NOPLAI NITE

By ~ Ngam Bawm K 

# Awle,mi'nle gelhgelh sek uh hiven ciin ken leng tangthu khat kon gelhtei di aw ci in kon kipan khia.

##Disclaimer: Hiai a thu kigelh phuahtawm leh zuau pumlum ahia, A hun, Amun, ami leh min kibang a omkhak leh a kituakkha zenzen chihna ahi a, thutak khuut a khuutpih taak ahikei...

1995 kum hi in kathei, pawl VI kasimkum di ahita hi. Ka khua uh zodawn apan Lamka a tanaute inn pansan a skul kaidin ka nu'n hon kha hi. Kapa'n kum 2 paisa in hon na omlouh santa hi. Kihailai petmah hidi, I pate sihni khawng a misi antang dongte khawng jui a buai a kibuai, kapasih nitak a Pastorpa thugen kamangngilh theihlouh khat-napa si mahleh sawtlouchik nunga hong hingnawn ding ahi. Keitageet inlah nikhat -ninih nung ahongthou nawn di dan in kangaihtuah a, dah hetlou in ka omthei a, a khonung a kangaihtuah in hamphat huai ahihdan ka theisuah thakthak hi.

Huch'in pawl 6 kon simpanta a nidang a kahih ngeilouh necktie oh lel leng kei adin thilthak, ka buaipih tham hongsuak hi. Huchi in sappau haksa sakawm pipi in a kum khatna chu kon palsuah zou khong hi. A kum nihna di kon hih hial tak in chu admission bang kei le kei ka kibawl theita a, ka nute kathadawn zouta in ka kithei hi. Asum kia honkhak ua, ka omnate'n na nu'n sum honkhak a, nangkia in na saifel theil na di hia? Chi'n hondong ua , kei kia in kava ki-admit thei hi.

Tukum in ka class uah melthak bangzah hiam hong kibehlap ua, huaite lak ah THIANCHING, mite'n THIANNU chi a, a sap uh ka na guk nuamtuam mahmah mawk hi. Hunte theihlouh kalin hong pailiam zungzung a, kumkim bang a hong beimawk hi. Awlawl in ki-classmate tele kon kineel panpan ta ua, houpih, chiamnuih banah, veng, khua leh inn khawng kon kitheihtuah ban uah skul kai, kuan leh pai a kiton in nuam konsa mahmah uhi. Keile Thiannu mai a siamlou leh zum huailua a ka omlouh nadi ci a ka hahpan nate jiakin kumtawp ekzamna ah a thumna in ka pangpha sam hi. Thiannu bel a 5na in apang hi. Amau mikhosatheitak ahi ua, apa'n solkalna liantak sem hiding ahichih AMBASSADOR CAR khat atung a thilbawk san kithuah apan ka khonung theih hi.

Hunte hong paizel a theihlouh kalin ka na kingaina tuak mah uhi. Katheihlouh kalin ka na ngai loman a, nikhat a hong kai theihlouh chiang inle kuamah theih pihlouh in kana thawmhau thei mahmah hi. Nikhat ka skul te uh mikhat hong si laizang hi. Huaini ka half holiday ua, innlam pai a kakiton lai un a inn ua baang di'n hon zawn a bangbang hiam suanlam bawl a kanial nung ale a utlouh tak in kava baang a, karei! A inn uh thupi hita ven! Chikmah a ka muhngeilouh geyser, aircoditioner, aquarium, etc te khawng lamdang sa in kabaan dot a, amanle ka mawl dan theisiam takin hon hilh tiautiau a, a telephone uh bang ka vapakta lua a amanle a tanau te uh mundang a om te a call a, keitoh hong kihousak hi.

Thiannu toh lawmhoih leh classmate ka hi uh chih teng bak gen di theikei mahleng telephone a paukha himhim ka hihman in ka kipak mahmah. Huchia singpi lim takte dawn anuam satak a ka omlai un konglam ah gari hongging a apa ofis kai hong tawp ana hi a, a driverpa'n gari kongkhak a honsak ban ah a inn kongkhak uhle a hong honsak nawnsawn lai a, SAAP kasa mah2 hi. Thiannu inlah lamdang le asakchi hetkei a,,, kei le nuamsa nawn chiahlou in pai ka sawmpah a, apan 'Nang, Khupthianching' lawm maw? Kei apa kahi, honghoh jeljel in, nanu-napa kuate a? Katheih ngeipi khawng ahi kha di uh kachi' chi khawng in hon dong a, nervous tak leh ahoih theipen a kadawn johin kapaita hi.

KHUPthianCHING in hon kha a lampi ah a hauhsakdan uleh a inn uh thupi kasakdan kagen khop hi. Ka omnate inntan honkhak a sawm teitei a, ka utkei, kazum, kachih chiang in a ut deuhdeuh a huchia kisel kawmkawm a kong pai uleh ka tungpah uhi. Ka omnaten KHUPthianCHING amuh un lamdang asalua ua, a daak hekhawk zozen uhi. Keile kazum toh ka pindan ah kalut paisuak a, Khupching (kachi tamai d, amin saulua) in hong zuilut zomah hi. Keile ka puanphah ui bu bangmai a kijial lenglung lupna kilkhat ah ka niilkhawm zok a ka tutpih ta hi. Sawtlou nung in ka omna pi in singpi sipisial tawi in hong dianglut a, nuamsa lah zumtak in ka dawnkhawm uhi. Khupching painung in ka omna nu (kapi) a hongpai a, Khupching te hauhsakdan, apa sepna leh amah Khupching pen zi dia deihhuai ahihdante khawng hon genpih zungzung hi.

Huchi'n hunte theihlouh kalin ana mualliam zungzung mai a nuam satak leh ki-aam takmai, ki-it tuahtak lah kuamah in gen masa ngamlou a hun konzat mah uh lehzaw, kumkhat asawtkei khopmai. Kumtawp ekzam kon zou guihta uhi. Ekzamzou ihih chia innlam a pai di'n kon kisata hi. Kanu kiang ah hongpi dingin ka vaikhak ngal a, a nithum ni in hong tungpah a, himahleh ka pi in vokbuk hong bawlthak pih in achihziak in ni bangzah hiam ka omlai hi. Ka pi in hong chiamnuihna in Khupching toh hon dem bawl zel a kazum theilua hi. Khatvei houh annek lai in hon chiamnuih kha a kanu ka zahtak toh, anne kahia, nelou? Chih nasan katheizoukei.

Huchi a ka kholam ua ka paidek nitak un kapi kholai vak hong tung a, thu kipahhuailou tak mai hon tun hi. Huai tuh bangdang hilou in KHUPCHING khophawklou in a puk a, houpih theihlou in,Lamka damdoi inn ah puaklut ahi a ICU ah etkol in a omlel, daktol ten a khuak a sisan lut ahi, achi uh. Chihteng toh hongtung hi. Ka dah mahmah, lohngaihna lah ka theikei, vahoh mawk di lah tangval le kihi nai chiahlou, kanu'n hon phallouh khak di lah lauzel, kabuai gu mahmah hi. Ka lungkhamlua hih di dan tuan theilou in bathroom ah kava guk kah hi. Kidik ging ngamlou phial a ka omlai in kapi te nupa zunbuk a zuntha in khuak a sisan lut hial zaw damsuah zoulou ding ahi chi a a kihouna uh kaza kha chitchiat.

Huai nitak ka lungkham toh thawmhauna liantak ka neihman in ka nu kianga giakdin ka kingen a, ama azaw akiang a giakdia hon zotzoh ngeilouh hi a. Lum panpan ichihleh kanu'n hon ihmutsan pah a. Keilah ka ihmut asuak mahmah kei. Khupching kia ngaihtuahna in ka lungsim a dimlet a a baw zoihzoih hi. A khenchiang in a hoihlam kipia in, Khupching in hoihlam hong manoh dia, a hong dam chiang in ka khua ua pan result endin ka vazin dia, kana gengen sa bang un amah toh skul a result endia vahohkhawm ding, pailam chiang a, a inn ua baangnawn di, phone a khatvei bek paunawn teitei di, chihkhawng.

A khenchiang inlah a setawp kipia in Khupching bang sipaisuak di in kakoih a, ka nehnou tha hong suak lawguih a, ka khitui bang hong luang a, ka theihlouh kal in kana kidik kha dutdut nilouh hi. Kanu'n honna phawk a, Bawm, nakap lah abang a, bang chi e, hon chi a ? Bangmah chi lou, ka mang asia a hi, chihteng kia in kadawng lel a. Ka kimelh teitei hi. Sawtlou nungin aak hong khuang pahta hi. Ak masa khuang nung inle khua a vakzok keilai a, ka lunggim toh khovak di kal kia ka ngaklah hi. Huchiin banglouteng ngaihtuahkhawm in huaizan chu ihmulou in ka khovak hithet mai hi.

Ka thoukhe pah a pawt di'n ka kisapah tingteng a, lungsim puakgik a gik naklai in , kanu'n Bawm, hongpai hak ken aw, tuni a paita ding ihi honchi malam zomah a, dawngselou in kapawtsan a, Khupching te inn vapha himhim di chi a pawt chu ka hina a, a inn uh ka galmuh tak in a innkong khawng ah mi ana tamlua ua, kava paingamkei a, lungsim nuamlou pi in ka kikta hi. Kapu zingpawt ana tung masa a, kanu kiangah banghiam genchu ana nei a hingei dia, insung kalut phet in kanu'n 'tuni zaw i omlai maiding' honna chipah a, anneklai in kapi'n Khupching sihthu honggen khe phutmawk a, zingkal khovakma deuh a si ahihdan agen a......ankuang leng ka muchiang nawnkei, ana lua! Ka etna lamlan asan dundun mai a, kapi thugen AZUAU hileh ka utlua! Ka annek tha le asuak nawnkei! Ka maisuah leh omdan apan ka thuakdan kuaman theikei le uh kadeih manin duhlou pipi in an chu kane zeklai a, himahleh limna himhim aneinawnkei! Ka omnaten le ka thuakdan ana theisiam lua uh a nahi a, kapi'n 'tuni chu ivek un sigal in iva hoh ding uh' ahong chi a, ka zadah hetkei hi.

A inn uh kava tun un mi ana tam mahmah ua, gate sung a kalut tak un apa kamupah a, amanle hong naihphei pah gulgul a, ka dip bang akisai tuan dutdut man hi. Kapi te a chibai khit in keile hon chibai a, Ngambawm nahi maw, nang? A inn ua khatvei kia kihoh a, kamin le sawt thei na e! Chih khawng kava ngaihtuah man nemnum leh kadawng khazokkei a, kapi'n kanung hongdawt sak cheuh leh ka halh khephut a ......Hi, himah ing e, chi in ka dawng tuan nonouh kha zozen hi. Aman le tulaitak chu kabuai lolai ua khatvei hong hoh thak in aw, honchi a, tutna di munlam zuan a ka paiphei lai un a kilkhat ah ka classmate te bangzah hiam leh ka class teacher pa ana tu ua, ka kizephawk man in akiang uah kava pai ut kei .

Sivui zoh in Khupching pa'n bangmah genselou in kaban ah honkai a, kazui dawrhdawrh mai hi. A inn uah hon kailut a, Khupching ka itdan uh natheih kagingta a. Huchibanga aman nangle hon na it hi didan ahi, chihleh a drawer a JOY JUNIOR instrument box hong lakhia in hon hong a, asung a laithon kikhep khat piak honthuah a. Ka utleh paitheita ka hihdan honhilh hi. Inn katun in kasimpah a ka phelkawm in ka chi bang aling pulhpulh a....

Ka it,

Chikmah in laithon kagelh ngeikei a, nangtoh I omkhawm chiang a, kam a kagen ngamlouh gensawm kahi. Nang, banghiam kajak utlamte hon gen di konsakleh nagen ngeikei a, ken kon gen mai di. Kon ngai taktak hi. Ka pasal dia hon deih kahi. Nang le na zi dia nondeih leh hehpih takin honhilh ve, Ngaihlian mah non pesak dia, kuamah kiang a nagen sawnlouh di aw.

Nang hon ngai

Khupthianching.

[Chih teng kia akigelh hi.]

Ka simkhit in kapi'n nitak anne din hon sam a. Ka anneklai un ka pi'n Khupchingpa'n bang di hon chi a? Chi in hondong a....... 'bangdi le honchi tuankei' chi in ka dawng a, anuihdan apan gingta hetlou ahi chih kathei. Ninih nungin innlam katung ua, ka Ute bang anakipak mahmah ua, kanaunu kum 10 hipan ading in kanun phulaleen puanaktual khat apuakpen bang kei leisak di khawng asa a, kitehjel, singrem sung a vakoihjel in nuam asa mahmah hi. Keichu kakipak theikei, ann kaduhkei a, ka pau tha le asuakkei, ka pumzoi ahipen mai. Ka sungkuante'n lah kei thuakbang in honthuakpih theisamkei ua, Khupching ngai a chi na kahihlam jaw a theisiam sam uhi. Nidang a pau ut thou chi a hon theihpa uh huchia pau utngellou a ka hong omleh ka lawmte, leh ka khote bang in lungsim lam buai dikhawng honsa zomahlai uhi. Keilah aphamsa jawlngaih sunglutpi.

Hichia kaal thum sung ding khawng ka kholam ua haimeltak a hun konzat nungun ka result uh hongsuakta a, kanu heu in kanaunu toh Lamka lam ah kong kizuikhe nawn laihlaih uhi. Result kava en ua kei a 1na in kapang a, Khupching pen a 6na pek ana tungsuk a, amin bracket sungah akigelh chitchiat se a, asihkhit jiaka a hichigelh uh ade aw...chihkhawng ka ngaihtuah khemkhem a..ka skul uh, a lampi khawng nidang a Khupching toh ka kitonton na uh kava muhleh amah kangaihna a hongpuang saan hi. Ka pi thugen chu adikkei khopmai, 'mangngilh pah nadi nahi, pona lechin le....' kapu'n ka passlopna chi in sa honmehpih hi. Khupchingte inn vaphak ka utlua a, apa kazahtakna toh ka phakei thak hi. Tuma a Khupching in a lehkhathon a sihma zan a agelhpen ava muhkhiak a honpiaklai in a pautam kholkei a, atanu sihna keijiak khawngsa ade aw chi'n ka kisuanglah gumawk a, huailou leng a laithon pen apa'n le sim law mahmah di hi a chihkhawng ka ngaihtuah leh ka zumtha asuak tuntun mai hi.

Hun nuam Khrismas leh Kumthak khawng bangchi chi hiam in konzang beitou thei a, skul lut hong hun nawnta a, ka kaina lui a kainawn di jaw ka utnawn hetkei. Hileh le ka nu leh kapu'n a fee ibat theihna, ban ah 1na te admitna athawn di ahihtoh ei migentheite adia hiai kaan omlou di, na ut a na kingap nak leh pawl le na bohkan di honphal uh ahi' hon chih chiang un ka nialngam takei hi.

Huchi in pawl 8 taikan/bohkan in pawl 9 ah kon tutou a, himahleh skul kaina, a lampi, ka pindan, leh adangdangte kei adin lungzuan honbehlaptu lel ahi uh. Laisim le ka thadah sot mahmah hi, ka omna te theih a jaw kholak le pawtngeilou, laisim taima, chih hi ing a, hilehle minit 5 sang a sawtjaw kasim khangeikei, katheihlouh kal in kana kingaihtuah dedu khasek hi. Ka hong theihkhiak chiang in lah zan sawtpi ana himanjel a, lupnatung ah lah sawtpipi ihmu lou in kalum khovak phialphial sek hi. Kha nih khawng hiaibang a hun konzat mahleh jaw, ka sa in a lel a, laisim lam ah leng ka bah sot mahmah a, test masapen ah ka failpah dengdong hi. Ka nuten a pona mahmah ua, ka gawng tak toh khamtheih hih di bangin hon muangmoh uhi. Nikhat ka pu'n a lupna pindan uah hon samlut a, 'Bangchi e tulai nong gawng hulhul a, lai simsim ihonsakleh lah non fail maimah a, laisim manlouzen a na hon semsak mah ka bang ua, nanu mai a kisuanglahlua kahi' honchi hi....a dawn hakkhopmai, 'khamtheih jaw hihlou kahi, aban kagendek a, ka khawlthak hi. Kapi'n kagen di teng a theikhin chihleh kei ahon hehpih mahmah chih a mithah apan kamu hi.

Hun hongpai jel a half yearly examte konzou ua, kumdang bangloutakin result pen skul lutnawn chiang a suak di a chi sese uhi. Inlam a painawn di le ka phur lawmlawm kei, suty sungteng kapu te inn a omsuak ka ut a, kanu'n honphal jiak in ka omdenta. Sunchiang in kapi vok an zonna khawng ah kazuizel a, achangchang a Khupching thu kagenkhak jeljiak un kapi ka ngaina hi.

Huchia hunte lungzuang ngoihngoih a konzat lai in, skul khawlsung ngei in...... kipimang, kithat, kimat chihkhawng hong omta a, nikhat tuh ka chipih-sapih te bangzah hiamtak aziak bei in thah in hong om ua, ka KHUPCHING ngaihlam hontheihpihlou in mipi a pumbuai zak uhi. Ani ani in buaina hong sousang deuhdeuh a, inn kihalsak, kithah, kimat chihte niteng mai hilou in dakkal teng thiltung ahi ta. Huchi in'kuahiam kuanding? kuahiam ding ding? I gam ading in' Chih thumal miteng kiang a dotna poimoh pen ahong hita. Hiai dotna mi tampiten a hinna uh leng itlou in adawng ua, keileng amaute lak a vatel sam kalunggulh laitakin ka khua uh melmaten ana haltum dimdem uh ahi chih konza ta a, ka nak hehlaw mahmah, ka nu leh ka sanggamte, kanaunu naupangchik, ka mitkha ah honglang dundun ua, lunghihmohna in kadim. Tunchu huai dotna 'a huaise theipen' in kadawng ta...

Koi veng hiam a Hall sungkhat ah tangval ngen tampi ana kikhawm ua, keileng lungtang a phuba lak utna lian penpen toh kava luttei ta a, heutu pa khat in kuan na mun di, kuan didan, gamtat didan, password, leh thilpoimoh hi a atheihteng hon brief zek a, huaikhit in chu galdou dia kuan kihimai, sing gophel leh tempawng liandeuh khat ka kengteng mah ka tawi a, banghiam khat a suanhuai zodeuh khatbek honpiakbeh di uh kasakleh! Kakuan na mun di uh ka tun un ni a tum khephial ta hi. Awle huchi in khua hongmial dektak in, kalut ua, amasalam a pang di kachihleh kalawmpa Joseph in hai law koh, van hoih tawite a masak di uh, en anung ua I juih di uh, LIGHTER A I pan ngai di ahi , chihleh jerrycan tin honpiak a thuah gaih a, ka uttuan teuhkei, kei WATERMAN utlou chi in kapekik nawn pah a, aman 'hi'n leh' chi in a ZIPPO honpia hi. Ka konvarsezon uh ana ngaih khadeuh ahi dia, ka luzaang hong puakbuk a, kinuai luailuai kawm a ka et touh leh KOMANDAR a chihpa uh anahi a, mit gau lelu in singtang lam a khota te le abit khuk om nawn lou ahi a, gam le nam it, tuailai atamtheilam zoudawn lam a I khua bitlai sunsun te vengdi poimoh chi in tamkuamtak ka kithrit tou ua, khua ka totkhakna te uh a kangsa ngen, ui leh ak, vok, bawng khawng a na om vengvung ua, inn lah khatle omlou, a om sunsun chu Biakinn himai, khasiat tha suakchiat jaw ahi dia kuamah a paupeih le ka omkei uhi.

Khua, a abitlai khat konlut dek ua, khomual ah duty post ka galmuhta uhi. Ka lungsim in galte sa in honna kap mawkmawk kha di uh e! chih ka lauthawng a, ka KOMANDAL pa uh kiang ah kagenkhe khong hi. Aman chu alauhuaikei di, heutu ten ana hilhkhinta uh, a khosung mahmah ale SET OPELATOL khat om ahi chia agen in hon lungmuangsak panpan I chihleh thakhat in ka malam uh metre 150 vel apan BOOM!!

Ka kiguih nasa khopmai, ka ma apai, Josep hong hoiphei duai a kana man man hamham a hilehle agik toh ka nervous jiak in lenkip zoulou in kanih un ka puksuk ta uhi. Ka KOMANDAR Pa uh mangbang leh chimoh kisa in, ''na zangtang mahmah uhia? Bangdia hon na kap uh e? Nou hon huhdia hong kikuan a'' chi in a kikou phei loiloi hi, Joseph ka phot touhleh sisan in ana pumtuam a, a liang guh kekhelou chauh in ana liam nak mahmah hi. Ka dial ka lakhia a ka tuamsak/gaksak lai in ka gaal lam uapan,' zomi nahih ualeh na thau te uh nusia in hong ki show uah' chi in hong kikouphei gemgam uhi. Kou le ka thau te uh single barrel 8 leh adang KOPZA THAU bangjah hiam nusia in ka kishow phei neinai uhi. Ka lawmpa Joseph lou le midang khat analiam a, duty post ah ka enkol jual uhi. A thu khonung katheih thak ualeh, ka vapai ding lam uh a na kihilh chiang khalou ana hi lim ua, huaijiak a mi 50 vual di khawng a kholam uh juan a kavapai ualeh, melmate di hon na sa ua kiging tak a ana pang a 'puumpi' a hon nakap uh ana hidan hi. Vangphat huaitak in a puumpi uh ngiim na ana tungpai deuh kha a mi tawmchik kia kaliam kha uhi. Huchilou hileh tampi mahmah liam di, gentaklouh a si le bangzahiam ka om ngeingei di uh. A puumpi uh lah, a lawng dia elektrik khuam, a monglang khatlam khetpek, thauvui 2kg khawng a thun uh, a tang dia sikkilh, siksia, leh adang sik chi tuamtuan 5kg khawng ana thunkhawm uh ahi a, lauhuai tham veve hi.

Ka gintaksang in a khua ana lian vanglak a, dispensary khawng a omjiak in ka liam te uh dressing leh first aid honna hihsak pah ua, huai DISPENSARY a nurse nu kamuh leh kumkhat phial paita a ka lungtang a om, ana ihmu dinden pen honphawng tahi. Amel ka muhtung in KHUPCHING di kasa man a, ka va enhoih thakthak a, a kibang petmah uhi.

Huai nurse nu en kawm a hunpaisate ngaihtuah a kadin dedu lai in ka nunglam ah 'aw' kazak ngei khat in, 'U u, bangchik a hongpai e?' hongchi a, kiguihphial in ka kinunghei vut a, ka naunu kum 11 mi lel puanak hoihlou chik khat silh in ana ding nipnep a, ka en a, ka paukhethei zok kei, kava pom a ka mittui khamvuallouh in hongluangkhe zungzung a, huchia naupang khat pom a mittui pak lekluak a ka omlai kha ka lawmte leh nurse nu ngei in lamdangsa takin honna en heuhou ua. Ka naunu'n, . . . ka khua uh a kaatlai a taikhia a tua ana omna khua uh ana bel ahihdan uh honna hilhban ah huai nursenu te inn a kanu toh tung/kinga uh ahihdan te honna hilh hi.

Ka lawmpa Joseph liamma a tuamkhit un, ka KOMANDAL PA uh kiang ah vapai in kanute hiai khua a om uh ahihdan leh ka naupang pompen ka nuai a chet, (ka gintak nawnlouh nungua hongpiang) ahihdante kava hilh a, amaute mu din kava kingen a, aman le lamdang sa mahmah kawm in,. . . . Eh huchidan ana hi maw? Keile kongpai di, enle nanu I mu ut vele, chibai bek I hong buk samkeidia honna chi vanglak hi.

Huai khua akipan in khodang a kisuan khiat ding in order hong paipah a, ka lawmpa Joseph liamma adam nailouh jiak in kou tegel omden ding in ka KOMANDALPA un honchi a, ka kipak gusim heuhuau mawkmawk hi. Kiknawnjual le, huai nursenu kha amin Ngaihching ahi a, a inn ua ka nute om uh ahihman in amah ka muh ut kawm toh, kava hohmun mahmah uhi. Aman le hon ngaina hi'n kathei a, kanu leh kanau kiang a kadot chiang in, afel thu te, mihehpihthei leh zaidam ahihdan agen ua, kanu'n, 'nang nahongtun nung a siam/fel diak' achi zomah hi. Sun chiang in khosung tangval/papi laa te duty na khawng ah kava hohzel ua, akhenchiang in Ngaihching duty na Dispensary ah kava omnitum zel uhi.

Kha khat vel ka omnung un Joseph liamma le hong damsiangta a, kalawmte uh join dia sapna kamuta uhi. Kapaikhiak dek un Ngaihching leh kanuten khonawltan honkha ua, lampi ah Ngaihching kiang a kanute ana ompih jiak ua kipahthu te gen in kisuanlah huai kasakdan khawng kagen a, aman kisuanlahnadi bangmah omlou ahihdan leh kapa damlai a amau adia panpihtu ana hihdan te, apa gen apan ana theihte hon gen a, ahihtheihliai leh akhua uh vapha nawn pah teitei di'n hon ngen hi. Kanu'n bang dang le genlou in, omnapeuh a Pathian phawk ding, thumna neih gige ding ahihdan leh, amau le kanau toh abaihtheilam a ka Pute kianglam a paisawm ahihdan te uh agen hi.

Ka omna di khua uh katun un nitaklam annhuan hun di vel ana hita hi. Va ki-report pah in, kisil din a LUI lam uh zuan in kalawmta un kakizui khe naknak uhi. Kisilkhin pan, puanle silh hoihmanlou in kalawmte uh khat hongtaisuk a, Sir pan kin akin in hongpai uheh achi, honchi a, koule lungsim nuamlou pi in ka tai thoh zozen uhi. Inn katun un ka KOMANDALPA un, melmaten hongluh sawm uh, kigin ngai ahi. Chih gen in kisa ngal din honsawl hi.

RIFLE .303 khat, magazine kithuahsa, atang loose a saphuklai/polyethene sung a tang 5 sang a tamzaw deuh di honpia ua, khedap khau ka khih laitak in khokhunglam apan thau hongging pah petmahta hi. Kouleng ka thau utoh diangkhia in khosung ah posi latou chatchat kawm in thauging nalam kon naihtou tei ringot uhi. Ka naih hiaihiai uleh thauging hong ngaih deuhdeuh ta, innkil khat apan thauvui khu ka galmuh a, kanung a single barrel toh gamlasim apan hongzui Joseph hon delhpha din ka khut in kasam a, a hongtun touh toh kiton in huai innkil a ompen kana kap tuuk manta. A thautawi vala ding chi a kal 3 khawng kasuan phei patleh kakhe bul a suang neu chikchikte theh in hong kitheh phungphung ua, leivui a khu phitphit a, kin a kin in katai kik a, kalawmpa kiang ah kava bok chat hi. Ka gen ut chu kholuhna a sawtpi ngim vengveng a kap', chih thil haksa pi ahi. Na ngim dikma a melmaten nang hoihtak a hon na ngim man di uh ahi chih theichiat le ahoih di.

Melmaten LMG, G3, AK, chihkhawng in hon burst suk phungphung mai ua, kanunglam ua kadaksuk ualeh ka KOMANDALPA un Ki-Retreat din akhut in honna sam a kou le ami muchiahkei mahle ung kagintak na munmun ka ban kap ua, huaizoh in ka taikhe suk ta ua. Khosung a mualsuang kidoh liah khat ah ka KOMANDALPA uh mi khat toh ana tu keukau ua, naklah zen in akiang uh ka tungsuk uhi. Sir, bang chi di? Ka chih leh, Amau a van uh hoihlua ban ah ei sang a tam nei zaw uh, ikihep khiakphot uh ngai', hon chi a, thau ging vengvung nuai ah awl in khotaw lam ah ka ki hem khesuk ta uhi. A puaknat huai chu,vanzat neih hoihlouh ziak a ikihepkhiak aleh, melmaten hong luhzou uh chihna ana hi phiangsan vial hi.

Khotaw lam gamlak a dakkar thum dingkhawng mahmah vuallel tak a kava kibuk nung un khomial nuai ah khosung kalut nawn naapnaap uhi. Inn kang di teng ana kangkhinta a, khosung mite le a kibuk namun chiat uapan ana tungkimnawn ta ua, mi bangzahhiam tak melmaten Hallsung a a khumkhak uh, a kaplup te uh ana buaipih ua, numeite nakpitak in ana kap uhi.

Mi innkuan, a inn uh kang te, a kanglou te in a a zintung thoh mai ua, a zingkal khua hongvak in ka KOMANDALPA uh kiang ah, ka mi kapkhak namun va en him2 le eivele, chi in ka zawn a, kava et ualeh sisan chu ana om ngei mai a, himahleh thildang bangmah ana om nawntakei. Sun nitum in Hantou in kabuai ua, nitaklam in duty din sawl in ka om a, Joseph toh ka kisapah ua, ka thautang 3 kia ana om a, adangteng ka na kapbei man ana hi maimah hi.

Kha khat phial ka omnung un khodang ah ka kisuan ua, arms leh ammo kiching deuh ta ahi dia, US carbine bang katawi khata hi. Ka lawmpa Joseph in ka Rifle a tawi ngal a, akhomite toh bang ka kimeltheih ta ua, nuam kasa dek panpan uhi. Sa khawng bang hon goh ua, khozangzaang in ka nekhawm laihlaih ua gallai himahleh a nopna khat a om lehlam vanglak hi.

Ni khat ka omna khogal uah melmate om uh chihthu ka za ua, om taktak uhiam chih theichian ding in papi khat khawnvaktui lei di kawm a ka sawl ualeh ana muanmoh ziak un ana hentang ua, ni nih nung inle ahongtungkik naikei lai a ka lungsim uh a nuam theikei, a zi leh atate bang in hon mohsa mahmah ua, a sidia ka sawlkhiak khawng uh a hisak uhi. Amah pau tuamtuam asiam ziak a kasawl uh chu ahi a. Huchia ahongtun theihlouh tak in kou le ka pilvang sem ua, ka giahna inn neite uh le inn dang ah ka giak khe sak ua, sun in le hoihtakin ka duty gige uhi. Pilvang tawp ikichih chiang ale thil I tuah di te kituak thouthou hive aw. . .

Zankhat zingkallam khovak kuan in duty ten thau nihvei hon mekging ua, huaikhit chu ka giahna inn uh hon bukap uhi. Innbang zutna neng khawng in hongkha zungzung mai a, kindeuh a thoukhia in ka thau uh leh ka vanteng chiat uh man in innkhang lam a kongkhakneu ah ka kihenpawt thei vanglak uhi. Ka thau leh atang koihna bag ka na tawikha a mialnuai ah thaugin nalam kap dotdot kawmin gamlak ah ka kihemkhia uhi. Sawtlou nung in ka giahna inn uh honhal petmah ua, Rifle tang zakhat val ka lakmanlouh uh a kang puak vengvung hi. Vangphathuai takin inn dang halmanlou in amau leng a kihemkhepah uhi.

Azing khua hongvak a, ka omna chiat uapan khosung konnaih khawm ualeh kana damkim ua, aliam leng ka omlouh man un kakipak mahmah uhi. Duty apang te le bangmah ana chikei vanglak ua, ana mumasa lou hile uh si di ahihdan uh uangtakin agen ua, ka misawlpa uh le hon khahkhia ua, hong zingtun thelthal hi. Kou hi in khomipi te hitaleh akipaklou ka omkei ua, vok khat in asihloh tave.

Huchin a BUAINA pen hong veng pianta ahihman in Heutu ten hon samkhawm ua, ka thau chiat uh leh kavan te uh pua in mi tamkhop kava kimu khawm ua, mimal chiat in gam leh nam i itna ziak a i nam humbit zou ihi, tun le innlam ah nava paiphot di ua, a poimoh leh hon kisam nawn di, mansa a nana om di uh chi in hon khakhia uhi.

Koule mi 8 Lamka lam zuan in bus tung ah kong kisawi suk natnat uhi. Lampi ah ka houlim suksuk ua leh heutu te khat in ka paikhiak ma ua kakiang a agen cheuh kava genkhe kha laizang a, tunung sawtlou a NAM SEPAIH kila pah di ahi na ut ua leh hongpai un' chih kagen leh kalawmte a ut thei mahmah ua, Joseph bang a phurpen zomah a, hey, nang, tuma a le sidek tak, lauloumaw? Ka chih leh, 'a tuung a chu lausim ing a tua chu nop sak a sak thoh ta kahi, chi'n hondawng vanglak hi.

Lamka damtakin ka tung ua, keile koimah a baangtuan se lou in kapu te inlam kazuan pah a, huai ah kanu kanaunu leh ka ute ana om neinai uhi. Heutu ten pocket money dia honpiak uh bangzahiam in zinpak din nek theih ka puak a, ka naunu akipak khopmai, innsung a omkha liaisiah a ban hawm a, aval teng innveng te nasan ava hawm phaban hi. A zingkal in lampi a sakhi sa kalei, ka huan ua, kapi'n lim asa lua a, agen mangmoh hial hi.

Ka pu'n ka kompound uah na inn di uh i bawl di ua, hiai ah teng un achi a, kanu ut mahleh kisuanglah ahi dia innluah di zong zaw le la? Achih aleh kapi' ngaihdan ahi hetkei, kanu kiang ah 'hiai ah om le uchin na buai ni khua ua en hon kipanpih thei di, kou kabuai chang ua nou hon panpih thei di, innluahman lah hon kila mawkmawk lou di, huaiban ah hiai i nau neupen uh skul kaiman kasik vek sawm ahi, ahon chikhia bangjaw. . . . . Kanu khitui a luang maimah hi. . . .kipahluat jiak in.

Hun bang tan hiam nung in, zinkhiak kasawm a kanu kahilh leh ''napu dong in, amau hon itlua ua i omna di inn hoihtak hon bawlsak ua, amau thu lou a na om louh di ahi. Ka pu kiang a zindia kinget di ka huphulh petmah, ngentel tak a hon dong teitei di, nitak in lin kawm pipi in kava gen a, ka huphulh lawk bang ngei in chipchiar tak a hon dot khit in honphal vanglak hi.

Nitaklam dak 3 lakvel in kalawmpa Joseph toh Ngaihching te' khua katung uhi. Lampaina ka tawl tuak mah2 ua, ka vul niilneel zozen uhi. Ngaihching te inn a va zintung di ka ngamlouh manin, tuma lam a Joseph tunnate inn ah keile kava kinga a, nitak in Ngaihchingte inn ah kava pawt ngal ua, Ngaihching te inn a kava pawt un apa kholai vak di toh a inkong uah ka kituak ua, Eh! Chik a hongtung uh e? Chi a hong chibai kawm in a inn uah honglut pih a, Ngaihching ei, hiah na Ubawmte hong hoh uh ei, avan uh ana sang ou, a chi lut la la a, Ngaihching le kavan te sangkhe dia a hong kisakleh a omlou pi ana hi a, bangcik a hong zin uh e? Ubawm, Useph? Na van te uh la? Chi in hon na dong salsal a, ken nuamsa chiahlou ka hihman in, Joseph kiang ah 'dawng in ' chihna dandeuh in ka tong in kaphu zauh a, aman le nuam salou pipi in Vungbawi te inn a hong kinga khin ua. . . Achih pat kiangkiang leh Ngaihching in kindeuh in. . . .bangjiak a hiai a hong kingalou uh e? USEPH, nangchu kon theisiam a ka Ubawm chu hiai a ahong kingak ngei ngei di ahi. . . A pan ana pautuh a' tunitak ka dongtakna ten mou thubuai anei ua kahoh louh theihlouh ahi, Ngambawm, navante vatuah phei unla, keile kava pawt di chi in hong pawtsan ta a, huaitak in Ngaihching in ' pai uale, kuva iva haikawm unna van vala ni uh chi hon pawtpih a kava kijui phei laihlaih uhi.

Joseph a hong omden a, ka paikik lam un Ngaihching in ka khut la in a liang ah hong koihsak kawm in' ash Ubawm, nang hongzin haklua, en hong na ngai law man hang a. . . Chi in ka kawng ah kipdeuh in hon kawitou mai a, kei le kipasalsak kawm leh nervous kawm pi in. . En le hon ngailua hang a, hun lemtang masapenpen a honghoh ihi. . . .chi in aw ling sim pulhpulh kawm in kadawng thei hamham a, bangmah kal paimanlou in a inn uh katung guih tamai ua, inn katun kik tak un kuamah ana omkei a, anu pindan a omdia ka gintakjiak in ka pautam ngamkei a, meikiang a sawtsim paulou a ka tut nung un a nu omna kadot leh a khokiang ua Dorka khawmpi a hoh ahihdan hon hilh hi. Thu tuamtuam gen a sawtkhoptak ka tut nungun......

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