Ezweni kunezinto eziningi ezinhle kakhulu futhi ezingavamile kuphela, kodwa nezindawo ezimbi kakhulu. Omunye wabo yisiqhingi sasePhuppets, eMexico. Abathandi bezinhlobo zonke zokudabuka kufanele bavakashele le ndawo, futhi, ngokufanelekile, balinde ukuhlwa, khona-ke umkhathi lapha uba mkhuba kakhulu kunokwesikhashana. Isiqhingi ngokwawo, lapho "amathoyizi awonakele" "ahlala khona", ingenye yeziqhingi ezithambileyo endaweni ephawulekayo yeHochimilko, futhi ungaya kuwo kwi-gondola. Izakhamuzi zendawo zizama ukugwema le ndawo, ngoba zikholelwa emimoya, izimpumputhe nezinye izinkolelo-ze. Uma izinzwa zakho zilungile, khona-ke isiqhingi samaPhupusi afile sisadingeka sibone.
Zaziphi lezi zidoli ezingaguquki, futhi ngobuningi kangaka? Yonke indaba yendaba, empeleni yayinezindawo. Umtshitshisi othile ongokwenkolo ogama lakhe linguDonald Julian Santana waqala ukuqoqa izidoli ezinotshani eminyakeni engaphezu kwekhulu leminyaka eyedlule. Mhlawumbe, wazama ukuthatha indawo yakhe umhlambi wakhe, ngoba wayeshumayela ubuqili, okwakuvame ukushaya ngamatshe abantu abaphilayo, abakholwayo. ISonto lakhe libuye lalahla, ngakho-ke wayengenanto yokwenza kodwa ukuqoqa izinto zakhe, futhi eshiye umkakhe nezingane, waya kwesinye seziqhingi zaseHochimilko. Ukuba yi-hermit, akazange ayeke ukugcwalisa iqoqo lakhe le-eerie. Elinye lamadonki akhe, wathola kwelinye leziteshi, lapho intombazanyana encane. Wathatha njengesibonakaliso esivela phezulu, waqala ukuphoqa ama-pups emithini nasezihlahleni, ezama ukuvuselela nokuthokozisa umoya wentombazane. Ngakho isiqhingi sasePhupets futhi sinegama layo.
Futhi, umlando uthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi le ndoda yalahlekelwa yisizathu sayo ngokuphelele, ngoba yabona yonke indawo umoya wendodana ebomile, owafuna amadokodo angaphezulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, waze wazwa amazwi amathoyizi ngokwawo, owafuna into efanayo nentombazane. U-Don Julian uvele ehlanya abantu ababi, abaphukile, baphonswa abantu kudoti, amaphuphu. Wabasesha kuzo zonke izindawo zokudotshwa kwemfucumfucu kanye nemigodi yamanzi, futhi wabathengisa izithelo nemifino ayekhulile ensimini yakhe ukuze angafelwa yindlala. "Umphakeli" oyinhloko wamathoyizi akhubazekile wayengumshana kaDon Julian, oye wafika esiqhingini samaPhuppets ukuvakashela umalume wakhe.
Le ndawo yayingaziwa kuze kube ngama-1990. Kodwa ngelinye ilanga uhulumeni waseMexico wasibeka ekhanda layo ukuze kuthuthukiswe imigudu kanye neziqhingi. Lokhu kwahilela izakhamuzi zakuleli zendawo, ezazithola i-hermit edidayo, zizungezwe abangane bayo nezintombi zakhe, zibheke abantu abafika esiqhingini samahlengethwa ngezisekelo zabo ezingenalutho.
Namuhla, uDon Julian akasasekho, nakuba kungekho muntu ongatshela ukuthi ufile kanjani. Ngokolunye ulwazi, waba nokuhlaselwa yinhliziyo, ngakolunye uhlangothi - wagcwala emgodini ofanayo, lapho leyo ntombazane eyayinomoya wayo ekugcineni yaletha indoda. Kodwa kwakukhona isiqhingi samaPhupethi, iziphathimandla ezinqume ukuthi zingathinti, kepha ukwenza into yokuvakasha iphume kuyo. Futhi abazange bahluleke: ngesikhathi esidala, umoya ogugile futhi owelayo, oshiswayo, oshaywayo odilikayo wonke umuntu othanda ukuphazamisa izinzwa zawo uya ekuboneni.