"ʻO ke kanaka koa ka mea e hana i ka mea hiki iā ia," i hoʻopau ai ʻo Romain Roilland me ka naʻauao āpau o ka honua. Akā he mea liʻiliʻi wale nō a mākou e manaʻo nei hiki i kahi keiki ke hana e hoʻi hou i kona wā kamaliʻi. No ka mea, he mea kūlohelohe ka nalo ʻana o ka mamo a ʻo ka nalo koke ʻana o ka makua he mea ia e denature.
Ma kēia moʻolelo, ua nalowale kekahi makuahine i loko o kēlā labyrinth o ka luku ʻana iā ia iho, ʻo ka make e like me ka poina pono. ʻAʻohe mea nāna e haʻi iā Agnes e hāpai ʻo ia i kona poʻo a hoʻihoʻi i kona ola, e like me ke kau haʻahaʻa o kōkua kōkua. ʻAʻohe mea ʻē aʻe he keiki paʻakikī kona manaʻolana e hiki ke hoʻokō i kēlā haʻahaʻa a me ka nui o ka hana, ma ka liʻiliʻi loa, i ka mea hiki iā ia ...
I nā makahiki kanawalukumamāiwa, e make ana ʻo Glasgow: ua hoʻopilikia ʻia kahi kūlanakauhale mining i kēia manawa e nā kulekele a Thatcher, e hoʻokau nei i nā ʻohana i ka hana ʻole a me ka hoʻonāwaliwali. He wahine maikaʻi ʻole ʻo Agnes Bain i moeʻuhane mau i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ola maikaʻi aʻe: he hale nani a me ka hauʻoli ʻaʻole pono e uku ʻia.
I ka haʻalele ʻana o kāna kāne, he mea hoʻokele kaʻa kaʻa a me ka wahine, ʻike ʻo Agnes iā ia wale nō i ka mālama ʻana i nā keiki ʻekolu i loko o kahi kaiāulu i loko o ka pōʻino a me ka hōʻeha, e hāʻule ana i loko o ka lua hohonu o ka inu ʻana. E hana ana kāna mau keiki i ka mea maikaʻi loa e hoʻopakele iā ia, akā, me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana iā lākou iho e hele i mua, e pau lākou i ka hāʻawi pio ʻana. ʻO nā mea a pau koeʻo Shuggie, ke keiki muli loa,ʻo ia wale nō ka mea i hōʻole i ka hāʻawiʻana,ʻo ia ka mea nāna e mālama iā Agnes me kāna aloha alohaʻole.
ʻO Shuggie, he keiki maʻalahi, ʻano ʻano, a ʻano kipi hoʻi, ua hoʻomāinoino ʻo ia i ka ʻakaʻaka ʻana o nā keiki miners iā ia a kapa ʻia ʻo ia e ka poʻe mākua he "ʻokoʻa," akā paʻakikī ʻo ia, ua manaʻoʻiʻo nō hoʻi ʻo ia inā e hoʻāʻo ʻo ia i ka nui loa. hiki iā ia ke "maʻamau" e like me nā keikikāne ʻē aʻe a hiki iā ia ke kōkua i kona makuahine e pakele mai kēia wahi manaʻolana. ʻO ka mea lanakila o ka makana Booker hanohano, ʻO ka moʻolelo a Shuggie Bain He puke palupalu a hoʻowahāwahā hoʻi ia e pili ana i ka ʻilihune a me nā palena o ke aloha, kahi moʻolelo, me ka nānā aloha ʻana i ka hakakā ʻeha a ka wahine e kūʻē ai i ka hōʻalo, ka huhū a me ka mehameha, kū i mua he makana neʻe i ka hilinaʻi mau ʻole o kahi keikikāne i hoʻoholo e hoʻopakele i kona makuahine. ma na koina a pau.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke moʻolelo "History of Shuggie Bain", mai Douglas stuart, ma aneʻi:
