SATERDAGOGGENDE is ons vroegoggend by oom Saag, want dan kan ons koeimelk direk uit die speen drink en daarna drom ons om hom saam vir sy raaisels, grappies en stories. Ons sit kruisbeen voor hom op die stoep in die Ooste-sonnetjie. Met sy swart voorskoot sit hy agter sy werkstafel. Timmer, sny en smeer die gare met die harpuis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy is deesdae \u2019n skoenmaker wat hom met sy lees besig hou. Maak die mooiste en duursaamste leerskoene en help uit soos wanneer ander kleinigheidjies nodig is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ons weet oom Saag was in die Boere-oorlog, want dis waar hy \u201cdie lood in sy heup gevat\u201d het en dis di\u00e9 dat hy hier op sy oudag met \u2019n kierie loop. En dis ook waar hy sy bynaam gekry het met sy saagspelery. Toe hy dus s\u00ea: \u201cVandag is dit \u2019n oorlogstorie\u201d het ons opgewonde begin rondskuif en kwetter soos \u2019n klomp vinke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En oom Saag vat voor: \u201cDi\u00e9 oorlogsnag was pikgitdonker, koud en nat. Ons Kommando B was bo teen \u2019n koppie en die vyandelike kommando K, was direk oorkant ons teen \u2019n ander koppie ingegrawe. Die gebied tussenin was baie rotsagtig en op hierdie maanlose, onweersnag wou niemand dit uit hul skuilings waag nie. N\u00e1 middernag is daar \u2019n ongesonde gerammel van kommando K se kant af. Verder grafstil. Nie eens \u2019n dieregeluid in die veld nie. Skielik weer \u2019n gerammel \u2013 nader en harder. Dis seker maar die donderweer mompel ons onderlangs vir mekaar en die meeste manne maak hulle klein in hul gate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2019n Harde donderslag dop ons uit ons gate uit en in die silwer bliksemstraal wat volg, sien ons die die vyand is op ons. Voor ons kon s\u00ea veldslag, is die geveg aan die gang. Dis geweerskote, donderweer, bliksemstrale en koe\u00ebls wat heen-en-weer vlieg. Ons vuur en hulle vuur en die koe\u00ebls brand slote deur hoed en haar en hemp en kets weg van die rotse om ons. Intussen is die hemelse sluise oop en ons kan niks sien nie, maar saam met die re\u00ebn, re\u00ebn die koe\u00ebls. Skielik is daar \u2019n harde geskreeu en . . .\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Net toe verskyn ant Hes se mosbolletjie lyf in die voordeur. \u201cSaag, hier\u2019s jou purgasie\u201d, en sy kom plant haar doelgerig voor oom Saag en hou \u2019n amperse soplepel na hom toe uit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNee, Vrou,\u201d keer oom Saag. \u201cEk makeer mos niksie. En daai duiwelsdrek van jou het seker weer gemaalde muisbolletjies en vlermuiskoppe in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy loer na ons en knipoog ondeund. Ant Hes ruk haar ronde lyf nog meer regop en begin bewe soos \u2019n goed gesette jellie. \u201cSaag, drink. Jou laasnag se middernagtelike gemarsjeerdery closet<\/i> toe en terug, gebeur nie gou weer nie. O\u00f3\u00f3\u00f3f . . .\u201d en sy rek die woord langer uit as die alfabet en kyk betekenisvol na ons met haar uilo\u00eb agter die dik brilglase. \u201cOf ek vertel vir die kjinners waar jy hierie simpel oorlogstorie gaan haal het . . .\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMaar Vrou, dis alles eintlik jou skuld. Jou spyskaart van gister was nie reg nie. Kool gistermiddag saam met die vet vleisribbetjie en daai lippe-aflek boontjiesop en spek gisteraand.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oom Saag se mond is nog oop met die beskuldiging toe druk Ant Hes die lepel met mening daarin. En oom Saag sluk. Sy gesig krimp op soos \u2019n gedroogde pruim en hy skud sy lyf soos \u2019n nat hond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ant Hes draai om, kyk na ons en s\u00ea verontwaardig: \u201cBoontjies en Kool \u2013 dis die B- en K-kommando\u2019s waarvan hy praat. En as julle my vra, is dit nou \u2019n pot oorlogsop vir \u2019n goor maag\u201d en sy stoom triomfantelik die huis in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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