Dit is nie aldag dat jy \u2019n reusespinnekop wat groter as jou voertuig is, langs die pad gewaar nie. Di\u00e9 spinnekop is gelukkig vriendelik, groet almal met \u2019n glimlag en is onder andere gemaak van pype, pale en \u2019n strooibaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die ontstaan van di\u00e9 nuutste \u201cinwoner\u201d van die plaas Klipfontein, tussen Malmesbury en Darling, was die geesteskind van die tweelingsusters Beandr\u00e9 en Christel Kirsten, wat wou seker maak hul pa, Andries, of eerder Oubaas Kirsten, soos hy alom bekend is, nie te veel na hulle verlang nie. Hulle het die huis vroe\u00ebr vanjaar verlaat om by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) te gaan studeer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maar hoekom \u2019n spinnekop, van alle dinge? \u201cHul pa moet altyd hul held wees, en al wat \u2019n spinnekoppie is, kom verwyder of red van ons gille en die blik Doom,\u201d vertel sy vrou en die tweeling se ma, Mari\u00ebtte. N\u00e1dat hulle by NWU aanvaar is, het Mari\u00ebtte en haar dogters eendag \u2019n soortgelyke spinnekop-karakter uit strooi gemaak, op \u2019n Amerikaanse televisiekanaal van DSTV raakgesien, verduidelik sy. D\u00ede susters het daar en dan besluit om die oulike gedierte as \u2019n verrassing vir hul pa te bou en in die veld teen die pad staan te maak, brei sy verder uit. Volgens haar is hul dogters dol oor die plaas en hul pa, en di\u00e9 spinnekop sou hom daagliks herinner dat hy steeds hul held is, al is hulle vir nou nie by die huis nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die plaaslike nutsman, JP van der Merwe, beter bekend as Worsie, is genader om hulle met die bou van di\u00e9 spinnekop te help, sonder dat hul pa snuf in die neus sou kry. Beandr\u00e9 en Christel het die strooibaal saam met een van die trekkerdrywers gaan haal en in die veld gaan aflaai, terwyl Worsie intussen die spinnekop onder groot geheimhouding gaan bou het. \u201cAmper het Oubaas gedink iemand was besig met kattekwaad en hul verrassing gefnuik, maar ons het hom gou verwilder en ges\u00ea dit is \u2019n verrassing vir h\u00f3m,\u201d vertel Mari\u00ebtte. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hul pa was behoorlik uit die veld geslaan toe hy die spinnekop die eerste keer sien. Sy dogters het hom opdrag gegee dat hy nie die spinnekop mag verwyder voordat hulle vandeesmaand weer huis toe kom nie. Die tweeling se pa was egter so be\u00efndruk met sy agtvoetige vriend dat hy n\u00f3g een laat bou het. Di\u00e9 tweede spinnekop staan nou by die groot boom in die wingerd, wat die afgelope naweek baie aandag deur besoekers van die jaarlikse Parsdag, aangebied deur Darling Cellars, geniet het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parsdaggangers het gedurende die dag druiwe op Klipfontein kom pluk. Oubaas en sy dogters het gedink dit sou oulik wees om n\u00f3g \u2019n spinnekop te laat maak waarby die besoekers kon foto\u2019s neem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Blou-en-geel vlag is by die \u201cGrootboom-spinnekop\u201d opgerig om Darling Cellars se solidariteit en steun vir Oekra\u00efne te wys. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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