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En Pere
Capítol 3Per Jordi Xapellí
L’Enric, el germà
petit de l’Anna, coneixia l’Isma millor que ningú. De seguida es va posar
en contacte amb tots els seus amics, però sense sort. Sabia que és
relativament normal que nens d’aquesta edat s’amaguin temporalment, ell
mateix ho havia fet de petit, però no era propi de l’Isma. Va decidir que era
el moment de trucar a la policia, valia més fer-los perdre una mica el temps en
cas de falsa alarma que no pas penedir-se’n més tard. Després de parlar amb la policia va agafar el cotxe i se’n va anar
directament a l’amagatall que havien fet junts un parell d’anys abans. Començava
a estar realment preocupat i tenia totes les seves esperances posades en aquell
passadís. “Isma, això són les catacumbes”, recordava haver-li dit quan van
anar-hi per primera vegada. Aquest serà el nostre lloc secret, si mai tens por
de res vine aquí i jo t’estaré esperant.
Naturalment, quan va dir aquelles paraules no li va donar massa importància,
però ara es preguntava si l’Isma s’ho havia pres seriosament.
Al cap de vint minuts va arribar al principi del camí, amagat rera el
pont que creuava l’autopista. Va baixar i va començar a córrer. Una sensació
desagradable s’havia apoderat d’ell i tot i que s’intentava treure del cap
qualsevol pensament negatiu, era una batalla perduda. Va arribar al principi de
les “catacumbes” i s’hi va ficar sense pensar ni un segon. Va treure la
lot que sempre portava a sobre i es va disposar a entrar a l’amagatall secret. Opcions: A) L’Enric es troba a l’Isma estirat al terra B) La “catacumba” sembla buida. C) Hi ha una altra persona a la cambra.
Peter
Chapter 3Translated by Scott Hopkinson Everybody
was beginning to worry. Anna said she had been looking for him everywhere and
she didn’t know what else to do. She was so stressed that she couldn’t think
straight. They made her lie on the sofa and Pere was in charge of calming her
down, or at least he tried. He couldn’t believe it, if one thing could ruin
his birthday it was this disappearance. Enric, the youngest of Anna’s brothers was the one that knew Isma the best. He contacted all his friends straight away, but he had no luck. He knew it was more or less normal that kids that age would hide for a while, he had done it himself when he was a kid, but Isma wasn’t like that. He decided that it was time to call the police. If it was a false alarm it was better to make them waste a little time than to regret it later on. After
speaking to the police, he got in the car and went straight to the hiding place
they made together two years earlier. He was starting to get really worried and
all his hopes were in that place. “Isma,
this is like the catacombs”, he remembered having told Isma when they went
there for the first time. This is going to be our secret place, if ever you are
scared of anything come here; I will be waiting for you. Of
course, when he said those words he didn’t really mean it, but now he wondered
if Isma had taken them seriously. Twenty minutes later he was at the start of the road, hidden behind the bridge over the highway. He went down and started to run. A very bad feeling had come over him even though he was trying to get rid of any negative thoughts. It was a lost cause. He got to the beginning of the “catacombs” and went in without thinking about it, not even for a second. He got his torch, which he always had with him, and prepared to enter into the hidden secret place.
Options: A) Enric finds Isma lying on the
floor B) The catacomb looks like it is
empty C) There is another person in the room
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