Die son het nog geen kans gehad om die Drakensberge ten volle te verwarm nie.

The sun hadn't had a chance to fully warm the Drakensberge yet.

Annelise het vroeg wakker geword.

Annelise woke up early.

Haar hart klop vinnig.

Her heart was beating quickly.

Vandag was die eerste dag van die vakansie wat sy so noukeurig beplan het.

Today was the first day of the vacation she had planned so carefully.

Die somer was vol groen weivelde en helder lug.

The summer was full of green pastures and clear skies.

Sy wou seker maak dat haar vriende, Kobus en Pieter, elke oomblik geniet.

She wanted to make sure her friends, Kobus and Pieter, enjoyed every moment.

Maar toe het dit begin sneeu.

But then it began to snow.

Liggies eers, soos flentertjies wat neerdaal.

Gently at first, like little flurries falling down.

Toe ernstiger, totdat die landskap soos 'n wit kombers gelyk het.

Then more seriously, until the landscape looked like a white blanket.

"Hoe kan dit sneeu in die somer?

"How can it snow in the summer?"

" het Annelise verbaas gemompel.

Annelise muttered in surprise.

Haar kop was 'n warboel van gedagtes.

Her mind was a jumble of thoughts.

Alles wat sy beplan het, het 'n knou gekry.

Everything she had planned had taken a hit.

Skielik was niks meer seker nie.

Suddenly, nothing was certain anymore.

Kobus, altyd die grappenmaker, het in die sneeu uitgespring.

Kobus, always the joker, jumped into the snow.

"Kyk!

"Look!

'n Kersfees in Julie!

A Christmas in July!"

" het hy uitgeroep, sy asem in taai wolke voor hom.

he exclaimed, his breath forming fluffy clouds in front of him.

Pieter, meer besorgd, het na die lug gekyk en opgemerk hoe die sneeu dikker word.

Pieter, more concerned, looked at the sky and noted how the snow was getting thicker.

"Ons moet 'n plan maak," het hy gesê.

"We need to make a plan," he said.

Annelise het 'n besluit geneem.

Annelise made a decision.

"Daar's 'n beskermde skuiling nie ver van hier nie," het sy gesê.

"There's a sheltered cabin not far from here," she said.

Haar stem was stewig, selfs al was haar hart onrustig.

Her voice was steady, even though her heart was restless.

"Ons moet daarheen loop.

"We need to walk there.

Dis veilig en warm.

It's safe and warm."

"Met haar kaarte en 'n kompas in die hand, het sy die pad gelei.

With her maps and a compass in hand, she led the way.

Die sneeu het onder hul stap wawyd toegeval.

The snow widened beneath their steps.

Dit was soos om in 'n droom te loop, die wêreld stil en vreedsaam, al was dit verraderlik.

It was like walking in a dream, the world silent and peaceful, even if it was treacherous.

Annelise het vir 'n oomblik oorweeg om aan die oorspronklike plan te hou, maar die veiligheid van haar vriende het nou voorrang geniet.

Annelise briefly considered sticking to the original plan, but her friends' safety now took precedence.

Hulle het uiteindelik die kabine bereik.

They finally reached the cabin.

Binne was dit heeltemal anders.

Inside, it was entirely different.

Warmte het die koue vingers van die sneeu verdryf.

Warmth drove away the cold fingers of the snow.

Hulle het die kaggel aangesteek, bakstene begin gloei soos die hitte al hoe sterker geraak het.

They lit the fireplace, bricks glowing as the heat became stronger.

Hier, weg van die chaos en koud, het Annelise haar asem uitgeblaas.

Here, away from the chaos and cold, Annelise let out a breath.

Haar vriende was veilig, en die stres van haar beplanning het gaandeweg minder geraak.

Her friends were safe, and the stress of her planning gradually diminished.

Hulle het gesels, gekuier en lag geskater het die hutte gevul.

They chatted, relaxed, and laughter filled the cabin.

Kobus het 'n ou kitaar uitgehaal en vrolike deuntjies gespeel terwyl Pieter warm sjokolade gemaak het.

Kobus pulled out an old guitar and played cheerful tunes while Pieter made hot chocolate.

Annelise het agteroor gesit, haarself toegelaat om die vreugde van die oomblik te geniet.

Annelise leaned back, allowing herself to enjoy the joy of the moment.

Terwyl die sneeu buite nog digter geval het, het Annelise 'n belangrike les geleer.

As the snow outside fell even thicker, Annelise learned an important lesson.

Sy het besef dat nie alles altyd volgens plan hoef te verloop om 'n spesiale tyd te hê nie.

She realized that not everything had to go according to plan to have a special time.

Dit was in hierdie onvoorspelbaarheid dat sy die ware genot van die lewe gevind het.

It was in this unpredictability that she found the real joy of life.