iyo erTi mzareuli, saxelad greteli. im mzareuls wiTelquslebiani maSiebi hqonda. roca maT Caicvamda da sadme wavidoda, sixarulisagan aRar icoda, ra eqna. Setrialdeboda, Semotrialdeboda da Tan fiqrobda: `viS, ra lamazi gogo varo!~ Sin rom dabrundeboda, aRtacebisgan ylup Rvinos gadahkravda. raki Rvinos dalevda, Wamis madazec movidoda, Camouvlida yvelafers, rac ki kargi ram eguleboda saxlSi da iqamde usinjavda gemos Tavis damzadebul kerZebs, sanam magrad ar gamoZReboda. bBolos daayolebda: mzareulma xom unda icodes, gemrielia Tu ara saWmelio.
erTxel batonma uTxra: am saRamos stumari momiva da ori, kargad Casuqebuli qaTami Segvibraweo. batoni brZandebio, upasuxa gretelma. dakla qaTmebi, amoavlo mduRareSi, gaputa, wamoago Samfurze da saRamom rom moatana, cecxlze Semodga. qaTmebi daibrawa, magram stumari arsad Canda. maSin gretelma batons gasZaxa: stumarma daigviana, qaTmebi ki ukve mzadaa da unda gadmoviRo, magram Tu axla ar SeiWama, gacivdeba da raRa gemo eqnebao! raxan asea, gaviqcevi da stumars me TviTon moviyvano, upasuxa batonma. rogorc ki batoni Tvals miefara, gretelma Samfuri
ganze gadado da gaifiqra: `vin icis, rodis movlen, manam rom cecxlTan vidge, oflad daviRvrebi da momwyurdeba. modi, Cavirben sardafSi, erT ylup Rvinos mainc movsvamo.~ Cavida sardafSi, aavso kaTxa da win daidga.
RmerTi Segewios, gretelo, Tqva da erTi lazaTianad mosva, Rvinos Rvino uyvars, ar varga piris moSorebao, daumata da kidev erTi gvariani ylupi miayola. mere avida samzareuloSi, qaTmebs erbo wausva, isev cecxls miuSvira da Samfuri daatriala. irgvliv Semwvari qaTmis suni dadga. gretelma veRar moiTmina da gaifiqra: `modi, gavsinjav, raime xom ar akliao!~ ausva TiTi qaTams, gailoka da Tqva:
if, if, ra gemrielia, pirdapir sacodaobaa amis Senaxva, Tu SesaWmelia, axlave unda SeiWamoso. mivida fanjarasTan da gaixeda. batoni da misi stumari xom ar modiano, magram aravin Canda. dabrunda ukan da gaifiqra: `erTi frTa cota daiwva, jobia SevWamoo.~ moacila qaTams frTa da piri Caigemriela. roca Seaxramuna, gaifiqra: `modi meoresac movacli, Torem batoni mixvdeba, rom raRac akliao.~ SeWama meore frTac da kidev gaixeda fanjaraSi, xom ar modiano, magram veravin dainaxa. vin icis, iqneb sadme Seiares da sulac ar movidneno,~ gaifiqra da Tqva: hei, gretel, gamxiaruldi. raki daiwye, nuRar SeCerdebi. Tu ginda damSvidde, gaswi sardafSi, cota Rvino kidev gadahkari da es qaTamic mTlianad Sesansle. ratom unda gaafuWo RvTis nawyalobevio?! asec moiqca. Cavida sardafSi, erTi gvariani ylupi gadahkra, mere qaTams miujda da gemrielad Seaxramuna. erTi rom moaTava da batoni kidev ar gamoCnda, meores gadaxeda. sadac erTi, iqac meore. rac erTs ekuTvnis, meorec imis Rirsia. erTi ylupic rom movwrupo, ar mawyenso, am
sityvebiT isev Cavida sardafSi, gadahkra Rvino da meore qaTamic pirvelis gzas gauyena.
kargad rom gamoZRa, batonic dabrunda da dauZaxa: aba, gretel, dauCqare, sacaa stumaric movao! yvelaferi mzad gaxlavTo, upasuxa gretelma. batoni sasadilo oTaxSi Sevida, undoda enaxa, xom kargadaa sufra gaSlilio, aiRo dana, romliTac qaTmebis daWras apirebda da alesva dauwyo. amasobaSi stumaric movida da mokrZalebiT daakakuna karze. gretelma kari gauRo; stumari rom dainaxa, TiTi tuCebze miido da uTxra:
Cumad, Cumad, Cqara mousvi aqedan, Torem Cemma batonma Tu daginaxa, ubedurebas gadaeyrebi. xom ar ggonia, marTla vaxSmad dagpatiJa? aq imisTvis mogityua, rom yurebi dagaWras. gesmis, rogor lesavs danaso? stumarma yuri miapyro da lesvis xma rom moesma, Tavqudmoglejili gaiqca. greteli ki batonTan Sevarda yviriliT:
kargi stumari ki giSovnia, me da Cemma RmerTmao!
ra moxda, gretel, ra ambaviao? SeekiTxa batoni. raRa ra ambavia, daavlo xeli orive qaTams da gaitacao.
batons guli daswyda, rom gemrieli vaxSami dakarga. fui, magis kacobas, erTi mainc daetovebina, axla raRa vWamoo.
gasZaxa stumars: daicao, magram iman Tavi moikatuna, viTom araferi esmoda. gamoekida maSin batoni, xelSi dana eWira, misdevda da misZaxoda: erTi mainc, erTi mainco! viTom erTi qaTami mainc damitoveo, stumars ki egona, erTi yuri mainc momaWrevineo, da TofnakraviviT garboda, rom rogorme yurebi gadaerCina.