Sihlomisa ingaphakathi leGumbi Labantwana.

Akungasho ukuthi umzali ngamunye ufuna ukudala umhlaba wengane yakhe lapho angaphephile khona, futhi uthuthuke kahle kuzo zonke izici. Kodwa eziningi zilahlekile ezinhlobonhlobo zezinketho ukuthi izwe lamanje lendawo yokwakhiwa kwangaphakathi ekamelweni labantwana linikeza.

Lesi sihloko siqukethe amathiphu amaningana azosiza abazali abakhona kule ndaba.

Okokuqala udinga ukunquma ngesimo somntanakho, ngoba kuxhomeke ekuboneni kwakhe kwezwe. Bese ukhetha umbala wekamelo labantwana elizayo. Lokhu kuzokwenza kube lula ukwenza umsebenzi wokwakha ngaphakathi. Isibonelo, uma ingane yakho ingencibilika ngokwanele, ithule futhi ithule, ke ungadluli futhi upende izindonga ekamelweni labantwana elibomvu. Ingane yakho izozizwa ikhululekile ekamelweni, lapho i-gamut eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, i-gamut yembala ekhona. Uma, ngokuphambene nalokho, ingane iyasebenza, bese kungena ekamelweni kungcono ukwenza umoya ozolile emibala engathandeki, eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, eluhlaza, ohlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Odokotela bezingane bayeluleka ukusebenzisa imibala ye-pastel, abakhathathi futhi bangamjabulisi ingane.

Ukwakha isici esikhethekile emanzini, okuzodlala indima "kwemizwelo" ungasebenzisa izindawo ezikhanyayo nezimibalabala. Kungaba yisilwane noma isilwane sesilwane somntwana wakho, esenziwe ngohlelo lokusebenza. Zingenziwa ngezikhwama zephepha elinemibala, iphepha lodonga noma izindwangu. I-plinth ingavezwa ngombala ocebile ohlaza, ozokwenza umqondo wotshani obusentwasahlobo. Uma ungaqiniseki ngamakhono akho, ungaphelelwa ithemba, ngoba namuhla kunezinkampani eziningi ezenza ukuphrinta kwiphepha lodonga, izindwangu, ifenisha yokhuni nokunye okuningi. Ungathola kusuka kumntanakho, ngumuphi umlingisi ovela kwikhathuni noma encwadini yamahlaya, akafuni ukushiya. Bese uye eqinile bese uprinta isithombe. Khona-ke ingasetshenziswa efenitheni noma udonga egumbini lezingane.

Esikhathini esidlule kwakukhona umbono wokuthi ingaphakathi legumbi labantwana kufanele lihlanganiswe ngephepha lodonga elinombala onomdwebo ongapheli ofanayo okhombisa izinhlamvu ezivela kumnandi. Kodwa izazi zengqondo nabahlengikazi baye bafakazela ukuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, lapho ingane ikhula, lesi simo siqala ukumkhathaza futhi simane simcasule. Kuyoba ngcono kakhulu uma uhlobisa igumbi ngephepha elihlangene. Lokhu kuzokwenza umehluko phakathi kwendawo yangaphakathi, futhi kugcizelele izindawo zokusebenza. Isibonelo, indawo yokuphumula noma ukulala ingenziwa ngamathoni amnyama bese wengeza ezindongeni ezincane zokukhanya ezifanekisela izinkanyezi, futhi indawo yokudlala ekamelweni labantwana elizokwenza amathoni aphuzi asemnandi. I-window yesikhala ingahlotshwa ngephepha lodonga elinemibala nesithombe sezimbali ezincane, futhi futhi ithengise amakhethini ngezwi, elizohlanganiswa ezihlotsheni ezihlukahlukene. Konke lokhu kuzokwenza igumbi labantwana ligcwale futhi lijabulise okokuqala kumntanakho.

Ikamelo elihle labo libuye libe nesisombululo esihle esingaphakathi. Ngamanye amazwi, yakha umkhathi othile ngezinto ezithile. Isibonelo, ngomfana, igumbi lingahlotshiswa ngendlela yemikhumbi yepirate. Futhi-ke ungabeka udonga lwezemidlalo ngendlela yesiteleka somkhumbi, lapho uzokhula khona ngokomzimba. Ikamelo labantwana lentombazane lingakhanjiswa ngendlela yenqaba yase-fairytale, lapho ama-fairies amahle, ama-unicorns nama-dragons azobe esezindongeni. Lokhu kuzokwenziwa isifuba sezingane, lapho isibuko sizofakwa khona, lapho intombazane yakho ingagqoka khona. Lokhu kungaphakathi kwekamelo labantwana kunomthelela ekwakhiweni kokudala kwengane.
Ukudala ingaphakathi lekamelo labantwana, kufanelekile ukubonisana nengane yakho, ngoba leli gumbi lisengaphezulu, uchitha isikhathi esiningi lapho, kuyindawo yakhe. Uma usondela ngalolu daba ndawonye, ungathola imiphumela emihle ezojabulisa ingane yakho.