho seijeng ding la seiding kati tengle pasal kahina a lunglet kabol thei him² poi. Ka hamdoh kigot jongle kangai val jeh chun ka mitlhi joh along masa kigo jin, amai vet a thu chom² sei chu ahijenge. _“Shi. Lekha pontho tah in hinsim ta na? Nang potdoh le chun ka lunghel di danhi. Na hungdoh ding ni kana ngajing ding ahie”_ katin ahile ahung nui in, _“Keijong ka lunghel dan. Ngai naum val uve”_ ahinti chu ka lungsung chu kipa le lunghel aki halchop lha jengtai. Ki lhalel tah in kahung kikhen lhon tan ahi. Hiche ni jan chu kho jong vahda jengle kati nalom² e. Nilhah in a whatsapp status a diary kapeh lim ahin tahdoh in, _“Min. Kipa umval e. Nungah hoitah hin kimuo.”_ atin, keichu guhthim in ka lung ana thim in, _“Kenvang nangbou kadei e”_ kati in, Shishi ka Lungset na vang, atamjo ka lungthim toh kakihou jing tan, kam in aseidoh joulou thucheng hijat chu ka lungsung a ka I’m mang den jitai. Jan jong ka imu thei tapoi. Khovah kei in lunghel nan kadim in, Kanu ngaina in jong hitichun ka lunghel khapoi tileng kajou louding ahi.  Jing nikho Sunday nia chesoh ding ahitah jeh chun keijong ajing nikho in matah in devotion a kajao in alhung kei in Shishi ding in Pathen kom’a ka tao tai.

Amajong akalsong doh tan, aga lhun chun phone eihin bol in, _“Min. Ka lhung ta e. Ka umna dinghi a strict dan. SUNDAY boule phone ei choisah ji diu dan ahitai. Kan call jidi chuo. Ka lung ahel val e. Mangpha o na? Ka submit ditai “_ atin kei ei hamsah manpon, a cut pai tai. Ka lunghel valjeng tan, Shishi ngaina in ahpul in aphah ahcha ngui chetchut kabnag jengtai. Kon la ei hetphah peh lou. Kenjong niseh in eihin call ka ngah jing tan, hinlah kakinep na abang ji poi. A umna uva landline a kon in khatvei eihin call in, _“Min”_ tia eihin kou chun ama ahi kahepai in, bazar kaum pet ahivang chun kakipah val in, kipana mitlhi ana long lha e. Chomkhat kakihou lhon in, a gilkel ji thuho ahinsei chun ka dip adap in, _“Na nu ahunghat le nehthei kan pohsah ding ahie”_ katile akipah val in, kenjong hiche nikhoa a kon chun sum kakhol in Shishi nehthei ding cartoon dimset in ka heng in, apeh dingdan ka gelmo jel kittai. Akah le letter jihtha ding kati jin, hinlah kaki phatlam kitji in, ajole loicha hina builo khabep intin, hinkho a ki jachat sang in, katin kajih kit tapoi. Ajing in Anu phai a acheding jeh chun nehthei kathot tai.

Ahungdoh ding ngah in phatle nikho Kasim jing in, itih tah le ka lungset na thuhi kasei peh dem tin keile kei ka chuti ki hou² jeng tai. Khohsah tah a landline a eihin call jichu keiding in kipana lentah khat ana hiji in, kaki housung lhon jongle phat ka homtho jilhon val in a hamding kaki chutho leu jeng ji lhon’e. Ka umchan lhon chula aki lungset ho kabang jeng lhon in hinlah ken ima kaseidoh loujeh chun imacha ana hithei poi. Khatvei ka natoh pet hin ka phone ka charge pet hin eihin call in, hinlah ka phone ka pohlou jeh chun kana japha tapoi. Natoh kangah a ka phone kavet chun miss call ana umtan ahile Shishi ahichu kahet phat in ka phone kana kipoh dohlou chu kakisih val jeng’e. Ipi kisei dingham? Aman la phat ong aneisun a eihin call chula hintin, gelleh aki letsah eihisah dingchu kanom pon, keile kei ka chuti ki samset² kittan ahi. Ajing jingkah hin eihin call tan, ka pick le ahung phun pan te, janlhah a ka pick louchu ahinsei in kabuidan ho kasei le ei hethem in thudang² ahinsei in achaina lang in, _“Min, Friday nile kahungdoh dihe?”_ ahinti chu ka jaman hihbeh e. Leiset a melhoi pennu kamuding chula ahikittan, ohe! Ka ngahlelta nalom² e o. Calendar kavet le Tuesday ahi nalai in, wall clock chu kiheh gang henlang, Friday kilhunsah doh le kati val jeng’e. Jan imumo jen in ahungdoh nile ka thusei dingdan ho kakigel in, insung a kachang in thusei dingdan kakijil vangchu ahah thou e. Houin sunga speaker ding kabang jeng’e.

Ka ngalal pen Friday ahung lhung tai. Jingkal langhin Ahung lhung in, chubang a ka imut noplaitah chun ei hin call in, _“Min, ka hung lhung tae. Hungsuh o”_ eihin tichun keijong bu neman louhel in, brush kakibol man ham² in kaki kapsuh jel jeng tai. Kaga lhun le inmai a ana um in, kamuchu ipi kisei dingham? Leiset Mihem mit in ima hiponte. Hinlah keima mitvet in vang, hitobang a melhoi hi um taponte tin ka lungset na chun ka lung a ahin sejdoh jeng theije. Kaga lutle touna eihin pe in chomkhat kakihou lim2 lhon in, chujou in bazar a vading ati tan, achang a soldoh ding nom kasah loujeh chun bazar chan kaga  thah in, lampi kanding ahiphat le akhut katuh jin ka hithei na chan in ka veng jing in ahi. Huimut dia jong kaphallou kiti jichu ahi jeng’e. _“Hungo. Hotel khat a nehthei neute”_ katileh, _“Kaki kino thim chuo. Nidang leh o”_ atiphat chun kenjong khoh kasa dehpon kahung phei hung kit tauve.  Munkhat lai a hin ahung dingden tan, message eihin thot in, _“Min, nang ana che jeng ta na? Kaloiho ahung ta e.”_ ahin ti phatchun kenjong Henge katin anungche ding in kaum tan, hinlah ka lung athi theipon, kathim jui² in ahile pasal khat toh ana tou in, pasal pa chu kavet le masang a ana kingai pi, a ex pa chu ahitai. Kamit a kamu vangchun ka tahsan theipon, aki thah ngalhon dan a kagel vangchun ahithei kitpoi. Ka lungnat danchu kamit ajing lha jeng in, akah le ka lung hang jin, Kei eisol doh a mikhat toh aki muto chu kagel le kalai ana val in ka umna lang jeng jong ka he poi. Ga koudoh ding katile la _“Mi alungset khattoh umkhom ta khume. Ija a dongma bon kihilou”_ katikit in lhase tah in kahung kile tai.

Nilhah a phone eihin bol vangchun ka pick tapo’n, message jong ka vetpeh tapoi. Whatsapp ka vet le  ngaidam akithum in, a umchan chu ka lungset kit in, kipah tah in ka houpi kittai. Ijat a ka lunghan ji vang’in ka lungset na’n a joval jeh chun ka lunghan nading hoa jong ei nuisah jinge. Lunghan na tampi neijeng jongleng, ama masang a kipa mel putjing ding kagel jin, ka lhaset nikho teng jongle a o kajah jiteng le ka gentheina jouse ka haimil pai jitai.  Guhthim a apul kadou chu kakigel le pasal kaki samo val’in, _“Phatkhat le eihin sitval inte”_ katin, hiche nilhah chun kahung kigellha tan, akoma ka lunggel jouse seiding in kahung kigongtai. Apat ding dan la kahepon, ka lungset danvang leiset a pao hijat aum vang in a hilchen thei ding um ponte. Kenjong nilhah hin ka call in, ka lunggel jouse chu kaban seilhah tai. _*“Shi. Phat sotpi loile pai in ihung kipol in, ka umchan jouse akon in jong ka lungset na hetan nate tijong ka tahsan e. Hinlah, kammol kahijeh in ka lunga um ka LUNGSET na jouse hi aseidoh dingdan kana hejou poi. Phat lemchang tampi kamu na’n, hinlah ka seidoh ngam na phat tunin ahung lhungbep e. Nunlui ngai a naka na ho ka vejou poi. Tuni a konin, ka lungset neisan peh in, na lonlhi thehhul peh ingting, na golpha pen le na lungset pen hijing tange. Shi. Na lunglam lou ahikhah jongle nei ngaidam in. Keivang nang a ding mong² a ka hinkho jengjong ka phal ahitai. Shi. Kahin lungset e. Neisan peh tei o na?”*_ katitai. Chomkhat jouin ahung nui in, kipah tah in, _“Min. Tuni chu nahung pasal nah e na? Hiche thu nahinsei ding hi sot a kon’a kana nga ahitai. Kei numei joh hin kahinsei na nga kahisah ahi nalai e. Phat chutih chan nei genthei sah. Ka genthei thoh cheng jouse nang in nathoh kit dihe. Ana ve o. Ka thusei chu hethem o. Ka lungset lou nahipoi. Na gel sang a kahin lungset joh nahi. Ahivang in tunin sangthei nai ponge. Hijongle aki lungset chu ihitai. Seilou a jong hetthem thei ahi”_ ahin tichun O Manipur! Anome anome.

Hiche nikhoa konchun ki lungset tobang in kahung umlhon tan, kasei vaigei jeh a punishment eipeh jehchun ei engbol in, _“Nei lungset em?”_ tia kadoh ji tengle, _“umm. Ka lungset chu. Ahivanga iki ngai lhon nailou chuo. Haimil hihta”_ eiti jin, kenjong, _“Nei lungset poule apha ahijenge.”_ kana tipeh jie. Hiche thuhi koima ka hetsah lhon pon, kenjong ka loipa Mamang jengjong kana seipeh khah poi. Kaki lungset na lhon jong kum 2 lam achetan, hinlah lungtup molso dingvang chu koiman ka pandoh ngam lhonpoi. Ajehchu Shishi in jong a inko te koima hetsah lou, a loiho jong hetsah lou. Keijong chutima kahikit e. Nilhah khat hi ka tot in, _“Shi. Itih le ikichen di hamo?”_  katile ahung le tot in, _“Aphat² in potante. Phante itini khatle ikichen le hitahta”_ atiji in, keini kingai chu totna a mathah kahilhon e. Hasei dingla alung noplou ding kadei kit pon,  akipa na ding ahipoule kajo chan in ka pang jing in ahi. A course kichai dingkon ahitan, ahungdoh dingchu khaltui bang kangah jingtai. December le ahungdoh ding eihin seipeh in, kakipa danchu aseije abei heljeng e. Ahung tengle kapeh ding von jong tampi kakoipeh tan, Christmas gift ding chuleh adang² tampi jong ka koitha e. Niseh a calendar vetjong vangchu khop aum thouve.

December ahung hitan, kangalel jing, ka lunglai pahcha jong jing nikho le hungding ahitai ti kahet phatchun sun nilhum in kaki sutheng in, vanleng a hungding ka bahsah jeng’e. Nilhah hin Mamang in phone eihin bol in, _“Min. Jingle Shishi hungding ahitai atiu hilou hamo? Oleh, na het louham?”_ ahin ti chun kajah ahung chathim in, _“Atiu hilou hamo?”_ tia amajoh kaledoh le, _“Min. Koidang lou tia nangkom a kansei jeng ahie. Nommo vang sahih inlang, Shishi khu Tuchung ahungdoh kah beh hin keia ding in joldoh tate na? Iti nagel em? Ka inko te jong jingle Shishi ahung dohding le chadom a chepai ding atiuve”_ ahinti tan, hiche thu kajah chun ka lungchang a koina ding kahe tapoi.

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     *———- (PART 2) ———*
_(11/02/2019)_

_By_
_*TangpaMinneo*_

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*so masa banjom~*
_(hiche thu kajah chun ka lungchang akoina ding kahe tapoi.)_

Kipah tah a ka lungset Shishi lamto dinga kigongpa chu lunggim najoh in ka dim kittan ahi. Jingkho hungvah dingchu kaki khoto lheh jeng tan, ka mit kasing thei tapoi. Ka loipa thusei chu a ogin a kichai tah vang in ka lunga aging jing tai. Jan khovah in imumo helin kaki gel khovah den tan, jingkah kho ahung vahlhah gei in ka imu thei dehpoi. Shishi mel mungam louin kaum tan ahile inmai jengjong ka potdoh nom tapon, hijeh chun insung a kaum chahkheh tan ahile Shishi in eihin call in, _“Heu, ipi dia ka inhva nahung lou hitam? Kahung ding nahet hilou hamo?”_ tin eihin dong tai. Nidang a kamin a eina kouji ahin, hiche nikho chun *Heu* kiti thucheng chun ka mitlhi ana kaidoh jou e. Adamlou dan in kakisei in call ka hang-up paitai. Hijeh chun keiho inlang a Mamang toh ahung lhon in, kenjong kagal muchun ka lungmit in nupa tobang in kamu tan ahile kalung natna ahung kibe cheh² kittai. Ahung lhun lhon chun aphunding akichu thojeng lhon tan, hichun kenjong insung a katousah lhon in, Shishi chu cha omding in kitchen lang a achetai. Hichekah chun Mamang in kajah a, _“Min. Tuhi chance ahe. Ana sei ta na? Ken keiho inlang a a answer kana ngading ahitai”_ atin apotdoh paitai. Chomkhat jouin Shishi in cha ahin domin, _“Mamang lah ong?”_ tin eihin dong in, _“Achetai”_ katile, _“Apotdoh chuba akijensel e. Ningnoh sahbep”_ atin kakom a ahung touin, ka leng a kingai in, a umchan kavet le ka lungset na asang cheh² tan midang ang a apah ding chu kagel le ka lai ahung na in, akhut katuh in, _“Nao. Hungo tuni mama in kicheng tate”_ katile eihin ve in, _“Tot dehduh hih o. Kichen chu thilnom nahisah ham?”_ eihin ti tan ahile ka lunggel ima ahetlou jeh chun ima kasei nom kitpon, hinlah ka maiso akikhel chu aman jong nom asa kitpon, _“Heu. Na lungnopmo toh tave. Nanga ding kahie. Kon ipi seijongle nangdia kitepsa kahitai”_ tin eihin koi kit in, _“Phat hung che² le kei neihin dalhah a midang nakoi ding hi kamu masa e”_ katile ahung lunghang thim in, _“Ipi sei kisa nahi hamo?”_ tin eihin dong kittan ahile aban kaseibe nom tapoi. _“Shi. Igeisang khah ding kati aja e. Hungo che tate”_ katikit in ahile apum nop tapon, hijeh chun kenjong kaseibe nom tapoi. Ima seibe talou in ama jong in a achetan nilhah in Mamang in eihin call kittan ahile ka pick ngam tapon ahi. Ka lunggel aki not lha jengta’n, ka lungtup ka suh bulhit le keiho insung kikah a ki ngailut na atan ding ka gicha kit in, ka genthei nikho tengu le eina kithopi te insung chu Mamang te ana hijeh chun alung natna diu kana bol nompoi. Hinlah, hiche nikho chun insung ding gelna jal a ka lungset Shishi ka lhaso ding chu  ahi kittai.

Nilhah in Shishi in eihin call tan, _“Heu. Neihung kipui to”_ tin kappum in ahinsei tan ahile thu umdan hochu seilou in jong ka hethem tan ahi. Hetman loubeh in keijong kamit a konin ka mitlhi ahung valha tan ahile seiding kahethei tapoi. Kam nei kahivang in kaham thei tapon ahi. A pao masa ding umlou in ama akap in, ken itih a kajah ngamlou ka lunsget Shishi ka ogin kahin ja kittai. Kenjong, _“Shi. *KAP TAHIH IN*. Ka lungset nahe jingnai. Ka lungset valjeh a tuni a jong chu kasei nomlou a `kicheng tate` kahin tikhah ahi. Hinlah nang in na hethem poi”_ katile ahung ha ka cheh in, _“Angai po e. Kei nang tailou midang to kicheng ponge. Heu. Nei lungset lou hitam?”_ tia eihin dohchun ka mitlhi ka seljou tapoi. Phone ka cut in ka room a guhthim in kaga kap tai.

Kalunggel asan val jeh chun kho helou in kana lhutan, ajing jingkho vah in kahung khangdoh in ahile ka lupna a Mamang le Kanu ana umchu kamu in, _“Mang. Bu naneh tam?”_ katile _“Pung khu ve o”_ atin kavet le sun pung 11 lang ana hikittan, phat sottah chu kho helou a kana umdan ahi. Kakigel chan in Shishi bou ka lunga akilang jingkei in, janlhah a akihou u chu iti kihou lhah u ham kahe nomlheh tan, Mamang kadoh le kipah tah in, _“Min. Nang hapan jal in janlhah chun kanule kapa ho chuleh Shishi nule pa ho ahung kihou toh tauve.”_ ahinti chun ka nuimo sasa in kanui in hinlah hichethu ahinsei chun kalunglai tengcha a kisun bang in ana valjeng e. Polam mitvet in kaloi ngaipen chu ahin, hinlah ka lunggel a chun ka melma tobang ahung hidoh kittai. Ka lungthim a chun Shishi jong anom dan in kagel tan ahile lhaset nan kadim in, kahin jong kakisih lheh jie. Ka dammo kahchun ana thipai jengleng kana ti lheh jeng’in ahi.

Maimit kasing thei poi. Kamit kasin le Shishi ka lungmit in kamu jin, mou von a akivon a phungdang ajotding nikho kamu masa tan, a melhoi na kachan khah louding chu henasa in ka kapi tai. Ajing nikho in ama ana lhung masa in, chahphung lah a ana ding in, gal a kon a eihin mu chun keilang ahin del in, kenjong kadel phei in kakhut kajah in kajiding bangkhun ka anga koiding katile kakom ahung lhun kon’in mia ahiding kahin geldoh in ahile kading den in, kaki nunghei le kipah tah a eihin delnu chu kappum in kanung a konin eihin koi in, _“Heu. Ipidia tunia nei nung ngat jeng hitam? Kei suhkhel ipi um hamo?”_ ahin tin, ka mitlhi kasel in, aguh in kaki theh in, akhut kalahdoh peh in, _“Shi. Hiti dingbep a kilungset ina hilhon ahi maitai. Tunin genthei ken na anga ka bolthei aum tapoi. Chabel dopsa nahitai. A vaigei chu kahitai. Chen, iki tepna cheng angdang a ga molso tan”_ katile akinung hei in, _“Heu. Nang mildia neisoldoh ngam hitam? Nangdia kitepsa ka lungset nahi tuni chan in nang a ding in ka lhandoh jing nalai e. Hinlah nei paidoh ahitah jongle Heu. Nei lhahna bang in keijong mitlhi pum in angdang a gaoah tange. Ka insung mite in eisol a che invang kakigel poi. Nang seijoh kajui a cheding kahi”_ tia kappum in ahinsei chun ka lhaset na akibe cheh² in, amai a lhisoh louding a kaki tim² vangchun ahithei tapon, ka hung kapdoh tai. _“Nao. Nunlui tin akhin kou ngam poi. Hinlah tunia konin vang, khankho luicheng milta hite. Na phungchan na a hung vangpha’n lang phattheina jouse kahin thumpeh e”_ katitai. Ka thusei jong kicheh tah in ka seidoh thei tapon, Aman jong alhi akitheh in, _“Heu. Phungdang chang dia neisol jongle lungset tah in na lungsetna toh nei pehtha in. Tunichan a na lungset na jal a hinga, na thisan jala hinkho kaman ahi. Nang lungset ding in neiphal nalai o. Phungdang a chuldinh hita jongleng na lungsetna hi kipoh den tange”_. Kenjong _” *KAP TAHIH IN*. Na sei house itih a kadana umkha em? Kipoh in. Nangdia kana katdoh sa ahitai. Koima dang changding jong ka gelthei poi. Mang ka lungset nahi nangchung a monmang jeng hen. Ka hinkho a ka lungset masat pen le achaina bang nahitai”_ katile ima seibe talou in alhi akitheh in a chemang tai.  Athoh hah e. Atepi bei hahsat na kachung a ahung lhun phatchun pasal kahivang in kapojou pon, chapang ka in kakap tai.

Kapen a kon’a kham nathei kiti him² tep khalou pa chun hiche nilhah chun ju kahin don pantai. Hinlah, ka insung mite in khamna thei toh eina vetbeh louhel jeh u chun ei tahsan thei pouvin, hijongle nilhah khat Kanu in ka jukham pet ahin muchun kidang asaval in ka room sunga ei kailut in akap in thu eidongtai. _“BOI. Ipi lunglhai louna lom² nanei a tunia hi ju nahin don ham? Nanu kei koma sei in, ka hinkho phalna ding hijongle phal tange”_ ahinti tan hinlah adonbut dan hahsa kasa val in ka kap den tai. Kanu in eikoi in, _“BOI. Na lunglhai louna ipi kabol khah a, ka ngailut na hi vat nasah ham?”_ tin avel in eihin dong kitan ahile kakisih val in Kanu koma ngaidam thum pum’in, _“Henu. Kasei a insung kitilou na ahisang in Keiman kachang ka thichan geijin kalung sunga kipohden tange”_ katile, ipi thu ahi ei dong² jengta’n ahile kenjong achaina in seingamlou sa² in kaseipeh tai. Kanu in kidang asaval in, _“Boi. Iba ilodiu ham? Leiset a genthei ding in moljang jengjong min a ittai. Leng leh lala te kidinte pithei ihi pouve”_ tin eikolchah in akap in ka nucha lhonin kakap lhon tan ahi.

Marriage a ding card ahung kihom tan, kavet le March lha a ding ahitan, ipi bol jongleng Shishi kachan na ding almpi umlou ahiphat chun keiding in lonlhi bouchun ei lhem lungmong tai. A programme ahingon uhin, a *palai/sakhi(witness)* ding in kei eihin gong uvin, a nikho lhunding chu kagel le thiding ma kanom jotai. Da dingla iloi ngaipen khat ahijeh chun ahithei kitpon, jaoding la keiding chun ithina dingmun kive a, ikivuina ding leiset ki chopet kive abang jengtai. Lonlhi lon tailou ka bolthei thil aum tapoi. Ka tahsan a khesuh cheh² tan, hinlah keijeh a programme a building kanom kitpon, mihon thu ahin hetsiu ka gichat jeh chun kipah tah dan in kaga vahdoh jap² ji in, hinlah ka chena jouse chun phat chesa ho eigel dohsah in koima mu lou in ka lhi kaki theh² jengtai.

Ka umchan le ka hinkho manho dan ho jouse chu Shishi in ajahdoh kit phatchun nilhah hin phone eihin bol in, _“Heu. Ipidia tunia hitia hi kisa nahi ham? Nei lhahdoh hitalou ham? Heu. Ka seisa ahi. Ka inko te sei ngaia che kahipoi. Nang sei kangai a chejoh kahibou e. Na lonlhi lonna dingbep ahile ka thulhuh nahi haimil ingting nangkom hinjon kit tange”_ ahinti phatchun ka lung ahung khangdot in, _“Ipidia hitia chu ham nahi ham? Nein ngaidam o Nao. Tukal bol taponge. Hinlah, kinung heilou ding’a che nahitai. Lonlhi pum’in vang hung kile hih in. Na lungset ken vengam ponge”_ katin chomkhat setpi chu thipchet in aumin, a lhisoh ahi kahe tan, _“Koi Tate na?”_ katile anom pon, _“Heu. Nakom a ngaichat khat kanei nalai e. Hichehi nei noppeh tei² o”_ atin _“Henge. Hinsei o.”_ katitan, jan pung 7 nungin kimuto ding in eihin kou khohten tai.Ka cheding ham? Ka chelou dingham? Kache pou² le ka na in eina lamtoding chu kamu masa in, hiche nikho chu keini dinga phat chaina ding tobang ahiding tahjeh chun kamit kasing in giltah a kakigel nungin cheding in kaki gongdoh tai. Keini hinkho thusim kliman ahe ahiloujeh chun ka umkhom lhon jongle loile gol kilhon bang in eigel tauve. Kaha kimuto lhontan, seiding chu ka lungthim a asang aja, sim joulou chu ahin, hinlah seidoh thei ding dinmun a akium tah phat chun lungsung a um thucheng hojong mitlhi in alongdoh jo ji tai. Kaki vengam lhon tapo’n, kaki nung ngat gel lhon in hichun Shishi in, _“Heu. Alam lhung louding eini ki lungset hi agil deh e na? Nang dalha ding a leiset in ahettah vang in keivang tuchan in nanga bang in kaki gel nalai e. Nangtoh kicheng dingbou in kalung a aume. Ipi tilom² a hibang a kahin lhahlel nahi hamo?”_ tia thudoh eihin neichun kakam akikah theilou bang in kaum tai. Ken ama ka ledoh kit in, _“Naoshi. Ken nang ka lungset danhi Chung Pathen le chung a nilelha hon a hethem sohkei e. *Nao. Neihin ngaina hi namil jou nadem?*“_ tin kaseitai. Kamai vengamlou in eihin donbut in, _“Kamil ding ahi vang kati ngampoi. Malam hinkho kon ipi aseithei ding ham? Heu. Hahlheh jongle phat in nang kangai na le ka lungset nahi hin pomang intin, *Kalaigil ga’n `HENU` hinti le namil tange.* Hinlah ven Heu. Vangah vom khu akan kahse in ka Sen ngai namil deh ponge. Kam in seijongle lung in vang miljou deh ponte”_ tin eihin donbut e. Kenjong kalung a ajinei ding in kakoi thei pin, kaki lungset lhonlai bang in kagel jin akah le kamoh koichah kigot ji in, hinlah kaki geldoh jiteng le lonlhi lon tailou kei lunggel seidoh na ding lamdang aum tapoi. Shishi in, _“Heu. Khonung le lonlhin neihin lha hihbeh o. Tunia hi na vangboh na thum a hung kahie. Phatthei neiboh o. Hichun lungmong tange”_ tin kakeng atuh in akap tai. Kavejou tapon, kakai ding in, _“Nao. Nachung a lhaset na neiponge. Kipah tah in na Sen-angkoi toh Christian insung nomtah le  inchen hinsem in. Vangphatna jouse kahin thumpeh e”_ tin lonlhi pum’in kasei tan, ki lhalel tah in hinkhoa achaina dingin aman jong eikoi chahkheh in, kappum in _“Heu. Kan ngaival e”_ atin ima seilou in kenjong kakoi in kahung kikhen lhon tai. In kaga lhun in angol kabang jengta’n, ka insung uva nomtah a kana nuikhom nalhon phat chesa ho aban chan ahung kilang in kavet na jouse chun geldoh khat cheh einei sah in,  kana jeng’in adimtai. Khovah kei in kalhi kaki theh in, lungmong na ding ijat kaholvang in kei ki lhamon na ding leiset a aum tapoi. Mitlhi hi kangthei hile kei mitlhi vang kang tahbeh tante.

Jing nikho, marriage bolni ding ahung lhingdoh tan, hiche nilhah ka lunggel chu athi sa tobang in kaki gellha jeng tan ahi. Phat sotpi a kon a ka imut louna jan atamval jeng tan, imut ding kativang inla ka hithei kit ji tapoi. Jan Khang laitah in lhavah nuia chun ka touin, phat dang in chollha vah emsel nuia lungset thimthu kana sut lhonin, hinlah hiche jan chun kachang in ajithi bang in kaumtai. Ka phone ka lahdoh in,  lungmong jep nading ham? Katin eimi jokes ho chu YouTube ka ve lele in ahile hoilang a kon a lakhat hung ging kit hitam? *O CHUNG CHOLLHA* kiti la khu kahin kilha khah chu gangchel in ka mitlhia hung longdoh kittai. Miching hon, _*La ei lhiso sah aki ngainom penin, Mihem ei genthei sah ho aki lungset dehset e*_ tia ana sei u chu hiche jan chun kahin hethem mong² tan, ka ngai chim thei tapon, kangai tohkop in ka mitlhi kaki theh² tan ahi. Jingkho hungvah ding kagel le ka moh tijat tho jeng in, milah a kaum dingdan kamah mo hel jeng kittai. _*Jingkho jong vahda taleh o*_ katin, phatle nikho hi eima dei dan² a ki tol thei hile hiche jan chu kho ana vahsah ponge. Hinlah keiding a Pathen in agonlou in kaki lah jeng’in, ka tao tan,lhiong pum² in, _“Paa. Kachung a thil hung lhung hohi kei dinga nagon ahitah jongle athohdan nei hil in, chuleh jing nikhoa phungdang chang dia cheding Shishi jong nangma’n a malam hinkhoa mapui jing in. Bangma lunglhai na Christian insung ahin semdoh a, phattheina na polut numei ching chuleh minu pha ahung hina dingle, atehpi lungset achan a a majon te kipana ahithei nading in amasang a hunglhung ding vangset na ho jouse lahmang peh in. A genthei thohding jouse *keichung a lhunsah jotan. A genthei thohding vengam ponge*“_ katin Shishi ding in ka tao khovah kei tai.

Jingkal bual(ahcha) jong ahung khong tan, ka hinkho a ka lungset pen ka lhahdoh ding nikho ahijeh chun keijong lungpi kengpum in mouin lam kajon tan, palai von in eihin von tauve. Hichun hall sunga amailang a ei toudoh sah tauvin, Shishi ka lungset na hethem sa kaloi le pai phabep chu a maimon lha jengta’n, hinlah ki pasal sah tah in ka tou tan ahi. Mihem chujat maia katoujeh chun mailhai mel kapu ham² in, mou teni touna a toudia ahin puilut u chun Shishi kave ngam tapoi. Milah a ka umchan dingchu kagel le min ei gelse khante katinka dadoh le amelhoi kidang tah in, vangil bang in vonkang a akivon kamu chun kamang abang jeng in, hinlah keia ding ahilou kahetdoh kit chun ka lunglai in a pojou kitpoi. Shishi in jong ei vengam deh pon, nilhumkei in kaki gel² na in ka lhaset na lungthim in apohjou lou lunga mitlhi pumin ka nilhum dentai. Programme kichai² in miho chu lim akila sao² uvin keile mounu jong kaki la lhonin, mounu in kakhut akituh a lim kaki lahpi chu keiding in ka lungset pen in ngailu tah a eitu na achaina ana hitai.

Mihem chujat aumvang chun keiding in gamthip lah a kium abang jeng in, gamsa nou vahmang bang in lung lengtah in ka um tan, lunga langlou dingcheng ahung kilang in, ka kalhah diphat in inlang kadel jeltai. In kaga lhun chun Kanu inmai a ana touvin, kenjong ima seilou in ka room a kalut in kap kiti chan kaga kap tai. Iti ka a kaka vang’in kakap chimthei mong² tapoi. Kanu in eihin mudoh chun ama jong akap in, eihung lhem in, _“Boi, *KAP TAHIH IN*. Pasal nahilou ham? Nanu ding jong gel tango Boi. Na mitlhi lon kamu le nang sang in kei in ka pona joe. Bi tan. Pathen in nanga ding Shishi sanga phajo nagon peh nante”_ tin ei lhem² in hinlah keivang ei lhembi ding leiset a mihem aum tapoi. Kanu jah a, _“Henu. Nei ngaidam o. Keivang jineilou ding kahitai. Ka hinkho sunga ka lungset masat pen Shishi ahi in, a lungset achaina jong ama hita hen”_ katin, kanucha lhon in kaki kato lhontai.

Phat ho ahung che² in, Mamang le Shishi in jong laigil ga chapa khatle numei khat anei koplhon in, phat le kum hitih Chan ana cheta sa ahivang chun ka lungset na akem deh naipon, amani cha chu keicha dan in kagel in kipanan kadim lha jengta’n ahi. Hiche phatlai tah chun keijong mihet in officer khat chu kahung hitan, government natong khat kahitah jeh chun ka insung genthei na ho jouse kiledoh dan in aum in, Kanu jong nomtah in ka koithei tai. Mamang le Shishi in naodop an ahin nei u chun keijong Mamang in loikhat hina in eihin temin keijong naosen munom jeh chun kache tai. Naosen mel kamu chun kipanan eilo dim in, Mamang in, _“Min, nang min iputsah Diu baha?”_ tin eihin tot in, thu chom² kasei uvin totna ho kasem uvin kipana ankong kahin um tauvin ahi. Shishi mel kamu chun mailhai sel in aumin, kenjong kalung a _“Akipah jing hinante”_ kati in ama kipa chu kei kipana ahijeng in, lungmong sel in kaum tan ahi.

Nilhah hin ka lupna chunga kakigel in,  kei le kei ka lunggel in kaki hou in, Shishi toh kihou bang khun _“Shi. Nangvang genthei na namil tan. Na laigil ga mel jong namutai. Pathen in ka taona asan jeh in Pathen ka thangvah e. Chun le Jo dei anglai a pah nahitai. Vangphat nan nahin jui jinge. Hinlah kei lungsung a nang tailou numei dang aum poi. Lengdang anglai pom *vonchoi nile thum pom tajongle chun. Ka sen ngai kahin miljou nadem?*“_ tin olchan kamit a kon mitlhi ahung londoh chu ka Chunnu in guhthim in eina mu in kakom a _“Minneo. Ipidia Shishi bou chu numei a nasim jeng ham? Nangjong phale sele officer khat nahi ta in, nanu keijong ka tehtan, numei nahin deijong atam e. Lungneo hih in, pasal nahi. Chapa changkhat a kahin nahi in, Boi, phat chesa ho gel nan *KAP TAHIH IN*“_ eitin, hinlah ken kalungsung a jinei ding kapum datthei tapo’n, tuchan hin jinei lou in kaum in, ka lengol cheng hon vang ji akop a neijong aum tan, cha li/nga neijong adim lha jeng tan, hinlah keivang jouthing bang a mangden dia ki gellha kahitai.

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