En Pere  

Capítol 5

Per Jordi Xapellí

L’Isma va despertar-se.  Sempre li havia agradat passar estones  al seu amagatall, però aquesta vegada s’havia endormiscat. Li donava una pau i tranquil·litat que no aconseguia enlloc més.

Va encendre la seva lot i de sobte es va adonar que hi havia una altra persona ajaguda al seu costat.  Va estar a punt de sortir corrents, però al final li va semblar reconèixer aquell perfil i s’hi va atansar fins tocar-lo. Va moure el cos amb el peu i va reconèixer l’Enric, el seu oncle. Es va espantar en veure la sang seca al costat dret del cap, però semblava que respirava.

El va començar a sacsejar fins que va sentir :

- Com no deixis moure’m aquest any et quedes sense regals per Nadal !!!!

L’Enric estava viu i el més important, encara conservava el seu sentit de l´humor !!!!!

L’Isma va ajudar-lo a aixecar-se i es van fondre en una abraçada.

Quan es va assabentar de tota la història i de tot el merder que havia organitzat, l’Isma casi es posa a plorar. Sempre li passava el mateix, quan estava a l’amagatall perdia sentit del temps i s’hi podia quedar hores i hores sense fi.

A casa del Pere va sonar el telèfon. Tots estaven esperant la trucada amb barreja d’esperança i por per les noticies que poguessin rebre. Quan en Pere va dir aquell “digui” atemorit, l’Isma va entendre realment com els  havia fet patir.

En Pere en sentir la veu de l’Isma va canviar la cara i va anunciar a la resta que ja no necessitava cap dels regals pel seu aniversari, que el millor present que podia tenir estava a l’altra banda del telèfon.

Peter  

Chapter 5

Translated by Scott Hopkinson

Isma woke up. He had always loved to spend time in his hiding place, but this time he had been snoozing. In there, he could always find calm and peace that he could not get anywhere else.

He lit his torch and suddenly realised there was someone else lying next to him. He almost ran away, but after a while, he realised that face was familiar, he got so close to it he could almost touch it. He dragged himself towards that person and realised it was Enric, his uncle. He got frightened when he saw the blood on the right side of Enric’s head, but he looked like he was breathing.

He shook Enric until he heard: “If you don’t stop it, you are not getting any Christmas presents this year!!!”

 Enric was alive, and more importantly, he still had his sense of humour.

 Isma helped him get up and they gave each other a big hug.

When he heard the entire story and all the mess he had created, Isma almost broke into tears. He always did the same, when he was in his hiding place, he would loose all sense of time and could spend endless hours there.

The telephone rang in Pere’s place. Everyone was there waiting for the phone call with a mix of hope and worry for the bad news they might recieve. When Pere answered with that scared “hello”, Isma knew he had really given them a good fright.

When he heard Isma’s voice, Peres’ face changed completely, and he told the rest of the family he did not need any presents for his birthday.  The best one he could ever have was on the other end of the phone.