Kunamacala amaningi asikhombisa ukuthi ukwethembeka kwezinja akunamkhawulo. Isibonelo esaziwa umhlaba wonke ngesokuthi Greyfriars Bobby, iSkye Terrier eyahlala ethuneni lomnikazi wayo kuze kube yiminyaka eyi-14 ngemuva kokushona kwakhe. Namuhla, le furry yisithonjana sangempela sedolobha lase-Edinburgh.
Indaba kaBobby noJohn Gray
John Grey Wayengusebenza engadini owathuthela e-Edinburgh (eScotland) cishe ngonyaka we-1850, kanye nonkosikazi wakhe nendodana yakhe, benethemba lokuthuthukisa izinga lokuphila lomndeni wakhe. Kodwa-ke, inhlabathi edolobheni yonakaliswa ubusika obude, ngakho uGrey wanquma ukujoyina umbutho wamaphoyisa wendawo njengonogada wasebusuku.
Eminyakeni eyalandela, umndeni wamukela uSkye Terrier onobungane abamqamba ngokuthi uBobby, owayehamba noJohn emigwaqweni yedolobha njalo ebusuku lapho enza umsebenzi wakhe. Ngeshwa, le ndoda yashona ngemuva kweminyaka ngenxa yesifo sofuba. Kusukela lapho, uBobby uhlala ethuneni lomngane wakhe wangaphambili omkhulu.
Ukusabela kwezakhamizi
Ngemuva kokungcwatshwa kukaJohn Gray, izakhamizi zakuleyo ndawo zazicabanga ukuthi isilwane sizokhathala kungekudala noma kancane, kepha omncane wenqaba ukuphuma ethuneni noma ngabe isimo sezulu sasibi kakhulu, okwenza Amathuna eGreyfriars ikhaya lakho. Engakwazi ukuyikhipha, umphathi wamathuna ekugcineni wayezokwakhela isilwane indawo yokukhosela.
Ngaphezu kokunakekelwa nokondliwa yizakhamizi, uBobby wayeya nsuku zonke endaweni yokudlela "iGreyfriars Place", ayehlala kuyo iminyaka eminingi nenkosi yakhe. Ngemuva kokuthola ukudla, wabuyela masinyane emathuneni, into eyaba ngumbukwane wangempela kubavakashi.
Umthetho Wokubhalisa ka-1867
Ngo-1867 kwenzeka umcimbi obonisa ikakhulukazi uthando umakhelwane abaluzwa ngoboya. Ngalowo nyaka iziphathimandla zase-Edinburgh zaphasisa umthetho owawufuna sesha zonke izinja edolobheni nokuyikhokhela ilayisense, ngenxa yokwanda kwezinja zasemgwaqweni. Lezo ezazingenabanikazi ngokusemthethweni zazizobusiswa.
Njengoba kunikezwe lokhu, njengoba uBobby engenaye umnikazi owaziwayo, imeya yase-Edinburgh uqobo, USir William Chambers, wakhokha imali yakhe yokubhalisa futhi wayimemezela njengempahla yoMkhandlu Wedolobha. Kusukela lapho isilwane besizogqoka ukhololo omusha onegama nenombolo yelayisense.
Ukufa
Inganekwane ithi iSkye Terrier encane washona ngo-1872 eduze kwethuna likaJohn Gray, ngemuva kwalokho uzokwaziwa kangcono eminyakeni edlule njengo "Greyfriars Bobby." Wayengeke angcwatshwe eduze komnikazi wakhe ngoba amathuna athathwa njengomhlaba ongcwele, kepha namuhla isidumbu sakhe siphumule amamitha ambalwa ukusuka kwesomngane wakhe omkhulu. Ngo-1981, i-Dog Aid Society of Scotland yanezela itshe elincane lethuna esingafunda kulo:
"UGreyfriars Bobby - ushone ngomhla ziyi-14 kuJanuwari 1872 - eneminyaka engu-16 ubudala - Ukuthembeka nokuzinikela kwakhe makube yisifundo kithina sonke".
(Kwangathi ubuqotho nokuzinikela kwakho kungaba yisibonelo kithi sonke)
Ifa likaBobby
Ngonyaka ngemuva kokushona kukaBobby, kwakhiwa umthombo wokuhlonipha owahlala, isithombe wenja edumile, eningizimu yeGeorge IV Bridge. Okwamanje yindawo ebalulekile yezivakashi e-Edinburgh, njengoba inganekwane ithi ukuthinta ikhala layo kuletha inhlanhla. Ngaphezu kwalokho, eMnyuziyamu yase-Edinburgh singabona umgexo wakhe nensimbi yakhe.
Abanye abantu bacabanga ukuthi le ndaba inezinto eziyiphupho, ikakhulukazi uma kubhekwa ukuthi, uma izinsuku ezinikezwe ziqondile, uBobby waphila cishe iminyaka engama-22. Kunoma ikuphi, indaba yakho ingukuthi isibonelo sokwethembeka kweqiniso, futhi sekufikile ezinsukwini zethu ngezindlela eziningi ezahlukene. Njengesibonelo, ama-movie avelele Greyfriars Bobby (1961, iqondiswe nguDon Chaffey) futhi I-Adventures kaGreyfriars Bobby o Bobby umgcini wamathuna (2006, iqondiswe nguJohn Henderson).