Jennifer B. Knizel, munyori wemabhuku eyoga uye vegetarianism, anonyora nezverwendo rwake rwekuPolynesia.
Kutamira kuTonga Islands kwakachinja upenyu hwangu nenzira dzandaisambofungidzira. Ndakanyura mutsika itsva, ndakavamba kuona terevhizheni, mimhanzi, zvematongerwe enyika zvakasiyana, uye ukama hwevanhu hwakabuda pamberi pangu neimwe nzira. Asi hapana chakashanduka mandiri sekutarisa chikafu chatinodya. Pachitsuwa ichi, nguruve nehuku zvinofamba-famba mumigwagwa zvakasununguka. Ndagara ndiri mudiwa wemhuka uye ndave nemakore mashanu ndichidya miriwo, asi kugara pakati pezvisikwa izvi kwakaratidza kuti zvinongokwanisa kuda sevanhu. Pachitsuwa chacho, ndakaona kuti mhuka dzine mafungiro akafanana nevanhu - kuda nekudzidzisa vana vavo. Ndakagara kwemwedzi inoverengeka pakati peavo vanonzi "mhuka dzepurazi", uye kusava nechokwadi kwese kwakaramba kuchirarama mupfungwa dzangu kwakabviswa zvachose. Hezvino zvidzidzo zvishanu zvandakadzidza pakuzarura mwoyo wangu nechivanze changu kuvagari vemo.
Hapana chinondimutsa mangwanani-ngwanani nekukurumidza senguruve nhema inonzi Mo inogogodza pasuo redu zuva nezuva na5:30 mangwanani. Asi zvinoshamisa zvikuru, pane imwe nguva, Mo akasarudza kutisuma kuvana vake. Mo akaronga tuvana twake twenguruve twaiva neruvara zvakanaka pakapeti kaiva pamberi pemusuwo kuti tikwanise kuaona zviri nyore. Izvi zvakasimbisa fungidziro dzangu dzekuti nguruve inodada nevana vadzo semadadiso anoita amai nemwana wavo.
Nguva pfupi nguruve dzarumurwa, takaona kuti marara aMoe akanga achishayikwa vana vashoma. Takafunga zvakaipisisa, asi zvakazoitika kuti zvainge zvisiri izvo. Mwanakomana waMo Marvin nevamwe vehama dzake vakakwira kuseri kwemba vasina kutariswa nevakuru. Pashure pechiitiko ichocho, vana vose vakauya zvakare kuzotishanyira pamwe chete. Chinhu chiri chose chinonongedzera kuidi rokuti ava pwere dzinopandukira dzakaunganidza gen’a ravo kurwisana netarisiro yavabereki. Pamberi penyaya iyi, iyo yakaratidza chiyero chekukura kwenguruve, ndaive nechokwadi chokuti kupandukira kwevechiri kuyaruka kwaiitwa chete muvanhu.
Rimwe zuva, takashamisika, pachikumbaridzo chemba yacho paiva nenguruve ina, dzairatidzika kuva dzine mazuva maviri dzaberekwa. Vaive vega vasina mai. Nguruve dzaive diki zvekutadza kuziva nzira yekuzviwanira chikafu. Takavadyisa mabanana. Nenguva isipi vana vakakwanisa kuwana midzi vega, Pinky ega ndiye akaramba kudya nevanin'ina vake, akamira pachikumbaridzo achida kupihwa ruoko. Kuedza kwedu kumutuma parwendo rwekuzvimiririra kwakapera iye akamira pamubhedha achichema zvikuru. Kana vana vako vachikuyeuchidza nezvePinky, iva nechokwadi chekuti hausi wega, vana vakapambwa varipo pakati pemhuka zvakare.
Zvinoshamisa kuti huku dzinewo vana amai vane hanya uye vane rudo. Chivanze chedu chaive chakachengeteka kwavari, uye vamwe mai nhiyo vakazova mai. Akapfuya huku dzake pamberi pechivanze, pakati pedzimwe mhuka dzedu. Zuva nezuva, aidzidzisa nhiyo kuchera zvokudya, kukwira nokudzika masitepisi, kupemha zvokudya nokunyahwaira pamusuo, uye kuti nguruve dzingasadya sei. Ndichiona hunyanzvi hwaaive nahwo hwekurera vana, ndakaona kuti kuchengeta vana vangu haisi mhosva yemunhu.
Musi wandakaona huku yaipisa kuseri kwemba, ichiridza mhere ichichema kuti hanzi yakadya mazai ayo, ndakasiya omelet zvachose. Huku haina kudzikama uye zuva rakatevera, yakatanga kuratidza kuora mwoyo. Chiitiko ichi chakaita kuti ndione kuti mazai akanga asina kufanirwa kudyiwa nevanhu (kana nguruve), dzatova huku, munguva yavo yekukura.