TikTok has agreed to withdraw a rewards feature that raised concerns about its potential to encourage excessive screen time, particularly among children, sevral media outlets reported Monday, citing the European Union’s executive commission.
It is the first resolution of an investigation under the 27-country EU’s sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA), which went into effect in February and aims to ensure a “safe and accountable online environment” by regulating large digital platforms.
TikTok made the commitment without conceding the feature violated the Digital Services Act, officials said.
The commission has however ruled that the withdrawal is legally binding, which “sends a clear message to the entire social media industry”, said Margrethe Vestager, European commissioner for digital affairs.
“Design features on platforms with addictive effects put the well-being of their users at risk,” she said in a statement.
“That’s why we have made TikTok’s commitments under the DSA legally binding.”
The case involves TikTok Lite, a low-bandwidth version of the app released in Spain and France. It allowed users to earn points for things like following creators, liking content, or inviting friends to join TikTok.
The points could be exchanged for Amazon vouchers and gift cards on PayPal.
TikTok said rewards were restricted to users 18 years and older, who had to verify their age. Users could watch up to one hour a day of videos to earn rewards, which were capped at the equivalent of one euro a day.
The commission opened an investigation in April due to concerns that TikTok has not done a diligent assessment required under the act of the feature’s potential “addictive effect”, especially for children, “given suspected absence of effective age verification mechanisms on TikTok”.
The resolution of the TikTok Lite investigation does not affect an earlier probe launched against TikTok focusing on concerns about protection of minors, advertising transparency, data access for researchers, and mitigating risks of “behavioural addiction” and harmful content.
A Russian Soyuz 2.1a rocket carrying the Progress MS-26 cargo spacecraft, which will deliver more than 2.5 tonnes worth of cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday, according to a live broadcast by Russian state space corporation Roscosmos.
Nine minutes after the liftoff, the rocket will put the spacecraft into Earth orbit, and the Progress spacecraft will separate from the rocket’s third stage and begin its independent flight to the ISS.
Russia’s new space freighter will fly the traditional two-day route and is scheduled to dock the station on February 17 at 9:12 a.m. Moscow time (06:12 GMT). The spacecraft will spend a total of 180 days in space.
The spacecraft will deliver to the station more than 2.5 tonnes of cargo, including nearly 1.5 tonnes worth of hardware and equipment for the station’s systems and scientific experiments, clothing, food, medical and sanitary supplies for the ISS crew, 580 kilograms of fuel, 420 kilograms of drinking water and 40 kilograms of nitrogen.
The space freighter also carries consumables for the new scientific experiment dubbed “Fullerene” to grow fullerite crystals in the Nauka module — the third crystalline form of carbon, which is a new class of semiconductors. Progress MS-26 will also carry equipment for the new scientific experiment Orbita-MG to create a monitoring system that will find cracks and other leaks in the station’s hull.
Flooding caused by torrential rainfall in war-stricken Yemen has led to at least 60 deaths since July, with 13 others still missing and a total of 268,000 people affected, the United Nations said on Monday.
Yemen, already grappling with an almost decade-long war, suffers from severe floods on a near-annual basis that are triggered by torrential rainfall, while climate crisis is increasing the frequency and intensity of precipitation.
Since July, flash floods have caused 36 deaths in Hodeida province, nine in Ibb, eight in Marib and seven in Taiz, the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said in a report released on Monday.
“Public infrastructure, including schools, roads, and health facilities, have been affected. Livelihoods that were already hanging by a thread have been swept away,” OCHA said.
At least 600 people were injured due to flooding in Hodeida and Marib alone, it said, adding that a total of 13 people were still missing in Hodeida and Taiz.
It added that a total of 38,285 families — nearly 268,000 people — have been affected, saying that “severe weather is expected to persist into September, with additional alerts for heavy rainfall”.
The University of Notre Dame’s Global Adaptation Initiative ranks Yemen as one of the region’s most climate-vulnerable countries.
In recent years, it has experienced an increase in the frequency and intensity of rainfall due to climate crisis, stimulated by atmospheric circulation in the Indian Ocean, according to a 2023 report by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Norwegian Red Cross.
The country also suffered heavy flooding in 2019, 2020 and 2021, the report said.
Last week, the UN warned that $4.9 million was urgently needed to scale up the emergency response to Yemen’s extreme weather conditions.
Chinese scientists proposed building a magnetic launcher on the Moon, which could become an cost-effective way to deliver resources mined on the lunar surface to Earth, and, in addition, part of the Russian-Chinese lunar station project, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported on Sunday.
According to the publication, scientists from the Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering suggest that the magnetic levitation installation will work on the same principle as the hammer throw in athletics, but the rotation at increasing speed will be carried out before a cargo capsule is sent to Earth.
Scientists are convinced that, due to the unique environmental conditions on the Moon, such as high vacuum and low gravity, payloads can be sent twice a day, and the cost of such transportation will be about 10% of the cost of existing methods.
“The system’s technical readiness is relatively high. Since it consumes only electricity and does not require any propellant, it will be relatively small in scale and straightforward to implement,” the scientists said in their paper.
They also noted that the main task will be the extraction of helium-3 to help solve the problem of the energy crisis on Earth. The project, in their opinion, will also contribute to the development of space mining technologies, heavy launch vehicles and artificial intelligence.
The proposed launch system will use a 50-meter-long rotating arm and a high-temperature superconducting engine to launch capsules with mined resources. Ten minutes after launch, the rotation speed of the arm will reach the second cosmic velocity of the Moon of 2.4 kilometers per second and about one-sixth of the second cosmic velocity of Earth — and put it on the correct trajectory for returning to Earth.
The system is designed to last at least 20 years, but it will weigh about 80 tonnes, so before it can be delivered to the Moon, it will be necessary to wait for the start of operation of the Chinese super-heavy launch vehicle, the publication said.
The team working on the project suggested that it could be part of a proposed joint Russian-Chinese project to build a research station at the south pole of the Moon by 2035.
The intergovernmental Russian-Chinese agreement on the joint creation of the International Scientific Lunar Station (ISLS) was signed on November 25, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law ratifying the agreement on June 12, 2024, and it entered into force on July 18. The document was published on July 25. It indicates that the station will be created in three phases and will receive modules both on the surface of the Earth’s natural satellite and in its orbit. During the third phase, it is planned not only to study and develop the Moon, but also to assist other countries in landing on the Moon. The implementation dates for each of the phases are not yet mentioned.
A boat with 25 illegal migrants capsized on the river Drina, which runs along the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), and search for 7 people is ongoing, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs Ivica Dacic said on Thursday.
“This morning, at approximately 05:00 a.m. (03:00 GMT), Bosnian border authorities and a local told the border police in the Serbian town of Ljubovija that a boat with illegal migrants had capsized in the Drina River overnight, while trying to leave Serbia and cross the river between the Drlace settlement in the Ljubovija municipality and Orlitsa in the Zvornik municipality [in Bosnia]. Police officers and emergency services from the ministry of internal affairs were immediately dispatched to the scene, and searches are ongoing along the river and shore. The survived migrants say that there were initially 25 people in the boat, but the police have so far confirmed the presence of 18 people, including three children,” the minister said.
Bosnian police and rescuers are also searching for the remaining seven migrants. A detachment of divers from Serbia is also expected to arrive to assist in the search.
Relations between Russia and China have withstood international turbulence, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Wednesday.
“Chinese-Russian friendship has withstood international turbulence and has a long history. It can be said that our friendship is strong, solid and unshakable. It is our common valuable asset,” Li Qiang said at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
African Buffaloes Make Decisions By Voting
African buffalo herds actually use a form of voting when trying to decide which direction to travel in. One at a time, adult females will stand up and look in a certain direction before sitting down. Whichever direction gets the most amount of looks is typically where the herd travels.
Bamboo Is the World's Fastest Growing Plant
Bamboo also happens to be the world’s fastest growing plant. One species of bamboo can even grow 35 inches in a single day, and some species reach full maturity in just 90 days! Not only does bamboo grow exceptionally fast, it also happens to hold a Guinness World Record for fastest growing plant!
Birds Are Descended From Dinosaurs
Since the 1960s, many scientists have found recurring evidence that birds are direct descendants of these prehistoric reptiles. In fact, according to the Smithsonian Magazine, all living birds are indeed dinosaurs, but not all dinosaurs were considered birds. Some dinosaurs even had feathers just like birds!
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https://onetreeplanted.org/blogs/stories/nature-fun-facts
Ant
According to different estimates, ants can carry 10 - 50 times their body weight, or maybe even more! How? Because ants are so small, their muscles have a greater cross-sectional area (they are thicker) relative to their body size than in larger animals. This means they can produce more force pound-for-pound (or in the case of an ant, milligram-for-milligram).
acacia's alarm system
ACACIA trees pass on an ‘alarm signal’ to other trees when antelope
browse on their leaves, according to a zoologist from Pretoria University.
Wouter Van Hoven says that acacias nibbled by antelope produce leaf tannin
in quantities lethal to the browsers, and emit ethylene into the air which
can travel up to 50 yards. The ethylene warns other trees of the impending
danger, which then step up their own production of leaf tannin within just
five to ten minutes.
Van Hoven made his discovery when asked to investigate the sudden death
of some 3000 South African antelope, called kudu, on game ranches in the
Transvaal. He noticed that giraffe, roaming freely, browsed only on one
acacia tree in ten, avoiding those trees which were downwind. Kudu, which
are fenced in on the game ranches, have little other than acacia leaves
to eat during the winter months. So the antelope continue to browse until
the tannin from the leaves sets off a lethal metabolic chain reaction in
their bodies.
Van Hoven’s research is to be published in the Journal of African Zoology.
He described his results at a recent conference in France. Claude Edelin
of the National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS) described the discovery
as ‘terribly exciting’.
Fifteen years ago, a French scientist at the CNRS, Paul Caro, found
that oak trees attacked by caterpillars reacted by stepping up the quantity
of tannin and phenol produced in their leaves. Caro observed that the trees’
defence mechanism inhibited the growth of the larvae.
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12717361-200-antelope-activate-the-acacias-alarm-system/
እነሆ ሁለት ባል እና ሚስቶች መኖራቸው ተነገረ፡፡ ግን ፈጽሞ ሊስማሙ አልቻሉም ተባለ፡፡ ቤታቸው የትዳር ቤት ሳይሆን አፍጋኒስታን ይመስል ነበር፡፡ አንዳንድ ጊዜ እንዲያውም ለምን ሊጋቡ እንደቻሉ ሁለቱንም ያስገርማቸዋል፡፡ አንድ ደራሲ Men from Mars and women from Venus የሚል መጽሐፍ ጽፏል፡፡ እንደተፈጥሯቸው እና ጠባያቸው ቢሆን ኖሮ ወንድ እና ሴት ተጋብተው መኖር የማይችሉ ፍጡራን ነበሩ ነው ጠቅላላ ሃሳቡ፡፡ የትዳር የዘለቄታ ፎርሙላም ይህንን እውነታ ከመረዳት ይመነጫል ባይ ነው፡፡ ታድያ እነዚህኞቹ ከዚህም የባሱ ናቸው፡፡ ኢትዮጵያ እና ጣልያን፣ እንግሊዝ እና አርጀንቲና፣ አሜሪካ እና ቬትናም፣ ይመስላሉ፡፡ አንዳቸው የሚናገሩት ለሌላቸው አይጥምም፡፡ እንዋደዳለን ብለው ሳይሆን እንበሻሸቃለን ብለው የተጋቡ ይመስላሉ፡፡ ሁለት ተቀዋዋሚ ፓርቲዎች አንድ መንግሥት መሥርተው እርስ በርስ መከራ የሚያዩበት ሀገር ሆኗል ቤታቸው፡፡ «ትዳር ማለት ከውጭ ያሉት እንግባ እንገባ፣ ከውስጥ ያሉት እንውጣ እንውጣ የሚሉበት ነው» የተባለው የተፈጸመው በእነርሱ ነው፡፡ በቤታቸው ቀስ ብሎ የሚናገር የለም፡፡ ባልም ይጮኻል፣ ሚስትም ትጮኻለች፤ እነርሱንም ተከትትሎ ቤቱ ራሱ ይጮኻል፡፡ የሚገርመው ነገር በሩ ሲከፈት ይጮኻል፤ ቴሌቭዥኑ ይጮኻል፤ ጠረጲዛው ሲሳብ ይጮኻል፤ ወንበሩ ሲጎተት ይጮኻል፤ ሁሉም ይጮኻል፡፡ ከአማርኛ ድምፆችች ሁሉ «ዬ» የምትባለው ድምፅ እዚህ ቤት እንዳትደርስ ተከልክላለች፡፡ «እንትናዬ» እየተባለ ሲጠራ ሰማሁ የሚል የለም፡፡ «እ አንተ፣ እ አንቺ፣ ስማ፣ ስሚ» ቤቱ የወታደር ካምፕ ነው የሚመስለው፡፡ እናም ሁለቱም መረራቸው፡፡ መፋታት አሰቡ፤ ግን ፍርድ ቤት ምን እንደሚወስን አይታወቅም፡፡ ለአንዱ አብልጦ ለሌላውም አሳንሶ ቢወስን ሞት መስሎ ተሰማቸው፡፡ ይኼ በቤታቸው ገብቶ የሚያነታርካቸው ሰይጣን ለሁለቱም በአንድ ጊዜ አንድ ክፉ ነገር አመለከታቸው፡፡ አንዱ ሌላኛውን በመርዝ ለመግደል፡፡ አሰቡ ሁለቱም፡፡ እናም ምናልባት መፍትሔ ይሰጠናል ብለው ወደሚያስቡበት አንድ ዐዋቂ ዘንድ ለመሄድ በየግላቸው ወሰኑ፡፡ መጀመርያ ባል ከሚስቱ ተደብቆ ዓርብ ዕለት ወደ ዐዋቂው ቤት ሄደ፡፡ እዚያም ደርሶ ችግሩን ሁሉ ነገረው፡፡ «እኔ ከሚስቴ ጋር መነታረክ ሰለቸኝ፤ አንድ ቀን እንደ ሰው ጥሩ ነገር ሳንነጋገር ይኼው አምስት ዓመት ሆነን፡፡ ነጋ ጠባ ጠብ ነው፡፡ አሁን መረረኝ፡፡ እርሷ ከግራ ጎኔ ሳይሆን ከምላሴ ነው የተፈጠረችው፡፡ የመጣሁት እርሷን ጸጥ አድርጎ የሚገድል መርዝ እንድትሰጠኝ ነው» አለው፡፡ ዐዋቂውም በሃሳቡ ተስማማ፡፡ «ነገር ግን» አለው ዐዋቂው «ሚስትህን በአንድ ቀን በመርዝ ብትገድላት ተጠርጥረህ ትያዛለህ፡፡ ስለዚህ ቀስ በቀስ የሚገድል መርዝ ልስጥህ» አለው፡፡ ባልም ተስማማ፡፡ «ይኼ መርዝ በምግብ፣ በመጠጥ፣ በአልጋ ላይ፣ በወንበር ላይ የሚደረግ ነው፡፡ ሚስትህ ጠርጣራ ናት፡፡ ልትደርስብህ ትችላለች፡፡ ጎረቤቶችህም እንደምትጣሉ ያውቃሉ፡፡ አንድ ነገር ብትሆን ይጠረጥሩሃል፡፡ ስለዚህ ከዛሬ ጀምሮ ጠባይህን ቀይር፡፡ እያቆላመጥክ በስሟ ጥራት፡፡ አልጋዋን አንጠፍላት፣ ምግቧን ሥራላት፤ ከውጭ ስትመጣ ስጦታ አምጣላት፤ ሻሂ አፍላላት፤ ራት ጋብዛት፤ ልብሷን ተኩስላት፤ እንዴው በአጠቃላይ ተንከባከባት፡፡ ነገር ግነ ምግብ ስታበላት በምግብ ላይ፣ መጠጥ ስታጠጣት በመጠጡ ላይ፣ ልብሷን ስትተኩስ በልብሷ ላይ፣ አልጋ ስታነጥፍ በአልጋው ራስጌ በኩል ይህንን መድኃኒት ቀስ አድርገህ በትንበት፡፡ ቀስ በቀስ ይገድላታል፡፡ አንተም ትገላገላለህ» አለው፡፡ ባልዬው ተደሰተ፡፡ ያላሰበውን የመፍትሔ ሃሳብ ዐዋቂው በማምጣቱ ዘሎ አቀፈው፡፡ በኪሱ የነበረውን ገንዘብም እንዳለ አወጣ፡፡ ያን ጊዜ ዐዋቂው «አሁን አትከፍልም፤ መድኃኒቱ ሠርቶ ሚስትህ ከሞተች በኋላ ትከፍላለህ፤ አንድ ነገር ግን ጠብቅ፡፡ ሚስትህ ምናልባት ጠባይዋን ለትቀይር ትችላለች፤ ያን ጊዜ መድኃኒቱ እየሠራ መሆኑን በዚህ ታረጋግጣለህ» አለው፡፡ እየፈነጠዘ መድኃኒቱን ቋጠሮ ወደ ቤቱ ሄደ፡፡ በማግሥቱ ደግሞ ሚስቱ ተደብቃ መጣች፡፡ «ባሌ ሊገድለኝ ነው፡፡ እኔኮ ባል ሳይሆን ሙቀጫ ነው ያገባሁት፡፡ ሥራው መጨቅጨቅ ብቻ፡፡ አሁን የመጣሁት ከዚህ ሰው ጋር ለአንዴ እና ለመጨረሻ ጊዜ እንድትለየኝ ነው፡፡ መርዝ የለህም ወይ» አለቺው፡፡ «ሞልቷል» አላት ዐዋቂው በፈገግታ፡፡ «የፈለግከውን ያህል ልክፈለህ ስጠኝ» አለቺው፡፡ ወደ ጓዳ ገባና በጨርቅ የተቋጠረ ነገር ይዞላት መጣ፡፡ «እይውልሽ ይሄ መርዝ ነው፤ ግን በአንድ ቀን አይገድልም» አላት፡፡ ተናደደች፡፡ «እኔ ኳ ኮርኳ የሚያደርገውን ነው የምፈልገው» አለቺው፡፡ «እርሱማ አደጋ አለው፡፡ ጤነኛ የነበረ ሰው በድንገት ሲሞት መመርመሩ፣ መጠርጠሩም አይቀር፡፡ ለእኔም ትተርፊኛለሽ» አላት፡፡ አሰብ አደረገቺና «ታድያ ምን ይሻላል?» አለቺው፡፡ «ቀስ በቀስ የሚገድል ይሻልሻል፤ እየታመመ ስለሚሞት ሰው አያውቅብሽም» አላት፡፡ ተስማማች፡፡
«አወሳሰዱ ጥንቃቄ ይፈልጋል፡፡ በምግብ፣ በመጠጥ፣ በአልጋ፣ በወንበር፣ በልብስ፣ ነው የሚሰጠው፡፡ መጀመርያ ጠባይሺን ቀይሪ፡፡ ያለበለዚያ እሺ ብሎ አይወስድልሺም፡፡ የወደድሺው ምሰዪ፡፡ እቀፊው፣ ሳሚው፣ እጅ የሚያስቆረጥመውን ምግብ ሥሪለት፤ ልብሱን እጠቢለት፤ ፈገግ ብለሽ ተቀበዪው፤ አብራችሁ ተዝናኑ፤ ከጎኑ አትለዪ፡፡ ታድያ ምግብ ስታቀርቢ፣ መጠጥ ስትሰጭው ከዚህ መድኃኒት ትንሽ ብትን አድርጊበት፡፡ ስትተኙም አልጋው ላይ በግርጌው በኩል በተን አድርጊ፡፡ ልብስ ስታጥቢም ይህንን ጨምረሽ አብረሽ እጠቢበት፡፡ በየጊዜው ቤቱን በሚገባ አዘጋጅተሽ በየጥጋ ጥጉ ይህንን በተን በተን አድርጊ፡፡ ከዚያ የፈለግሺው ሁሉ ይሳካል» አላት ዐዋቂው፡፡ በቦርሳዋ የያዘቺውን ሁሉ ገንዘብ ሠፍራ ልትሰጠው ስትል፡፡ «የምትከፍዪው ባልሽ ከሞተ በኋላ ነው» አላት፡፡ ብታደርግ ብትሠራው ሊቀበላት አልቻለም፡፡ መድኃኒቷን ይዛ የሚሆነውን ሁሉ እያሰላሰለች ወጣች፡፡ ልትወጣ ስትል እንዲህ አላት «ባልሽ ጠባዩን መቀየር ይጀምራል፤ ያን ጊዜ መድኃኒቱ እየሠራ መሆኑን በዚህ ታውቂያለሽ» ቤት እንደገባች ዐዋቂው ባዘዛት መሠረት ቤቷን ታዘጋጅ ጀመር፡፡ ያንን አይታው የማታውቀውን ጓዳ ጎድጓዳ መልክ መልከ ሰጠቺው፡፡ አቧራውን አራገፈች፤ ዕቃውን ቀየረች፤ ወንበር እና ጠረጲዛውን መልክ መልክ ሰጠቺው፤ ግድግዳው ታጠበ፤ አዳዲስ የጌጥ ዕቃዎች በየመልካቸው ተሰቀሉበት፡፡ ከዚያም ወደ ማዕድ ቤት ገብታ እጅ የሚያሰቆረጥም ዶሮ ሠራች፡፡ መጠጡ ተገዛ፤ ቡናው ተፈላ፤ ፈንዲሻው ተፈነደሸ፤ ቤቱ ዓመት በዓል መሰለ፡፡ ሁሉም ነገር ላይ ግን መድኃኒቱ በተን ተደርጓል፡፡ ባል እንደ ለመደው አምሽቶ ከሥራ ገባ፡፡ ዐዋቂው እንዳለው ለሚስቱ ስጦታ የሚሆን ሽቱ፣ ጫማ እና አበባ ይዟል፡፡ መንገድ ላይ ከመድኃኒቱ በተን አደረገበት፡፡ ምን እንደሚፈጠር ባለማወቁ ሲፈራ ሲቸር በሩን መታ፡፡ ድሮ «ምን ትደበድባለህ ከፍተህ አትገባም» የሚለው ድምፅ ነበር የሚሰማው፡፡ አሁን አንድ እጅ ከፈተለት፡፡ ቤቱ ፏ ብሏል፡፡ «ማርዬ ደኅና አመሸሽልኝ» ሲላት ልቧ ወከክ አለ፡፡ «መድኃኒቱ መሥራት ጀመረ ማለት ነው» አለች በልቧ፡፡ እቅፍ አድርጋ ሳመቺው፡፡ ዓይኑንም ጉንጩንም አላመነውም፡፡ ከመጠራጠሩ የተነሣ «እርሷ ናት የሳመቺኝ ወይስ እኔ ነኝ የሳምኳት» እያለ ይጠይቅ ነበር፡ ፡ ያ ዐዋቂ ያለው እውነቱን ነው ማለት ነው፡፡ ያመጣላትን ሰጦታ ስታይ «በውኔ ነው ወይስ በሕልሜ፣ ወይስ በቴሌቭዥን» አለች፡፡ «የኔ ፍቅር፣ በጣም ነው የምወድህ» አለቺና ወደ ወንበሩ ወሰደቺው፡፡ አብረው ተቀመጡ፡፡ እርሷ ምግብ ልታቀራርብ ወደ ጓዳ ስትገባ በፍጥነት ጎንበስ አለና ወንበሩ ውስጥ መድኃኒቱን በተን አደረገው፡፡ ምግቡን አቅርባ መጠጡን ልታመጣ ሄደች፡፡ አሁንም አወጣና ወጡ ውስጥ በተን አደረገ፡፡ እንደ ጉድ ተበላ፡፡ ተጠጣ፡፡ ከተጋቡ ከሁለት ወር በኋላ ጀምሮ እንዲህ እየተጎራረሱ በፍቅር በልተው አያውቁም፡፡ በሞቴ፣ አፈር ስሆን፣ እየተባባሉ ጨረሱት፡፡ መድኃኒቱ ሠርቷል አሉ በልባቸው፡፡ አምስት ዓመት ሙሉ ያልተጫወቱትን ወሬ ሲያወጉት አመሹ፡፡ አምሽተውም አልቀሩ ወደ እልፍኛቸው ገቡ፡፡ እርሷ ቀድማ ባኞ ቤት ገባች፡፡ እርሱ ተሽቀዳድሞ በራስጌ በኩል መድኃኒቱን በተን አደረገው፡፡ መጣች፡፡ ደግሞ እርሱ በተራው ባኞ ቤት ገባ፡፡ እርሷም በግርጌው በተን አደረገች፡፡ ሁሉም በተኑ፡፡ እነርሱም በፍቅር ብትን አሉ፡፡ ሌሊቱ የፍቅር ሆኖ አለፈ፡፡ ሁሉም በየልባቸው በመድኃኒቱ መሥራት ተደሰቱ፡፡ የሟችን ቀን መቼ እንደሚሆን መገመትም ያዙ፡፡ ያ ሕይወት ቀጠለ፡፡ መገባበዝ ነው፡፡ መዝናናት ነው፡፡ መጨዋት ነው፡፡ መደዋወል ነው፡፡ መነፋፈቅ ነው፡፡ አብሮ መውጣት ነው፡፡ አብሮ መግባት ነው፡፡ ያቺ የጠፋቺው «ዬ» ተመልሳ ገባች፡፡ እርሷም እነ
«ዋ»ን ይዛ መጣች፡፡ «ዋ»ም «የኔ ቆንጆ፣ የኔ እመቤት፣ የኔ ጌታ፣ የኔ ማር» የሚባሉ ዘር ማንዘሮቿን ጋበዘቻቸው፡፡ እናም ቤቱ ሞቀ፡፡ አንዳንድ ጊዜ ረስተውት የልብ የልባቸውን ያወሩ ጀመር፡፡ ለምን እንደዚያ ሊሆኑ እንደቻሉ፡፡ መደማማጥ እና መስማማት ለምን እንዳቃታቸው ያወራሉ፡፡ ወዲያው ትዝ ሲላቸው ደግሞ በየግላቸው ተደብቀው መድኃኒቷን በተን ያደርጋሉ፡፡ እየቆዩ ይኼኛው ኑሯቸው እየጣፈጣቸው መጣ፡፡ የማይጠገብ ሆነባቸው፡፡ ተገናኝተው ለመለያየት ሲጨነቁ፤ ተለያይተው ለመገናኘት ሲነፋፈቁ ጊዜ አንድ ነገር አሳሰባቸው፡፡ የቤታቸው ሙቀት ሲጨምር፣ የልባቸው ትርታ ሲንር ጊዜ አንድ ነገር አሳሰባቸው፡፡ አንዱ ለአንዱ ታዛዥ፣ አንዱ ለአንዱ አሳቢ፣ አንዱ ለአንዱ አዛኝ፣ አንዱ ለአንዱ መካሪ ሲሆኑ ጊዜ አንድ ነገር አሳሰባቸው፡፡ ሁለቱም በየልባቸው፡፡ «ይህንን የመሰለ ኑሮ ለምጄ አሁን ቢሞትብኝስ/ ብትሞትብኝስ» ይሉ ጀመር፡፡ ሞት እንዳልናፈቃቸው፣ ሕይወት አጓጓቸው፡፡ ትዳር ምን እዳ ነው እንዳላሉ፣ ፍቺ ምን እዳ ነው ብለው አዜሙ፡፡ እናም ሁለቱም መድኃኒት አድርገዋል፤ ሁለቱም፣ ለመግደል አሢረዋል፡፡ ግን እንዲህ የሚሆን አልመሰላቸውም፡፡ ደግሞ ይህንን ምሥጢር አንዱ የሌላውን አያውቅም፡፡ በዚህ የፍቅር ሞቅታ ውስጥ አንዱ ከሌላው ይህንን ቢሰማ ምን ይላል? እያሉ ተጨነቁ፡፡ ባል ሲከንፍ ወደ ዐዋቂው ቤት ገሠገሠ፡፡ እርሱም እያለቀሰ ተንበረከከ «ሚስቴን መልስልኝ፤ እፈልጋታለሁ መልስልኝ በፊት ከከፈልኩህ ሦስት እጥፍ እከፍልሃለሁ፤ ብቻ መልስልኝ፡፡ እኔ እንደዚህ መሆንዋን መች ዐወቅኩ» እጁን እንደ ሚማጸን ሰው አቅንቶ ለመነው፡፡
Author Name Diakon Danel Kibret