Am sim\u021bit un fior pe \u0219ira spin\u0103rii, de\u0219i atunci, la fa\u021ba locului, nu \u00een\u021belesesem de ce. Doar c\u00e2nd am ajuns acas\u0103, cu telefonul \u00een m\u00e2n\u0103, am dat play \u0219i mi s-au \u00eenmuiat genunchii.<\/p>\n
\u00cen col\u021bul din st\u00e2nga al ecranului, printre umbre \u0219i frunzele care fo\u0219neau u\u0219or, se vedea limpede o siluet\u0103. Nu uman\u0103, nu clar\u0103\u2026 dar mi\u0219c\u00e2ndu-se cu o fluiditate care nu sem\u0103na cu nimic cunoscut. Un pas, o oprire brusc\u0103, apoi disp\u0103rea \u00een afara cadrului.<\/p>\n
Mi-am \u021binut respira\u021bia. M-am uitat din nou. \u0218i din nou. De fiecare dat\u0103 \u00eemi cre\u0219tea pulsul. Nu era doar o umbr\u0103.<\/p>\n
A doua zi diminea\u021b\u0103, nu am putut sta locului. M\u0103 tot g\u00e2ndeam la c\u0103\u021belul acela, singur \u0219i pierdut, \u0219i la ce-ar fi putut fi l\u00e2ng\u0103 mine. A\u0219a c\u0103 am preg\u0103tit o pung\u0103 cu m\u00e2ncare, o p\u0103tur\u0103 veche \u0219i o sticl\u0103 cu ap\u0103, \u0219i m-am \u00eentors \u00een locul acela.<\/p>\n
Era frig. Aerul mirosea a frunze umede \u0219i a p\u0103m\u00e2nt reav\u0103n. Drumul de \u021bar\u0103 era pustiu, iar de departe se auzea doar un clopot de biseric\u0103 b\u0103t\u00e2nd \u00eencet, anun\u021b\u00e2nd ora. C\u00e2nd am ajuns la zidul de piatr\u0103, am \u00eenghe\u021bat.<\/p>\n
C\u0103\u021belul era acolo. \u00cen acela\u0219i loc. Dar nu era singur.<\/p>\n
La c\u00e2\u021biva pa\u0219i \u00een spatele lui, \u00eentre m\u0103r\u0103cini, am z\u0103rit din nou acea mi\u0219care. Ca o umbr\u0103 groas\u0103 care se strecura, f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 ating\u0103 frunzele, f\u0103r\u0103 zgomot. M-am apropiat \u00eencet, sim\u021bind cum inima \u00eemi bate \u00een urechi.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Hei, micu\u021bule, am venit s\u0103 te iau, am murmurat, cu ochii fixa\u021bi pe el, dar cu sim\u021burile \u00eentinse c\u0103tre tot ce era \u00een jur.<\/p>\n
Atunci, c\u0103\u021belul a f\u0103cut ceva nea\u0219teptat. S-a ridicat greoi, a \u0219chiop\u0103tat spre mine \u0219i s-a lipit de piciorul meu, tremur\u00e2nd. Nu de frig, ci de fric\u0103. \u0218i am \u00een\u021beles c\u0103 nu eu eram cel pe care \u00eel a\u0219tepta.<\/p>\n
\u00cen spatele zidului, printre pietre, am auzit o \u0219oapt\u0103. Sau poate un oftat. Un sunet prelung, umed, care mi-a f\u0103cut pielea s\u0103 se zb\u00e2rleasc\u0103. Am ridicat c\u0103\u021belul \u00een bra\u021be \u0219i am f\u0103cut c\u00e2\u021biva pa\u0219i \u00eenapoi.<\/p>\n
Dar \u00eenainte s\u0103 plec, am \u00eentors capul.<\/p>\n
Acolo, \u00eentre dou\u0103 pietre mari, era o icoan\u0103 veche, acoperit\u0103 de mu\u0219chi, cu sticla cr\u0103pat\u0103. L\u00e2ng\u0103 ea, o lum\u00e2nare ars\u0103 pe jum\u0103tate, \u00eenc\u0103 \u00eenfipt\u0103 \u00een p\u0103m\u00e2nt.<\/p>\n
Mi-am dat seama atunci c\u0103 locul acela nu era doar un col\u021b uitat de lume, ci un fel de \u201eprag\u201d pe care oamenii din sat \u00eel ocoleau. Mi-am amintit pove\u0219tile bunicii, despre locuri unde \u201enu se trece dup\u0103 apus\u201d, despre suflete care r\u0103t\u0103cesc \u0219i paznici nev\u0103zu\u021bi.<\/p>\n
Am plecat f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 mai privesc \u00eenapoi.<\/p>\n
Acas\u0103, c\u0103\u021belul a b\u0103ut ap\u0103 cu l\u0103comie \u0219i a m\u00e2ncat tot din castron. Dup\u0103 ce s-a lini\u0219tit, l-am \u00eenvelit \u00een p\u0103tur\u0103 \u0219i l-am l\u0103sat s\u0103 doarm\u0103 l\u00e2ng\u0103 sob\u0103. Dar toat\u0103 noaptea, \u00een t\u0103cerea casei, am auzit \u00een minte acel sunet de pocnitur\u0103 \u0219i am rev\u0103zut silueta.<\/p>\n
\u00cen zilele urm\u0103toare, am aflat de la un vecin c\u0103, \u00een urm\u0103 cu mul\u021bi ani, acolo fusese un mic altar ridicat pentru un t\u00e2n\u0103r cioban disp\u0103rut \u00een p\u0103dure. Niciodat\u0103 nu l-au g\u0103sit, dar oamenii jurau c\u0103, uneori, se simte prezen\u021ba lui. \u0218i c\u0103, uneori, protejeaz\u0103 animalele pierdute.<\/p>\n
Poate c\u0103 ceea ce am v\u0103zut eu a fost doar v\u00e2ntul. Poate c\u0103 a fost altceva. Dar \u0219tiu c\u0103, \u00een ziua aceea, cineva \u2014 sau ceva \u2014 mi-a ar\u0103tat drumul spre acel c\u0103\u021bel.<\/p>\n
\u0218i \u0219tiu c\u0103, \u00een felul s\u0103u, nu eram singur acolo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Am sim\u021bit un fior pe \u0219ira spin\u0103rii, de\u0219i atunci, la fa\u021ba locului, nu \u00een\u021belesesem de ce. Doar c\u00e2nd am ajuns acas\u0103, cu telefonul \u00een m\u00e2n\u0103, am dat play \u0219i mi s-au \u00eenmuiat genunchii. \u00cen col\u021bul din st\u00e2nga al ecranului, printre umbre \u0219i frunzele care fo\u0219neau u\u0219or, se vedea limpede o siluet\u0103. Nu uman\u0103, nu clar\u0103\u2026 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-povesti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4076,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4074\/revisions\/4076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}