U-Ichinomiya Shingo, osemusha oneminyaka engu-25 ubudala, ongashadile, osebenza enkampanini, ngenkathi ecabanga ngosuku olumatasa lwakusasa uyalala. Nokho ngesikhathi ephaphama, kwakuyigumbi ayengaziwa.
Wabe esethola ukuthi wayengaphakathi komfana oneminyaka engu-6 ubudala futhi wayethathe ingqondo yakhe.
Ngaphezu kwalokho wafunda okuningi ezinkumbulo zomfana wathi: wazalwa njengengane encane (indodana yesi-8 nengane ye-10) emndenini ompofu ohloniphekile ohlala ezweni elingemuva. Njengoba yayingenalo ikhono lokuphatha, ayikho into ayengayenza ukuze ilawule umhlaba owudedangendlale womkhaya wakubo.
Ngenhlanhla, wabusiswa ngethalenta elingavamile kakhulu, ithalenta lemilingo. Ngeshwa, nakuba ithalenta lakhe lingaletha ukuchuma emndenini wakhe, esimweni sakhe kwaletha inhlekelele kuphela.
Yebo, lena indaba yomfana, uWendelin von Benno Baumeister, evula indlela yakhe ezweni elinzima.
