Noa, Tobias and the desert rose The day was calm and a gentle breeze blowing dangling his ears were almost dancing.
Noa skipped merrily through the fields.
He was assigned a job and had to carry it out, clear the vegetation from pests.
was summer, the season of song and love, felt distant serenade sung by her brothers, but he remained in silence, he knew that if he started singing, everyone would be approached, ruining his moment of that blessed solitude.
able to explode wonderful melodies that attract females in love, and parasitic males, took advantage of his call for "tow."
The law of nature was clear: the male and the female answer calls.
The life cycle lasted one year and having children was crucial to ensure that ward off extinction.
But he was so romantic and always ended up on the sidelines, in love with someone still in love with another.
now it was evening, he raised his eyes and saw a beautiful full moon seemed to shine its light, and careless as he was tripped by a whisker did not end in a small body of water which was right in the middle of the field.
In the fall he lost his hat, immediately proceeded to pick it up, but disappeared as the water swallowed.
"But how deep?" Thought
took a stick to note the depth, but could not.
He decided to give it up and headed home.
He thought all night and the next day, he returned there with a stick longer. Nothing to
fare, non c’era verso di recuperare il cappello e spazientito se ne andò.
Tant’è il suo pensiero era sempre in quello specchio d’acqua e fece altri tentativi.
“ Ora basta! Se non riesco nemmeno oggi, non ci torno più!” stava pensando mentre si avvicinava per l’ennesima volta.
Quando arrivò posò lo zainetto che aveva in spalla e alzò le maniche deciso a recuperare il suo cappello.
Improvvisamente dall’acqua saltò fuori, quasi fosse un pesce volante, un cofanetto di bronzo.
Gli prese un colpo, e indietreggiò urlando.
Si avvicinò timoroso all’oggetto, sat down, opened it with caution and inside he found many small stones with symbols carved on
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"Hello. What do you do? "Said a voice behind him
started, and the first thing I thought was to hide the box in your backpack.
Then he turned, and between the rays of the sun, saw the most beautiful creature he had ever seen.
swallowed hard, tried to recover and answered.
"Hello, I stumbled, I was raising"
Noa She laughed and thought, "but I could not invent a better one?"
"Why do not you sing like everyone else? You know that soon the summer ends, we must prepare. "
" Yes, I know ... I know. "
They did a stretch of road together in silence and joined the others in the field.
The next day took all the stones with the symbols, he tried to put them together, to move from side to side, but it was useless, the only sign he knew was the musical note.
He tried to compose a melody, it was very good at this ... and after it is engraved on the bark tree, put it in the box, went to the lake and threw it into the water.
Tobias was impatient, the day on which he had seen that tiny hat check that the crack had opened the trunk of the rose of the desert, one of the few remaining trees, his thoughts were all directed toward that magical surprise.
was a long time that he never felt so alive.
The landscape around him was increasingly bleak.
water is scarce and even with everything that she gave birth.
Over the centuries there was a progressive and inexorable extinction of some species that once inhabited the planet, we do not know the causes, but some legends told by elders in the cold winter nights, tells of how some forms of life in past centuries, had knowingly destroyed what was once considered "perfect harmony".
could always get into trouble Tobia. He spent his days entertaining the audience, was a born actor, his voice managed to enchant and entertain, he could do imitations, acting, singing.
continued gathering a large number of spectators and the females dropped literally at your feet!
He was lost in love with Meg.
He had won his elegance, his irony, his made between the coquettish and careless.
"Good morning, sweet Meg! I wrote a song for you, just for you. Would you like to listen? "
" You have better things to do? While you spend your days begging stupid consensus, there are those who work for you too! "
had to get his attention otherwise.
"If you come with me, I'll see what I'm working on."
Meg did not want to show it, but she liked Tobias, pretended not to be affected, but on the third attempt, agreed.
The fate takes a hand when he timing miraculous!
had just arrived at the desert rose, and here his torso, the tiny box that appeared a few days before Tobias had left.
what had led to affect those tiny symbols on the stones was still unknown, but he trusted his instincts and humor him.
Meg stood a moment, then came up: "What?"
"It 's an old question. My ancestors found him in the desert many years ago, there were some signs in unknown to us, I've added more and I stuck in this little slot, from where it first came out a tiny hat "
Meg was more astonished: "What are you trying to tell me? That within this tree there is some form of life? "
" I do not know Meg, I honestly do not know, let's see what's inside. "
They opened the box and pulled out a small bark.
"It worked! We have a common language "was elated and Meg looked at him in amazement.
"Look, it's a piece of music!"
"Tobias, I can not understand, would you be so kind as to tell me?"
"What's going on I do not know, but not gonna stop, especially ora che ho una traccia, un segno che, forse, non siamo soli”.
Prese un pezzettino della corteccia dell’albero, con l’aiuto di una lente d’ingrandimento vi incise sopra le note seguendo l’armonia ricevuta, creando così il secondo rigo.
Poi lo inviò con le solite modalità.
Era felice Tobia, sentiva che quello era uno di quei giorni che cambiano la storia!
Era passato del tempo da quando Noa e Tobia avevano inviato i loro messaggi.
La composizione musicale era completa ed entrambi, con il pensiero rivolto l’un l’altro, nonostante ignorassero who or what was on the other hand, sang in unison over and over again ... without knowing it.
The last voyage of the box ended by Tobias, temporarily, put it aside.
Noa had wanted to share his secret with Cindy.
From day one they had encountered, had not left even for a moment.
"Cindy, I want to know what's down there, I know!"
"And what would you do? Dive? Do not even know how to swim! "
" But you did not notice that the box always comes dry? How can it be! "
"You and your desire to discover! You do not know what lies beyond the water! ".
" Exactly, I do not know, and if I do not feel I'll never know! Get a stick and stay ready. If I were in trouble, I cling. "
Cindy did not agree and, muttering to himself, took a stick undecided whether to support him or give him on the head.
He kissed her and, without thinking further, he dived.
In a moment he was thrown into an unknown place.
The view that opened his eyes was so different from the environment in which they lived!
... It seemed a faded photograph.
Nothing
blue sky and white clouds, no green fields and red, orange and purple flowers.
The only thing that detached from that bleak picture, was the tree from which it came.
A shrub paunchy torso and slightly bent, with sparse leaves and small flowers faded to adorn its branches.
decided to forward a bit 'more to understand in what place he was.
Survival for Tobias and Meg was always more difficult. Now
food was scarce, the land was more arid and their livelihood depended solely on a few plants that resisted even in that climate of drought.
"There must be a solution," Tobias said, "I do not believe that we are doomed to extinction! And if the box was the key to everything? I think it's time to talk with others. "
Meg nodded.
gathered the small community and Tobias told him everything that had happened until then.
finished his story, one of the elders intervened:
"According to a legend that many years ago, when the rose of the desert was only a tiny shrub, up came a wind launched bringer of death, they say, from a species that was believed of being superior to all others.
The desert rose, sensing what was happening, he shook all the leaves from the foliage and flowers, crumpled its branches thereby protecting some eggs that had given some ancestor.
The deposed when the danger was averted.
Then he fell a light rain to wash the remains of what was once a thriving planet.
Water water it, did appear on its branches many small buds, leaves and flowers that grew, and those to be drawn on for survival. "
They had heard that story many times and they always were fascinated.
"From what stories" Tobias said, referring to "it is possible that our salvation is enclosed within its desert rose. From there we arrived and maybe that's where we should seek the truth "
Meanwhile Noa advance fears and to chase away the fear began to sing.
The melody came to the ears of Tobias went to meet that sweet sound, chanting, too.
air is felt only the melody flowing from two different voices that together created a minor chord.
is closer and closer to each other, so Noa dreamer, rebel Tobia acrobat.
Noa of a sudden he stopped singing, his antennae made him feel the danger. He stopped
also Tobias, and everything became silent. Suddenly ...
"Run, run! I found the food! "
Ben was a tireless hunter.
A reminder that all ran.
Noa was lost, he did not know where to run. Was shifting to the right and left, unable to escape from the circle that had been tied around.
When it seemed the end, Tobias arrived with a nimble step took him and led him to the desert rose.
Gently put it down to the ground and looked into his eyes for a second; Noa bowed his head as a sign thank you, then disappeared into the fissure.
Meanwhile, all the others came, I decided to capture their prey.
"Where?" Ben asked "Where did you put it, You just ate?" You must respond to the elders of this! "
Tobias tried to pull the air more sad that he could:" I escaped, not I know how it happened! I just wanted to play, I was wrong. "
" I saw him enter the trunk, "said one of the group.
overwhelmed by anger and hunger, began to open the bark.
At some point, the trunk opened and a glow shone out. All
retreated with fright, only the elderly narrator stepped forward.
The spectacle that presented itself was incredible! In the middle was a pond by the unusual color and the sides, some symbols engraved on the trunk and one wrote:
Not knowing how many and which life forms are able to survive the warfare that man unleashed, leave the keys in order to pass the door of time.
Anyone will be able to decipher this message has a moral obligation to seek and to save many lives and may accompany the di là, dove tutto ebbe inizio.
Nel frattempo Noa era arrivato sano e salvo. Cindy appena lo vide lo abbracciò così forte da togliergli il fiato, e non è che ne avesse molto visto il pericolo appena scampato.
“ Cindy, non hai idea di cosa ci sia là sotto! Mostri neri con becchi arancioni che mi rincorrevano… deserto… un albero magico…”
“ Tranquillo! Respira… e prova a raccontare con calma.”
Cercò di dettagliare tutto quanto, e mentre spiegava…non trovava spiegazioni.
“Sai”- disse Cindy - “qualche tempo fa, nel prato vicino al nostro, c’era a madman who continued to repeat this chant:
remain the crickets sing And when the last star will be turned off.
Cricket musician who makes his bow string and body, the cricket and the dead poets know how to listen, the cricket with a paw of love and sorrow, the little sinner, holy night, when all is night, will be singing, or crying or joy or laughter or crying when everything is seen, eaten, open the stubborn will of crickets concert. (*)
"We must go back beyond Cindy"
"Are you crazy? You just said you wanted to eat? "
'It is true, but not all. He saved me, he could eat me, leave me at the mercy of others ... instead chose to save me! I have him! They are dying! "
" Okay, but this time I'll come, do not leave you alone! "
They exchanged a smile. ... And .... In a moment were in front of the wise and weary blunt-beaked blackbird .
"Let nobody move!" He ordered sternly.
were the Giants from his perspective, but taking Cindy close to him, trying to Noa advanced Tobia. Even
Tobia stepped forward. Both legs stretched to touch.
Then, in absolute silence, they headed to the door of time.
All the others followed suit.
They had never seen anything like it!
The sky was bright blue, the sun shone and lit up the stream that sang its way, the trees were majestic with large, glossy green foliage, and then the meadow, full of colors and scents!
On flowers rested hour bees, butterflies hours of innumerable shades and all around was light, life!
Blackbirds fly, the crickets sang their wonderful concert, Tobias joined them.
La rosa del deserto si richiuse, accartocciò i rami attorno al tronco quasi a diventare una roccia.
Dal cielo scese una stella, la avvolse con la sua luce, e la riportò a casa.
A.G.
(*) poesia di Stefano Benni
