NganoKare-kare, Gudo naMombe vaiva shamwari dzepedyo. Vaitamba pamwe, vachibatsirana pakutsvaka chikafu uye vachigara zvakanaka. Mwaka wemvura pawakasvika, vakasarudza kuti vavake dzimba dzavo kuitira kuti vagare zvakanaka mvura isati yanaya zvikuru.
Mombe, uyo aiva nehushingi uye aishanda nesimba, akatanga kuvaka imba yake nechando. Akatsvaka matanda, matombo, uye huswa, akavaka imba yakasimba yakataridzika zvakanaka.
Gudo, kusava nehanya naye, akaseka Mombe achiti, "Ko iwe, waomerwa neupenyu here? Uchinetseka kuvaka, ini ndichagara pamuti zvangu. Muti haumbonyorwi nemvura!" Mombe haana kupindura, akaramba achivaka zvake.
Zuva rimwe, mvura huru yakadonhera pasi. Gudo paaiva pamuti, mvura yakatanga kunyura musango. Mhepo yakasimuka, uye Gudo akatanga kudedera. Akadzika kubva pamuti, ndokunanga kwaMombe achikumbira rubatsiro.
"Mombe shamwari yangu, ndibatsirewo ndipinde muimba yako. Ndiri kunyatsotonhora," akadaro Gudo achinyunyuta.
Mombe, ane moyo munyoro, akavhura imba yake ndokupinza Gudo. Akamupa chikafu, ndokumudziyisa. Gudo akapedzisira apora.