Chisakanizo cha masiku ano ndi zenizeni, zenizeni ndi nthano zachilengedwe, zabwino ndi zoipa, zokhala ndi malingaliro, kukumbukira ndi masewera okondweretsa omwe akuyembekezera omvera a mndandanda wakuti "Kamodzi pa Nkhani Yachifanizo." Cholinga chochititsa chidwi, zojambula zokongola zochokera m'mabuku ndi zithunzithunzi mu kutanthauzira kwamakono, komanso zochitika zosayembekezereka ndi zosangalatsa zotsatizanazi zidzakupangitsani kuyang'ana "Nthaŵi yongopeka", osayang'ana mmwamba pazenera.
Chiwembu ndi ichi:
Ali ndi zaka 28, Emma Swan, mnyamata wamng'ono dzina lake Henry akuthamangira mkati, yemwe akunena kuti ndi mwana wake. Msungwana wododometsa amadziwa nkhani yosangalatsa ya mnyamatayo: Pambuyo pa Temberero la Mfumukazi Yoipa, anyamata onse aamuna adachoka ku Magic Forest, komwe ankakhala m'dziko lathu lamakono, mumzinda wa Storybrook. Iwo anaiwala za kale lawo, adakhala anthu wamba: Chipale chofewa, Little Red Riding Hood, Belle, Victor Frankenstein, Rumpelstiltschen, gnomes, fairies - amenewa ndi ena ambiri amatsenga amatsenga ali ndi mayina atsopano ndi moyo watsopano. Zoonadi, palinso matsenga otsalira mumzinda uno: oyendayenda saloledwa kulowetsa, palibe yemwe amangodziwa za kukhalapo kwa malowa ndipo sangapeze; ndipo nthawiyi yapita, chifukwa cha zomwe palibe munthu akukalamba. Zonsezi zimaswedwa m'madzi awo, osadziŵa kanthu kakang'ono. Onse kupatula mnyamata Henry. Pothandizidwa ndi bukhu la nthano, adapeza chowonadi chonse: kuti amayi ake ndi a mayina a mzindawo, si ake omwe, koma abambo ake, kuphatikizapo, ndi mfumukazi yoipa. Ndichifukwa chake Henry anapita kukafunafuna amayi ake omwe, malinga ndi ulosi, Mpulumutsi.
Kotero, pa Emma, nkhani ikugwa kuti iye ayenera kupulumutsa anthu onse amatsenga, kuwamasula ku temberero, kubweretsanso aliyense kukumbukira ndi zina. Inde, sakhulupirira mwanayo, koma kwa kanthaŵi, Henry ndi mwana wake wamwamuna, amene Emma anapatsa mwana wake zaka khumi zapitazo, akusewera naye. Kumapeto kwa nyengo yoyamba, temberero lidzagwadika chifukwa cha Mpulumutsi, koma ichi ndi chiyambi chabe cha ulendo wautali.
Poyang'ana zolemba zonsezi zimapangitsa munthu kumverera: wina amakonda, amakopeka ndi kumvetsa chisoni, wina amakhumudwitsa kuti sangathe. Patapita kanthawi chithunzichi chimasintha, ndipo munthu woipa wa dzulo adakali wochitira chifundo ndi chifundo, ngakhale ngati kanthawi. Kuchokera mndandandawu ndi zovuta kubwera. Mukayamba kuyang'ana, simungayime, ndipo moyenerera, chifukwa chakupitirira m'nkhalango, zinthu zosiyana kwambiri.
Pali zovuta zambiri mndandanda, chifukwa amvetsetsa zomwe amachita ndi khalidwe la anthu ena, mwachitsanzo, chifukwa chake ali stalinymenno monga: chabwino kapena choipa, chabwino kapena choipa, chodziteteza kapena chosangalatsa. Ndizosangalatsa kuyang'ana, maonekedwe atsopano amawonekera nthawi zonse, koma alembedwa mu chiwembu kotero kuti sakuwakonda iwo omwe amakonda kusunga nthawi imodzi yokha ndi anthu omwewo.
Inde, palinso amuna okongola, omwe adzatha kugonjetsa atsikana okondeka omwe ali ochita masewerowa. Mwina choyamba kukumbukira ndi pirate wokongola Captain Hook. Amasewera ndi "munthu woipa": wokongola komanso wamkono, wolimba mtima ndi wamwano, wokondweretsa komanso wodabwitsa, ndipo mtundu uwu, monga kakisvestno, umakopa atsikana ndi amayi ambiri. Wina, osati msilikali wosagonjetsa, angatchedwe Pinocchio. Komabe, m'pofunika kupeza "zokonda zanu" nokha, chifukwa aliyense ali ndi zokonda zosiyana.
Firimuyi imatha kuyang'anitsitsa pamodzi ndi banja, pamodzi ndi ana, chifukwa mantha ndi mantha omwe ali mndandanda wazinthu sizilipo. Kwa onse okonda nthano, kwa onse omwe adayanjanitsidwa ndi mabuku ali aang'ono, "Zomwe zachitika kale" ndizozimenezi: ndikuyang'ana zinthu zakale, ndizosangalatsa komanso zokondweretsa.