ba hira ita
kuma Goggon tana karya kumallo sai suka ji sallamar Salim. Goggo ta ce "Wa na ke ji haka kamar mutumin
ki?" Asma'y ta ce "Shi ne." Ba su rufe baki ba ya yaye
labulen gami da sallama. Asma'u ta dan fadada murmushinta "Sannu da zuwa mijin Mina ya ya su Mina da yaranta?" Ta fada tana dariyar zolaya. Ya sakar mata idanu kawai sannan ya girgiza kai
yana murmushi "Duk suna nan Kalau sun ce gaishe k1 ke da Aminu." Daga nan ya dan rusuna ya gaida Goggo
"Kai Goggo kina jin dadi yanzu duk wannan hade- haden ke kadai aka shiryawa." Ta yi 'yar dariya "Kaima ai sai ka zuana mu yi kalacin tare. "A'a ci abin ki ni tuni na yi breakfast dina."
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"Ai mun dama mutumin naka, akwai kicin." Ya dan dubeta "Me ku ka dama?" Ta ce "Kunun gyada mana."
daidai lokacin direba ya shigo ya Shaidawa Asma'u ya wanke motar, ya goge. Ta dan dubi Salim
"Ko in yi gaba ka taho." "A'a ban ba ki izini ba." Ta sallami direba "Ka tafi yawanka
amma bayan Azahar zan nemaka." Salim ya dubi Goggo yana dan murmushin Zolaya
"Goggo ki shirya bana aure za ki yi zan kawo miki bazawari. Ta ture kofin shayin dake gabanta
tana dartya
"Kwa gama shegantakarku kai da Ma'u kaima da kake
zuwa Zawarci guna yanzu bana yi da kai ni bazawarina
yana can Kasar waje." Asma'u ta gangame baki "Lah ku ji
tsohuwa da
rgima shin waye bazawarin naki Kasar waje?"
"Mhm wanda nake bege kullum, wanda sonsa yake
nema ya yi min illa." Suka kwashe da dariya gaba daya. Salim har da
tafi "Lallai Goggo kema kin ce wani abu."
"O.k. to zubo min cup daya." Goggo ta ce Ki yi kiran mai aikinsu sannan ta
kawowa Salim kunun gyada da soyayyen Kwai
Asma'u ta rataya jakarta yayin da ta dubi Salim
"Ka ga tashi mu tafi in ka daka ta Goggo sai mu makara." Salim ya mike "To Goggo zamu tafi daga makaranta zamu Zarcc asibiti Asma'u za ta ga likita."
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"To ba laifi sai kun dawo." Suka fita tare har gindin mota tana shirin shiga ya manna mata makulli hannu "Malama yau fa ke za ki ja wm." Ta dan yatsina fuska "So dai ka ke ka hadani da
"Haba ke kenan kullum sai dai ki kwanta baya direba na jan ki alhalin kin iya tuki amma Kiwa ta hanaki tukawa. "Ka san fa har yanzu hannuna bai gama fadawa ba
7an yi tuki sai na liKa (L)" "Ai ke kin fiye tsoro in ba haka ba ya dace ace ke
ki ke kai kanki makaranta. "Rufa min asiri in ba so kake maza suke biyont har gida ba."daidai lokacin suka shiga ta tada motar,s uka
fara tafiya. Tui take sannu-sannu cikin nutsuwa, saida
suka hau babban titi ta dan Kara giya, ya dubeta "Lakca
nawa gareki yau?" "Daya kacal."
"Ashe da wurl za mu dawo."
aiki
"Kal nawa gareku?
"Yau ba zamu shiga lakca ba, kawai ke na rako, kina fitowa sai mu tafi ganin doctor, tun safe na yi masa waya zamu zo." Daga nan suka saki zancen suka dauko want."Af Salim na manta ban sanar da kai ba bikin
Zaliha Kawata fa ya kusa." Ya dan Kura mata idanu "Ki ce Zaliha bana za ta amarce?"
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"Kwarai kuwa inda Allah ya taimakeni muna hutu
ga yi bikin, dan haka nake murnar bikin nan gashi
rabona da Kano na dade dan ma ita Zaliba tana yawan
ziyartata
in ta sami hutu ta kan zo Sokoto ta yi min wana biyu." "Kai ni ma na yaba da kirkin yarinyar, gaskiya
gayen ya more da macen Kwarai. Shin mijin nata shima Bakano ne?"
"E, dan Kano ne dan wani abokin babanta ne hada
auren kawai aka yi ka san ita Zaliha sam ba ta damu da
soyayya ba." ya yi dan murmushi "Ai kuwa ta huta da wahalar duniya." Ya fada yana satar kallon Asma'u.
Itama ta yi masa wani irin kallo da gefen ido
"Masu yi ma ai wahalar ba kashesu ta yi ba." Ya yi shiru bai tamka mata ba, sannan ya ce
"Muma muna da biki Yola Karshen wannan watan, zan
fi so ace. dake bikin domin ni ba 7an halacci bikin ba
zamu yi tafiya da Daddy, kuma na tabbatar Mina za ta
zo wurin bikin, kin ga in kin je za ki samo min rahoto."
"Gaskiya nima zan so zuwa bikin nan in dai bai zo
lokaci daya da bikin mutuniyar
tawa ba, dan nima ina
son ganin Mina amma dai ko mun hadu ba Jallai ne ta
gane magana ta ba, tun da ka ce ba ta jin Hausa sosai." "Duk da haka za ta fahimce ki, bare ma an ce inda
ta yi aure garin Hausawa ne." wannan lokacin ne suka Karaso gate din makarantar, Salim ya tsinkayo wani
(lecturer) dinsu ya danno hancin motarsa, ya yiwa Asma'u nuni "Ga fa mutumin na ki." Ta dan tsuke fuska "Ina ruwana da shi ka manta da
shi Kawai shirmensa yake. Ran nan ma ya bi ni har gida amma ina ganin abin da na gaya maza zai yi tasiri." "Me ki ka gaya masa?" Salim ya yi tambayar yana dubanta.
hakun kai zan aura." Ya Kura mata ido sannan ya dan girgiza kai yana dariya "Ki daina yi min Karya dan ni na fara gajiya da
iin wannan Karyar da kikewa samarinki, shi ya sa mutane suke dauka soyayya ce tsakaninmu. Ya kamata ki daina Karya, tunda kin san ba hakan bane."
"A'aha da so kake su dauka Kiyayya muke?"
"Haba Malama ba haka nake nufi ba." daidai
lokacin da suka isa harabar wurin da aka tanada' musamman dan ajiye motoci ta yi fakin. Tana shirin fita daga motar wayarta ta yi Kara, ta dan ja tsaki saboda
Ta dan kanne ido tana dariya "C