A ihthah thawt lai cu a harh vukvi ih, a tho cih hngal. A pa in zing nazi 4:00 ah caw hawi sawr ding in a rak ṭhang ṭheu ruangah ti kel ah nei in a rak ṭhan lenpi. A pa cun kum 30 hlan lamah khan mual a rak liam sanzo hmanseh ziangtluk in meng rei in, a taksa bang khal sehla zing nazi 4:00 ah cun a harh tho ring ring ṭheu. Hmanseh, an sangsiat a rehzo ih, an fale hmun dang ah inn an thlei sanzo ruangah an nupa in umharzetin an um tlang, ni dang
khal ah zing nazi 4:00 ah cun harh hmansehla, ti ding a neih hran lemlo ruangah tho hngallo in a itzau leh mai ṭheu. Tui zing khal ah khrimas zing si hmanseh – hmanhmawhnak ding a nei lo. Zan ah khan an nupa in an Christmas tree ding khal zing sung ah muang ten cei mawi ding in an rak rel zo si.
Tui ṭum khal ah hin itzau leh mai a tum deuh ih, hmanseh van boruak a rak thiang nuam viau ih, arsi pawl khal zing dang ai khal in an rak eng fiang sawn maw aw ti ding khawp in an lang fiah ih, a mitthlam ah tleirawl 15 a si lai ih a pa thawi an hnaṭuan ṭheu dan a rung lang. Cu lai ahcun a fapa cun Farm (ran hmuan) a nei ṭheu ih, nitin a pai hnaṭuan cu bawm in a bang thei zet, a pa in a sawr nasa deuh ṭheu ruangah a cang ah cun a pa cu a hua ih, duhdaw velo ah tla a ruat-aw ṭheu. Cuti ih a thinlung in ,a ngaihtuah lai ahcun a nu le pa in a thuhla an titi tlang lai a thei ngah pang ih – “Zo hnik! Pate Nu(Mary), Pate(Rob) hi hitin zing tin rori zingthlapit ih ṭhang hi a har fualfo ka va ti ve aw? A ih thaw theizet hlei ah,
ṭhanglai an si ih, ih hi an ṭul teh thawn; vun ṭhang ziklo sehla le, kan daihaw fawnsilo, hnaṭuan dingle kan ngah fawn si. Pate hi ṭhang ṭullo in mahten ṭuan thei ka va cak ṭheu ve aw,” tin a pa cun a nu a rak ruah. A nu cun “Nangmah lawng cun a harsa si ih, lo theihlo in hnaṭuan a rak ṭul a si hi, an upa ve thlang ih, hnaṭuan cu an zir a ṭul ve si,” tin a let. “A singai, hmaseh a ihthatthaw lai vun ṭhang hi cu hreh-um ka ti thei nasa,” a ti tho tho.
Cutin an titi tlang lai a ngaingah hnu ahcun Rob cun a pa cun duhdawtnak nasazetten I rak duhdawt a si ti a theih in a hlim zet ih, “Tu ahcun ka pai a ṭhang ṭul nawnlo in zingpit ah tho in, um lawng men lawn ka bawm thlang ding,” tin thinlung a ṭhencat ih, cutin cu a pai hnaṭuan a bawm ṭheu. Tleirawlte kum 15 a si lai ah Urlawk zan (24 Dec.), ih hlan ah a pa cu laksawng(present) hrang ziangha ka pek ve ding ti a ruat. A ihnak kiang tukvirh
ihsin arsi thleu mawi tak tak pawl a hmuh thei ruangah Bethlehem Arsi cu khui mi bik ha si ke? Jesui piannak kha Caw Inn a si ngaingai pei maw? tin thinlung khaihlak lai ahcun an mai Caw Inn rori cu a mitthlam ah a rung lang ih, “E khai! Ka ti ding ka theizo! Ka pai thawh hlan zingpit ah tho sehla, ziangkim hi a ṭha thei bik in rak ṭuan thluh sehla, a hrang ahcun laksawng(present) ṭhazet, a lungawinak a si ding,” tin a it.
A thiltum cu a cakzet ruangah vei tamtak a ṭhang harh sal cing cing, cutin zing 3:30- ahcun a tho ih, an caw zate hnawi cu asawr thuh ih, suan so hngal thei ding in a ret fel, an ei ding rawl le ti pawl a pek thluh hnu ah Caw Inn sung cu faizet in a phiat, a pa in a ṭhang hlan cu ihkhun ah a rak itthat bum. A pa cun, “Pate, rung tho aw he, Khrimas zing a si khalle, ti ding kan rak neih lai si,” tin a run ṭhang. “Awee, ka tho ding, rak feh hmai awla, ka runlo thlun hngal ding,” a ti ih, a pa cun, “Si e, a hmaisabik ah Cawhnawi ka rak sawr ding,” tin a feh san. Cu hnu reilote ah ke feh thawm hi a thei ih, a pa cu a rung lut ih, a pa in,
“Pate, zingah…..i bum na tum?.....nangmah lawng in….” tin a rel tum mi hman rel suak theilo si awm takin Rob ih rizai cu a tirhthlak sak ih, “Ka pa, Khrimas laksawng hrangah…..” tin a sim tumlai ahcun a pa cun a hlim ti theih mithmai in, “Pate, ka lung a va awi ve! Hi vek ih lungawi um hi veikhat hman ka tawng dah kello hokhaw,” tin a run kuah ih, Rob khal a pai lungawi hmel a hmuh cun a hnuk a ulh si ko ding, ṭong suak ding khal a theilo, a
thinlung sung cu hlimnak in a khat asi.
Cu mi ah a pa cun, “Ziangkim narak ṭuanfel thluhzo si ih, ka vung it leh sal mai ding mawsi? E…..! si sallo, nan unau hlimzetin Christmas tree nan hmuh lai hi ka hmuh dahlo ih, tui zing cu hmuh ka tum ding,” ti phah in an Christmas tree cu a cei mawi ṭan. Zingah cun an sungkua in Christmas tree an lawm den den lai ahcun Rob in an hlimnak ding an rak tuahsak daan pawl cu a nu le a nuau pawl a sim hai. A sim thluh ah “Pate, tui ṭum Christmas hi ka hman nawmbik a si ih, ka dam sung hmuah hmuah in Khristmas zingtin ah ka run mang ring ring ding,”(an sungkua cun Christmas tree hi Khristmas zingah an zaten an ceikhawm ṭheu, an ti ṭheu daan a si) ti in an zaten theih ah a sim hai.
Tui zingah khal Nazi 4:00Am lai a ti zo hmanseh, arsi pawl hmuh ding an um phah phah. A nupi cu ṭhang ter phang in, dimten a tho ih, kedam a bun, kawr a hruh ih, an thil hlun retkhawmnak lam pan in a feh ih, zingthlapit ih ti ding ih an ret mi, an Christmas tree ding cu a vung la ih, mileng pindan (sitting room) ahcun a ret, cei mawi a thawk cih hngal. Cun, hlanlai ih an nu hnen ih a rak pek, arsi lem mawizet cu a khai tel cih. A ti fel ṭheh hnu khal ah duhtawk mai lawn, nitin in duhdaw awzet in rak khawsa tlang ṭheu hmanseh, ti kel ih an neih ruangah ṭongkam rori a sim dahlo pawl, a duhdawt, a hlimnak cu dai-mit dahlo ih, a pai duhdawtnak a sar ni ihsin a nupi thawi a duhdawtawknak khal muah-nung sal in, tu thleng in an par mawi lai asi ti hi theih ter sal a duh ih, Arsi lem thuai ah cun an nui siar ding ah – “ Ka duhdawtzet mi………..!”
Pearl S. Buck
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