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–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dar cu cine crede c\u0103 vorbe\u015fte? \u00eentreb\u0103 tata.<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 De ce nu te ridici de pe prosop ca s\u0103-l \u00eentrebi? r\u0103spunse mama.<\/p>\n
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E prima zi de s\u00e2mb\u0103t\u0103 a verii. O or\u0103 am condus ca s\u0103 venim la lac. Dar nu e ori\u015fice lac, e Lacul Michigan. Nesf\u00e2r\u015firea apei parc\u0103 \u00eei aminte\u015fte bunicului de ocean.<\/p>\n
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– Nu-l \u00eentreb nimic, zise tata. De c\u00e2nd m-am n\u0103scut nu-mi amintesc s\u0103 fi pornit vreo conversa\u0163ie cu mine De ce-a\u015f face-o eu?<\/p>\n
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Se zice c\u0103 oceanul ar fi mai curat dec\u00e2t orice lac. Nu \u015ftiu ce s\u0103 zic. Probabil c\u0103 sunt singurul copil de dou\u0103sprezece ani care n-a v\u0103zut \u00eenc\u0103 marea. Bunicul a fost pe tote \u0163\u0103rmurile lumii, locuri cu nume ciudate ca Iwo Jima sau Ford Island.<\/p>\n
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–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A, da, uitasem, discu\u0163iile tat\u0103-fiu sunt str\u0103ine la voi \u00een familie, zise mama.<\/p>\n
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Lacul Michigan era rece dar soarele ne \u00eenc\u0103lzea numai bine. Miroseam cu to\u0163ii a crem\u0103 de plaj\u0103.<\/p>\n
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–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 De la el a pornit tradi\u0163ia, spuse tata.<\/p>\n
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Mama arunc\u0103 o privire \u00een jurul plajei ca \u015fi cum ar fi c\u0103utat pe cineva.<\/p>\n
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–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hmmm, tradi\u0163ie zici? Asta explic\u0103 totul.<\/p>\n
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Dup\u0103 ce o buburuz\u0103 se a\u015fez\u0103 pe nasul meu, un pesc\u0103ru\u015f zbur\u0103 deasupra capului ca s\u0103-mi \u00a0\u00eenfa\u015fce batonul de cereale din \u00a0m\u00e2n\u0103. In timp ce \u00a0mama \u015fi tata vorbeau, m-am \u00eentrebat \u201eCe este de explicat?\u201d<\/p>\n
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– Ce se explic\u0103? \u00eentreb\u0103 tata.<\/p>\n
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Mama z\u00e2mbi, \u00ee\u015fi puse ochelarii \u015fi se \u00eentinse pe prosop.<\/p>\n
Bunicul se uita pierdut la ap\u0103, morm\u0103ind ceva doar pentru el. Sora mea mai mic\u0103 se d\u0103dea mare cu acroba\u0163iile ei stupide merg\u00e2nd pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 el \u2013 \u00een m\u00e2ini. \u015ei eu \u015fi bunicul o ignoram.<\/p>\n
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–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nu m\u0103 mai ignora, \u00eei spuse tata mamei. Explic\u0103 ce ?<\/p>\n
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Mama \u00eei r\u0103spunse \u00een timp ce soarele \u00eei lumina chipul.<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Explic\u0103 de ce nu e \u015fi fiul t\u0103u cel mare aici ca s\u0103 se bucure de plaj\u0103 \u2013 \u00eempreun\u0103 cu tat\u0103l s\u0103u.<\/p>\n
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Fratele meu mai mare a stat \u015fi anul acesta acas\u0103. Niciodat\u0103 nu vine cu noi la plaj\u0103. De altfel rareori particip\u0103 la ie\u015firile \u00een familie \u2013 vine doar dac\u0103 tata r\u0103m\u00e2ne acas\u0103.<\/p>\n
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\u00cen timp ce privea apa bunicul murmura ceva doar pentru el. St\u0103tu la mal cam vreo or\u0103 bun\u0103. C\u00e2nd \u00ee\u015fi termin\u0103 discu\u0163iile cu v\u00e2ntul se\u00a0 mai plimb\u0103 de-a lungul si latul plajei p\u00e2n\u0103 se f\u0103cu ora de \u00eentoarcere. Ca s\u0103 demonstreze c\u00e2t de enervant\u0103 poate fi, mai ales la plaj\u0103, sora mea arunc\u0103 cu nisip peste prosopul \u015fi batonul meu de cereale. S\u0103 faci roata \u00een nisip nu \u00eenseamn\u0103 dec\u00e2t c\u0103 vrei s\u0103 te dai mare.<\/p>\n
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Cu sau f\u0103r\u0103 surori, mie \u00eemi place plaja lacului Michigan \u2013 \u015fi nu sunt singurul. \u015ei g\u0103rg\u0103ri\u0163elor le place. Pesc\u0103ru\u015fii care nu au v\u0103zut niciodat\u0103 marea, \u015fi ei o plac. Dar este totu\u015fi posibil ca bunicului s\u0103-i plac\u0103 cel mai mult. Privirea din ochiul lui de sticl\u0103 \u00een care se reflecta lacul Michigan cu siguran\u0163\u0103 ar\u0103ta c\u00e2t de mult \u00eei place. Dar ceea ce am v\u0103zut \u00een cel\u0103lalt ochi m\u0103 cam \u00eengrijora. Se prea poate ca noi cei de dou\u0103sprezece ani s\u0103 nu avem \u00eentotdeauna dreptate. Ceea ce am v\u0103zut putea fi dragoste sau putea fi team\u0103. Oricum ar fi fost, n-am mai v\u0103zut vreodat\u0103 un ochi s\u0103n\u0103tos care s\u0103 arate at\u00e2ta dragoste sau at\u00e2ta team\u0103.<\/p>\n
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Poate c\u0103 a\u015ftepta ca ceva s\u0103 vin\u0103 la mal. Sau poate c\u0103 se g\u00e2ndea la ceva sau la cineva dincolo de orizont \u2013 sau poate ambele variante. Dar nimic nu veni la mal. Nimic nu a venit vreodat\u0103. Singurele umbre ce se oglindeau \u00een valuri erau acelea ale pesc\u0103ru\u015filor care se n\u0103pusteau asupra noastr\u0103 ca ni\u015fte avioane de lupt\u0103.<\/p>\n
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–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oooo, uita\u0163i-v\u0103 la p\u0103s\u0103lele, ar\u0103t\u0103 sora mea cu degetele de la picioare, st\u00e2nd \u00een cap.<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u0102ia sunt pesc\u0103ru\u015fi, proasto! i-am zis eu pe c\u00e2t de politicos poate s\u0103 o spun\u0103 un frate mai mare.<\/p>\n
Bunicul \u00ee\u015fi miji ochiul s\u0103n\u0103tos ca \u015fi cum ar fi v\u0103zut ceva \u2013 ceea ce a\u015ftepta. St\u00e2nd drept \u00een fa\u0163a pesc\u0103ru\u015fului care venea spre el,\u00a0 \u00eendr\u0103zni \u00een cele din urm\u0103 s\u0103 spun\u0103 ceva cu glas tare.<\/p>\n
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–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asta e o schem\u0103 de atac, spuse el u\u015for.<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ce e o schem\u0103 de atac? \u00centreb\u0103 sora mea. Dar bunicul nu-i r\u0103spunse. Se uit\u0103 la tata, apoi la noi to\u0163i. Se uit\u0103 \u00een jur la g\u0103rg\u0103ri\u0163e, la pesc\u0103ru\u015fi \u015fi \u00eenc\u0103 o dat\u0103 la valurile ce m\u0103turau nisipul \u2013 \u00eendrept\u00e2ndu-se \u00eenspre noi.<\/p>\n
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A v\u0103zut tot ceea ce vroia s\u0103 vad\u0103 la lac, \u00eentorc\u00e2ndu-se \u00een final cu spatele la el. Privi cerul \u00een toate direc\u0163iile \u015fi apoi se \u00eendrept\u0103 u\u015for c\u0103tre de locul ferit din parcare.<\/p>\n
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de Alan D. Harris [USA] Traducere: Angelica \u0162apoca, student\u0103 MTTLC \u00a0for the English version click\u00a0here –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dar cu cine crede c\u0103 vorbe\u015fte? \u00eentreb\u0103 tata. –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 De ce nu te ridici de pe prosop ca s\u0103-l \u00eentrebi? r\u0103spunse mama. E prima zi de s\u00e2mb\u0103t\u0103 a verii. O or\u0103 am condus ca s\u0103 venim […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[925,393],"tags":[903,891,1160,403,54,72],"class_list":["post-8719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-egophobia-35","category-prozascurta","tag-alan-d-harris","tag-angelica-tapoca","tag-egophobia-35","tag-mttlc","tag-proza-scurta","tag-traducere"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6DakB-plaja","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8719"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8900,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8719\/revisions\/8900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}