When Time is Cracked and Trees Cry: A mysterious novel that takes you deep into a Magical tour in the secrets of the Amazon jungle and the psychological depths of the human soul by Nahum Megged

Author:Nahum Megged [Megged, Nahum]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: eBookPro
Published: 2018-02-09T22:00:00+00:00

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Sunlight was flowing through my window by the time I woke up. I dressed slowly and went to see if Clara was in her room. The door was open and her bed empty. I sat on the porch and calmly ate my breakfast fruit. I felt a strange sense of serenity. Suddenly, I recalled Yankor, who had visited my room before I had fallen asleep, marking a disappearing trail with his hands. I chased away the memory. I decided it was time I stopped believing in the prophetic power of dreams and visions.

The house was immersed in silence. I decided not to go look at the mysterious journal. I had to get over the nonsensical idea that the journal had the power to foresee my future. I set out for the drowsy town, and on my way to Francisco met the port officer. I asked him when the next boat, on which Clara and I had been asked to leave, would arrive. He told me he still did not know, as various circumstances were delaying it in the coastal city. “Don’t worry,” he added with a smile, “we reserved the seats you ordered, even though many people want urgently to get out of town.” It appeared that someone had already made reservations on our behalf.

At the post office, I found Francisco reading the newspaper. I asked him with a smile what he found so interesting about a piece of paper that was probably history already.

“You’re wrong,” he answered. “This is a coastal newspaper, and it’s only two days old! I don’t know who brought it here, but I found it in the square, next to the utility pole. No vessel from the coast has docked at the port in the last two days, and no helicopter or light aircraft has landed, so I find it difficult to understand how it got here. And even if some boat I hadn’t noticed arrived in town, it’s hard to believe its journey was only two days… I guess I must stop believing in what is believable, and accept that which is unbelievable as solid truth.”

I asked him if he had seen Clara that morning, and he told me she had knocked on his office door very early.

“I opened the door to her, feeling a little nervous,” Francisco told me, “because I couldn’t understand who needed my services that early. I was sure she wanted to call the institution offices, but to my surprise, she asked for a local call — to the hotel here in town, which is only a two-minute walk! She spoke for a few minutes and left, and because I was still tired, I didn’t bother to see which direction she took.”

He immediately changed the subject and began to tell me items from the newspaper he was holding. There were many articles dealing with what was called, “the security situation” in the forest. It was reported that the normal flow of traffic had almost completely ceased, that a well-equipped battalion

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