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ET CETERA
სტივენ კინგი
კუჯო
stiven kingi
kujo
Stephen King
CUJO
inglisuridan Targmna daTo axalaZem
© Stephen King, 1981
All rights reserved.
© gamomcemloba `diogene~, 2016
yvela ufleba daculia.
ISBN 978-9941-11-513-4
www.diogene.ge
eZRvneba Cems Zmas, devids, romelsac xelCakidebuli
ga­da­v­yavdi xolme uest-broud-stritze da romel­
mac tan­sac­mlis Zveli sakidebisgan franebis keTeba
maswavla. swo­red misi wyalobiT gaviwafe am saqmeSi.
miyvarxar, devid
nela kvdeboda Cemi ZaRli, tanjviT kvdeboda,
aTrTolebuli miyurebda sawylad qvemodan.
vercxlis niCbebiT gavuTxare saflavi iqve,
im samareSi oqros jaWviT CavuSvi pirqve,
da es sityvebi mivayole jaWvis yovel rgols:
`rac ver mogeci, kargo ZaRlo, gaRma mogegos~.
xalxuri simRera
maTac icodnen, rom tkivili kacTa xvedria _
im ostatebma, rom xatavdnen urvas da tanjvas...
da im xalxs, vinac sxvis tanjvis mimarT gulgrili darCa,
da maT amao fusfussa Tu uqmad xetials.
u. h. odeni `Musée des Beaux Arts~
`ara, sulac ar aris cudi~.
`Sarpis~ burRuleulis profesori
kujo
er­Txel, arc ise di­di xnis wi­naT, me­nis Sta­tis pa­ta­ra
qa­laq kas­l-roks mon­stri moev­li­na. man 1970 wels ofi­cian­
ti qa­li al­ma fre­Ce­ti im­sxver­pla; 1971 wels _ dia­sax­li­si
po­lin tu­se­ke­ri da mos­wav­le go­go­na Ce­ril mu­di; 1974 wels
_ mSve­nie­ri ke­rol dan­bar­ge­ri; 1975 wlis Se­mod­go­ma­ze _ mas­
wav­le­be­li eta rin­gol­di, ima­ve wlis zam­Tar­Si ki _ cxra wlis
keit hen­dra­se­ni.
es ur­Cxu­li arc maq­cia iyo da arc vam­pi­ri, arc mo­ja­doe­
bu­li tyee­bi­sa Tu da­Tov­li­li ve­le­bis bi­na­da­ri zRap­ru­li
ar­se­ba. is, ub­ra­lod, fsi­qi­ku­ri da seq­sua­lu­ri kom­pleq­se­biT
da­tan­ju­li po­li­cie­li, frenk do­di gax­ldaT. igi vin­me jon
smit­ma er­Tgva­ri ma­giis wya­lo­biT am­xi­la, mag­ram sa­nam dai­
Wer­dnen, dod­ma Ta­vi moik­la...
vin icis, SeiZ­le­ba ase job­da ki­dec.
ra­sak­vir­ve­lia, am am­bav­ma pa­ta­ra qa­la­qi Sok­Si Caag­do...
mag­ram Tan yve­lam Sve­biT amoi­sun­Tqa imis ga­mo, rom am­de­ni
uda­na­Sau­lo ada­mia­nis mkvle­li Ca­ZaR­lda. er­Ti sit­yviT, mo­
qa­la­qe­Ta yve­la koS­ma­ri frenk dod­Tan er­Tad dai­mar­xa.
mag­ram Cvens ga­naT­le­bul dro­Sic ki, ro­ca mSob­le­bi yo­
vel Ro­nes xma­ro­ben, rom bav­Svebs ne­bis­mie­ri fsi­qo­lo­giu­ri
trav­ma aa­ri­don, kas­l-rok­Si ux­vad iy­vnen ada­mia­ne­bi, rom­le­
bic Svi­lebs frenk do­diT aSi­neb­dnen _ wyna­rad Tu ar iq­ne­
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biT, Tqven­Ta­nac mo­vao. ho­da, Se­Si­ne­bu­li bav­Sve­bic, far­Tod
daW­ye­ti­li Tva­le­biT, ga­su­su­le­bi ic­qi­re­bod­nen fan­jreb­Si
da wyvdiad­Si pria­la saw­vi­mar­Si ga­mow­yo­bi­li, sa­xe­moR­re­ci­li
frenk do­di elan­de­bo­daT.
`ai, iq, sib­ne­le­Si ima­le­ba, _ Cur­Cu­liT eub­ne­bo­da zo­
gier­Ti be­bia Svi­liS­vi­lebs, bux­ris sak­va­mur­Si ki qa­ri Rmuo­
da, _ iqaa, da cu­dad Tu moiq­ce­vi, dai­na­xav, ro­gor Se­moi­xe­
davs fan­ja­ra­Si, ro­ca yve­la dai­Zi­nebs, Sen gar­da. SeiZ­le­ba
ax­lac giT­val­Tva­lebs ka­ra­di­dan. cal xel­Si sag­zao ni­Sa­ni
uWi­ravs, rom­li­Tac bav­Sve­bi ga­dah­yav­da qu­Ca­ze, meo­re­Si ki
sa­mar­Te­be­li, rom­li­Tac ye­li ga­moiW­ra... ax­la ki dai­Zi­neT,
bav­Sve­bo, Cu­mad... su... suu...~
Tum­ca, miu­xe­da­vad ami­sa, yve­la­fe­ri das­rul­da. dar­Ca
mxo­lod Ra­mis koS­ma­re­bi da do­dis ca­rie­li sax­li (de­da­mi­si
ma­le­ve gar­daic­va­la gu­lis Se­te­viT), ro­mel­mac myis­ve moC­ve­
ne­ba­Ta sab­rZa­neb­lis re­pu­ta­cia moi­po­va _ ras izam, swo­red
ase­Tia uaz­ro mkvle­lo­ba­Ta mTe­li wye­bis gar­dau­va­li gver­
di­Ti efeq­ti.
dro ki miq­ro­da. xu­Ti we­li ga­vi­da.
mon­stri war­suls Ca­hbar­da, mon­stri mkvda­ri iyo. frenk
do­di Ta­vis ku­bo­Si ix­rwne­bo­da.
mag­ram mon­stre­bi ara­so­des ixo­ce­bian. maq­cie­bi, vam­pi­re­
bi, Win­ke­bi da tyis idu­ma­li qmni­le­be­bi uk­vda­ve­bi arian.
ami­to­mac ur­Cxu­li kvlav dab­run­da kas­l-rok­Si.
1980 wlis mais­Si oT­xi wlis ted tren­tons Ra­miT gaeR­
vi­Za, lo­gi­ni­dan ga­moZ­vra da, na­xev­rad mZi­na­re, tua­let­Si ga­
ban­cal­da. saq­me rom moi­Ta­va, sa­wol­Tan dab­ru­ne­bul­ma tan­
sac­mlis sa­kuW­nao­Si ra­Rac ar­se­ba dai­na­xa.
ar­se­ba da­ba­li iyo, pa­ta­ra Ta­vi da ga­nie­ri mxre­bi hqon­
da. bew­vi yal­yze ed­ga da ye­li­dan gam­yi­na­vi xro­ti­ni amos­
dio­da. qar­vis­frad moel­va­re Tva­le­bi kacs ekuT­vno­da, Tu
mgels, ver gai­geb­di. swo­red es Tva­le­bi um­zer­dnen saa­ba­za­
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no­dan dab­ru­ne­bul bavSvs da sa­za­rel sik­vdils, tki­vil­sa da
SiS­na­rev ki­vils uwi­nas­war­met­yve­leb­dnen _ ki­vils, ro­mel­sac
ve­ra­vin gai­go­neb­da.
sa­kuW­nao­Si ra­Rac ar­se­ba ij­da...
bi­Wu­nam cxa­dad gai­go­na Cu­mi Rre­na da mZo­ris mot­kbo su­
nic ig­rZno.
me­re ki Tva­leb­ze xe­le­bi ai­fa­ra da daiy­vi­ra. me­zo­bel
oTax­Si ma­mam ra­Rac dai­Za­xa. de­da­mac Seh­kiv­la _ ra xde­bao?!
me­re na­bi­je­bis xma gais­ma, vi­Rac oTa­xis­ken ga­moiq­ca. ro­ca
Se­mo­vid­nen, bi­Wu­nam Ti­Tebs So­ris ga­moi­xe­da da isev da­na­
xa, ro­gor uyu­reb­dnen sa­kuW­nao­dan mu­qa­riT sav­se Tva­le­bi _
ma­ca­de, ro­gorc Se­mo­vid­nen, ise­ve gav­len oTa­xi­dan da me­re
vna­xo­To.
oTax­Si si­naT­le ain­To. vik da do­na tren­to­ne­bi sa­wol­
Tan mi­cvivdnen da gak­vir­ve­bu­le­bi Seac­qer­dnen ga­fiT­re­bul
da Tva­leb­gad­mo­kar­klul bavSvs. de­dam Tqva, uf­ro swo­rad,
Cai­Cur­Cu­la:
_ xom giT­xa­ri, vik, sa­mi hoT­do­gi me­tis­me­tia-­meT­qi!
ma­mac Ca­moj­da sa­wol­ze, mxreb­ze xe­le­bi mox­via da hkiT­xa,
ra da­ge­mar­Tao.
ted­ma gam­be­dao­ba moik­ri­ba da sa­kuW­naos­ken gai­xe­da. ur­
Cxu­li uk­va­lod gam­qra­li­yo. an­Te­bu­li, dam­Seu­li Tva­le­
bis nac­vlad, bi­Wu­nam mxo­lod sab­ne­bi da Tbi­li tan­sac­mlis
Sek­vra dai­na­xa _ do­nas sxven­Si asa­ta­nad rom hqon­da gam­za­
de­bu­li. iq­ve id­ga ma­gi­dac, ro­mel­zec te­di dge­bo­da xol­
me, sa­kuW­nao­Si ze­da Ta­roebs rom mis­wvdo­mo­da. ma­xin­ji, sam­
kuT­xed­Ta­via­ni ur­Cxu­lis nac­vlad, sa­kuW­nao­dan da­ke­cil sab­
neb­ze Se­mos­ku­pe­bu­li sa­Ta­ma­So da­Tu­nia uc­qer­da aler­sia­ni
ya­vis­fe­ri Tva­le­biT.
_ ra mox­da, te­d? _ hkiT­xa ma­mam.
_ iq ur­Cxu­li ij­da! _ wa­moi­Za­xa ted­ma, _ sa­kuW­nao­Si! _
da atir­da.
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sa­wol­ze de­dac Ca­moj­da da mSob­le­bi er­Tad Seud­gnen Cveu­
li ri­tua­lis Ses­ru­le­bas _ ux­snid­nen pa­ta­ras, rom ur­Cxu­le­bi
ar ar­se­bo­ben da rom yve­la­fe­ri dae­siz­mra. de­dam Tqva, zog­
jer Suq­-Crdi­le­bi uc­naur for­mebs iRe­ben, mag­ram ama­Si sa­Si­Si
ara­fe­riao; mi­si sit­yve­bi ma­ma­mac daa­das­tu­ra da das­Zi­na, Cvens
usaf­rTxo sax­lSi ve­ra­vin ve­ra­fers gav­neb­so. ted­ma Ta­vi dauq­
nia, Tum­ca ico­da, rom saq­me ase mar­ti­vad ar iyo.
ma­mam ga­nu­mar­ta, al­baT da­ke­ci­li sab­ne­bi mxre­bi ge­go­na,
da­Tu­nia ki ur­Cxu­lis Ta­vio... sa­Ta­ma­Sos Tva­leb­ma ki saa­ba­
za­no­dan ga­mo­su­li Su­qi ai­rek­la da mxe­cis Tva­le­bad imi­tom
mo­geC­ve­nao.
_ uyu­re, _ uT­xra ma­mam, _ ai, Se­mom­xe­de.
ted­ma yu­rad­Re­biT Se­xe­da.
ma­mam sab­ne­bi ai­Ro da sa­kuW­naos siR­rme­Si Se­Cur­Ta. ka­ra­
da­Si sa­ki­deb­ma daiw­kria­les _ Ta­vianT ena­ze Tqves ra­Rac. es
am­ba­vi teds sa­sa­ci­lod moeC­ve­na da wa­miT gae­Ri­ma ki­dec. mi­si
Ri­mi­li de­da­mac Se­niS­na da ma­nac Sve­biT gai­Ri­ma.
ma­ma sa­kuW­nao­dan ga­moZ­vra, da­Tu­nia ai­Ro da teds ga­u­
wo­da.
_ da­bo­los, _ Tqva ma­mam da ise sa­sa­ci­lod dauk­ra Ta­vi,
rom ted­sac da de­da­sac gae­ci­naT, _ esec ska­mi.
me­re sa­kuW­naos ka­ri da­xu­ra, ma­gi­da miad­ga da teds isev
sa­wol­ze Ca­mouj­da _ uRi­mo­da, mag­ram sa­xe­ze se­rio­zu­li ga­
mo­met­yve­le­ba hqon­da.
_ gai­ge, ted?
_ ki, _ miu­go ted­ma, mag­ram me­re Tavs Za­la daa­ta­na da
das­Zi­na, _ mag­ram mar­Tla iyo, ma­mi. mar­Tla da­vi­na­xe.
_ eg mxo­lod Se­ni war­mo­sax­vis na­yo­fi iyo, _ uT­xra ma­mam
da Tbi­li xe­liT Tma au­Ce­Ca, _ ur­Cxu­le­bi mxo­lod zRap­reb­sa
da Sens war­mo­sax­va­Si ar­se­bo­ben.
ted­ma de­das ga­da­xe­da, me­re isev ma­mas miub­run­da da siy­
va­ru­liT aR­sav­se Tva­leb­Si Ca­xe­da.
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_ mar­Tla?
_ mar­Tla, mar­Tla, _ miu­go de­dam, _ mi­di, gai­qe­ci, fi­si
qe­ni, Sen xom Wkvia­ni bi­Wi xar!
_ we­Ran vqe­ni. ma­gi­tom av­de­qi.
_ mi­di, _ mSob­lebs xom aras­dros sje­raT bav­Sve­bis, _ ki­
dev er­Txel qe­ni, Ce­mi xaT­riT. kar­gi?
te­di ad­ga, tua­le­tis­ken gas­wia da, sa­nam Za­lis­Za­lad sam­oTx wveTs ga­mo­wu­rav­da, de­dam ze­wa­ri gaus­wo­ra.
_ ai, xom xe­dav, gndo­me­bia, _ uT­xra de­dam niS­nis mo­ge­biT.
ted­ma mor­Ci­lad dauq­nia Ta­vi da sa­wol­Si Sew­va. de­dam da
ma­mam sa­ba­ni amou­ke­ces, Sub­lze ako­ces da ka­ris­ken gae­Sur­nen.
te­di kvlav SiS­ma Seip­yro: TiT­qos nes­tian ze­war­Si _ sik­
vdi­lis su­niT gaJ­Ren­Til su­da­ra­Si _ gaax­vie­so. `ge­mu­da­re­bi!
_ fiq­rob­da da Tav­Si am sit­yvis me­ti ara­fe­ri ut­ria­leb­da _
ge­mu­da­re­bi, ge­mu­da­re­bi, ge­mu­da­re­bi...~
ma­ma, TiT­qos miux­vdao, miub­run­da da, sa­nam si­naT­les
Caaq­rob­da, gau­meo­ra:
_ ur­Cxu­le­bi ar ar­se­bo­ben, ted.
_ ara, ma­mi, _ miu­go ted­ma, TiT­qos ama­Si dar­wmu­ne­ba mas
ki ara, ma­ma­miss sWir­de­bo­da, _ ar ar­se­bo­ben.
`gar­da im er­Ti­sa, Cems sa­kuW­nao­Si rom zis~.
si­naT­le Caq­ra.
_ Ra­me mSvi­do­bi­sa, ted, _ moes­ma de­dis aler­sia­ni sit­yve­
bi. un­do­da ey­vi­ra: `frTxi­lad, de­di­ko, ur­Cxu­le­bi qa­leb­sac
Wa­men! fil­meb­Si sul ase xde­ba _ ita­ce­ben da Wa­men! ge­mu­da­re­
biT, ge­mu­da­re­biT...~
mag­ram mSob­le­bi oTa­xi­dan ga­vid­nen.
...da oT­xi wlis ted tren­to­ni mar­to dar­Ca sib­ne­le­Si _
sa­ba­ni ni­ka­pam­de ae­qa­Ca da ca­li xe­liT plu­Sis da­Tu­nia Caek­ra
gul­Si mag­rad. erT ke­del­ze luk skaiuo­ke­ris pla­ka­ti hqon­da
gak­ru­li; meo­re ked­li­dan blen­der­ze Se­mos­ku­pe­bu­li mxia­ru­
li bu­run­du­ki uc­qer­da (`Tu cxov­re­ba mJa­ve li­mo­nis mets
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ara­fers gaZ­levs, li­mo­na­Ti moam­za­de!~ _ gvam­cnob­da pla­ka­
ti), me­sa­me ke­del­ze ki sa­bav­Svo se­rial `se­zam­-stri­tis~ per­
so­na­Je­bi _ big ber­di, ber­ti, er­ni, os­ka­ri da gro­ve­ri Cam­
wkri­ve­bu­liy­vnen. er­Ti sit­yviT, gar­Se­mo sul ke­Ti­li ar­se­be­
bi ex­viv­nen, mag­ram isi­ni ve­ra­vis dai­cav­dnen mris­xa­ne qa­ris­gan
_ avis mo­mas­wa­veb­lad rom Rmuo­da ga­reT da Ro­niv­rad rom
exeT­qe­bo­da ked­lebs da sa­xu­ravs. te­di grZnob­da, rom im Ra­
miT Zi­li ar mie­ka­re­bo­da.
mag­ram Tan­da­Tan mainc dam­Svid­da da mo­dun­da, me­re Tvle­
mac moe­ria da...
uec­rad ra­Rac uc­naur­ma xmam ga­moaf­xiz­la. xma uf­ro mka­
fiod mois­ma, vid­re qa­ris So­reu­li stve­na…
sa­kuW­naos kar­ma daiW­ria­la.
_ Wrrrr...
xma ise­Ti wvri­li iyo, rom mxo­lod ZaR­li an Ra­miT gaR­
vi­Ze­bu­li pa­ta­ra bav­Svi Tu gai­go­neb­da.
ka­ri iRe­bo­da da sa­kuW­naoc nel­-ne­la af­Cen­da Sav­bnel xa­
xas.
iq ur­Cxu­li ij­da _ ad­rec iq ima­le­bo­da. kbi­le­bi daek­
ri­Wa da vee­ber­Te­la Tavs qve­moT ga­nie­ri mxre­bi mou­Can­da;
Tva­le­bi qar­vis­frad ue­lav­da da mzak­vrul mze­ras ar aSo­
reb­da. `a­ki giT­xa­ri, wav­len­-meT­qi, _ Cai­Cur­Cu­la ur­Cxul­ma,
_ isi­ni yo­vel­Tvis mi­dian da mec swo­red am dros vbrun­de­bi.
mom­wons, rom vbrun­de­bi xol­me. Senc mom­won­xar, ted. amie­ri­
dan yo­vel­Ra­me mo­val da Tan­da­Tan sul uf­ro mo­giax­lov­de­bi.
erT Ra­mes ki Sen gver­diT aR­mov­Cnde­bi da, sa­nam daiy­vi­reb,
klan­Webs Ca­gav­leb da Seg­san­slav~.
te­di Tav­zar­da­ce­mu­li uc­qer­da sa­kuW­nao­Si Se­ma­lul ar­
se­bas. TiT­qos ec­no­bo­da ki­dec da swo­red es iyo yve­la­ze
Sem­za­ra­vi, rad­gan...
`...rad­gan gi­Ji var, ted. uk­ve di­di xa­nia, aq var. odes­
Rac frenk do­di mer­qva. qa­lebs vxo­cav­di da, mgo­ni, vWam­di
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ki­dec. mu­dam aq viq­ne­bi, mu­dam So­riax­los vit­ria­leb. me ur­
Cxu­li var, ted, be­be­ri ur­Cxu­li da ico­de, ma­le wa­giy­van. xom
grZnob, ro­gor giax­lov­de­bi... uf­ro da uf­ro...~
Se­saZ­loa, bi­Wu­nas ur­Cxu­lis xma ki ara, mxo­lod sa­ku­Ta­ri
sun­Tqva an qa­ris stve­na es­mo­da, mag­ram amas mniS­vne­lo­ba aRar
hqon­da. kan­ka­liT ug­deb­da yurs Ti­Toeul sit­yvas da Tvals
ver aSo­reb­da dak­re­Wil kbi­lebs. bi­Wu­nas im Ra­miT Zi­li aRar
ewe­ra... iq­neb su­lac aRa­ra­so­des das­Zi­ne­bo­da.
mag­ram mog­via­ne­biT, sad­Rac, Ra­mis Tor­me­ti saa­Tis Sem­deg,
teds isev moe­ria Tvle­ma _ al­baT imi­tom, rom pa­ta­ra iyo...
Tum­ca mTe­li Ra­me Sfo­Tav­da da ja­ga­raS­lili TeT­reS­ve­
bian mxecs ema­le­bo­da siz­mreb­Si.
qa­ri ki kvla­vin­de­bu­rad daq­ro­da saw­vi­mar Rar­Si. ca­ze
ga­zaf­xu­lis TeT­ri mTva­re ga­mo­ki­de­bu­li­yo. sad­Rac Sors,
min­dor­sa Tu fiW­vnar­Si ZaR­lma dai­ye­fa da isev si­Cu­me Ca­
mow­va.
ted tren­to­nis sa­kuW­nao­Si kvla­vac fxiz­lob­da qar­vis­
fer­Tva­le­bia­ni ar­se­ba.
_ Sen gad­moa­la­ge sab­ne­bi? _ hkiT­xa di­liT do­nam qmars.
qu­ras­Tan id­ga da ta­fa­ze be­kons wvav­da. te­di Ta­vis oTax­Si
iyo _ `a­xa­li zoo­par­kis mi­mo­xil­vas~ uyu­reb­da da `tvin­klsis~
fa­fas Seeq­ceo­da. `tvin­klsi~ `Sar­pis~ bur­Ru­leu­li iyo, ro­
mel­sac tren­to­ne­bi ufa­sod iReb­dnen.
_ ha? _ ikiT­xa vik­tor­ma ise, rom ga­ze­Tis spor­tu­li
gver­dis­Tvis Tva­li ar mou­So­re­bia. is niu­-ior­ke­li iyo da
`red soqss~ ar gul­Se­mat­kiv­rob­da, mag­ram mainc ra­Rac­nai­ri
ma­zo­xis­tu­ri sia­mov­ne­ba ga­ni­ca­da, ro­de­sac `met­sis~1 wa­ru­ma­
te­beli startis ambavi Seityo.
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`niu-iork metsi~ _ niu-iorkis beisbolis gundi; `boston red soqsi~ _ bostonis beisbolis gundi;
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_ sab­ne­bi isev gad­mo­la­ge­bu­li dam­xvda. ska­mic ga­mo­weu­
lia da sa­kuW­naos ka­ri isev Ria iyo, _ do­nam aSiS­xi­ne­bu­li
ta­fa ma­gi­da­ze dad­ga, _ ami­tom ge­kiT­xe­bi: Sen gad­moa­la­ge sab­
ne­bi?
_ ara, _ miu­go vik­ma da ga­ze­Ti ga­da­fur­cla, _ xom ici,
ver vi­tan naf­ta­li­nis suns.
_ uc­nau­ria. ese igi, Tvi­Ton gad­moa­la­ga.
vik­ma ga­ze­Ti da­ke­ca da cols axe­da.
_ ra­ze me­la­pa­ra­ke­bi, do­na?
_ gax­sovs, wu­xel cu­di siz­ma­ri rom na­xa?
_ ma­gas ra da­ma­viw­yebs. vi­fiq­re, bav­Svi kvde­ba-­meT­qi. ise­
Ti krun­Cxve­bi hqon­da...
do­nam Ta­vi dauq­nia:
_ saw­yals ego­na, sa­kuW­nao­Si, sab­ne­bis nac­vlad, ra­Rac... _
wa­miT Se­yov­nda da mxre­bi ai­Ce­Ca.
_ bua ij­da, ara? _ viks gae­Ri­ma.
_ ho. Sen ki da­Tu­nia mie­ci da sab­ne­bi sa­kuW­naos siR­rme­Si
Sea­la­ge. mag­ram dRes di­liT yve­la­fe­ri isev Zvel ad­gi­las
ew­yo. Ta­vi­dan vi­fiq­re...
_ ho, ax­la vxvde­bi, rac mox­da, _ Cai­la­pa­ra­ka vik­ma da isev
ga­Sa­la ga­ze­Ti, _ Zi­lis win sa­mi hoT­-do­gi me­tis­me­tia.
mog­via­ne­biT, ro­ca vi­ki sam­sa­xur­Si wa­vi­da, do­nam teds
hkiT­xa, sab­ne­bi ukan ra­tom gad­moa­la­geo?
ted­ma gak­vir­ve­bul­ma Se­xe­da da mu­dam xa­li­sian­sa da
cqvits, mxia­ru­li ie­ri uec­rad uc­nau­ri beb­ru­li ga­mo­met­yve­
le­biT Seec­va­la. win `var­skvla­vu­ri ome­bis~ ga­sa­fe­ra­de­be­li
edo da mwva­ne pas­te­liT gri­dos su­raTs afe­ra­deb­da.
_ me ar gad­mo­mi­la­ge­bia, _ miu­go de­das.
_ ki mag­ram, ted, Tu arc Sen gix­lia xe­li, arc me da arc
ma­ma­Sens, ma­Sin...
_ ur­Cxul­ma qna, _ Tqva ted­ma, _ Cems sa­kuW­nao­Si rom zis,
iman.
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da ga­fe­ra­de­ba ga­nag­rZo.
do­na SeS­fo­Te­bu­li da od­nav Se­Si­ne­bu­li miac­qer­da _ Ta­
vi­si asa­kis­Tvis, bi­Wu­nas war­mo­sax­vis Za­lian di­di una­ri hqon­
da _ da ga­daw­yvi­ta, sa­Ra­mos viks da­la­pa­ra­ke­bo­da... usa­Tuod
un­da da­la­pa­ra­ke­bo­da.
_ dai­max­sov­re, ma­mam rac giT­xra, _ uT­xra bo­los, _ ur­
Cxu­le­bi ar ar­se­bo­ben.
_ dRi­siT ara, _ miu­go ted­ma da ise gul­wrfe­lad da mxia­
ru­lad gau­Ri­ma, rom de­das gul­ze moeS­va. do­na dai­xa­ra da
Svils lo­ya­ze ako­ca.
ki, mar­Tla api­reb­da vik­Tan da­la­pa­ra­ke­bas, mag­ram sa­nam
te­di baR­Si iyo, stiv kem­pi es­tum­ra da ma­sac sul ga­daa­viw­yda
Ta­vi­si gan­zrax­va. te­di ki im Ra­mi­Tac ay­vir­da _ sa­kuW­nao­Si
ur­Cxu­li, sa­Si­ne­li ur­Cxu­li zi­so!
sa­kuW­naos ka­ri kvlav Ria iyo. sab­ne­bi ki isev Zvel ad­
gi­las ela­ga. am­je­rad vik­ma isi­ni sxven­ze ai­ta­na da skiv­rSi
Ca­ke­ta.
_ uyu­re, ted, _ uT­xra Svils da ako­ca, _ sa­kuW­nao ca­rie­
lia. mSvi­dad dai­Zi­ne.
mag­ram ted­ma ki­dev did­xans ver SeZ­lo da­Zi­ne­ba da, sa­nam
Tvle­ma moe­reo­da, sa­kuW­naos kar­ma isev daiW­ria­la. isev gaix­
sna wyvdiad­Si ga­ma­va­li Rio­bi _ wyvdiad­Si, sa­dac sis­xli­sa
da mZo­ris su­niT ay­ro­le­bu­li, bas­rRo­je­bia­ni, ja­ga­raS­li­li
ar­se­ba ima­le­bo­da.
_ ga­mar­jo­ba, ted, _ mo­gu­du­li xmiT Cai­Cur­Cu­la mon­
strma da fan­ja­ra­Si mkvdris usi­coc­xlo, daW­ye­ti­li Tva­li­
viT ga­moC­nda mTva­re.
im ga­zaf­xul­ze kas­l-ro­kis uxu­ce­si mcxov­re­bi eve­lin
Cal­mer­si iyo. me­zob­le­bi mas dei­da evis eZax­dnen, fos­ta­
lion­ma jorj mi­ram ki `ybe­di be­be­ri Zuk­na~ Sear­qva. jorj
mi­ras mas­Tan ka­ta­lo­ge­bi, `ri­ders dai­jes­tis~ da­nar­Te­bi da
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`qris­tes saZ­mos~ bro­Su­re­bi dah­qon­da da yo­vel­dRe uwev­
da mi­si xan­grZli­vi mo­no­lo­ge­bis mos­me­na. es ybe­di de­da­be­ri
mxo­lod amin­dis wi­nas­war­met­yve­le­ba­Sia yo­Ca­Rio, eub­ne­bo­da
jor­ji Zma­ka­cebs bar `nas­vam vef­xvSi~ lo­To­bi­sas (ba­ris es
sa­xel­wo­de­ba, co­ta ar iyos, su­le­lu­rad JRer­da, mag­ram es
mo­sal­xe­ni da­we­se­bu­le­ba er­Ta­der­Ti iyo mTels qa­laq­Si da
ami­to­mac mi­si sa­xe­li ara­vis aRi­zia­neb­da).
jor­jis azrs yve­la izia­reb­da. dei­da evim kas­l-ro­kis
uxu­ce­si mcxov­re­bis `ti­tu­li~ ori wlis win moi­po­va _ mas
Sem­deg, rac sa­bo­lood ga­mo­Tay­va­ne­bu­li asi wlis ar­nold hi­
ber­ti ax­lad Caf­smul­-Cas­vri­li Sar­vliT da­gor­da mo­xuc­Ta
Tav­Se­saf­ris ki­be­ze da ki­se­ri moi­te­xa.
dei­da evi TiT­qmis ma­sa­viT be­be­ri da ga­mo­ye­ye­Ce­bu­li iyo,
mag­ram mainc sak­ma­ri­si Za­la hqon­da imi­saT­vis, rom yo­vel­dRe
eya­ya­na mu­dam Tvi­nier (da xSi­rad _ nam­Tvra­lev) jorj mi­ras­
Tan da sak­maod Wkvia­nic iyo sai­mi­sod, rom, ar­nis msgav­sad,
sa­ku­Ta­ri sax­li ar dae­kar­ga.
da ki­dev amin­dis prog­no­zi­re­ba­Si ar hyav­da ba­da­li. qa­
laq­Si yve­lam ico­da, rom dei­da evis ara­so­des eS­le­bo­da sa­mi
ram: ro­mel kvi­ra­Si un­da daw­ye­bu­li­yo Tib­va, ro­go­ri iq­ne­bo­da
moc­vis mo­sa­va­li da, saer­Tod, ra amin­de­bi iyo mo­sa­lod­ne­li.
zus­tad im wels iyo, iv­ni­sis da­saw­yis­Si, Zve­li xel­jo­
xis ka­ku­niT (ro­me­lic, mi­ras va­rau­diT, be­be­ri al­qa­jis sik­
vdi­lis Sem­deg vin mar­Sans un­da rge­bo­da mem­kvid­reo­biT) da
`her­bert tereitonis~2 fui­liT gzis pi­ras mdga­ri sa­fos­to
yu­Tis­ken rom wa­las­las­da. jorj mi­ras `ga­mar­jo­bao~, dauy­vi­
ra (yru iyo da yve­la yru ego­na) da yva­vi­viT das­Cxav­la: wle­
van­de­li zaf­xu­li bo­lo oc­daa­Ti wlis man­Zil­ze yve­la­ze cxe­
li iq­ne­bao. `da­saw­yis­Sic cxe­li iq­ne­ba, bo­lo­Sic da Sua­Sic~,
_ Suad­Ris si­Cu­me­sa da xvat­Si iTar­se­bo­da mix­rwni­li ku­dia­ni.
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sigaretis marka.
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_ mar­Tla? _ hkiT­xa jor­jma.
_ ra?
_ mar­Tla eg­re iq­ne­ba-­meT­qi? _ yur­Si Cah­yvi­ra jor­jma.
dei­da evis­Tvis ra­me rom ga­ge­ge­bi­ne­bi­na, xmis Cax­le­Cam­de un­da
gey­vi­ra.
_ Tu ara da be­ber taxs va­ko­ceb din­gze! _ dei­da evim
jorjs mxar­ze daa­fer­fla (ma­nac ud­rtvin­ve­lad Ca­moi­fer­Txa
fer­fli ax­lad ga­rec­xi­li uni­for­mi­dan) da man­qa­nis fan­ja­ra­
Si Se­yo Ta­vi. yur­Si Cay­vi­re­bas isev es sjob­da. pi­ri­dan ga­dam­
Ja­ve­bu­li kit­ris sim­yra­le amos­dio­da.
_ sar­da­fe­bi­dan Tag­ve­bi gai­xiz­nen! to­mi ne­dom sa­ku­Ta­
ri Tva­liT na­xa mo­san­tig­-pon­dTan, ro­gor ile­sav­da qveb­ze
rqebs ire­mi! Tov­lis qveS ba­la­xi ga­zaf­xu­lam­de mwva­ne dar­Ca!
mwva­ne iyo, mi­ra!
_ mar­Tla? _ kvlav hkiT­xa jor­jma: ra­Rac xom un­da eT­qva.
Tan­da­Tan Ta­vi stkiv­de­bo­da.
_ ra?
_ mar­Tla eg­re iyo, dei­da evi?! _ jor­jma ise iR­ria­la,
pi­ri­dan dor­bli gad­mos­cviv­da.
_ ho, aba! _ aR­ta­ce­bul­ma wa­moi­Za­xa mo­xuc­ma, _ gar­da ami­sa,
gu­Sin sa­Ra­mos ho­ri­zon­ti wiT­lad iyo Se­fe­ri­li. egec cu­dis
ni­Sa­nia, mi­ra! bev­ri ada­mia­ni mok­vde­ba sic­xis­gan am zaf­xuls!
_ Ce­mi was­vlis droa, dei­da evi! _ uy­vi­ra pa­su­xad jor­
jma, _ strin­ger bo­lies sa­gan­ge­bo gzav­ni­li un­da mi­vu­ta­no!
dei­da evim Ta­vi ukan ga­daiq­nia da axiT­xiT­da. ma­nam ixiT­
xi­Ta, sa­nam xve­la ar aut­yda da xa­laT­ze ar dai­fer­fla. me­re
Cam­wva­ri si­ga­re­ti as­fal­tze gad­moa­fur­Txa da kup­ri­viT Sa­vi
da kor­se­ti­viT Se­mo­We­ri­li beb­ru­li fex­sac­mliT gas­ri­sa.
_ frang bo­lies de­pe­Sa rad un­da? is sa­co­da­vi sa­ku­Ta­ri
saf­la­vis qvis war­we­ra­sac ver amoi­kiT­xavs!
_ un­da wa­vi­de, dei­da evi! _ mia­Za­xa jor­jma da aq­se­le­ra­
to­ris pe­dals fe­xi mia­Wi­ra.
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_ qvey­nad bo­lies­nai­ri briy­vi meo­re ar da­ba­de­bu­la! _ Cai­
juj­Ru­na mo­xuc­ma, mag­ram jor­jma man­qa­na ad­gi­li­dan mowyvi­
ta da gza­ze mtvris bu­Ri daa­ye­na.
eve­lin Cal­mer­si co­ta xniT Se­yov­nda da gaq­ceul fos­ta­
lions Tva­li gaa­yo­la. im dRes ko­res­pon­den­cia ar mis­vlia.
bo­lo dros we­ri­lebs iS­via­Tad iReb­da _ we­ra-­kiT­xvis mcod­ne
nac­nob­-me­gob­re­bis ume­te­so­ba uk­ve kar­ga xnis mkvda­ri hyav­da
da ma­le Tvi­To­nac api­reb­da, maT kvals gah­yo­lo­da. is gau­
Ta­veb­lad lay­bob­da sar­da­fe­bi­dan gaq­ceul Tag­veb­sa da wiT­
lad Se­fe­ril ca­ze, mag­ram sit­yvac ki ara­vis­Tan das­cde­nia
im uc­naur sim­xur­va­le­ze, Zle­va­mo­si­li wi­Tel­Tva­le­ba mxe­ci­
viT rom tria­leb­da sad­Rac, ho­ri­zonts miR­ma; an Ta­vis sa­Si­
nel siz­mreb­ze; an­da im crem­leb­ze, umi­ze­zod rom was­kde­bo­da
xol­me di­lao­biT da Sve­bis mog­vris nac­vlad, mxo­lod Tva­
lebs rom uw­vav­da, of­li­viT... mas ara­fe­ri uT­qvams So­ri­dan
mo­naq­rol qa­reb­ze, rom­leb­sac si­gi­Je da sik­vdi­li moh­qon­daT
qvey­nis da­sa­lie­ri­dan.
_ Sen ki be­be­ri kua­na xar, jorj mi­ra, _ Cai­la­pa­ra­ka mo­
xuc­ma im mxa­ris­Tvis da­ma­xa­sia­Te­bel uc­naur ki­lo­ze, mkacr
da dam­ci­nav el­fers rom sZens sit­yvebs.
me­re, xel­jox­ze day­rdno­bi­li, ne­li na­bi­jiT waf­ra­tun­da
sax­lis­ken. es xel­jo­xi Ta­vis dro­ze qa­la­qis me­ria­Si ga­das­ces
su­le­lu­ri zar­-zei­miT _ aqao­da, ase Za­lian da­be­re­ba ro­gor
moa­xer­xeo.
Suag­za­ze Se­Cer­da da cas axe­da. cas jer ki­dev ga­zafxu­
lis si­laJ­var­de dah­krav­da, mag­ram mo­xu­ci uk­ve grZnob­da xva­
tis moax­loe­bas.
im zaf­xu­lam­de er­Ti wliT ad­re _ ro­ca tren­to­ne­bis
Zvel­ma `ia­guar­ma~ saeW­vod daiw­yo Wria­li _ swo­red jorj
mi­ram ur­Cia viks, man­qa­na kas­l-ro­kis So­reul ga­reu­ban­Si, jo
kem­be­ris sa­xe­los­no­Si waey­va­na. `jo co­ta uc­nau­rad mu­Saobs,
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