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FR:INCH, danh~ijgng kh&p udn-chLro'ng Nobel rilm 1921,

Ph(lp ldm I;S, qu6jc,J[dli{g loltg-trQng.

ickc-tu:Li'i qug''`D`,n *Lr`iL-1{ti]

luLy¢t-mo u;a

d{]`i thcr-t±u, Qnyqe`n

ti`u}ren ci'ia hqn tdi (Lc Livre de mon ami). ()it(g ngdy

lF,`n

An{ilole,-Fi.angois

16] thd.ncg {.tr

lei.ie, if .ra

Thil)ault,

Scinh tc|i lJal.i`s

iL{'i`,n '184'+. m{it tc.ri bi¢t~tlng

Saln±L-Cgi.-Sur-Loil.e9 cg`cain thdnh

'1.2 thdlLg 10 1ttlm i{).2lt9 ihg

80 tli6i.

Lti Beche,I.-

Tours, itgdu

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bitg (to 16ii tiic cfi{t thdit-.siith ti.ug`€n lt.ti.

Chti bng lt3n ld. Fi.aitsois No`Ot 'l:hil]ault ,--- md ngurb.i

I_a thu:tf ng g9i tdi Fi.tixpois uidndt Fr.an.Ice, I.dsu ngdu ti.&

lhchh l]i±i-danh ~, cltug6n nghe bdn sdelt-u& Dd. ti.I-ticl. vie thtri Dqi Cdeh-mqiig (1'789). I'.g6i hdng & ben Llalaquaig, dL.ia ti.6n`b& song Seirie.

Hodl+c&ith gia-dinh vd. a:a-hr±i3

Sd.cheij& ld.i-lieu San

c6_ ctia cha a Ithd i1{t c,flu ngu.tri ta ti.u:ng~bdLg bdn ngo{ii chEr tl.f].i, da gitipj nhi`P;u v{,io s&--hot iil`|t^>n-bdc r,lola [itvindho.

- viii B-[im-tinh thong-mink tit 1]4, luiig lb-m6, quan-.sat t`tm ht9eu, bug dLr(.fc mag-malt .sC;ng tqi in(:)i x6m (`,6-cu:u & l{ilth-db I'til.is, t.,t'i

bdntu sdrh, hiutg btin ti`ulth c;a bdg lculid..,i dt!c b(I`

.song, c6 di-tlch Itch-sir edy ct}-thy, ldm -vidlL ..., bng

Iigdg i\gdg I.au-riio ithiit .xem khdp cfi.

Ttinh nhtit-Ichdi, hag ldm Di€c theo s&-thick, nan thud nh6 hgc trtrb'ng ti.ung-hgc Stanislas, 6ng bi thag ld ting Lalanne cho ld bi6ng-nhdc. Ham 1859, m6.i 15 tul6i. di Diet sdch, ch&m-clur&c theo chuu¢Ii &6-tich md soqu t/[!g?^n La L6gende de Sainte Radegonde, Reine de France,

.Sdch cb chin trang giag ijiet, de l{uing cho aha lne. Veg Iud d`6n kg i,hi i.ti-tdi, 6ng bi Cha Hase ddnh r6t. Bi hi3rig, ijan diem-rthi6It, tdult hag i6 In6 kh&o-co6t s&n sdch cfia cha, 6ng ben nghi6Ii-c{ru ule ±hb.i Dqi Cdch-mqug ud. Thi6kg XVIII.

Xliv cha quen v&i hi€u Lemerre ld. hi¢u chng6n condtbdlt cdc Sdch cipia |]hd.i ilri-nhdn Pal.Irasse, nan 6ng dureyc

c,cr-ht}i giao~thi¢p u6i tl.i-phdi why, vd bdi dhuldrntho. Ong Zt.iz. uz.e'£ c.J!o zap-c/{z' Chasseui` bibliographe, I)d[. Ju¢n-

thuggt diati c6 gid.ti`i cfia 6itg ld met bdi ph6-b`twh via thcr cfia Lecomle de Lisle (186.7). Cnlig

udo khoang ag, 6mg

c¢ng-tdc soqn cho dqi ttr-d{'en Grand Dictionliaire Larousse ilidu muc liei u`e cdc ki€t-tdc ij;a nghie di6u-khac Hg.Lap .ru:a.. nhu tuqsng th;dn ApollQn, tu:erg tli;an Venus cia riilo. Ong xudt-l]&n quifen nghi6n-ctiu ula thi.-hdo Alfl`ed de -,}

V{.glty, Alfi.ed de Vigny, 6tude (Z868) {jd ±¢p £Jlo. Le,s Poe`\`_es il_oT6s (1873) die tdn{g Lecoit±e de

ljisle ld ngtrtfi da

t:b &ith-h{r&ng ithieu den thi-ht.]c c{ia 6ng : 6ng cnng chiu titifh-hLr&iug

ctia Sully

Pi.udhoilmu',

ud 1``ralt§ois Co|}p4e.

-ixSong thcr cfia 6ng kh6ng c6 gt ld m6+i-m6, nhu:ng dtr€fc lb.i

utln chdi-chli6t ihanh-too. Thd.ng tdm 18`76, bltg durcf c dii5 lcun, ilut-ktir thti~{]ur & 'rho-i]i¢n ThITt.mg-iighi-vi€n, dtr(i i tiuFfen c,h[mh iigaF] iJhci

tlu'I-tho Leconde, de Lisle. Vti:a l[im ui¢c,, 6ng uti:ti Soqn Oho hi¢u Lemeri.e, btig gib. dung in h.ii cdc .Sd.ch ucviit-churo`I-Lg i'6~

dtien, t{au-sir ud. st.r~Iighi¢p, i]dli-chtrcrng ctia in.6i tdc-gia i5d{'Sn ; nga!] i,tr l{ic, iriay dd th{'ig lf! rti cdi dcvic-s&c ctia ucin-

c,hurcmg 6ng, thii nhirt ld cdi tchh hay ljdn rang ra ngod.i de,, ud cdi gigng trtio-i]hring hoqt-I{6 mat cdck nh?-]thdrng.

B9c I.¢ng h{'€u lthiieu, 6ng ltodi-nghi tdi ca, hod.i-nghi

ch&ng nhtrng vie chdnh-tl`i md hodi-nghi ca ij;a dqo-dtrc khoarhgc, cho den mfig-thu¢1. Tut-ttr&ng hodi-nghi ciia 6ng ctuQ.c ph6-bdu tl.ong h`au tie;et tdc-plz9&m ci:ia 6ng. 6Itg hotLi_

Itghi vd chdm-l]i^6m. u`L 6ng da n6i : « T6i cdng nghit dF5>n ddt ngtrb'i ±IviL cdlig tin rang & db.i chii n6n ltig lJzing

tliurcrng

ngudi i]d lri chdm-bi^5m de md quan.Sdi cimg phdn:dodlt cho vi¢c dtri >>. Tug nhi6n, Squ hods-nghi d6 kh6ng phai tug¢±-d6i ,. chiwh 6itg ct~ing nhili-Ith4n nha: th~€. 6ng rtoi :

« T6i diau kh6ng tilt g`i., Song cbmg tilt met dieu rtlng : vqur u4t ld tlrcmg-d6i i)d hi¢itrtu.gng I,d. bi`6n-thi6it ».

Thtim-nhu;an c76-dtiaRThgc La-Hg l]ting 16i dieu.hod ud kien-tlinc g-nhiQ 6itg chin fiwh-Iun&ng ciia Vol.tailè u;a giQng udit` chdm-bi^8fi gdsl~sac` cfia Renalt vè kg-thu4l k'e chug¢n, uè 16ii udit kb{ic-clti`6t thi-vi. Bdi-|ihdp ci:ia 6ng .silng I.{~} tllu€¢t-di(S'u, dlr(fin mt:)-I t&in-h`t3m nhq-iLh[uig coo-cti,

dE mi;n. Tiu`i tdldt ti..dim-mtic,. nlui..n{| dn{.`i tr{T(tc~t(ic 1.tit nhi;6u.

.riitii±-bin ttr nfim 1867 din ltdm lgc2'1, dtrt:rc ntgtjz ba mu:oil

-Xquifen, ph;an 16n id.c-pham durq.c dich ra nhieu thtr tirfeng. 6ng vt'et ule dt.1 loqi .. thi, l{ich, ttt€u-lu4n, sf i, chd.nh-tl.i, trf€u thuifeet, ti.ug¢n Itg&n ud hal-kg. Kh&i Sap ui8t i]dn hi6i ±5 tul6i, nhurng 6ng dIT9.a ul6i ti?5ng vdi quifen tti6ulhuifet rfit cc; Zdrri-zJ.I. .. Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard, membi`e de

l'TIrstifut (T¢i cfia 6ncg I-Idlt_Ldm Sgluestl.e Bonnard) (188-'t).

~ Va ihi, tap Lespoemes dotes c6 mtiu bdiode a la lumia,re,

Gel.fs, Le d6sii`

gz.ci.Zj..I.

IiJz£'z.I .

L\Tdm Z876,

a:uciit-b&It m¢t l]di l{ich btlng t`Itcr : RToces C.orir[thiiennes>

« thi6-cdch nghi6m-Zrang chan-ch{ra long

hdm-m¢

udn-

h6a Hg-Lap >>. Nlurng ucvm-hdo Anatole FI.ance lrf6i dank

u:6 tan-udn, nan thcr 6ng it ai de g. - V`G ti'au-lu¢un ijdn-chtro3ng, 6ng Diet hi6i ldm bi6n£¢p-u!.Gn 6. Z7c{o Le Temps (Jr986`j, Jzo'z. mfzc Vie Litt6i.aire,

ph6,-b`Inh cdc §dch-u6. u`e utin-hgc. Cdc bdi fig, v`S sou su.uitjt|i thdiih 4 quiifen ct~mg di t6iL lil Vie I;rfu6TBLite (188t8 -189C~)~). Cd.ch ijh6-b`mh c{ia C)n{g

-kh6ng

c6 plLip-tdic lchit±-

dinh, tutg cfim-'T{Ic klti doc sdchg a:ct I.dl iJcvm doc, ldg ldm thlch utL ill.Cm d6 gcri ra cdi `ltr-ii.r&itg 1.i6Itg

cila ITti,wh,

th`6 lil h(lg.

~ V`8 .Sft, 6ng kh6Itg phai nhd Stpr-hgc, chi lq.i-dung ldilieu liich-sir d'& ui^g± ti2au-thug`Et9 c6 Elisto±res Coule"poreLines 96m -{J, /zz!#G^ji.. L'Oi`me du mail (Jt997j, Le Mannequin d'osiei. (j&T£)7j, L'Anneau d'2im6{Lhyste. r£899J, MonsieLu. BergereL a P€+I.is (1!)01) ., {.`j\.i_o (18i89), `Suru-ii.tp ndm do&It[I_I..Lil_i

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nil.au trontg lich~gtr c:6-

L'Ile

des

Pingouins

(/9(/6'J ,. La R6volte dos Alige,s (ift;Jzjj ,. Les I)ieux ont soif

-xi(±912), t& ndtrng nhdn-u4t thdri F)qi Cdch~mqng Phdp intreyn tan nhtrng chfi-nghia binh-d&ng bdc-di md gist hqi l¢h6ng bi'et bao ithi6u sanh-I.il\h. Hat quifen La vie de 5eaLune d`Arc; (1908), ui 6ng chil-9 lap-thug^6t rang bd Jeanne d`Arc kh6ng c6 tdi g`L mftg, chit bi ben ngirdri fingh¢ vua Ch{il.leg VII lg.i-dl.mg, g_l¢i'en ndag kh6ng du.gc di.3,p

long qu6c-ddn Phdp, It6n bi thi6It-hq di-nghi. -- Sdrh ijd chdnl+ti.i ld nhdsltg sd.ch tiig ccr-b,¢i md Dz.e-Z I.tt .. Opinions Sociales (Z£)02), L`Eglise et la Republique

(Z904) Vers les temps meilleurs (i 907), gzlg?`ji 6.¢[z rtag Suu~t¢p nhtimg bdi di*en-thugdet ciia 6ng ttr 28-11-'1898 di6n •2'f-.2-1.goo, khof ing vi.I tin Dreyf us clang kick-li¢t.

~ T{&u thug8t ud ti.uu¢n ng&n c6 .. ]ocaLste et le CbaLt

maigre (f6'70) I.e Crime de Sylve`qtre

Bonnard

(Z88-/I),

Thai's (Z890) L.Etat de Nacre (Z892), La R6tisserie de ki

Reine Pedauque (Z893) Les Opiiiions de Jer6me Coignartl (18!)3), Le Lys Rouge (/894), Le Jardin d`Epicure (Z894), Puits de Siiinte-Claire (Z6'95), Affalre Crainquebille {r90,2) I-|is{oire

comique

(J903) Sur

lil pierre

blanche (J905).

Contes dc Jacques Foul.nebroche (7908), Sept femmes de B€irbe-l}leue (J909).

'I-1.ong

cdc ttic-ph`4m dg,

qugan Le tys I+ouge ld

«qiLig°en t{Su-th,ug6t ng6n-t`tnlt .soqn d{mg ph6p-thc9 cb ZI`t&g-

chung k^&t-c€±u h&ithbi, tdl cdi t`mh. khdc-ht}i ctia met nhd nuR| ~ ll`mt:it tlb.i mat

lJi bd -ill.6`c I)Im -iihdit. » Ong `Iule,s

LemLi`it.re lji!tth -|jh.bim itlur

I)`tlEi : Vtin lrid+ig

hdti -ht®rp [d.ni_

chat quti lllur lo{|i him a(it C,orini[he, lI.ont} udn Iidu

utin RaciiLe, vtllt `!-oliaif.e, vtln I.`laul)ei.i, utin Reltcm, md

- -_y_ii -

tlu'itg-chung I)dn ld udn .1Italole FI.cmce. Xgubi liic^ig c6 ttii

Hem dixem-l¢ di6n tugei-|]Ii'am : the.it I.d cdi boa thcrm ttig¢tli.`am c{ia tinh~tlrf en La-i,inh ij¢g ».

~ rrhud|l chug¢n

kg .{i:c t]d lhu& di6ng-&u vd thuf).`

thank-nii}n cL7tct 6ng, c6 qug.an Le Livre de "ori a"i (1885), Piei`re, Noziere (Zgoo) Le Petit Pierre (f9r8) Vie en

tlem (Tti6i thanh-`.rudn) (1921}.

giv 6ng d&c-ct'r i]do Hch.Idm-i]i¢It (1896). thng tire Ferdilund de Lesseps. Ttr ndri 1894 d6It ndm 1906, i]ii dn DI.egfus I.dt s6i.rfei : dq.i-ug Dreuftts, tor..g-St.r tqi 8¢ Thcun-mu:u, l]i cdo

da Zrao tdi~li¢u qtidin-Sxp cho qudn Dire ud l]i kh6p ijdo

t¢i phan-qu6c. Dtr-lu¢n chid_ lam I`.ai i]he, m¢t. pheh^8t t¢i, met phe binh-uquc md 6Itg Analole France, u`L long ith6m-dqo, I.d ltgutfi hdng_h.di binh ut.rc hon lt8t. R6i cu¢c, i]qu d.n drrgrc 'cc[Pr lqui, ud Dregfus du:grc tT&Itg d.n.

Sou uu dn lriag (1906}9 6mg qualt -tdm deft nhttng tranli-chap chd.nh-ii'i ud esa_h¢i, ud vie sau, 6ng thi6n i]`e De Tcim Qu6c.-ttS, ui

b&±-ntt~un ijbsi bao n6i l]tit-c6ng -lI`6n

d&i thuc-le. SOU 8¢ F]Tlt&± Th`6-cliibn9 6ng dugc gi&i~tlm&ng udn~ c,hwo'itg

Nobel |192.1| ul{3, «t(jtm tlti¢, trur6.c-tdc ctpia d>ng

lb`i uttitit lhaEd..-ttio

I.L{..>si] ijb.i llF:'6-cdch d6-d{'en».

oTIre`

- xiii Trong nhttng qug°en ki`']--{rc dug6n-ddng vie d&i nd6n-

thiireu cfia 6ng, hat quu96It Le Petit Pierre (1918) iJdv±e on fleuT {1921), theo nhi)eu nhtt uctn-hgc-sfr, nhtrng kg-tic irong hdi quif en n`ag dd du:crc udn-hdo «t6-dlf©m, g9t gifia>> v6.i tubi gid. Qug9en hi6i_I{g gia-prfe c6 Z6, a-an st.I ih¢i{ u&i db'i 6ng

h`6i brf ei

du-tri

tlti^6u -thb.i ld tdc-phi}m .. « Qny8`en

truyen ctia ban t6i» (Le Livre de mom ami). rdc-pham n}aid i]i"ef, hi6i ndm 1885 ltic I]tin hLdo du.crc ttrfra dtri Itgu:b.i>j.

tqui Itg6i nhd cfici i]Q' 6ng (Pr du:drltg Chalgrin hGo-ldnh, sou

khi 6ng dtrcrc hat con.

Vdi lòi ijdn thuàn-Itha dug6n-ddng, ziiin-hdo nhdc lqi nhtttng k©-niem 6m-die5m i]è mtig b¢c thf!.It-g6u, 6ng lld5 (.ha, Ine, thàg, bqu : <tQut]2€n tTugen cim Pierre F{ozib,re» I(I

a(ri ciia

tti.\.--!iifi,

ud «Q{Iur&n tl.uu¢n

(.lola SUE(ume» ld

d(I i ci]la con gdi, dti.a con gdi (.,I~ing .s(rm thfmg-miTi`h kiti-I(.I

nhtr I)dn-hdo.

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Ngay 31 thang 12 nam 188. , . -.+e-I

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f}`en nf ra durdrng dbpi...

Chiiu nay, c6 16 lan thtr mat ti`am rna t6i nh6' {di can thcr ti.en ctia thi-si Dante dhng d6 m& dau ]]ai Thdnh-ca Lc{ Dz.L7z.ne Com¢c!z.a. Song lan nay la lan dau-

tien t6i thay cam-d@ng. Du}Tet lai can

tho. trong tri thay thti-vi lam sao I

i-6 dtrng-dan va hoan-to{an the' nao! Vi lan nay t6i c6 tha ap-diing cho chinh t6i. Tdi hrQt t6i di de'n ncri rna Dante da de'i], thud no, ltic anh dLro'ng di5m da'i-I nan daii c.ha the-k}9r mu'di ball. Du'dng ddi, t6i di (hrqc, mob nira., gia-sfr nhu. con itu'drng .qy, ct5i v6.i ai, n6 c.ring d€ìi ilo ba'T nhieu, `ta iììng du.a de-n Eu8i gi{`t.

Ti`di oi ! Cdch hal Intro.i nan nay, t6i da bi6t pbi,'Li di cid.r{ d:ir ;

I_ii€'t `'a}t, nhtrngJ``t6i k]i6Iig

cam th#y nliit.

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va cau tho cfia thi-sl xtr Flol`ence khi€n t6i mo.-m¢ng den d6i thtrc su6t dem than, trur6.c 16 sur6'i, d8 nang day nhfi.ng bang que' h6n rna. H5i 6i ! Ngudri qua-vang nh? lam sao I Em dep thay, kheu ni8m k}'r-ti.c. Canh khuya yen. tinh giuc ta ggi nhd. Canh lang-16 ban den lam dan-di cac, bang rna, v6n bi6n hi¢n kh6ng chtmg, nhurng lai thich noi u-{ich

d8 hienv§ thfi-t.hi ben tai ngudri ban tram-

gian. Rein cfra s6 da keo kin, man cfra cfing phd nang tren taln than. Chl con met c*nh cfr& m6. h6, clang kia3 not mat t6i, theo ban-nang, quen hu.dng nhln. Ncri d6 loe ra met anh lnd,va t6a ra nhfi.ng hoi th6' nhip nhang mh chinht6i cting .kh6ng phan-bi¢,I nhip tht'i' cfia ngir6'i in? hav cfia hal con. Ngfi yen di, vty con yen-da'u I Ngd yen di I

Ban ndrct durdrng

dtf i...

Canh 16 ld.a tang t(^)ing6i mCi-m¢ng

va tu&ng-tuqng

t{'5 fi'm na}T, trong can bu6ng lap-lanh ngon den chong

va t6a ra nhip th& trong-lanh kia, nhu met quin h6o|Anh ben durdrng ddri th5ng thang rna t6i da di ducrc mat nfra.

Ngfi yen di, vq con yeu dau I Ngay rna; ta lqi cring

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Ngaymai! C6 m¢t thdi, tlanh-{tr na.v

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di.mg

#}J9 n-hi§u

gITongmat xa la va yeu-ki6u dura ng6n, tay ra hieu va 99i nhs t6i : ttLqi di`iy I » Thud a}r tt^]i yen ddi

]iim ! T6i

tin i.eu ddi vdi ni§m tin-tu&ng thcr-m§ng cfia met ga sitinh, `Ta t6i kh6ng nghi rang ddi c6 th8 nghiem-khac vdi t6i, mac dan ddi v6n cay-nghiet.

T6i kh6nglenAn cuocddi. Nd kh6ng lam thu.ongt8n t6i nhu.da gay cho bao ngudi khfic. Dc`ti khi, n6 con tinh-cd vu6t-ve t6i nfi.a, c6i Ddri r^dt than-nhien kia. D8 bti lai nhfi.nggi n6 da lay in=£t t6i, n6 ban

cho

cfia t6i

tt3i nhi6u

hoac

kho-l.i`1ng

da ttr-khudrc

(|u}'r-ban.

Sanh

Tdi kho-talng ay, nhfrng di§u u6c,-vQng cha [t`ji ch{ 1al

tro

`'a kh6i. Dan sao, tt^ii da mri[ h&n ni6m h}'-voiig va nay, t6i khctng tha, nghe ndi :

ttD6 ngay mai!j>

iiia khong

kh6i cam thay inoL m6i lo-£iu bu6n-ba. Kh6ng! Tt^)i

khong con

tin-tur6.ng noi

cu¢c

dc}i,

ngudiban c6-giao cda tt^>i nti.a. Nhung t6i van yeu nd

Ngay nao 16i con thay tia si'mg than dieu tea tren bavang tram trong 'Lrang, tren ba Yang tram th{4n-yeu, t6i sS

can

cho ddi la d?p va kh6ng ngdt cam-ta n6 , C6 nhfrng gid rna cai gi cfiiig lam tt^)i ngac-nhien,

nhfrng gid lna lnot squ-vat tan.thudng cting khi6n t6i rhng minh tru.dc cai nhiem-mau cfia Tao-hod. The nen, hien gid, theo t6i, [ri nhd' dirdng nhu: la nang-lu.c huyan-di¢ii, vi\ l!iieT`-tiT lam

cfing lal m¢t squ ky-Lava 16i-dep

tlron8-lfli.

s€;ng l{}i

hen thien Lu

dr_`'arig

[iiin.doi'in

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That qua k}'r_tic la mat â&#x201A;¬^in.hue cfia Trdi. Dem trudng vang_lang, t6i nhdm lc?i d6ng .r,.f]i tan lrong 16 surdi Oho

btrng chd}r len. Ngfi yen di, vty con yeu dau ! Ngfi yen di!

T0i vi6t thien ksT-niem au_mien nay la d6 tang :

TAT CA BA ngudi d6,

`#i

CU¢C CHINH-PH¥C CAM-TiNH ®iu TI[N

QUAI -VAT Ai ndi vdri t6i kh6ng con nh6. gi ira iihfrng nam

dau thai tlio-au lam t6i iigqc-nhien lam. Phan tdi, toi van gift nhfrng k.V-tic r5-rang va thai-ky toi con b6 ti. Danh rang, ch{ lal nhfrng hinh-anh rdi-rt?c, nhung ci~ing vi the rna chi'ing nd n8i bat I.iFc-r5 hen, tren met ii§n t6i md va huy8n-bi. Tuy t6i can kh€'` lau mdi tdi tu8i gia, nhung c€lc k5r-iii¢m thi^in-yeu kia, d6i vdi t6i, nhu. dgn ttr met di'-vang xa.xam. Thud a,y tt^ii hinh dung cu¢c the troiig canh mdi-I.? buy-hotiiig v{i to.in malu-sac xinhtuoi. N8u t6i lal m¢t ke man-rq, t6i se tu&ng canh ddi cfing tr6, hoac, theo ban, cring gia nhir 16i. Nhuiig kh6 thfly, t6i kh6ng la ke man-1.q. T6i da doc nhieu salch n6i v8 sir c,8-dai ci'ia trai d.€t va i]guz5n-g6c cac chfing-

loai va t6i bu6n.ba so-s.+Iih ki6p s6iig iigan -ngfii ct'ia

con ngurdi vdi spy trudng-tan cfia nh€\n-chfing. Vay toi bi€t rang cach dc4y kh6ng l€^iu, toi c6 chi8c giudng songly trong met can phdng r©ng Ion ctia tda nha cfi-ky

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CbA BAN T0I

sLiy.vj, m`L}r tTa 7ji ]i!]:'`-hL'[.v tTS ]ihu.i``}iig (.h{i Oho day nlii\ mt'i-i

ci°ia Trudng M.i'-TIHit41. T6a lih:`i (id (.l'[a i.,ha

L0i, m¢[

y-sl khiem-L{;n vfi thich suu-i.€p nhfi.ng vat k}r-lc? 1hieniihien. Ai cho ri`iiig ti.a nit kh6iig [ri nhd ? T6i d{`iy con tha'y r2ing-1.alng

ccin 1)hang ci'ia

tt^ti, vdch dc+n giay, in

nhi3u calnh l€'i xaiih-luc, va ti.eo mt>t btrc tranh mau ra't dep, mh v§ sau tt^]i duqc bi6t, ire nang Virgin-ie tren lay clialiig Paul, l¢>i qua ch6 c€.in song Noire. Lam chuyeli kh€'tc-thudiig da xciy I.a cho t6i ti.ong can T]h6ng a'y.

Nhu t6i dri ii6i. t6i c6 m¢t chie'c, gitrchg song+v nh6, su6t ngci.v dep ]]en gdc vi dem den thi me t6i dat g.[fi.a pl]6ng cd le d§

gan giudrig iigu.di,I mh

c€'ic mal]i

[ti_tirdrig khie'n tt`ii klii6p-ilin v;I lay li\m ky-di. D6 t6i ngi.1 tliat citin-go.

Pliai call mum-ni,

kh6c-16c,

£^`u-y6In.

Vay lm:i chura li6L d{`iii : t6i lilac i'io iigi'i r6i in:I con thoat

i.hi.\y tr6n \T:i nhay nhu' th6. Me tdi pliai chup l]al

toi

du.di ban d8 den t6i tfd lqi giur6.Iig ngfi. i.`hat vui lam Sao!

Soiig tt`>i vdr.a 11:`tin xu6ng, lal ]]i6t bao nli€^m-vat xa-la

vdi gia-qiiy6n tt`>i bat tlaii

di di6n quanli t6i. H9 c6 cai

]ni`ii iihir m6 `c.,{), ri`iii m6p ldin-ch6'in, bt.mg nhgn vat b¢

gi6 iihur ct°`ing gal tr5Iig. HQ dura m':it tr6ng nghieng Vdi mat mat li-On-vo giti.fl g6 man, van di ca doc, tay cam

c,h6i, gap liut'rng, luc-huy6n-ci^im, 6ng chich vat vai dungci.I la. Xau nhur th8, dt'uig 1§ hQ kh6ng lien chudng mat i`a ; nhuriig toi phai n6i chi l}'r.: hQ l€:ing,le troi elm doc

theo

tu.a.iig, vi`i klit^ing in(:}t ai, ca den ngudi nh6 nhtrt

vat chat h6t c6 cai 6ng ba giat noi m6ng, hQ chang h8 ]]u.6.c

den giudiig

t6i. M¢t manli-1Tc, vt^]-liiiih

kEm gift

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Ct}A B..\N Tor

hQ noi tu6.ng, doc theo d6 hg di lhoi'ing nhc, qiia,

kh(')ng

ph6 lay m¢t h§~d€iy nato d€'ing k6. Vi Lh€, toi du.tyc vi~rng

bung d6i chi'iL; va chang 16i thi't.c canh chtrng.

Thfr nghl,

ctlng vdi ]iQn nhu th6 ai rna nh€im n]at duqc. Tdi m& mat trao-trio. Nhtrlig r6i (day cring !Li met di6u k}'-dieu) thinh-1inh t6i c.ho.t tlia'y t6i a tror]g phti]ng

day

anh-sang mat trdri. Chi c6 mat minl] me t6i choiiiig ao ngi®i mau hang rna ctingkhdng hi%u I,c?i sao

dem t6'i van cdc

quai-vat di c.4ch niio daii ma't. Me t6i cud.i ndi : tt(:on {di ]igfi m6 dfi' !j>

Ma that, tt'>i phai clang k8 1±] met dtra ngfi me.

H6m qtia, khi th€'i rati doc hdr

ti¢m bu6n liiiih t.i~I, mat t|uy8n tap loai «Cham kh£'ic d±-hi[ih » n]a

s(^jiig, t6i th#y trong

thu¢c trong bo sach dieu-khac-su Jacques

Caillot da kbeo stl'-di.ing mi~]i kliac nhQn v2i cti'ng, cdc tat`-

pham a'y nay tr6. men rat higni. '] hud t6i tho-a'tl, cd niu Mignot a gan nha lalm

kl]ap tudng.

nghs

bd{i

thfi-an-hQa, I,reo tl{iii

M6i ngay, khi didao \7a tr6'

v6, tdi {ii``ii

ngain nhin; mattoi nut`]i day qudi-\'a[ d6 vat khi'

I]:im

ti.en giur6'ng song-ly nh6 lal tdi thay lai hinh-finh qudi-tl! -dau khdng c6 y nhd den. Oi , m€i-thucit ci°ia Jacques C€\i]I `t.

I)uy8n tap nh6 toi lat xem danh thi'i'c trong tri tt`>i ci .motthe'_gidi tall ma't, va t6i cam thay nt'] d£^i'ig lch tron.g lam h6n tt`>i nliir n`,¢t lap bui ngat-ngcio, ti`o!`.* a'.V cac hinh~b6ng tliaii-}eu I;1n-`liH.]`[ 1tto£'tng qua.

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BA AO TRANG

Thud ay cd hal ba chug 6 chung tod nha vdi chiing tdi: mat ba mac toan y-phuc trang, mat bd mac toan den. Dtrng h6i {oi hai ba tr6~ch5ng;

viÂ˘c

dd qua tarn

hisu-bi8t cfia t6i. Nhung t6i hi5t la hal ba thorn lu'ng, va `c6 lam cfr~chi th.inh_nhs. Me t6i vi qua ban viec, va kh6ng thich lan-]a hang x6m, men kh6ng bao gicr sang ben hg. Song t6i thi qua thu.6ng lam, nhtrt la vao Sid an qua chisu, vi ban ao den -thurdng cho t6i banh nggt. The la mat minh t6i di vi8ng hai ba. Phai qua cai sam. Me t6i dtrng tai cfra s6 trong chdrng v,a g6 cfra

kie'ng nhac khi tbay t6i quen lfrng, vi mai xem ngurdi :r ddnh xe chai long cho con ngqua. That ca mat c6ng-tril?h

kbileo len thang gdc c6 lan-can sat, rna mac thang qua cao, kh6ng phai lam d8 Oho cap gid b6 nh6 ci'Ia t6i. Nhung t6i dug.c ira cong xtrng-ding ngay kbi budc v6 ph6ng cfla hal ba ; tai day c6 ca ligan d6-vat khi8n t6i methick. Songkh6ngcd gi bi kip hai or]g |th6ng sanh, dat

QUYEN TRU¥F.N CtA BAN T0I

ng6i tren 16 su6.i, hai ben c]ii6c d6ng-h6. Hal tu.Q`ng a'y\

tut lac dau vd le lufyi. T6i du.¢c bi€fhQ tti.Trung-Hoa

sang va toi tq. iihd se di den d6. (:€'ii kh6 la lam sao

cho chi vtr chiu dat toi. Toi chac-chan Trung-Hoa 6 sau khai-hoan man Arc de Triomphe, nhu.iig t6i cliua bi8t tim cdch nao d6 ti¢n bu'dc tdi dd.

Trong |]h6ng cac ha i`6ii c6 met tan than boa rna t6i vui suchg nan lan treii d6 ; va m¢t gh6 tru'6iig-k} nhs em va sau. T6i bi€n n6 thanh man d6 choi, khi chi8c tau, khi con ngqua hoac, c6 xe. Theo t6i, ba do den c6 hoi map, rat hi6n-ttr va t`h&ng h€ ray la t6i. Ba do trang c6 tat n6ng va c¢c rieng 16i ba, song ba cu.6i |àt duyen-clang I Ca ba a,ht'ing t6i rat thuan-thao va t6i sap-d€:`t trong tri, lam sao chi iii6i met ininh ttìi du.qc `Tao ph6ng hai 6ngph6ng nay nia thai. T6i iig6 jT v6.i ba ao trang v6 quyê't-dinh ay. Ba du.dlig iihu c6 v6 hoi ch8-nhao t6i, nhung t6i c6 nai-ni Hen ba hii.a chiu iihfi.ng gi toi

mu6n. Ba hira. The' rna met bfi'a kia t6i gap m¢t 6ng kh£.ich ng6i tr6n gh8 cfia t6i, ch{`ui doe triin tarn than ci.ia t6i, va n6i chuyen vdi hal ha cfia t6i, v6 mat htfaii-hoan. Oiig lai tl.ao cho hal ba mSt bi'rc tho ina hai ba ti.i'i lt?i, khi clap xoiig. Viec ay lain ph{+I long t6i, iien t6i d6i u6ng nudc dudiig, vi khat rna ctiiig v`i mu6ii cho ngu'6.i ta d6 y den toi. That vay, 6iig khach li6n ng6 t6i. Ba c4o dell ndi :

Chil l]e ldng gi€ng da'y.

Ong khach tie'p :

QUYfiN TRUYJ3N CtTA BAN T0I

- Pliai lu?, chi'I chi cd mat minh chii hay chang ? Ba £'lo tl.ting d`ip :

_ phai. Nliu.iig c6 g`i kiii6'n 6ii8 li8h] iihu. vay ? Ong kh{t(.b n6i : ~-

V`i

clii'i ct}

v6 m{:)I

dii'a

con

culls.

Chij

mach vfi lt`j--nid. Hi¢n Sid chri in& ]iii'it thao-l{lo

th6c-

iihir ciii

(i,I.a c:)llg xL. .

D8 nhin 6i]g ta t.ho i'5 ! T6i khdi]g iil]Lrng

mu6'n tqu khen,

16i hi8u i.aiih-m€]t`li, Sjau ci`iii t.hu=,Ten. I.ang ba ao

li.i'+ng c6 mt:>t ngu6'i

cli{5iig ld nh£`iii-v€iL

gi d6 6 m¢t xtr

i:a, Ong kh€'ifh dem tho` tTi'ia cli:51..{q b€1, bii c€im o.n khdch I-T5

jiit

S;`in I(`)ng gii'ip b;I vj¢t`

1{`+in d€:3

kit(`)llg

I€`lnl

{qf}'

`7c+ k]iei}-iigg.i

iih:{l hi-th`r (S,etT(iifiiL'e).

vlli

I(`)ng r!.(`)i,

i]6n

klli

kh±icll du.qc

Nhu']ig chiiyen a'y

i-€`

\,T3,1(`)i

ttr-C116i

kht`]ng chiu h{`>n ]]a i'io ti.!'ingo da i31i€+i ~Jj:i.

Bfi.a d6,

vao bii6i an t6j, `.di h6i jra {6i ttsecr6taire»

nghia lfi gi. Ba [Oi khdng d€'ii), \'€`t liig t6i n6i k`l met till nlit; d8

t`a'i gia}T-[6..

N8ird.i t€i b€`it 10i

di ngi'i v€`i c{'tc

gt`] rna, lu.qii quanh hGn I)ao gid hgt. Ne'u b€.lil

cd ai liiEu {iu.q.a

giu.6i]g

L6i,

i]l]u. vay ch5iig ?

qii£'ii-vat mat in:`tt git~ra

nh5ii mat

nhiu mciy

tu6I!g c|ua liga}r s€.lil, {6i c`6n nhd

kli_€'tc`h gall ben nb€`i b{`i

€'!o {i'i:;i]g

de'n 611g

ihi ]3aii li€im,

vi 16i da

quell mffl Oil/g I.6i, va 16 ra, lily noi 6ng, 6ng c6 1h8 d8 c.ho i.t`ji quen h&n t`jiig di. Nhu.Iig 6Iig 1€.ii tà gall dam den nli£ì h€3i }i€ì ]]t?n tt`ji nti.a. T6i kl36iig r6 1a mud.i iigay hay

]{`i mud.i i]am` ,qim I:in \rie'iig thiim dau-ti.eii ci'!a Ong. B{``y gi#` {oi

mdi flu.6i3g l{`i nut.di Hg{i}T.

C{'ii 6ng }ii6.i

I?-llii]g

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C£TA BAN T0l

i,I

cdr chi6m ch6 iig6i ci'ia t6i. Lan nc¥y tdi nhin k} va thay dng kh6ng cd gi d6 thuong h6t. Tdc ling bdDg, rau m6p den, rdu ria den, cam cao nhan-nhui, lai c6 mo{. 16

nting a giti.a, vac manh-mai, y-phi,ic clep, va vd`i loandien nhu th6, dng cd v6 tt.I.-man lam. Ong ndi chuyen v6van-pbdng 6ng bo-trudng ngoqi-giao, cdc v& tu6ng hat, cac 16i thd.i-trang va cac sach mdi xu^dt-ban, cac bu8i dq~h¢i ci`mg nhfriig cu¢c khieu-vfi

rna trong cac

cu¢c ay, 6ng m6i mat tim hal bah. Hai ba lai ch5m~chtl nghe 6i]g lam sao ! Cd vdy rna cting ]a mol ci`iu chii}'en

duqc a? Ong ta khoiig tha`, nhu ba ao den ii6i vdi t6i, ndi v6 cac xi'r rna ntii non I;i du'dng, k?o, vd song rach la nurd'c chanh ngot hay sao ?

Ltic t)ngra v8 r6i. ba ao den lhanh-nieii kha-€'ii.T6i, `Llii

ii6i

tdi n6i

xau, lam bah c+o 1rang cu.di

6iig

6ng ta ]a

mat

ta gid, 6iig [a

qii€`. Song le,, c6 gi clang

cudidau. V€:iy rna, day bar c,urdi v6 cdu L6i ii6i, hoac la balkh6ng nglie toi

n6i gi

B{`i ao trang c6 hal t€:it xa'ii

ay, kh6ng k6 mat tat Llii'r b€` lam t6i that vQng: tat li€iy

kii6c, kh6c, la kh6c. Me L6i ii6i vdi toi ii8udi 16.ii kh6iig

baogidkh6c. A! vi iiie t6i cliua tlia}t, iihu i6i, ba ao

trangnga |jhicl], nan ngang tren gh6, btrc tho m& ra tren daug6i, d:iu nga ra sau va khan lay ch.im mat. Birc thcr ay (tdi dam cuOc la mt:>t

1alni kh816iig ba lam. Ddng bu6ii

btrc tho' mac-danh)

that,

vi ba bi6t each

cudi rat c6 du)Ten ! Hal lan vi6ng tham cfia 6ng khach ay 8gi cho tt`]i }'7-lug.n8xin cud.i ba.

I.+a ii6i \T6.i t6i

c6 m¢t6ng cli6ng 16.n ben Trung~I]oa, b:1 s6 6iig

(rch6llg

nh6))

I?i du6`ng

lia

ct'> in¢t

M{tl{iqii€`is ; lli6 l€`i xong,

va ba cho t6i mat cai bdiih ngqt.

QUYfiN TRUYEN CUA B+iN T0I

Nhung 6iig khach rau ria den ctr tr6 lai tliudng lam. Motbfra ba ao trang clang thuat cho t6i nghe bar s6 cho ngudri Gem ci xaiih ttr Trung-Hoa v6 Oho toi vdi

can cau d% t6i can ca, thi c6 tin 6ng khdch de'n; dng duqc mdivalo. N¢i cach chtiiig t6i ngb iihflu dt'i clii r6 rang

chiing I,6i kh6ng ua nhaiu. in ao trang n6i vdi 6ng ta rang di ci.ia ba (y l]a mu6n nbi ba ao den) mac di miia d6 6 hi¢u «Dci!|. ilJc{gofs» (rna t6i tu6ng mua tl6 Oho

hai 6ng ph6ng). T6i nhin hai ph6ng sanh 6 tr6Ii 16 sudi

va kh6ng hi8u I?i sao phai di ra ngoai mua gi d6 cho chhng n61am clii. Song ngay nao cting c6 chhyen kh6~ hiau Kay ra ca! Ong khach kh6ng t6 ve bu6n vi su. vang mat ci.ia ba ao den, lai ii6i v6'i ba ao trang rang 6Iig c6 chu}'en nghiem-trQng mu6n n6i vcri

ba. Ba ao trang

duyen-clang ng6i lai trong ghe' trudng.k5T rt}i ra hi¢u cho

6ng khdch bi8t ba sam-sang nghe 6ng. Nhung 6ng khich ng6 toi va xem c6 m6i ngirQ'ng-ngap.

Sau r6t, 6ng dua lay vu6t dau t6i r6i n6i :

- Chti be nay ngoan day, nhung„. Ba Ao trang ndi :

~- Ong "ch6ng nh6" cfia t6i d6. Ong khach li§n ti€p :

~ Vay ba

kh6ng the tlu6i

li6 v§ me

nd sao ?

Chuye,n tdi sap ii6i chi met m`inh b€i durqc nglie md

thai. Bah do trcing cbi6u 6ng.

Ba n6i vdi t6i:

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~ Thai cu.ng qua cho.i ben phdng an di. Chdrng nao ken mdi tr& lqi nh6 ! Di, di cirng !

T6i di rna long bu6n nghi8n. Ma ph6ng an cting kjrla lam ch6', cd cdi «d6ng.h6 b¢ tranh» g6m met hdn ntii dTa bar bi5nvdi iig6i nha-thdr, dudi bau trdi xalihbi6c,va ltic di8m giG, c6 chie'c thuy§n dflo-d¢ng tren lugn song, c6 chie'c xe lfr{i v6'i cac toil 16 ra kh6i ham, va mat khinh khicau bayleii. Nhung khi long bu6n, cd canh nao khuay-khoa duQ`c dau. Va lai, cai «d6ng-h`6 botranh>> dirngim. Hinh nhu xe lfra, tau va khinh-khi, c.auchi kh6i_hanh ttr m6i Sid dring, va mat gid lau lam sao ?ft ra, gid h6i fry lau that. May thay, chi b8p len ki6m d6t.rong ti®i d6 an, tha}) t6i bu6n-bquc, ben cho

t6imay mi8ng niirt, cfing lam vui duqc long phianmuSn ci.ia t6i. Nhung khi mtrt h8t, t6i trd lai tiu-nghiu. Tuy (td6ng-h6 b¢ trflnh>> chua g6 gid, tdi tudng-tuqng dau cot-man gid la gid ch6ng-chat tren canh c6-don bu6n than ci°Ta tdi r6i. Ttmg chap, tdr can pholig k5 ben, vai tie'ng ndi cda dng khach lot vao tai t6i ? Ong `'annii, can-khan ba ao trang, r6i hinh nhu Ong , gian ba.. . The' la tt`tt ! Nhung chirng nao hQ mdi dti`t chd ? Toi gi mtii v6 kie'ng, rtit may cQng may gh6 ng6i, xoi ldn cac 16 gia'y turdng, bi'i't tua vi€n man, con gi nira? Phi6nmu¢n la chuyen kinh-khdng that! Sau r6t, kh6ng trfe chd dgi\nffa, tdi nh?-nhe budc tdi cfra phong hai dng ph6ng va vdi tay cam kh6a van. T6i bi€t la hanhd¢ng v6-16 va xau-xa, nhung lam nhu vtiy, tdi lai cho la hanh-di¢n. Toi qu6 cda, va th5y ba ao trang ddrl]g sat lb sudi;

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6ng khach quy g6i du'd'i chan ba, clang hai tay ra...

Ba ao trang, mat fang hang hon thud.i]g

bfra va

xem xi'ic-d¢ng nhia.u. Ba ndi :

-Thai

di t`]iig, thai di. Oiig n6i yeu t6i;

thai

di. . . va dtrng d8 toi phai €`in-hcin„.

Ba c6 v6 sq t`]ng va du5i strc r6i.

Khi tha'y t6i, dng khdch lat-ddt dtrng day, va t6i tin ch5c ]tic d6 t)ng thoang cd }'7 djnh quang tdi ra cfra s6.

Nhung ba, thay vi ray tdi nhu toi turdng, bd lai din t6i, 99i tdi bfing c`rng.

B!i bang 16i lqi gh6 tru'dng+i)'r va kh6c that lau, iìii tren g6 m€4 t6i. Chl con hal chtilig tt`]i. trong ph6ng. D8 all t'ii ]]:I, t6i n6i dug c6 I.all rìa ay I.i m¢t ngudi x£{u, ne'u b€\ a vay m¢L minli v6.i toi nhu d:i th6a-hi¢p trirdc thi bci d{ìu cd bu6n. Nhung lq that, t6i thci'y ngti.di ldn nhi6u khi l]u6n cudi lam. Chdng toi vtt.a [iiih-[£io thì ba ao clen Om g6i bu.dcvao

Ba h6i cd ai de'n khong. Bd ao traiig than-nhien ddi] : tt Ong Ai`nould cd de'ii nhung ciii 6' met gi€'ly th6i>>.

Chuy?n nay toil)ie't ba ndi tr6', nhung durdng nhu linh-tdnh bao tdi lang thinh, ddrngcai lai.

Th' ham fi'y tr6'di, toi khong gap

lqi dng Arnould

nfi.a, va cut:ictham-gi€to ci'Ia t6i v6ì b{ì i'io ai qua'y-iày,

ch€ic cfiiig vi va}T ni{`i it`ji

ti`ang he't bi kh6ng con nhd

gi ca. Cho de'n boin qua, I]ghla la ho.n ba muoi nam sau, [di cfiiig khdng bie't lja ao trang da tr6 nenthe' nao?

Quyr3N TRuyE:N cbA B,\N TOI

Ht^)in (|lla,

1(`}i tTi dqu c,tl¢je, (1q-vi~i

ci.ia

(^)iig bt:i-|i.ii.t9yng

ngoL?Lgiao. T0i cfing tl6rig y vdri T[urqiigiighi-.qf

Inerston r€ing ddi se

Pal-

d6 chill, n€u kh6Iig c6 c€'ic cu(:)c

vui. Viec l€ìm h!big ]ig€ìy khtîlig qu€` si'i.c tt`>i, cling khtîng

qui'i lri hi8ii-bi6[ cfia tt}i va [t^>i Llii.v thich viec lciin. Cli`i t.,ac cu¢c, [i6p-ti`in cli:liih-Llii'i.c lfim ki.16 t6i, T6i bi6t r£.iiig

dqu bu8i khieu-vti cfia 6ng b¢,tru.frng nhu vay chali-ngat`

va v6-ich, t6i bi6t rna lqi cli dir, vi thudng-tiiih con ngurdi siiy-nghi khan-kh6o lihuriig li.`iiih-clt:]ng v6-1y. Virii I)u`Jc, \r!`i.:) ph61lg kll£ich ldii, toi li6n iighe xu.dng

danh Dai-sti.... va pliu-nhi`in. T6i

tta gap D4i-sL'r iilii8u

lan,11.eli gurcmg i":il lha]ili-t['i c6ii in iiel met-m6i. kh6iig |thai loan vì l€ùn viec. iigo{.ii-giao il{`m. NgiTdi l,a tl6n tìng c6 m{:i[ tliie'ii-tht`ri

st`j.I-ii8i vt`i Li.ong infy cli6

iiJ.:)i-liQp, iilii§ii

gifii-tho...ii v§ ddt tìiig duqc ti.ii)'t`n i.a. '1`lidri-giaii tìlig lurii-11.il tai 'l`rung-Hoa, ci'`ch d:ìy bti mu.ui mvim, mt}i dac_

bieL c6 lam chuy¢ii t`iiih im`i iigurdi ta I..ai thit.,h

thiiat

lc?i,` klii ctmg iihau iig6i nliap ca-i]lie, cfra ph6ng d6]ig kin. Vq {^)iig, I(`)i chua (Iurqc li{`iil-h{.inh bi6t,

[u6i d¢ ti.¢n

nan niiTo.i. B{`i mac toAn den vdri ]iliiriig I.en tu}r¢t-hat]

ljao tr[im dung-nhan ci'ia xlifin-tho.i da qua, nhuiig v{in con dop. T6i duo.c li;^`n-iiaiili gi6.i-tliieu chiig ba vi 16i v6]i

thich liaii chuyen vdri cac ba tr¢iii8-[ii6i. 1`lieo

giQng vl

cam du-duro.ng d8 cho c£'ic tlii6u-phil li.6 khieu-vri, chting

t6i ii6i v3 l£¢im chu}Ten, va tinli-cd bd bit sang n6i den tlidi-k}' b{`i cu-ngii L€}i in¢t t6a nhi`i i.ri, du.6.Iig Mfilaquaiis.

T0i ken len : ttvay ra li:`i la ba :'io trang !j> Bah d€'ip : «Thua (^)ng, v:`ing. H6i tl6,1(`)i lu(^)n lut^)n m£:lc }7_I)hiic tl.i'ing J).

QUYEN TRUYf]X Ci}A

B++kT TOT

~ Va, thura ba, t6i d!`iy la « 0]ig ch6ng nh6» cfla ba.

- Sao ! Ong la con ci'ia b€ic,sI Noziere tai gi6i day

a. Thud ay, 6ng thich banh nggt lam. Ong con thich nfra chang ? Mdri 6ng den nhLa chuliig t6i thudng-thtrc.

Thti. bay nao chhng t6i cfing- c6 tiec tra thLin-mat dai ban. Mtrng thay ta durqc tao-ngo I .

~ C6n ba io den ? - B.qy Sid

chfnh

t6i

la ba

di tt^ii, di tin qiia ddi nam c6

€io

den. T¢i-nghi¢p

chie'ii-tranh. Trolls ma'y

iiam chat, di thii.diig nhac-nh& cle'n t^iiig lut^]n.

Lhc`, chi'ing t6i n6i

chuyen tren day, met 6Iig i.:iu-

i.ia bac, nhu .cir6`c, kinli-call chao l]fi dqi-=`,i'r v6.i diet+}t¢

thang-than iighiemiighi c,fia met 6ng lao halo-liofl. Hinli iihtr tt^]i nhdr ra c{'ii cam cfia Ong ta.

Bi`l dai -sL'r I]6i vd.i

t6i : « Oiig Arnould, met b€?n

c6-giao ».

•t

Ill

MF CHO CON BONG Hu.a.NG Nay Chring t6i a mat can nha rang nhi6u ph6ng chti.a day d6 vat ky-I.?. Tren

turdrng tram--i.iii5'[ nhiau

khi-gi6.i

man-rq, c6 ci`1m sg ngudi va tdc; xu6ng d¢c-m¢c v{i dam-bo'i thi mdc tren tram-nha canh mtq'y con cti sfro dan roin; tfi ki8ngdirng chim-choc, 6-chim, c€`1nh sam-h6. v€`i

v6 s6 bo xuo.iig nh6 Iihu t`Iay v6 1hh-ham va dc-j. H6i {Id t6i kht^tng hi§u ba tt`ji ke't-u.d.c gi vdri nhti'ng loaf.vat

quai g& {i'y,baygid `L0i md.i hi8u : ke't-udc cfia nha sun. tain. Hi8n-lanh, kh6ng vu-lqi nhu (^)iig, I)ng lqi mcr.tu6'ng dan nh6t w`io moL cai tfl ca van-vat nhu th6. Vi lqi-ich

cho khoa.hoc, 6ng ndi va 6ng tin.tur&ng nhur vay; that ra, chi la tat cfia nhi`i suru.tarn. TOAn cannha chdra d;iy cac vat ky.Ia, thien.nhien, trdr phoiig khach nh6, la kht^]ng bi dong_vat-hgc, khoang `'at-hgc, nli.in-ch+'ing-hQc, qu&i-hinh-hoe xam-chie'm; a

day kht^ing c6 vay ran, mai rha, xiro.ng c6to

ludi lain.

set, ci~ing chang cd bha di cfia mQi M9-Chau, m€`i chi cd

loan bang hudng. Gia'y dan phdng-khach toan rae d`ay hong hurdng. Hurdng nu, con btip, do.ii-so., gi6ng llhau

va d6u dep.

QUYEN

lt^ti \Ti

lic{t-binh

nhiaii

TRUYfj`T CUA

vt}i

khofi

B+}N

d¢ng-vat-hQc

d6i-chie'u\Ta ph6p ti.ac-l{Igng. xuong sq, nen su5t

ng6i ti.ong ph6ng

T0I

ngay

khach nhs, trudc ban d6 rna)7. T6i

ng6i li`en thcim, dirdri chan

ba, chcri con ti`tru ba chan,

h'icdauthi b6n, vi the' men nd kh6ng xti.ng gop

mat

v6.i con th6 haidau ti`oiig suu-tap quai-h`inh-hgc ci'ia ba t6i.T6i con c6 m¢tthang ha bi6t cfr-d¢ng hai tay va con mbi nudc so.n : h6i d6 chac t6i phai cd nhi§n turdng tirqng lam, vi v6'i t6i, thang h§ va con ti.tru tirqugtrtrng dfi thtrnhan vat ti.ong hang iigaii

t2{n

kich 1}r-k$7

Khi nao xa`v ià chuyen tbti-vi cho con trtru, horic thang h§, t6i lia`n n6i vdi me t6i. Ma lu6n-lu6n v6-ich. Nen d§ y rang ngurdi lan kh6ng he hi8u r5 nhfrng gi tt.6 con cat ngr?a dau. Me tt^ji lo-dalig. Biì kht^]ng chi'iiT nghe t6i nhi8u. D6 l{ì tat ldn cfia bd. Nhuiig biì

c6 m{)I cach nhin

tt^ii vdi tlt^]i mat to va gQitoi la «b6 ng€\t» khie'n

mQi squ

dell h6a-giai he'l. M¢t ham, trong i]h6ng khach nhs, I)A 1)ut^)iig d6 may, nhac bang tt^]i leii,

cht m¢it bt^>rig ti.olig

gia'y r6i ndi : --Me Oho conb6ng hudrng nay.. Vt`id8 d6 nhan, b€`ilay

mri

theu ghi len m¢[ gqch

tl.eo.

Kht^>ng cd tang-pham Halo lam t6i sung-surd.ng bang.

giv

HAI CON CdA VUA EDOUARD

« Con toi coi gic;ng

NU6'C ANH

tu.dng cudp vdi tdc xd nhu

vay I Ong Valence, chai lc?i theo kigu con ci®Ia vua Edou-

ard gitim t6i». Me t6i dan 6ng Valence Iihu vay.

Ong

la th¢ hdt t6c gia kh6o-lc]o va que chan. Ghi

thcqy mat Ong la t6i nhd tdi mtii sat n6ng lqm-gigng ctia d6 u6n tdc ; toi ghe-tdm cfing vi hai lay Ong day sap xti.c t6c, rna cfing vi 6ng kh6ng the hcyt t6c mh ch&ng d8 t6c rot vao c8 t6i. Vay men ltic 6ng khoac ao choang trang va

cot khan-quan vao c8, toi li6n cu5ng lai. Ong ben n6i : - a Ban nh6 cfia t6i khong 16 chiu d8 b¢ tdc rtrngrri nhu vdra mdi a be « J,cr iTf6d[zsc » ra a ».

Vdi gigng r8n-rang mi6ii Nam, ltic nao 6ng cfing thuat lai cuoc dam tau «Lfz fl46dHsc» Ma ong duqc thoat ch8t, sau nhi6u phen co-cquc kinh-khfing. Nao la chi8c be tarn-bqu, cdc dau-hieu keu-ctru tuyet-vgng, nhfrng bfra an thit ngudi, 6ng d6u thuat r5 tfit ca, met each vui-v6 cfifl ngur6'i chl nhin b3 t6[ mgi viec ddi, vi ong Valence vui tanh lam !

QUvi'::}T

H6m a'y, chi6u theo

TPLuyf]^`r

each ng6i

cf]a

{:tT,,t

!3[iri` Tt)I

tt^ji, 6ng lam

dan t6i lan qua, va khi nhin vao ki6ng sol, t6i ih:a:y kh{'tc tbudng lf`m. T6c t6i chai clip xu6ng, ht'j.{`, rtii'ing nhur c£'ii

mfi ti.hm tdi mi long may, v€`i x6a

xut^;n{{ bat q6 in.i,

gi6ng tai chd xh xtr T€^iy-ban.nha. M? t6i lnh.ng lam: Ong Valence qui°i thc4[ chai dau

t6i nhu ki6u « con a,I.ia vua Edouard ». Ba ndi, t(A)i nhu vay, mac ao choang nhung den, ngu'dri tit chi con c6 n}i5t t6i trong thap v6.i anh cfi t6i... Nhac b8ng t6i

len,

l]£i ii6i

tit;p

lD{dying

met Sit.mg

qua-quy6t duyen-clang : « D6 ai rna dam I » R6i 6m chat t6i vao k`]ng, ba ba: t{^ji I.a xe9 di [ham ngurdri quen.

T6ih6i me {Oi ngur6.i anh ca "fao

in:`i t6i chu.a bi5{

va`ciii thap g`i dd, nghe sg qiia. Me t6i lt8`€^iy-Lho

v6n c6

t€'inh

vui-v6 cfia

k.len-nhigm

c.f'ic

LcimQh6n

`£h2in-t`iEili chi c6

va tdnh

ni¢t cliuy€n

trolig ddi la yeu-duong, m{'ri k8 li}i cbo t6i iighe, bcping

gigng bap.b? day thi-vi cfia tr6 con, \7`i sflo lmi dtra con xinh-d?p va ngoan-ngorm cria vua Edouard lai bi 6ng can Richard hung-ac, cudp lia me cht'ing, Gem ti`2{n ch€t

n8Op tron8 hiim t6i thdp Loudres. Me t6i lai I)h6ng t}ieo

15i

v6 cfia bL'i.c hQa dii'crng-

th6.i, n6i them rfing con cht'j nhs cfia hal

dit'ra tr6 si'ia

len, bdo Oho chi'ins hay lric boll s€'tLnh£`n d8n g;'tzi.

QuyE`T TRuyr]r\T c6A B,i`T T6|

Ba thuat dirt, r6i n6i cau chu.Yen ^dy da

xtra 1€¢im,

nhung rat cam-dong va r^dt hay, da'n fi6i ngurdi ta van tiep-tuc lam da_tcii d8 ve tranh va d8 di6n thanh tu6ng hat mat khan-gia d6u khdc, va me t6i ci~ing kii6c iihu hQ.

T6i li6i vdi than-mau t6i chtic F\ phai

i'tc lam mdi

lam cho me khdc nhu the', ca me `7t\ tliien~ha nti'a. Me [6i n6i, tr€ii laf , iighe.sl

phai c6 mt:>t

cao-ca vat .mt:]t tai-niving xura't-sac, nhiriig t6i

tan-h6n

kh6iig hi8u

ba. T6i nato bi€t g`i v§ ngu6n khoL'ii-c?im cfia ntrdc

mat

d``Lu.

Xe rna

t6i

da, rna

6' Iie,

khong bi€t.

Saint-Louis, Cli['ing

tl.u.t'rc

t6i

len

can

nhal

xira

c;iu thang bfing

cac }].ic i-I8u mt`]ii \r€i m'rLn6 iibur li`im m€it gian

vdi chi'ing t6i, \Ttra tdi ch6 qu?o, con ch6 nh6 si']a oiping len. T6i tham nglii : ttD6, ch6 ctia may con cfia viia Edouar(I d6». R6i mat con st.I. thinh-linh, kh6ng kiam-ch8 du.t.j.c, dien.. cu6ng n8i.len xam-chie'm t6.I. Rt~i-raiig

cau th€ing nay 1€`i

thang thdp trong tru}'en, con t6i hd'[ tbc tlieo mfl trhm va mac ao choang bang nhung, chilih t6i lch mat di'ra con cia vua Edouard. Ngudi ta sap gi€t toi. 'I`Oi kh6ng chiu, tdi ban chat i'io me toi, bet 16n :

-«Dem t6i di, dem tdi di ! .I`6i kh6ng chin len thang th`4p dau.,)

-« Coi kia, nin di, b6 khhng... Na}r, nay, con, dtmg sq...Thang that n6ng-nay... Pierre, [Jiei.re, b6 cu'ng cfia

in?, ngoan nao.»

QuyEN TRU¥E.V C¢A BAN

T0I

Nhung t6i khong ]Ighe gi ca, ctr deo dinh v.?t ao me, ctrngkhu, co rilt : t6i la, toi h6t, t6i ng¢p thd. Mat t6i day kinh-khting, thay loan nhi-mg hinh bang chapchdn do con sQi qua khie'p-dam tqo men.

Nghe ti€ng la, tren dau thang mat canh cfra md ra, 16 clang mat 6ng gia rna, mac dau t6i khdng-khi8p va mac dau 6Iig d¢i mti trhm va clang mac do ngfi, toi cting nhin ra 6ng ban Robin cfifl t6i, 6ng Robin ban t6i, m6i tuan ln¢t lan den banh kho cho t6i, dTng trong chop mfi cfia 6ng. Chinh la 6ng Robin, nhung t6i kh6ng hi6u duqc tqi sao 6ng lai a tfong thap, vi t@i chua l]igt rang thap cfing la nha, ttrc n.hien 6ng gia nay phai a d6, song nha nay da xira qua, Ong dua hai tay don chting t6i, tay trai cam bao du.ng thu6c vi^\ lay mat cam mat chtlm thu6c gifra ngon cai va ng6n tr6. Ghinh la 6ng Robin. «Xin mdri bah v6 I Vq toi da kha

nhiau, mu s§

hoan-hi ti6p ba. Nhung con can Pierre, hinh nhu can kh6ngmay yell-lam. Phai con ch6 nhs cfia t6i lam cau scr chang ? Lai day, Finette.»

T0i vfrng bung trd lai, t6i ndi :

-« Ong a trong cai thap t6i.tan qua, ong Robin a.» Vdra nghe dirt cau fly, in? t6i li§n ham nh? tay toi

c6 y can toi, matoi hi8ulam, bi§u dtrng xin banh ong l]an Robin rat t6t cfia t6i di§u rna 16i sap sfra lam. Trong ph6ng khach mau vang cfia 6ng }ja Robin, con ch6 nhs Finette giiip t6i nhiau lam. T6i choi dtia vdi n6 ; va t6i con in ti`i la chinh no sda bQn am-sat

QuyEN TRuyEN Ct;t<l RiN T6I

ma'y con vua Edouard. Vi the' men t6i chia baiih cfia 6ng Robin cho t6i vdi nd. Nhung t6i kh6ng lam sao chain chii de'n mat chuy¢n gi lan duqc nhtrt la minh con be nhs. Tarn-tri t6i bat sang chuy¢n nay den chu)'¢n khac, nhu.

dan chim nhay-nhd[ ttr ct`inh nQ den c€`inh

kia, r6i cting nhd lc?i chuy¢n coil vua Edouard. Da c6 mat y-ki8n v6 chtiug, t6i v¢i bdy t6 li6n. Tdi k6o lay do

6ng Robili n6i : «N;iy

6ng Robin,

6i]g bie't kh6ng. n6u me t6i 6'

trong thap Londres thi chac me da can ngu.di can d¢c. ac ddng g5i Iran ch8[ ng¢p cac con vua Edouard.)) Durdng nhu Ong Robin kh6ng hi6u h8t y-nghT ci'i€i

t6i, nhu.iig kbi chi'ing t6i xu6ng thang lau, chi con me `-di con, me t6i li6n nu.ng bang toi len, maiig }'eu a Quy iia ! d8 me h6n con !t>

•.`;-`

CHUM

NHO

|15i §}t, i6i sung-sudng,

t6i rat sung`su'dng.

T6i

hinh-dung ba, m£'i va chi v'ti t6i nhu. nhfmg vi kh8ng-

|6, r€it hiEn-lanh, nhfrng ngu'di dry-nhat, bat-di b2{t-dich.

chtrng-nhan cfia nghy dau tien cfia nhan-loai. T6i chac\

chan ba ng`rdi iiay, khi hfru-sT,

d§u li£'to_ve t6i trong moi chuy¢n chang lanh va ben canh hQ, t6i rat yen tan. Long tin-tudng noi me t6i la mat cai gi khan-chng : khi t6i nhd tdi dtrc-tin thi6ng-lieng clang qui fry. t6i mu6n h6n that nhi.6u caithfing be nh6 thud xua, chinh la t6i. Va trong ddi n`ay, ai rna hi8u bie't rang gift duqc mat cam-tinh ben bl m6'i khd lam sao, at s6 thong-cam m6i ham-hd v6 nhfrng k5r-niein 2{}'.

H6i dd, t6i sung.su6ng. Ca ngan chuyen vtra thanmat vri'a bi.hi6m, choan 6c tu&ng-tuqng cfia t6i, ca ngan chuy¢n kh6ng dau, iihung da du vao cu¢c ddi t6i. Ddi t6i nhs b6 that, song van la met cu¢c dcri, nghla la trung-tan di8m, van-vat, trung-uong cfia the-gidi, Ban dtrng cudi ld`i n6i cfia t6i, hay chi cu.di

vi tinh ban,

va ban hay nghl rang ai s^6ng day, d`au cho mat con

cnd nhs di nii'a, cfing a trung-lam van-vat.

Qc'yii`T

TRuyl:I:< CTJA

B^}r\- To|

T6i dfl sling-su.t.i`ng du.Q'c mat

thay tai

lan nic {6i h¢`, m6' ti.I ki^c'iig lh [6i. kh6ng

nghe ;

m6i+

kh6i cam th5y

mf.it tfsul t6mib linh-.t8 val day thi-vi. C6 gi a trong ay? •rr(i`i I thi c6 ; tio quan, ttii long-iic8io, va nhi5u hop gia}',

h¢p thi6c. hTgd}- nay, 16i nghi ch€ic ba lnQ clang thuong

cfia t6i thich h¢p l£'im. Ba ct'j

dfi c5' li¢p,

va nhi§u v6-

s5 k8. Vc+ c£'ie hsp a}r, rna t6i bi cam kh6ng duqc rd ni6 den, khi8n t6i nghI-ngQ.i nhi6u. D6 cho.i cting lam

met tri-6c b6 nhs ci.ia £6i, nhi'i.I la nhfrng mt'iii htra cho t6i liia t6i con ch6' dt.j.i, vi cdc man t6i c6 r6i, kh6ng can bi-mat v{'ji t6i, Hen cring h6t tbti-vi. Nhi~rng m6n d6 choi rna t6i con mo..`u.(I`c md'i xinh-dep

lam sao ! Met phep

mau kh€'ic, la `'t`> s5 1:ill ngang net doc va binh th6-so "a t6i c6

tha, va.Llh-v6 du.Q.c vd!i vi6t chi hay ng6i vi6t.

Tcii `.€ qu£^`ii linh : t6i

lam mat ci'ii dau ban-due,

chup

I€]i mt:" cai im:i lirih I-lung-gia-lqi. Sau nhi6u lan ngam-

nghia, t6i mt'j.i cl-Hj a;tii b.itv6 mri den chan nfay. T6i thich bring boa.

in.ill

lht>.in, man

an ngf`tn, y phuc dep. T6i

balih-di¢n cd c€'ii mfi \'ai giat long va d6i vd ngri sac. Soiig ch6 t6i u.a fhich hcri],

ngoai m6i v€:it k8 rieng, la

toan-th6 Su'_vat : r,h€`i_cL'r£`, kh6ng_khi, anh_sang, t6i nao

bi€t gi ho.n ? T6m lc?i la sap sang I Met canh loan emdiu }jaobbQc t6i. Kh6rjg gi khoai-cam ho'n la chim con tlr I,6 cg.3tL`it, -`rao long miing 16t 8 n6. 'l`Oi dfi s]Ling,siitT7ng, r2it sung_sud`ng. Th6 rna t6i con

I-L Ld.c duQìi, nh'Li. m{:>t dtra t'I`6 khric. 1,\nh ten Alphon`qe hlTLìi,g hi'€[ a:nh c{) ten nao khi'ic chang. v{ì c6 th8 alih t.;ìi c6 ten ni;iv. }1? .ai]h l€ì thq g,i£:" di lani 6 ngt]€`ì ph6.

.i.iri`±or,se f?i }£`iig.thar!g

Llii

su6t p,g,iy 11.ong san hoac ngodi

t6iig, ``i`i .lil. €i'[a s6, t6i i]biii

fmh, in:it.mtii tern-lem,

QUYEN TRUYFIN

Ct`A BAN

T0l

md tdc vang I]ti.xh, quan dtli kh6ng day, vdi d6i dep mbn lan rna anh le-let trong muol]g ranh. T6i day, toi cfing mu5n durqc tq.'-do di trong mu.o.I]g ranh nfra. Al-

phonse thu6ng lang vang gan ma'y chi b8p val'bi ho thudng nhia^u tit.tai vdi vai mau bdnh cha cfi. C6 khi ngudi gift ng¥a sai< cinli di k€ich thting nudc clang may b6m va anh tqu-dac mang v§, mat d6 k6 va lur5i the ra. The, inch toi ao-udc duQ'6 nhu. anh. Anh kh6i phai hoc cdc bai ngi.I-ng6n La Fontainc nhu t6i, anh kh6ng

lo sg bi ray vi mat vet do lam ao. Ann khong bi bat buoc phai ndi cfido 6iig .r chdo bd .i' `'di nhfrpg ngudi rna

nhfrng ngay dam, trdi t6t hay xau cfia hg kh6rig an tliua g`i den anh chtit nao ca ; va n6u anh .k'h.6ng cd

duqc nhu t6i met chi6c thuy§n cfla 6ng Noe, va mat con ng¥a may, thi alih choi, theo s6`-th.ich anh, v6.i may con chin s6 ctia anh bat duqc, vdi in^dy con ch6 chay rong nhu anh, cd khi ca vdi mary con ngtra trong tau, de'n thtrng nao ngu.6.i phu xe day x6 €\nh ra ngoai bang dau can ch6i. Anh r2{t t¥-do va tao.bao. Ttr r]goai sam, lank

vTc ctia anh, aiih nhin toi & tren cao, sau cfra s6, nhu nhin chim trong 16ng. Sam 5y du'qc vui.v6 nao-nhiet nhd cac thti-vat dd

loai va s6 gia-nhan thudng lui tdi. Sam rol]g. T6a nha chanh ngan sam v§ phia nam, c6 mat day nho gia nhieu mat kb&ng-khiu che phfi. Tren mai nha c6 d6 mat tracanh-k€ do bdng mat trdi: nang mtra lam tr6i mat net

s5 v§ tren mat dii rna lan bdng cfia trac-anh-tru, nhu cay kin, tha'm-thodt tr6i nhe qua, khi€n t6i n.gac.nhien. Trong cac b6ng rna {6i gQ`i nhd, rna cfia sam cti.ky nay

la quai la nhtrt d6i vdi dan Ba-Le hien nay, Sam ctia

Anh n6i..

a 8ITng cyc gqch n`ag di>>.

QuyE^T

TRuyriN ctTA

BAN

Tdl

hQ ng{``y nay du'gc h6n thurdc vu6ng, da 10 in¢t manh

tr6i, d@

Ion b:'`ng kli.in lay, tren c6 nam tti'ng lau nhu. td an,

cat gie ra.

D6 cting

tie'n-b¢, song

hi}i silJc

kll6e. M¢tt }jtl.a kia, ci'ii sin vui-v6 a'}T, rna Si'ing si'ing

cdc

bd n`?i tr(.i. d8n hii.ng nudc b6m d€iy v6, rna c€'ic chi b^6p, vao s{'iu Sid s€'ing den vh.a ray Oho r€'io nirdrc ci'ii x€i-k.ich

trong gi6 thi`u vtra ban chu}'¢n gc§u vdi may anh gift ngi.ra, cai sam ay bi cf..iy g6' da lot. Ngudi

(18 lot lai,

t€` ci.iy d€'i ra

nhuiig trong ltic l€im, ti.di lqi mira,

nell sam

baylay. AnhAlphonse choi giam li.en san nhu inot vi than hoang_da trong rh.ng, [t`[. dau d6'n ch£`in deu met mau v6'i

dat. Anh ddi_chuy8n may

`Tien gf?ch vdi v6 hang.

hi'`i vui-thich. R6i ngu.dc d;iu len, thfiy t6j tren

I:^iu ciio,

anh ra da'u ken t6i xu6ng. T6i mu€jn choi vdi anh, d6`i-

chuy6ii may vien gach ci'y lam. Trong ph6ng t6i, kh6Iig c6 gach lot d6 ddi-chu}'8n. Gfra nhii khdng d6ng. Tdi le.o xu6ng, ra sam. T6i n6i vdi Ali]honse : tiT6i di`i}' nc.»

Anh n6i : tt Bung cuc g?ch nay di.» Anh c6 v6 dti ton. va gigng n6i khan-khiin : toi ben nghe lcri. Thinh-linh vien gach bi gil.['t {r6n ta}' {6i `7a t6i

bi nhac kh6i in.at dci't.

Chi vi'i bang t6i_ ili, gian dfi.. Chi

ti.im t6i bang xal.l]6ng MaLxay \T.i clie L0i dt'ing di choi v6'i met

i:{u_h8.

iti'i`a i]bt'>ng-dcing, di'ra la-ca all-cfip, dt`!

vO . Iqi.

}6i no,

{6i

ti^6p n6i ;

«Alijhoiise

m^dt

t!Li.`j',

kh()ng

ithi'ii

in;I canh, b4c-phiidc cfiii no ; iihu.ng dti'a tr6 ed

QUYfiN I:RUY£N

CtYA BAN T0I

giao-duo kh6ng men gan vdi nhfrng dti.a that-giao.»

T6i la dil'a tr6 rat thong_minh va hay nghi.ngqi. T6i ghi nhd ldri me tdi va kh6ng hi8u tqi sao may ldi a'y hiep vdi nhfrng gi t6i hQc.h6i v6 c€ic tr6 xau s6 rna quyan Cpru Thaiih_Kinh bang thfi-an-hail giai-thich cho t6i. Cam.Iinh tdi d5i vdi Alphonse thay d6i ham. Kh6ng t6i h8t ao-u'dc duqc nhu anh nfra. Anh khi8n cho tdi vdra kinh-hai vri.fl thiTo.ng-hqi. «Kh6ng phai 16i nd, rna canh bqc,phudc ci®i&

Ilo.» L6`i ndi cda in? t.6i khi8n toi ai-ngai clio anh. Me cri,

in? n6i vdi con nhu vay la phai lam, 16i in? rat b6 ich khi cho con hifleu, ngay tdr ltlc tho-gut va su. `'6-16i cfia k6

kh5n-nan. Ldi me rat nhan-ttr, phan con pliai gift sao cho ldi ndi a'y th6-hien maj trong cu¢c ddi con sau nay. r\'hung it ra lan nay, ldri ndi c`d hieu-qua, t6i xdt

thucmg s6 -phan cdfl di'ra tr6 xau,s6 a'y.

Mat ham trong li'Ic anh 6' dudi sam choc pha con k6c cfia mat ba gia-chfi 6. cring Ida nha v6i t6i, t6i ]ang ngam anh Cain u-bu6n `'a luc-luang ay `.di `'6 bi-cam ctia

mat Abel nh6 hi6n-lanh. Than 6i ! Chi cd hanh-phtic nidi

tao nhi§u Abel. T6i tim cach d8 chirng-t6 long tbuGng hgi

anh Alphonse. T6i dinh g6i cho anh mat cai h6n, nhung mat mfii hung-ton cfia anh kh6ng thich-trr]g d8 nhah m6n qua, va long t6i cfing kh6ng khtrng cho tang-vat ay. Toi tim rat lau nhfrng gi cd th8 cho duqc ; t6i ban.khoan qud. Cho Alphonse con ng¥a may, d{au kh6ng con du6i, con gay, cting hoi 16. Va I?i, cd phai cho con i]gTa mdi chtrng-

t6 duqc long thuo.ng-hai hay sao ? Phai ]u.a mol tang vat nao thich.hQ.p vdi tre x^du-s6 mdi du.Qc. flay la mat

cai

bong ? C6 ca

met

bdi]g trol]g phong-

QuyEN TRUYFjL`' CUA BAN T0I

kh€lch Nhung m©[ cai bong `cting:gi6ng mat cai ht^]n. Tt`]i sq Alphonse kht^>ng thich bt^)ng ; tt^>i dam khap ph6ng-

an rna long phah-van lam. 86ng t6i hdn-hd, v6 tay

: t6i

tim ra r6i I

Tren tfi d6 an, met dia nho Fontainebleau ngon. Ianh. T6i bac gh6 leo len lay m¢t ch`tim dali va iiang, choan gan ba phan tu. dia. Nho mau xanh lQ't vt`i frng \Tang mat ben chac s§ ngQt lim trong mieng minh, nhurng t6i kh6ng n€m, t6i chay lai ban may cfia me. tt.]i d8 ki8m cu6ng chi.

T6i bi cam kh6ng durqc lfty m6n gi. Nhurng phai bi6t cai linh mdi duqc. T6i cot chhm nho ti.en dau m6i chi, ctii dqua

thanh cfra s8, ken Alphonse, va ttr-ttr tha chtiln nho xu6ng gall. D8 thay Oho r6, anh tr6 xxu-s6 ven mar tdc vang kh6i mat va, khi vat den lam ta}', anh giqut dai luon vdi scri chi,

i`6i ngfrngdau len, anh the lu@i, dura ng6n tay len mtii ch6-

nhao, doan din chhm nho chaydi, dua m6ng v8 phia t6i Cac ban nh6 toi kh6ng c6 tap toi quen v6.i thai nay. Ltlc dan. toi gian lam. Nhung x6t lai, t6i ngu6i li6n. T6i nghi than : ttMinh kht+]ng cho cai bang, cali hen, that cfing

phai."

Nghi vay, v6 thh-ban cfia t6i li§n tieu-tan, vi that ra, khi long tqu-ai durgc th6a-man, chuy¢n gi khac khong

may quan-he. Song le, nhd tdi h'ic phai thti that \Tdi me, t6i qua rfi-chi. '[`Oi c616i ; me toi ra\' rna vui; t6i nbin thay d6i

mat bh tuoi-tan. M? t6i n6i '' {{ Cho thi cho cfia minh,

char dtrng la'}T

cfia ligudi

QUYfJN TP`UYf]N

CtJA B+|`T ` T(.)I

kh£'\f rna cho, va ph{®ii hie't ctich tang nfia.t>

Ba t6i n6i tie'p : a D6 l±`i bi-quye't

ci'ia h€}nh-phiic, v.i it ngurdi

lam ),.

Ba t6i, thi t^mg bie't

r5 !

•S-?.`

bi8t

MARCELLE MAT YANG ANH

H6i fry t6i durqc nam tu6i, vci

niem v§ viec ddi, song v3

tt^]i

sau, t6i

mob

t|uan_

buoc phai d8i }r :

ding tie'c that, quan-niem d?p l£®`in. Mat ham, trongltic t6i I)€:in ve nguech-ngoac may hinh ngu.di th(^j-vung thi me tt`ti keii, kht^]ng nghl rang lia 1!im r¢n tot. Ltlay ba

mc c6 t.inh lo.-clang tld. Lan nriy,

si9i.<`-soan cho tt^ii. Tt`]i

th€{y can va chi th#\' bu.c

kht`jng

c{9iTn

minh, nan tt^ji co-cu'qiig,

tt`Ji

uhan nii:it, t6i irong-nganh. Me I(A)i n6i :

-«Me

d6..dau

con si¢ip den,

ch!nh thi coi ngo lam

kht^]ng

{V`ii.mr`c

t8.

d£{y ! »

Me da-dau tt^ti ! T6i clit:ra h6 g{:ip im:tt bfi, tt`ii khcing quen biet l>al chi'it m`to. Tt`ii cfifig ch{&ing bi6t id c(I) l]d iifra. Nliung t6i ]jie't r6 bah me d6.-dau la gi : tt^>i c6 doc

trong truyen

\'c4 cia tha}J tl`ong sach hinh ; i(`)i bi8t mc

d6'-dtpiu la mat ba tien.

QUTBN TRuyEN GbA BAN T0I

Toi d§ me t6i tan g¢i, chai ga cho vtra y. T6i thi mcrnghTd6nme dd-dau, v`i t6i rat t6 m6 mu6n hi8u bi6t ba. Thudng khi tanh t6i hay chat-van, song nay t6i lai kli6ngh6i den nhfrnggi t6i dflng n6ng mu6n bi8t.

_ «Tai sao? » -Ban h6i t6i tai sao ? A ! Vi tqi toi kh6iig dam; vimay batien, theo t6i hi3u, thich im-lang va bi-mat ; vi trong tirih-cam con ngurdri c6 c€'ii gi mo'.h6 rat quy-

bau rna, theo ban-nang, trong tarn-h6n trong-trang mu5n bo-bo gift in.ii ; vi d5i vdi tr6-nit cting nhu d6i .vdi ngudi ldn, cd nhi6u say-kien kh6ng the ta, chinh la tdi da yeu me d5-dau cfiat6i mac dau khong quen hi6t.

Ban s§ ngac nhien lam, nhung s¥ that thinh-thoang c6 chuyen bat-ngcr, inay-man, khi€n

d5-dan t6i

dep

d€`-chiu .... M?

nhu y-nguy¢n. Khi vtra thay ba,

t6i

nhan ra li6n. That y nhur long t6i ao-udc ; qua la ba tien cda toi. T6i chiem-nguang ba, kh6ng ngac-nhien, rna lai mtrng-ra nfra. Laii n2iy, va that la bat thudng s¥ ddi qua dtlng nhu m¢ng dep cfia mat dti.a be.

Me da-dan t6i nhint6i; ba c6 doi mat vang anh. Ba curdivdi toi va toi thay rang ba nh6 nhu rang t6i. Ba ndi chuyen : ti8ng bd trong-treo va ngan_nga nhu ti€ng su5i reo trong rtrng. Ba hon t6i, m6i ba turoi mat ; t6i con cam.giac noi rna t6i. Khi gap ba, t6i hu&ng met ni§m diu,hi§n v6-tan. Va hinh nhur squ gap g5 ay

phai

em-dep,

ghi met net ngay-thcr rquc-

ra trong

men k5r-ni¢m a.v

chc

ky-iiiem

t6i

chtraL-chan mgi di§m

con giii

lai

Chinh cai mieng he m6 d6 nd mat nu cudi va

tron-ven.

d§ hen

QUYEN TRuyEN CbA

B+N Tor

dfing dti.ng thang, hai lay m6 rang, dd la hinh-anh cda ba in? d5 dau t6i, hinh-anh ay lu6n luon hien trong tri t6i.

Ba nh{¢ic bang t6i kh6i. mat dfft va n6i :

« Cuc

ngQc cfia t6i oi, cho me nhin mau

;ac

cap nhan cfi€i con chult col i>.

R6i hat-ha't

may len t6c t6i, ba ndi ;

« T6c va,ng

nhurng n6 s€ ntAu ».

Ba tien cda t6i bi8t chuy¢n tirong.Iai. Song le, cac |di tiet`-doan

d§-dai cfia ba c±Iua irng-nghi¢m trgn-Yen.

Hi¢n na.v, t6c toi kl]6ng con vang rna cting khong con den.

H0m sau, ba gdi cho t6i cac mdn d6 choi durdng nhir kh6ng phai d6 cho t6i, T0i s6ng vdi sach, anh, 19 keo, hop mau va tat ca d6 nghe cfia mat dtra tre thong-[]]inh, gay y6u, sdm thjch ng6i mat noi ; vdi c{{c m6n d6 cho.i d6, tdi liz ngcqy-tho tap quen tdnh camm8n hinh-thti.c va man-sac, n6 la duyen-do cfla bao n6i kh6 niem vui. Cac tcing-vat cfia ba in? da-dau toi chQn khong thu¢c v§ 16i s6ng ay. D6 la mat bo day-dfi dung-Col the-thao va th8-duc c@ nh6 ; du day d§ leo, thanh sat d8 chuy§n, trdi sat, ta, tat ca nhfrng gi can-thi€t d§

luyen-tap strc

manh tre con va chuan-bi

mat ve dep

than-hinh htlng-trai]g,

Ri'ii thay, t6i da c6 n6p s6ng van-ph6ng, vui-thich nban-nqi ng6i cat giay, bu6i t6i, dudi dnh den; tdi c6

m¢t y-thtrc dam-da ve hinh.anh va khi nghi cuoc chori

QUYf]+\T

TP`UYf]L\T C<6A

B+|N T,OI

nghe-sl ti§n-dinh €{y, la nhfi'Iig co'n diei]-r6, nhfi.ng str say-

me nao-1o.?n day tbi lan-xa vao cAc cu¢c. chcri khac kh6ng l§-16i, kh6ngdi6u-h6a : nhur l€im tr6 turdng cu.dp, canh

dam thu}76n, canh chay nha.

Cac dung.cu a'y, bang

cay

hoang-du'ong scrn dau, va bang sat, h`inh nhu' lanh-nhat Hang n3,' kh6ng ph6ng-tting va kh6ng linh-h6n ; ltic me da-dan t6i tap t6i sfr-dung, n6 mdi c6 chtit it hti.ng vi. Bh mqnh bao dfr m^dy qTiia ta va dora chi,ch6 ra clang sauj

ba.chicho t6i each lu6n thanh sat tren lung vat

duqi

hai ci\nh ta.v the' nao Oho na 16iig ngTc.

Met ham, bfi dat t6i len dau t6i m¢t chi6c tall, chie'c

g6i bit va htra cho .

lau trang-Iii day-dfi, c6

bu6in

va st'ing di.ii-]j£'ic tqi hang t!iu. Me dt~t-dau t6i n6i chuyen

halng-li;ii nhur m¢l thfiy-thti kinh-nghiem. Bd kh6ng quen

liao v6m

a tren

chang cot bui~Sm,

ngQn c¢t. Bd

cot

bu6m,

ntio

san

tau,

ncho hii6m durcyi va -bu6m

thao thao vdi

may

nao

da}'

chat tren

tie'ng mdi la ^ay va .

c6 ve tha-thie't khi n6i de'n. C61§ n6 nhac-nh6' bd nhi§u chu}T¢n litim. Mt)I ba tien ta't di du.di nude.

T{`>i kht`jiig iih€:in dirqc

chie'c tan d6, Dau con nhs

tu8i I(`)i cfing kh6ng bao gid c2in duQ'c man d,6 chcri d6

Vui

hu.&ng,vd chie'ctau tien kia choan melt hang gicr

t6i.

ctia

T6i da tha}T n6 va liien nay cfing con [hay Ilo nfra. N6 h8t

|ain¢t m6n d8 choi, mat la m¢t

bang rna. N6 t.roi nhe

tren mat bi8ii d`ay su.o.ng mt], va t6i nh`iiithffy tren man tan met thi8u-phi.I im-lang, hai tLiy kh6ng mat m& [o va kh6ng tiiih_th?Sn.

.,.T0i kh6ng con dut}c gtip lc?i in? d5-dau t6i.

cti,dong, d6i

OU¥E`T TP`UYf]`t CtTA P,_l¥ TOT

Liicay, t6i da c6 m¢t }'7-kie'n ra't d['ing v`E .tinh-net

ba. T6i cam thay ba sanh rad§ lam vui long \7a }tetidurong, d6 la phan viec ctia a ddi na}T. Than 6i ! t6i dodn

kh6ng l`am. Tdr

1£`iu t6i bie't ba

Marcelle

(b€`i ten

Marcclle), c,hi lam c6 th^e'.

D3'n nhi§uriam sau,

t6i nidi

ctu'qc bie't vai mau

chuTen \T§ ddi bci. B£`i llarcelle `'a me t6i I)_i€t nhau h6i hQc

a nha tu. Nhung me t6i ldn hcrn vai lu3i; vi qua !ighiemtrangi7a

Tdi

qua tie't~{It:i

b{`i Marcelle,

nhie[-t`mh qui'i

ncm

kh6ng

bi`i da

th8

tla[

{Idng va bang ni¢jt

I:`im

l>L?n .qn-can

trong t`inh 16i

hrri

ban, m¢t

r6-dc?i.

g:'ii n{:)i-tr-i'i tla gQi cho bL;i Marcelle nhiau tiri[i-cam kli€'`c t-hurtmg, lcicon chfi n[]`i bu6n, m¢t thi¢'u nfi' I,o_

ldn, ti.am-tlnh, kieu-ngao va k6m tht`]iig-minh. celle khong

r6.i nhin cri^);

kh6c-16c vi

v`i m¢I[ cfr-chi nhtq> cfia ljqn, bat c6

Bd Mar-

m¢[ tici'ng

the-1h6t,

lu6n

n6i, lut^]n

ghen-tLrong vt!j.i c6 ta, vi€t trong gid hQc bfii nhfi.ng btrc tho dai hai mu.oi ti.ang gi€{}T, the' r6i c6 gal to map

khong chiu dqung du.qc ntia, tu}Ten-b5 c6 chan qua

I`6i,

va c6 mu6n du.Q'c }'en tl-lan. Bah

Marcel!e kh8-sd danh phai ri'i[ lui,

ti-d¢t, €^`iu-s;au

khien in? t6i phai thurong hc?i. Bat dan tdr d6, hqi rigu.di th£`in~thie'[ nhau. mat thdi-gian ngan, tru.dc klii iiie t6i

rdi nha tu. D6i ban hri'a s§ tham vi6ng nh;ui va

dci

gift ldi. 8€\ Mal.e,elle c6 met

kha-ai,

6ng

cha, ngu'di

tri.h6a va kh6ng theo chinh ly

I(;I, nhi'i.i ddi,

thong thu'drng

Ong rtyi b6 hang-hal, kh6ng du}'en-cd, sau

hai

nam di bisn. Ai cfing lay lam lq. L§ ra phai la'y l€\m

muroi lt?

QuyEN TRuyEN CtA BAN T0I

tai sao Ong & trong nganh nay iau nhu the. Squ-sam 6ng tan-thurding vat s6 ti5n tie't-ki¢m lai qua te. Moth6m tl`dri [niFa, cid.ng cfra s8 iihin rat

vQ va con gdj 6ng di bS, l!ing-tilng vdi vay

dan-tien. 6ng nhan ra vg con 6ng kh6ng c6 chuyen khdm-ijha nay

6ng thay

vA dh. Lan

xe-cO,

lam biL15n long 6ng nbi6u.

vtr Ttrc

khac, 6ng gom-gop lien cfia, ban nil.-trang cfia vg, muqun ti§nvai bc?n than va di ngay den Bade. Vi bng da cd met 15i danh bac don tian that chac-chan, 6ng ilz'inh bac c6t d§ an clang c6 ti6n sam ngtra, xe b6n }]:inh va y-

phuc ngudri danh xe. Sail tan ngay, 6ng trfr v§ nhal, kh6ng con m¢txuva lqi tin-tu.dnghon bao gid h6t v6 16i dinh bac c`®ia 6ng.

Cdn lai met manh dat lih6 6 Brie, 6ng ti`6ng thorn.

Tr5ng-tia dirgc mat nan thi 6iig phai ban h6t `r6n li8ng d§ tra ti6n mu.dn nhh ki€ng u`o.ng cay. R6i 6ng chuyen-tan v§ cac phat-minh may-m6c va vg 6ng ch€t md 6ng kh6ng chti-y d8n. Ong g&i cho cac 6[ig t6ng-trur&ng, Ngh!-vien

HQc-vien. Hoi BAchgc, tat ca thie]i hc?, va nhti.ng d6 an va

nhti'ng ban thuy8t-minh. Cdc ban thuy€[-minh try, c6 khi lai vie'[ bang van vfin. Th8 rna 6iig ki5m durqc chdt ti§n, 6ng lai sang. That lal than-i`inh. Bt`

Marcelle Oho d6 1a

thudng-squ va den mua r,6n vdi tfi[ ca c€tc d6ng mat tram xu ba nhan ducrc. Vao thdri ay, v6n con thie'u-nfr, me t6i cfing kht)ng

chiu cach s6ng nhu the va ba run-sg cho ba Marcelle. Song ba lai thurong.men ba M{r>Lrcelle.

Me t6i n6i vdi t6i c{qi ti.am lan : a N8ii con lii6t, ne'u

con hie't Marcelle d§-thTrong la ngan nao»

QU¥fiN TRuyEN C6A BAN T6I

- « Da, in? yeu.dau, con till-1u6.ng nhur the lam.»

Vay rna cting c6 chuyen bat-hod gifra hal ngudi,va duyen.cd ld met tinh-cam t6-nhi, kh6ng men d8 trong b6ng t6i hau giffu-gie'm 16i cfia ngu'di minh than-y6u, song t6i kh6ng duJcrc phep phan-tach, rieng t6i, nhu mat k6 khac du.¢c lam. T6i da ndi, t6i kh6ng dugc phep va cting kh6ng th8, vi v6 van-d6 ay, t6i chi cd vai chri.ng-tich v6-cting map-md. Liic d6, in? t6i dinh-h6n vdi mat y-si tr6 tu6i, |t lau sau 6ng cudi ba va tr6 thanh ba t6i. Ba Mar,celle duyenclang lam, t6i da n6i vdi ban kha nhi§u... Ba t6i con tl.6.

Hai ngudi gap nhau, chuy¢n tr6 vdi nhau. T0i con bigt gi nfra ?„. Me t6i lam 16 vu-quy va kh6ng con gap ba Marce]le.

Song le, sau liai naITi bi bat bu¢c xa-each, ba mS-nff mat, vang du'Qpc tha-thti.. Duo.c

thi'i. 16i mat cach d.8n

dutyc nai-ni, lam in? d5!-dan cho t6i. Trol]g khoang ay, ba c6 ch6ng. Chu}-¢n nay theo t6i iu.dng, gitip nhi6u cho vjec hod-giai. Ba Marcelle sbng_bai

mat ngu.di xau-xi,

qudi-di, da ng5m, nh6 tbd, di bi8n. h6i mdi bay tu8i, tren m¢>t chi8c tau bu6n, rna t6i iighi manh-liet la hg bu6n moi da den, Vi 6ng c6 su.-sam a Rio-de-Janeiro,

6ng dan ba me d5-dau t6i qua d6. Me t6i thudng n6i `'di t6i : «Con kh6ng sao hinh-dui]g dutyc ch6ng cfla Marcelle

the nao d.qu : mat thang ph(5ug. mat con khi, con khi mac

y-pht.ic vans ttr dau den chan. Y kh6ng n6i ti6iig nude nao ca, ch3 bi6t m6i thh. met i{, va phdt-bi8u bang cdch la_16i, ra b¢-t!ch, hoac trdn xoe cap mat. N6i cho ngay,

QUYfiN TRUYEN CtTA Bi`{`{

Tor

y c6 d6i mat tuy¢t dep.» Me t6i lai tie'p : «Con ?, ddrng

tu6ng y a Dao, y la d{in Phdp, sanh-tru6.ng a Bresl, va ten la Dupont.>>

Cting men n6i qua vdri ban rang, khi in? i(`>i ndi «-bTguJdi 6 Bao » thi phai hi6u |a dan kh6ng pbai t9>' tren dat Au-Chau ; di§u ^dy lam th^stt_vQng ba t6i, 1a tdc-gia

nhi§u cdng-cu¢c nghien~ciru nhan-chfing+iQc d6i.chi`6'ii..

M§ t6i k6 tie'p : ttMarcelle y6u say-rile

ch6r]g.

,Luc

mdi cu6i, ai de'n vi8ng hg hinh nh'Lt lam r¢^n hQ ira:\'.

xpang duQ'c haph„phtic ba, b5n nfim ; mg n6i hanh phtic i;i phai k6 den m6i s6`-thich. Nhung tfong chu}Te'n Hang dulhanh

sang ,Phap' . . '. con kh6ng nh6J Gall, con con

nhs qua ,).

- « 6 i ine a, con con nhd i`5 lam. - « ti i trong chuye'n du-hanh ^dy, ga da ngam a tai Bao ben nha da tap nhi_eLi.

thai t|uen ghe-gfrm ; gd

say-sua trong cac quan I.uQ.u tu.tap thfiy-thti . . . gfi bi tldni_. Vh3a nhz:in d-irci'c gi5y b€io tin dan,

Marcelle

li6n

d€ip t.au tr& `78. riTang s€{n-s6c ch6ng vdJi long nhiet-thanh

cdo-d¢p, chu-clad. Song ch6ng nai]g bi di mau vat ch8t )>.

~ «Me a, ba Marce,lie co tr6 l€.ii Phap khdi]g .7 Sao con kbdng gap l€}i me d6.-dau con ? » P\Tghe h6i, me t6i hoi b6i-i`6i clap ;

_ « \yi god-bt]a. Marcelle quen

bie't

iihiEu sI-quan

hai-quart a BIG-de-J€iLnejro va bi titi-ti6'ng to. Kh6ng Hen

nghi.

xa'u Oho Marcelle, cc;`ii a. I`Tarig la met thj€u-phi.1

ngoqi+1e, khc`ng hanh-d¢>ng nhu ngu.6.i. khdc. Nhung tie'p nang a i]ha m`ii]h la met viec tr6' n¢n kh6-kh{viii.j>

QUYEN TRU¥:EN Ct'A BAN TOI

- «M? oi, con kh6rig nghl xa'u ba Marcelle dan, me i ndi.cho con bi'e't coi ba tr& men nhu -the nao ?

-a Na}' con, mat Dai-dy hai quan }'6u Hang, chuy¢n, c.ting thudng, va nang d:I mang ti€ng, vi met cu¢c chinhphuc dep-da nliu the th6a-thich loll+g tqu-di ct'ia chang. M? kh6ngndi ten 6ng ^dy Oho con bie't, hi¢ii. Sid dug

lam Thie'u-tu.6.ng hai-quan, con c6 an cool nhi6u lan v6i 6n8 t&.

-Sac ! Ongv . . 6ng mat d6`da'y a ! Mi, 3au m6i bfra an, 6ngthuat nhiau chuy¢n hay lam,` 6rig B6-d6c d6. -ttMarcelle }`eu

6ng d^e'n

6ngcting khap. Con nen hi6ii., v6 chuy¢n

n`a}T.

Song

sa:r-cti6ng. Nang thec>

in? kli6ng r6

k6t-cuQc

gi li.in

mat each.1£inh_

khting. Ca hal d€u 6 ben }I}-'-chau. Me kh6ng n6i du.crc chac-chan la ch6 ti.ao \'i lil.Q kh6ng bao gig nhc; ten trong dia-du.. 86i cl:i clian n;'tng, a.rig kie'm cd vu-i,'o da xa-1dnh nfing va ti-6. v6 Phap. Trong lt.ic m6i 16ng ti6ng-

dcri tan ben kiag thi do met td bao a Ba.-Le, nang du.qc

tin chang cS mat 6 met hi-vien vdi m¢t c6 dao. Kh6ng

chiu d[.mg n6i, va mc*c dau nang cant sat, nang cting clap tan di, D6 la chu}+a:n

di cu6i-ci'ingFcfia Hang. Nang

ch'e't tren tan, con a, va M? d6'-dan ding thuong ci'ia cc`n bi ii+lay ti-ong met t^5m vai trai giuJdng d6 tlia xu6ng bi§n.»

Me, t6i thua[ 1aivdfi tui nhu the'.

T6i kh6ng du.gc

bie't gi hctii. Rliung m6i khi trdi u-am the-lucrng va gi6 ritnh? nhurl-en-sie't, tri t6i lai bav v§ vd`i ba Marcelle va t6i n6i \ro'i ba :

QuyEN TRuyEN cfrA BAN TOI

« Linh-h6n, dau-kh6

ding-thurong, linh-h6n van-vor

{Sfra dai-hai rna trting-duong clang day-du`a nhti.ng m6i tinh dau tren trai da't, bang rna than-men, h5i me d&a?u va ba tien cfia t6i hay hu6ng phudc cfia ngudi tinh chung-thtiy nhtr[, cfia ngu.dri c6 16 duy-nhtrt da con tudng-nhd den ba ! Hay hudng phu`dc va ni6n qua ba dat Ttrong n6i t6i. Ia chi ctii xu6'ng nhin th6i, hay hu6ng ``phu6c vi ba da gqi Oho t6i bi6t, ttr khi t6i mdi vdra m6

tri khan, nhfrng th6ng-kh6 diu-ding rna cai dep da ban

Jcho c-dc tan-h6n nao-ndrc mu6n hi8u hj8t ; hay hu6ng

phu6c cfia dti.a tr6 rna ba da nhac b8ng len d6 tim xem mau '`r sac cap nhan n6 ! Dti.a he ay rat cd phu.dc va n6 dam ndi ]a ban tl]an nhdrt cia ba. Ch].nh ba cho d[+a tr6 5y nhi6u nhtl.t, baban nhan-tdr o.i ! Vi chlnh hat lay ba da m6

`' T6pg c6i-ddt mcr-m¢ng v6-bien ffia_ n6.»

-c313P``

VIE

BUT-KY BU6I RANG~BONG

Bay lal b6 ky-ii.c dau-tien d6ng. C6 nen d6 n6 bay theo nen ke't lqi den c^dt valo vu'€i s6 la met man an b8-Ich Oho

cfia t6i, thau gat m¢t dem gi6 chang ? T6't hen c6 chang ? T6i tin-tu&ng .n6 tinh-than.

C)ng Littr6, ngu.Cri t6t nhti.i va thong-thai hen ca, c6 y mu5n m6i gia-dinh d6u lu'u-giti gia-phs vat s6-sach

va ti6u-sfr gia-dao cfia minh. Ong n6i : tfTtr ltic met n8ri tl`i€t-lj' t6t-de|) day t6i ton+1-Qiig thuye't truy6n~th6ng va

bao-tan, t6i da lam li'ic h6i-ti8c. silo trong thai Trung`C6, c6 nhieu gia-dinh trung~|tru kh6ng iighl de'n viec

thanh-lap nhfrng quy8n s8 don_gian d8 ghi-ch6p cac `'iec quan-h¢ trong cu¢c s6ng gia-dinh hau truy8n-tfr luu-ton. Cac quy8n s6 ay chac se qu}'r la lam, khi truj5n dell d6'i chting ta, mac dau ghi ch6p van-tat !Bi8t bao y-kie'n va kinh-nghiem m^dt di, c6 tlis v2ii.n-ci,'i.u durqc vdi met lt than-tr`Qng vci linh-than lien-tuc.;t

V&y thi, ri6ng t6i, t6i thanh-tt|u y mu6n cria 6ng lao hi6n-tri6t : tap n`ay se gifi. k5+ Ta kh6'i dau quy8n s8 cfia gia-dinh Noziere. Bdrng b6 met ti gi i-6 di-\-ang. Chi

v¢i dI-Yang mdi t?o duqc tuorlg~Iai.

TiNEL ¥EU fflSj

Tg riN TR®NG THA®-M®c.vl±N

Tdf chua biê't doc, t6i con mac qua.n. y8m, t6i kh6c khi chi vt3 hi mfii Oho, rna t6i lai hao-hire vi yen-thich danh-vQng. Stir that la vìy : th~ tù6i c'6n mang tr6, toi d€i

nuoi y-chi phai s6m dugc n6i tie'ng `'a dtTgc mQi

nh6 mai. Toi (im phuong-phap trong khi toi

ngudi

khai-di6n

quan linhbang chi cfia t6i tren ban an. Ne'u cfj th8, thi Loi di chink-phuc danh-vQngb#t-di?I tren bai ,chie'ntru6ngg ``a

{di

duct.c

gi6ng nhur met

troll.g

cdc

vi6n

dai+udii.g, `Ta tdi Gang xoay-xd tren tay nh6 b6 cfia tdi,

m6i vi toi phan-ph6i cho met

sir-nghi€p v6-cong tr6n

ta'm it.ii so'n dan. =\Thu`ng

con ngqu'a.

rier]g

tt.ji,

mt.)i bQ

tdi khong di`'i,

sti.c de sam

mat

quan-phiic, met lien-d6i chng voi

quaT`.„iijch, !a't c`a iiihirng gi

can.-thie't v§

cdng. rl`h8 nan toi nghl d'6n viec tr6' thaLn_i'!. eri`F,ten do it ca.n. d6

thi€'[-bi

danh-vQng v6-

thanh met 6ng

Ta dem

lai nhi§ii

danh-lil+. hc;`n, .ftyl? toi m¢ dao. Long tha_n.h-kinh ay,-nil+u

me tc)i~, t}iat d8 me'n va nghiem-trang khi€n t6i.camdsngllhi3ii.

M?t6i thu.dug

doc

tt Bd.I. cdc ITf}djiJIJ,` (VZ.e

:'jl

-Lzt8`.,.:jas€=i:,I I`bi-I-F:a

I-¢i.r,-!5-,-t-i ,-i

I,,-'=(i,,,-

'i---, "i,

t`,,|=,

QUYEN TRUYSN Cb.A. BAN T0I

dcs Sat.ri!s) rna t6i vui sudng lang iighe va tan h6n dur?in da.v kinh-ngac \Ta thurong-cam. Do d6, t6i bi8t may ngudi cia Ghria da lam the nao d% ddi s6ng trd men quy-ban day c6ng-trang+ T`6i bi6t mhi thien-huong nao da tod trong cac b6ng hurdrng tuan-giao r6i. Nhung tuan-giao la mat 16i [ich-cpc rna t6i kh6ng chtl-y tdi. T6i cting khong nghl d6n chtrc-vi tang-d6 hay squ truy6n-giao, vi khong phai kha-nang cfia t6i. T6i ben quy8{-dinh chQn each kh8hanh, d6 sfr-dung va chac-chan hcrii.

D8 thi-hanh kh6i mat thdi gid, toi ttr-khurdc kh6ng an trura. Me t6i kh6ng hi§u gi ve khuynh-hudng mdime cfia t6i, tu.dng t6i dau men nhir`

t6i lo-I.ang,

t6i kh6-s&. T6i kh6Iig vi d6 Ina ch&ng nhin

khien

ddi. Doan

nhd td'i Thanh Sim6on S[ylite da s6ng tren cay cat, t6i ben leo len mAi nurdc nha ]]€p ; nhirng t6i khong s6ng

dutyc tren #y, vi Julie, chi a, trut t6i xu6ng gap. Xu6ng

may nude, t6i inanh bao x6ng vao con dudrng hoanthien vaquy8t noi gurong 'l`hc4nh Nicolas de Patras .da phan-phat cfia-cai cho k6 ngheo. Cdra s8 phdng-van cfia ba t6ill]dra phia bd song ; Tdi quang ra cfra s816i motchucd6ngxungudita cho t6i, vi n6 mdi tinh va sang ch6i; tt^ti quang ti€p lu6n dan vien, bang vu va con

ch vdi chie'c roi da bang da luon cfia t6i. Ba t6i ddng cfi'a s6 va h6t:

« Th&ng Dh6 nay r5

n86c I ,)

T6i calm thay gian va

h6-then

khi nghe

xel-docin

t6i nhu {he'. Nhu'ng t6i Oho I.&ng l]a t6i khong phai thanh

nhu tdi, men kh6ng chia-s5

vdri t6i cai

vir`h-hc?nh cfia

Thanh-nhan, va y-nghi ay an-di tdi nhi§u.

QU¥EiJ TP`UyfirtT

Khi d8n gi6.

dan

t6i

d€.to mat,

t6i

ctA B,+`T io|

durqc

d¢i

csti

n6n long, t6i lian birt lcmg b6 di d8 bat chudc thalnh Labre, vi 6ng n`ay, khi c6 ngur6'i cbo 6ng cai n6n cfi dcrban. 6ng lai con le n6 tr`en btin i,rude, khi d¢i leii. Me

t6i nghe chuy?n b^dt-k:i v8 ti3n-cfia ltd cat nan thi nhi'in vai va th& dai. R5 that t6i lam phi§n long in? t6i qua. Ltic di Oho.i, t6i ngd xu6ng d8 kh6i lang-tri vi cac ssulh.St, hen ngoii ; t6i lhi-hanh dL'ing theo mSt qu}7-tac thLrdll8 Cla}' jirong` Sdch ttBd3[. ccic 7Tjt('{jiJz ;rt

Sau ciT¢e tlio chcri }`j8mich ay trr.j. T2}, d3 hoan-thanh

d6i thanh-d}5, t6i kh`:5-l`i'qnh b±`ing each lan vao lu.n,g met c6ng

lt^jng ~iiem

cfia chi€jc

gh.g

dqua

cfi.

T6i 1.?i

bi kh@

them vi chi cTulie biz!t t|i trcin lL'ic t6i dai]g b±'tt chuJ6'c edc m6n-dt5 thanh Friin{;oic;., CEum-cL'-I. ba ngo±ii, kl]t`j{ig iii`ii h:tell

sau 57-iighi`a, chi tli?iy tdi moi lfing giil] la cdr phat vao

dit t6i, that gian-di.

Nghl den cac chuyen lao-kh8 Kay rn [rong ngay fly, t6i nhin-nhan la rtit kh6 rna thiTc-hanli ddi th€'inh-d6 tai g.ia-dinh, T6i ni¢ri hi25u tat sao cac thanh Antoine va ]el.6me b6 di s6i]g Lrong. sa-mac gifra su-ti'i- vd de than ; t6i ben quy€L(tinh,1`:3 ii`i. ngay mat, s3

di an mat noi

cfifi ngir!`Ji tll kh€J-11`1nh. T(`Ji chgn con thi't`>.ng ming-nh€n

trolls Tit..-'H`i-ni{^?t:-vien tT:$ 1r6n

s6ng tri}ni~{Lr

Chinh

nt}i

mric-i.ii't.2m{_} nhu. {hanli

€`in.

i:6 mf)i chi\j:i

t6i s€ s6ng i`1uiiig

nh5 tl`£m

vdi c'€'`c, thi'i

trong

mu6n

Paul I.F.rmite, mac

ao l``)in8 ld tl!,`[.,.=i, 'l`t)i th:'tm ngh^i' : «Trong irir6.ii ILam lhi'i'c

t5i

e,hd[

ni'[i.

tl.if n

;

i`a

'I`L?i

c€`t}T ct€`iy

con su.~ti.1.

d`i dting m6it]g chun d±o hu`Tet+iia cho ba thdnh Marie v.

\ QuyEN TRuyBN

cfrA BAr\T Tt:t|

l'Egyptienne c618 se tim tt^]i d8 thi-hanh nliiein-vu dalo

huyet-rna cho vai tu-sl trolig v-[mg. Nhu thanh Antoine, t6i s§ thay dirqc ngu6'i c6 cang de, Ta con ngu.a iriinh ngu6'i. Va kh6ng chid.ng cG4c thien-th2¢Ln s,6 b6 bang toi

kh6i mat d^dt d8 hat bai thdnh-ca.j> •

Qu}'8t-dinh cfia t6i s§ bd`t la-I=::t

n6u

ai bi8t rang

t+ir lau, Thao-m6c-vien la mSt nGi thank-dia d6i Tbi- tfji gi6ng-gi6ng i7di Thjen-Duang h~q~gi6.i mar t6i th2iy fro-ng

tlifiian-hga quy8n Cti.u Thanh -Kiiih cfia tot. Chi vil thucj.ng dat t6i tdri d6, t6i dut.].c m¢[ cam-giac tho'-thi'j`i than-tien. Cho

de'n TT{]m trt`>.i

no'i dt'j

c-fing

hinh

]ihu.

buy:`n-bi va tron8.-[r6o ho'n no'i khde va {rong dam may tr6i tren i6ng kec, tren chu6ng cop, tl.en li;fin g':`=iu `\-a

tren nhal voi, tdi ld-md th£`iy D'ang 'l`l]irqug-De', ran bac, ao xanhO dua lay ra, ban ph6p lanh ciio h`ji \7dsi con Soiidirong, con linh-du.ong, [h6 i7t!i JIB-cau; vd khi toi ngbi

dudi cay ba-huong Li}]an, lt`ji tli:{y chi8u tr6n dan t6i xuyen qu{i ccinh ci`iy, dnh sang i.fia ThuQ'ng-Dg t{°ia [tr cac

ng6n lay Ngai. Mfiy con thi'i dgn an tan La}' t6i, hian-lanli nhin t6i, khie'n t6i nhdr lai nhti.ng g1 me t6i d±~i day Tl? {^Jng Adam va `7a may ngay dan-tien Tt) tt:ji-16i. V€+n-vat tu-1]Q'p

noi day, nhLr hdi th€li-c8, trong chie'c, iiha n8i ctia dL?i giao-

tpu.6ng, ira ph;hi-chie'u vao mat t6i toan lal mat `T6 Jep

ngay.tlio. Vaj.kh6iig c6 gi lam h6ns durgc Thien-DLrdng cia t6i ca. T6i chi vL'i,

klioiig churdng lil:fit g4ij ncri da}T may

may quan.nhan, ii]£y gd l>2in dii.a. 'I`i.ai l€+i9 tc`)i

tha}r sung -sudng duqc gan ,-g-rii ct'iit ngudri tan -thuij'ng

khiem-ton b6 mgn rna t6i lai nhs be hen t^dt cfi. T#tCa d6i vdi t6i dau trong sc?ch, d§ yeu hianianh, b6`i vdi

QUYfiN TRUYfiN CtA BAN Tot

tan long thanh-bach tot l]u'c, toi cho tat ca theo v5 1}tu&ng tre con cfia t6i. T6i di ngti vdi quy8t-dinh se s5ng gifra vudrn

ay da

lay duqc c6ng-lao va tl.a men ngang-hang cc4c thanh tentu6i rna toi nhd ca ti8u-sfr day hanh-phtic. Salig ngay sau, qu}'€t-dinh cfia

t6i cans manh-m8

hem nfra. T6i bzio cho in? t6i bi€t. Ba pha len cudi. Vdra chait6c tot, bat

van cudi

vfi ht'ti : tt Ai Oho con y-dinh

lam tu-s¥ trong con durdrng mang nh¢n 5

'l`h.io-mac-Vien

vay ?,)

T6i dip :

-t`Conlnu6n duqc n8i danh va

ghi

trong danh-

thi6p ci'ia con « Tu-si va Thdnh trong Itch giao-hoi » nhur

ba d6 trong thi6p cfia ba «Trting-cd.-vien flan-lam Yhoc va Tho-ky h¢i Nhan-loai-hgc. D

Lan nay, in? t6i bu6ng roi lugc clang cha.I t6c toi, n6i ldrn :

-«Pierre! Pieri.el c6 dien-i`6

va t¢i-16i kh6ng?

T6i v6 phudrc qua I Con trfli nli6 cfia t6i

chua den tu8i

cd tri-khon rna da mat ti.i-kh6n r6i ! » R6i x€^`y qufl ba t6i, ba ndi :

« Ong c6 nghe nd n6i kh6ng, 6ng ban : i'tra bay tu8i la n6 mu6n n8i danh I t> Ba t6i ti-a ldi : « Ba bL?n th€\n, d8 chdrng hal mucri tu6i thi nd chiin

danh-vQng cho ba xem.» • M? t6i n6i:

QUYF}N TRUYl:}\T

CtTA

B`.\hT

- C6 trdi khie'n ! chL'lL

.-''

T(3|

T6i kh6Iig u'ti

l]oii ht'im-d{inh

lli`lo.

•T1.(`).i

YveLot,

(Ifi kliia'n

ngi`i}'

]ia}'

`ri`i

t6i

ba 1(^)i

vtiii

s€;Iig

]i6i

kh6118

s!\i.

Nhlr `'iifl

]ii{`i m`io c.an (1:mli-TonLS

v€ì kh6ng c6 }'' gi im6Ii ghi-khac tcFi tot.. Pieriè Nozitirc trong tri nb6. mgi iigii.6.i nt~['a. Song le. g].a di``}T klii di dz)o v6.i tiàng kj'r-niem xa-xam

li`ong Thao-m¢t.-`ien

na}'

dc=i

tieu-diltu \'{`i liu;3n -lj!1,

I(`)i m9i}i ià }'' niu€;n k|i('j-t:`, F\ 1,liii€:ll l{.ì \'6ì (.i'`(. ]tan \T6-dan.h.

c{'`i iii¢ng nan xii.a ('i'ia toi, m6Jig s6n8 llieo lf;i c?in-sl ti`ong Vu.dn

nz}}', }'' i.lu`l.n`g nl¢)iig il`l't (`on

tii.t°Hig c.fLa ngircyi kl-i{'`i.

fl'\' (-6 the

h(`n+ \rd'i |ir-

tT8 taji`q t.ho TIT:°to-mt:tt.-\'ii`in nci,i {`ilii~

din {.rill iiiot nL.i t`LI.d'i.

L€.`i m~ra, d6i \T('j.i t6i (`,fing 1:`i mt:tt

\r.i'n-{IS (18 ]jiil t.oi

khi ttr-I)(°) ddi s6ng (|llflll-Iih{`in li'i(. vtr.a s€iu

tu6i 16i c6 1\''

1ia}T kh6ng ; vi that-i`a t6i kh6ng ha nghl de'n sfl thanh qm}nnh{`iii. T6i cd ho.i tit:c, Vt'j.i I)iiih-nhuiig, cling (.{'j m¢>t daiih-

dii. troiig ddi vay. No.i a'y, ban-phali m6.i r6-rang va calng d[i.qc xac-dilih rang kh6Iig itliai ly.Iuan xi'`c-dinh du.gc ]]8n-|]han. Ngu.di ly-hian du.qt. h€`inh-vi vo.tt.`ji r:}'t itt Phai I.i mt.ic-slr hay qu{in-iihf`n ni('j.i kh6ng ma'ii nlii~i.ng n('ti lo-{^iti

cfia m€;i nghi-ngd. Vt^ in(:)ng li`im ?ill-sT, tt^ti dfi thuc-hanh lai mt']i khi cam-nghl c.u¢ic dt`yi that qua xcq'u-xa, nghi€` 1a t6i d.a tht.rchanh m6i nga~\r. Nhti.ng ligay ncio tc?o-h6a c[~ing kich-tliicl] tt`]i va dem t6i tr6' \Ta nhi~rng ti.{>-tldi ci'ii` kie'p nh!`m-sinh I)inh-di .

``-|rL

LAO LE BEAU

Ngu.6.i ta

tim tlia'\'

ti.ong t|uy8n a Ji'.I)+'r.t.

t.fzf{ HcfiJ.I.

IIeine i (M¢moii`e`s de-He|u.i `II;ii:e) hi\i`peLi li{]'c ch`.```n-{lt+Iig

8i6iig }' nhu. tliat, nhu.ng bao-phi~i mt:>[ man thi-Ti. Nhu' I.hcin-diiiig 6ng Siiiion de Geldern, can c.i``ia thi-si Henl.i Heine vi6t : ttThat la met c.on 1,igurdi d£:ic-]jiet, }]8 ngoai

khiem-t€;ii `ra lq-kjT ho`n he't, m¢t kh8 mat nhs h6, ]]inh-

tlnh, dimg-nhan met xanh, nghiem-nght, in-ii:i thcing. dgcdtrii, nhu. mili ngu.dri H}'-Lap, tuy chcic chan van dai hen mat phan ]tfl mfii di`ui Hy-Lap chanh-tang. Di d.qu, Ong dell mac theo 16i xu.a, qurm ngan, vd to. trang. giay kh€`tu \ra, theo ithong-ti.Ic xu.a, ban *o c6 met duoi khii dai. Li'Ic 6ng lao bu.dc ngan, voi-vang bang ngang dtrd.ng i]li6 tlii du6i €'`o lai iihay-iih6t ttr vai nay qua vai kia, tungtang dfi c.{'`t.h, nhu. tti. cl€'uig siiu lir]ig, t`h€f-nhao 1{ii chinh

chfl nd. ong lao c,lia't-phac a'}' c6 in¢t ta'in 16iig d{.ti-lu`t.mg

`7a chi8c ao la du6i chin chi€\ v6i ctiti 6ng`, i]hfi lci'y con ngudri hi¢p-si cu6'i-cting.

Solig-le, liiep-sl €i'}' ]ai

kh6ng

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]£mg-than*, 6iig (.}` nlia {`)ng I:.ii Diissiildoi`f, ti`tiiig tt'/'/H{`i/i3jt ()n.() +\To(')». tqg(`).I iibh ii\`6

i.{ta

t`{`)-p\i`.I

6i`g m`c\I`8

\'i 6` i`t'i.a (`('i chain chie'c tliii\r6ii fi'v I.{`{L .+ s{:ic`,-`q5..

Ti`ong nha,

t`jn`S

tha h6

kh6o va

mtii-iiii¢t

v6`i

c£'ic

Lhich efia t)ng, `78 c±'ic ti`6 btic-hpc tr6 con, v6 s€'ich, ve 15i

say-cui5ng vi8t-l€'ich,

tt`n

tap-t.,hi

st.'i`~

tat nghi¢n

iihi'i.I la vi€:I d8

trong cdc nh¥t']i€'io chanli.tri ira cac

llt'>

[`6 m€iu

clang

kh{`ing ten

tu6i.

Ch{nh \'i nhi¢|t-[£^`m vdi c()ng-ich

p.1ti Ilo

Sim()n (1e

(`Icl`tlern m6`i ham Ti€;I. Lao kh6-nliQc vdi n6 r2it nhi§u Nt:>i t`r_tu.('mg. siit`jng, Iao ct~irig iihi vQng Ijcio dtmg mat I(A;i vaii

t6ii bao c6.gaiig tu}Jet-

xirii t.l'L.ng-x€t'{ng

mat

l:`io

hQc

h6i t'>' ti`ii.tI.ng tha.\' d6iig. IIenr.i Heine

n(')i : « Gllill!l (`)ng c{.`iu fi'}i di~i i.iiih-hir(.'i.ng

to_1{'\t ti`ong \7iec in(``'j.~mung

lri-thl'rc |t`)i,

vat \r6

di{Sm iia}r,

toi tliat hani~o.n ()ng vt`>-ctiiig. Mi:ic dan t|u{`n-ni¢m chiing

tt`iic6 khi'ic, song hociiLl)ao Tan-chu.o'ng cfia tliat, c6 le dagitipph:rim vdo

`'i¢c i]h€'i{ kh6j

t`mg, tu)' t¢ }'7 mii6n vi6L

vivin cfia toi `7ay>>.

Hinh-ddng lao Geldei.n khiil:n i(`)i n.I`d 1{ii mat mat

khi'\c,

hi¢n cLii

sang Li-ong

k}'T.drc rieng

gut>.ng ctiii

t6i,

gurong mat hinh iihur xanh m6[ vh khong duyen-di\ng. 'I`li€:it i`a toi kh6ng h§lji8t ti'i liinh-diing vtra huy§n-hoac

vtra gi6ng het rna hQa-su Rembrandt \'a Heine ct'> quye't. U6ng qu{'t ! Con ngu.di dac-hiet d€'ing dtrqc hga~sl tai-ba v6 nan .

biin¢[

Phai, t6iday e,fing cd,m¢t lao Sinion de Geldern d8 htrng-cam tt`]i, th. ltic c6ntho tr616ng yeu.thich c6ng-

vi¢c ti.i-thtrc vasay-mevi6t-lach. Ong ten Le Beati, c6 le

QUYf]N TRUYSN CU.i B|`T

TOT

nhdr ting mci tti' mud.i lcim ncim nay, t6i tis vie't phd gia}r `'d.i nhi~rng mt?ng.tir6'ng ci®]a t6j. T6i kh6Iig 'iiie't c6 men cam

on 6ng \'lf chuye,n nri}T kh6ng? Da`u sao, 6ng chi

ttip cho

hoe fro Ong bat chudc tanh ham-mev6 -h€.ti cfia 6ng rna th6i.

Tanh hftm.me cia 6ng la bien thanh muc-luc. Ong chepmuc-luc lien-mien... T6i thi'\n-phuc 6ng, va ltic m6`i mudri tu6i, t6ida cho viec lammuc-luc ia hc`y horii thang

tran a chie'n-trudng. Nhung ttr do, x6t do€'in toi c6 phan h6ng; song trongtham.tan, t6i khong may thay-d8i y-kie'n nhur ngurdri ta lam tu6.ng dau. Lao Le Beau, tuc g9i 6ng nhu th6, d6i vdi toi van con xtrng-clang du.qc khen phi.ic va mong-ur6.c, vane'u lam lL'ic t6i mim curdri khi nhdr tdi 6ng

ban c6-giao a'y, thi n6i vui ctia t6i that lh than-ai `Ja

cam-dons. LaoLe Beau da qua gia i`6i trong ltic, toi con qud ire, the mdi gitip chL'ilig t6i hap nhau iihie`u. Cat gi noi ong, t6i deu td-m6, till-{ur6.ng. D6i ki8n8

mang treii chdL mtii to va tron, guong mat hang va day dan, ao «gi-1e» iiit co lj6ng, ao lot mda lanli, r¢ng phtlng. ijliinh rna inciy mielig Lint den hd hang vi day nhoc salcli,

trgn con ngurdi 6ng co ve chat`phac, diem

in¢t chtlt it

ngay-dai. Ong doi nan vanh rang, mar [6c bqc cria 6ng qu€`{n

len chung quanh vanh nan nhu. cay kin-iigan-hoa tren l]ao lou sdn thu.gng. I\Thti.iig gi 6ng noi rii tl8u gian-di, va|i_

tfi[. Ihtiy d6ikhalcnhtlu, bang-bay nliur mat can

chuy¢n

cho nhi-d6ng. Ong vC;n c6 t€'inh hoan~i[ijiig `'€i lam toi vui-

thich khdng kh6-iilioc gi ca. O[ig la ban ill.in \'di l]a

mc4

t6i; thffy t6i l{i met ddra tre thong-minh, tis-chinh, t)ng

QUYEN

TRUYF,hT

Ct}A

BAL\T Tor

khu.ve'n-kE~jii:li tdi de'n choi nha 6ng, noi chi cd chu6t c6ng

d5n vi6ng.

Nhd rat xu'a, cat ben m6, tren mSt con dudng hep va d6c di d8nthao-m¢c-vien, va t6i cliac ltic a'y tart ca cdc thQ' lam ntit ve v2i thq ddng thting

6. Ba Le d6u

tu.ii-hQ.p noi nha nay. Nha c6 m¢t mhi de dquc va intii

thting ru.¢u im`i su6td6`i toi khdng quen du'Qc. Nanon, ba td gia, d&t t6i qua m¢[ mie'ng vudn lih6 iihu. vudn

cfia mi.ic.sti', leo len tan cap. d8 vao m¢t ch6

a |a.

thur6.iig v6-ct-ing. Nhiaii xac-trap sap doc theo nha t,ru6.c

don tie'p tdi ; m¢L xdc bQc

trong v6 vang rna, cac xi'ic

khac chi con }T-pht.tc den Xi quanh th€`in minh kh6 d6[, sauch6t met x€'lc duQ`C md I)ang qu£{n d6i mat men si'i. va nhe 1]¢ rang 11`€``ng

cfing kh6ng kt:I,in ghe rcm ; da}'

ra, nhin

bf`ing

nan. NS{c thang

xiang si`it, di`i}' xi6ng c6

Lti, chia khda cfra nguc to ho.n b£®lp tay long-thong lreo

tl.en tudn8. Ong Le Bct`u, nhu. 6ng Bouvard, c6 them mat gic4

6|ig. it ra

ti.eo tt:ii }ji xfr-giiio

6ng ci~itig

trong

th6

dam x5i]

suii-[Sp

ci.i±`

duQ'c cay thaiig vu.g[ ngi.ie

cfia

Latudevd m¢t 16 hinh-ci.I trdi le (d6 vao mieng ligu'6.i

bi€tra tan cho kh6i keu la g`i t|.ong iiha dng

k[idi]g khde

du.qc). 86n call

iiliau

ph6ng

chut iifio; sc+ch cha'[

ltit den ti`isn `'£ibti'a bai ti.en \'€'in `'6`i d6-b:in, hu}'-chiro.ng

binh giap, ct`t.-xi, b5 sain kiit'ii, va nhfrng manh gay

vun

d6-vatdieu-kh€°ic xu'a,b{uing

cii

c£\y

ban gap-gliiiih va ccii td mgt

bang sanh so.n mau.

ha}r

due,

}]ang da. 'I`rt.`n

c6 ca

mt:]t mii

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Nhfrng gi treo m6c duQgc d8u treo tren tram vdi ding-dieu thi8u-nfio. Trong kho bao-tang h6n-loan ay, t`dc d6-vat. lan-lan nhau dudi mt:>t ]dp hui cting man vahinh nhu' di'i.ng vfrng chi vi mu6n ngan to nh¢n

bao quanh chting. (`)ng Lc B.can cd qufln-niem ]'ieng i-a cfich bao-tan

nghe-thug:it-phAm,

men da

cam Nanon

qu6t

sam nha.

Chuye,n la ho.n ca lA nhfi.ng gi ti.ong d6ng h6n-tap a'y

d6u c6 mat b¢ mat, hoac bu6n, hoac ch€-nhao va dti.tQ'n nhin minh. Tdi thay trong dd ca mob in ta-thuat, ac-rna. (`)iig L€ Beau thurd.ng a trong Dh6ng ngd cia

cfing ba-ban

dn8,

I]hu cac ncri khac. song khdng qua hui-

bam ; vi ngoc?i

1¢, noi

day

hal td'

ngQn ch6i long `'a ch8i qu6t cfia ba.

gja t]u'Q.c ph6p

qucr

M¢jt li:in dai clay

manh gi{1'y b6i nh6 chi6m h€t nfi.a can ph6Iig.

(`Jngban gia ci'ia t6i mac ao

ngfi bang l€'i xanh,

d¢i

mfi trtim dau, ng6i lam viet` trudc b€`n ^d?T `'di ca ni6m vui

i`iia mat tan-h6n gian-di. (`)ng hien muc-luc, con tt`]i, d6i mat md to, tdi nin th6' d8 than-phi.Tc 6ng. Onglap muc-luc

nhtrt la v6 `sdeh `7a huy-chuong.(`)ng cb ki6ng hian-vi giiip mat va ird'i tu6ng chfr nhs. di±`u-di:`n. kl]it-kb&o. 6ng bie.n

da}' c{ic the. T6i kl]6ng tu6ng-ttrQng tn,i cd the theo d6i mat

cdiig `'iec t6t d?p hcm duo.c. T6i da lam. C6 mat thg in lf`nh jn th6 t`fia t`>t]g Le Beau ;

tdi

th€{}' di]g ban

16i sL'l.a

]]an in thi'i.. (`)iig gbi lihiau d^du b]'~niciit ]igoai la^ ban v6

in.

tht'r. Chtrng a}r, tdi mdi hi8u.la met c6ng viec tat dep nhtrt

ddi va toi nga}' ngu.dri st'rng-sd kham-phuc.

6ng ban gid ci.ia 16i ng`oi Ibm uiÂ˘c lrlldc bdn 6y.

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TRU¥EN

Ct;TA

BAN

T6I

Lan-lan, t6i bao dan, va ti.I hri'a met nga)' kia

t6i

cting s6 cd ban in thri. d6 sfi'a-chfi.a. Ldi mong-udc khf`ng duqc topi-nguy¢n. T6i hoi hcri ti8c vi da nhan ra, ltic giao-

dich vdi mat nha van trong nh6m ban, \-i¢c gi I.6i ai ctiiig chin, k6 ca vi¢c sfra ban in thi'r. Dau sao, say that van la

chinh dug ban gia da quy6t-dinh khu)'nh-hurdng ci'ia t6i. Quaiig-t`,anh

bay-bi¢n

khac-thudng cfia

dng

tap

t|i]en tri tht]. tt`ii \Tdi cdc hinh-thtrc xua \'€i hi6m-c6, qua}t

t,ri t6i v€ dI-vang va cho n6 nhi6u thi-hi6u k}'-xao ; `76.i

gucrng c2in-ctl k`im viec tri-thtrc d6u-d6u, kh6iig nhQcnhan, kh6ng lo-ng€}i, 6ng dfi gi\y cho t6i, t,tr li'ic, c6ii tho.

jt+bich m`i6n lam viec d8 hQc-h6i. R6t lai, chinh iihd 6ng mfi tu. ban-lam toi, t.6i [r69 thanh ngurdi say-me doc scich, nhi¢t-th{`irih chti-giai cac ball c8-van, vA

nguech-

ngo?c vi6t-ldch nhfrng bi'it-k5' khong 'mo Sid in.

Tt`ji du.gc `'ii

mu'6.i hai tu8i thi 6ng ban gia clang mepn

dac~s€Jic fi}' ti'i.-tu;in

ban muc-1i.ic cfia

ra't em-xii6i. Nhu ban da bi6't`

Oiig con

tren bi'it

chfr in chua len

khu6n, kh6ng du.qc xuat-l]an. 8£` t6! gi€i Nanon ban mfiy x€.ic„u.dp `Ta

t..ic d6-vat

khac cho

iigu6Ji

bu6r_

d6-cfi,

nhfrng k}'T-m¢m fry hi¢iFgid xii.a hon mt:]t phan tu the.ki' r6i.

Tuaii

ri}i,

Lt`ji

th€`i}T

Drouot mt:jt trong nhi~i.ng

nha

Ai-qu6c

Pallo}'

ti.ung-b2`}7

t€.ii iihd

bi'`n

ngiic-th Bastilles c6. nli6,

ch?in

ti6o

h6i

nam

1789,

da'u-gi:i

cl.1a

bang

nhti.ng tang da cfia thanh-lfiy bi phs-lii'iy, va 6ng nhLi.ding

lai vdyi mo{ s5 tian

thtl-cdng cho may do-sanh va cac

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c6ng-dan. M6n

d6 khong

Ct;'A BAN TOI

hi6m-hoi va van-diing lai

bat-tien. Nhurng t6i xem-xet ky v6`i ban-tinh hie'u-k}r va long t6i rung-cam khi doc cLurdi chan mt}t thâ&#x201A;¬ip, hd[ig chti.

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S{:`ng nay, ha t6i c6 v6 thi6u.nao. Me t6i ban-ran, n6i khe-kt`6. Trong phdng-fin, mat chi thq lo ma}. }'-I)hue, den.

Bti'€i an bu6n-ba vat da}'

ci\u chuy¢n thi.tham. T6i

nghi chflc c6 su. gi d£\}r.

Sau rat, mc tbi mac }'-phuc loan den va choang plid mat, ken t6i : ((Di con»

T6i h6i di dau, me t6i clap ,

--tf Pierre con, i]ghe in? nhs. Bd n¢i con... con bie't chcr, in? cfia b€i dd... da ch6t h6i t6i nay. M? con minh

den chao \inh-bi¢t va h6n l]a lan cu6i chug `>. `ta t6i tha'`'

me t6i khoc. Rieng t6i, tdi 1]i xuc.d¢ng

rat manli, vi tr{'ii t|ua ljao nhieu nan T€'m chuii phai m6.. nhirng r{it mo.-h6 d6n n6i kh6ng dian ~ ti'i bring ldi du.Q.c.

T6i cling kh6ng

the ndi la met xdc.{I¢ng bu6n-]]5. }T6i

bu5n it ra cfing khdng cb gi

i'ic-doc. Cd 18 chi cd mat

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chfr, mSt chfr thai, « chip lang -man »,1a dp-dung phan

nao v6 m6i xhc-d¢ng rna, that ra, khdng do y6u_t6 th¥ct6 tao men.

Su6[ doc dLrdng, t6i nghi den ba n¢i t6i, nhur kh6ng sao y-thi'I.c duo.c chu}J¢n gi da Kay ra cho ha. Che't ! T6i

oan kh6ng ra la cai gi. T6i chi bie'l la gid-phut nghienitrQng.

Vdi met ao-anh c6 th8 giai-thich, la ltic g;£n d6'ii nlia

ngu.di che't, t6i iihan th5y tat-ca chung-quanh v!i ngu.a.i lan-ccin d8u bi anh_hu6ng vi c±ii ch€i't ctia ba in:>i t6i, canh `Tang laiig cfia dudng-sd vao bu8i s€lng, 1ie'ng keu gQi cfia i.t'ic

t`>ng cdc bi I]aiig xdm, deu bat ngu6n ttr cdi ch8t cfia ba lioi t6i. Ao_anh ay hoan-toan xam-chi€m tri-6c tdi ; t6i con ke'[-hQ.p {lieiii `Tao ao-anh 2{y v6 dep

ca).-i`5i, kh6ng-klii

mat diu vd mau trdi ri.I.c-I.6`, nhan thay lan dau-tien.

Toi thay iihu. clang di ti`en dudng huy§n-bi, cho tdi

lhc de'n mat khi'ic quanli, nhin là mi6ng vud`n nhs va ng6i nhal quen thuoc, 16i hoì thât-TQng vi kh6ng tim ra str 8i khac-thTI.6.Ii8. chim-choc \Tan liu-lo. T6i d£.im sq, i]g6 me 16i.

fil£C`t b{`i kinh . can S!¢r. -set

chain-chi.I nhin m6[ tli8m rna t6i cfing hu6.ng nhin llieo. Qua cfi.a ki€;ng va main {r5iig trong iih6iig }ta ii¢i t6i, t6i chQ.I thc{}' nit:]t t'iiih 16.-md, }'elu-dt xaiih-dcyt Gang chai]-clid.n. Anh ld-m6. t|uti the-lu.o'ng li`oiig ciinli sang.i`6` mat trdi ]]an mai, klii6n tt`>i ci'ii xL{{;ng d8 kh6i nhin tlifi'y nt'>.

}r?

con toi len carl

thang ljang c,.``}r, ba]]g qua cfin

nhs hoan-toan im-lang. Liic me t6i dua lay m6 cfra ph6ng t6i c6 y muo'n chan lqi . . Chting t6i

budc vao. M¢t di

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CUA B+|N TOT

phudrc ng6i tren gh6-diTa li6n dtrng day nhudng ch6 dan giudngcho chting t6i. Ba noi toi nam day. mat nham nghi§n.

Dan ba hilih nhur n*ng lam, nang nhu. da, men mb'i %n si^\uxii6ngg6i nhuth6 ! T6i kli6ng thay ba I.6-ret lam

sao ! B.i d¢i mti trang phfi c€i tdc ; xem it gia hen binh-

thirdng, tuyba da mat sac r6i. Oil Bah kh6ng cd v6 ngfi dan ! L\Thurng vi

nu curditinh qudi va c6-cliap den long ?

sao Ba c6

nhin thay phai

Hinh lihu mi mat ba chdp clidi], c6 1§ vi b.4

dau hi dat

dudi aiili chap-chJ[I cd,1 hii ngQn n3'n, thi®ip treii ban, gan

dirt nudc thaiih cd nhi'ing canh hoang-durcyng. Me tot ljao : t{H0iiba di con»

T6ik6 doi moi. M¢[ hcri lanh khong danh-tdr

nao

dien-ta ii6i va s§ kh6ng bflo.gid ct'j nfra. Toi sup mat

xu6ng va nghe in? t6i kh6c nth.c.nd.

That tinh, t6i kh6ng hi6u t6i sa trd ra lam .sco n€u bA a cria noi t6i kh6ng dat t6i rfl kh6i phdng. Ba nam lay dan toi d8n ti¢m ban d6 chcri va ndi : «Lua di con>>.

T6i Ipa cc4i n6 va c.ho'i ban li¢t Gall vao I:'i cay.

T6i quen bfi n¢i t6i.

Chiaii ]ai, khi gap ba tdi, t6i mdi nhdlqi chuyen btin sc4ng. T¢inghiep, b€` t6i h8t nhin

ra duquc. Mat 6ng ttt

pliting, lang-lay, d6 hirc ; m{it udt-rirql va m6i m€u-mi'io, '

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Ai n6i vdi 6ng viec g`i, 6ng cfing kh6ng da j7 nghe `Tal clang bu`6n-ran 6ng vut bi.rc-ti'rc. Canh Ong, me t6i

vi8t dia-chi tren bao tho. vi§n

den.

\Thi6u th!``n-nhi^in

d€nphu vdil]a. T6i du¢c day x6p tho..

Chting t6i c6

15i murdi

to. Trdri n6ng.

ngurdi chung-(|uanli

cai ban

Iti'i.c. T6i cd c6ng-viec mdi, t6i

durpc quan-trQng

hun

van lav lfim vui.

D6i vdi tdi, I)a noi

t6i

ch8t r6i ]n{`i viin

s6ng m¢][

ddi thi'r liai dac-biet ho.n ddi trirdc. Bang mt:>t rmanh-l\.i'c

|]hi.thudrng t6i hitih-dung lai n6i t6i vdi nhti.ng gi tdi thay ba lam, hoac nghe ba n6i li'ic sanh-ti6n, `r!`i hang ngay ba t6i d6it thtiat chuyen ba, d^e'n

nhu

d6i

lhc,

nhu ]jft

valo I)u6i clii§u,

bar cting an vdi

clidng t6i

tru.dc

bi`in

tai iiha.

kh6ng n6i vdi bang than }'6ii ki€`, nhi~i'ng

di hanh-16 a Emma{is da

di~` s{;ng I.?i,

ndi vdi

{V`n,

Tai

ldi ci'ic

hinh

sao ta ng[rdi

Chha : «Xin a k`i

vdi clidng t6i, vi trdi da t6i va khuyfl r6i`j> Oi I Bdng ba hien v8 duyen-clAng lAin

sao, vdi chi€c

mti ren cot daixflnh. Khong th8 tin la ba yen-|]han ben kia the'-gidi dugc. Cai ch8t mdi kh6ng thich-ting cho ba chhtnao ca. Ch6t chi danh Oho thay tii, lia.y hun nti.a,

chovai nti. anh-hhng. Nhung khong hap chtlt nao vdi ba lao nh6-th6, tuoi-cudi, d6-df`i, an mac diem-di'ia nhu ba noi Noziere cda t6i. T0i xin ka cho ban nghe chuyen

tqu t6i kh€'`m-pha

ltic nt?i t6i con s6ng.

Noi toi nhe-da, noi toi dao-dtrc giin-di, nQi tdi tin-

ngu5ng kh6ng hon con chin, Phai nhin con mat tr6n vo

QuyEN TRuyEN CbA BAN T0I

cia n¢i t6i ngd me con toi di 16 nha thd, ngay chtianht¥t, mdi bi8t. N6i toi mim cudi kLii thfi'y me t6i lam vi?c gi cting trinh-trQng, viec hang ngay hay viec gi€'io-16.

Noi dung-du6ng

tha-thi'r he't

t¢i-16i

cria

t6i

chac cting tha-thtr nhi~i.ng toi-tinh to Ion hen nfra ?

N¢i t6i thudng n6i va t6i : tt Nd s6 la dti.a phdng-Clang ho'Ii cha n6o jt

Y noi toi mu6n n6i tdi s6 phi tu5i tr6 di khieu-vti... Noi tdi I.im t6i hanh-di¢n, Chuy¢n dii}T-iihi'rt mar noi t6i t{'in-

thanht6i, ne'u b€`i c6ti sang (thi m\y bci durgc m¢11i.i-un

inuditu6i) lei cach s6ng I.rn't hinh-tli cfi€i t6i va luqng khoiin-dung ithong-nhrl rna toi mua c.hu6c kh6ng dat gii'i ]]cing `'ai till-tu6.ng dc?o-dt'rc v€`i chanh-ti`i.

\'di in:ii t6i, di'i.c-t€liih €{y c6 m¢it si'i.c h2ii]-d£'m duyen-

di'iiigtqu-nhien, Ba che'tmal khdng 1]ie't ba d?I cd nd. Di6u

thua k6m cfia tdi lat6i lai tir bi6t iiiinh khoan.dung val X€l-glao.

Noi t6i thu¢c vao the'-k}* mudi Ldm. Sii' bi8u-hi¢u fy Cdn

that di'mg ! T0i I.i8c kh6iig ai ghithi¢ii ky-i'rc cfia bd.

chinli ]]alvie't r€`, cliac-chaii bd bat-lil.c. Nhung tc?i sao ba

fbi khdng lam, cb hen di lo vi¢c t[o sQ daii Papous vh d€ìn Boschimans chang? Bd Caiòline Noziere sanh ti.ì Vet.sailles,

ng2iy 16

tlii'ing

-I, n£U\m 1772,

la con

cfia y-sl Dussuel, 6ng duo.c di`nh-y Cabanis tai dtl'c va tanh-tinh. Chinh h6i mvim 1786, y-sI suel Lq€U`n.sac

clio Thai-tt'i., bi ]]¢nli ]]aii d6

iigal)r xe

Hodiig-Hau

ci9ia

de'n

I.ueieniies

no.i civm nha nhs im`i 6ng s6iig I.2{t ngheo-nalii

gal

me'n I)us-

nhe.

M6i

ru.6.c

6ng,

nhu.

met

OUYF}N TPLUYT::\' C[T+ B.,\N T()I

m{^)n-de cflfl Jeftii-Jacques

Rouseftu, vdi si'tch-vd `'h b¢

bach-thao stTu-tall. M¢t ham, t`hi6t`, xe tr6ng-kh6Iig

Ira

vaden; vi y-si ttr-khirde, kht`]iig dch. Qiia liin tham belih sail,

Hoaiig-Hau ti'i.t. gil:in

nt'ji :

ttong t|uen chting tdi 1.6i sao ?

-«Kinhthua bci,16.i bat tl.dch liim mat 16iig t6i, nhtmg nhti.iig ldi d6 lam danh-di.I cho thieii-ti.unh c.t'ia m¢t }ial ine, nen t6i tha-thtr. Bah

dtrng nghi-iigd,

t6i siv`n-sac

t.on ba theo ldngnh€`m-d{?o`. Song ham qiia, t6i mac ban da d6 Oho mat thi6u-phi.1 que mi`i{i.>> Nan 178{J, 6ng

sacli, t6i kh6Iig

doc

Diissuel

tfii iialo

rna kh6i mim-cirdi.

clio

xu#t-]i€'in

ni¢t

t|ii}T%ii

ni& I.a im`i kh6iig kii]Ii-c';ill \':i

S€'`ch

nhaii-da

tt^\ro!z`[/¢/I-p(HI`q

mtjJt cbng-dtm» {I.es Vceu.x trim citogc|\) vd.+ d`e i+I `Iistl.is .gz{ccttJ.I.eJ.c dz.,9co. . T€tc-gia kh6ii dau n6i, v6ii con nha ngheo,

6Iig can-nguyen cho hanh-phi'ic d±^m Phi'`i]. K'6 d6 6iig chi`inthalih v€.ich cac quy-tac v6 t6i_dai h{}nh-i]huc c.6ng-i`,t:jng,1€\

nm.ngquy-tacmt:>tn§ntt.r-dothan-ti.Qiig,c6Hi6n-ph±'lp}l.io-

daln. Ket-luaii, 6ng nhai. cho iigudi c`d long [rzic-an clu'ii' thtra-nhan Louis rl`hap Lt.ic, vua

ci'ia

dan-tt:jc tt.I-do,

V€1

6ng bao tru6.c su. tai-h6i Hoalng-kim thai-dc?i. B€i iiam Sau, cacbenh-nhcin than-cl-lil va ci~ing la ban (`)ng d6u

bi xfr chem vat chinh 6ng cri[ig lii

tinh-nglii

thut:)c nh6m 6n-h6a chtl.nghla. Uy-b{m thanh Sevl.es t.j. Vet.sailles ralenh bat 6iig dan tdi nha tu

tqj. R6,collets,

{16ithanh trc?i Siam. Den no.i, minh ong` day bi.ii-b€:`m,

gi6ng lao 5n-may lion la mt:it y-si hi§n-tri6t. Ong d€:`t xu6ng dat c€ti ttii con th,mg t€'ic-|]ham cfia Raynal v€`i

QuyEN TRUYEN CbA BAN T0I

Rousseau, ng6i phich xu6ng gh8 va thd dai ndi: tfl;d

|]hai da}T ld phan-thudng sau nam mu.cri nan dao-dtrc llay chan8 ?» M¢>t thi6u-phu iu}Tet-dep

kip tha'}r, huiig thau ` nti'6.c 6n8 ndi :

rna tho{?t

tien 6ng

chua

vdri mi6ng b6ng-da lai gan

Chat., chi'ing ta hi xfi.-ti'i. 6ng `a.

Nhu.ng trong

li'ic chddQi, xin 6ng d8 t6i rti'a mat, rd.a tay 6ng nhs ? \'i 6ng dcr nhu ngu'di rtrng. Lao Dussuel nd. Id.n :

~ H6ii thi6u-phLi d6-cam, c6 phai nhd canh tan Siam rna t6i du'qc gap g6 nang chang ? 'l`u6i-tac, net mat, hanh-vi cfia nang dau nbi len 1.ang nalig v6-toi..

Nfr toi-pham dep-de dip :

- T6i bi toi chi vi

da khdc mat vi vua

iru-tti

llon Ca.

Ong c5 t6i I.?i clap:

-Vua Louis Thap Luc cd dtrchanh rieng cia ngai, song cd phai con danli-dqu hon, n€u ngai tan trung Tdi Hi6n-phap cao-ci'i kia... • Thi8u-phi.I qua mi8ng

bdng_da

iihau

day

nude,

ndi ld.n :

~ Sao! 6ng la phe Cap-ti8n dan-cht'i-clang va ctln8 hang ngti vdi ban cudrng-dao a ?...

--R6i sflo! ba lan d6 clang k6 nghich nudc Phtip iT?Ct't th§ nao tim tha}' long thu.ong ng`rdi

no.i mat

QU¥E`- TRUYEN CtTA BAN Tot

1?.6 qu}'.phdi chang?

0|]g

Dussuel

th6s dai

n6i,

m*`t

mdi I`fTa duQc nt'ra chtrng.

Thi6u-phu ten De Lavjlle, clang da tang Oho vua. Su5tb€;n thing bi giam chung, nang kh6ng ngdt choc gian 6ng ban iiang va lqi tim cach gii'ip_da 6ng. Trai ~\7di squ chd-dgi, khdiig ai chat dau hg. Sau td. phuc tl.inh cfianghi.sI Battelier, hQ I)e Lavil]e trd

du'pc phdng-thich va ba

nen ban ch]'-than cL'[a

dt't duapc hal muo.i in6t tu8i, c`6

ba noi t6i, ltic

ch6ng ttr ba

nam la

c6ng dan Danger. |]h6 quan-ccr dai-doi chi-nguyen-quan Haul-Rhin.

Ba noi t6i ndi :

«Ong ta dep ngurdi, ra 6ng 6! ngoai dirdng.;;

nhung t6i

kh6ng chac nhin

Ba qua-quy8t khong giap mat ong hen sam gid, a,Ong chung ti.ong ntim lan gap nhau. Ba urng 6ng vi mat }'7-nghi tre con d% dtreyc bdi t6c

ki§u «d lci nclfz.on», ST

that, ba kh6ng can ch6ng,.. Orig b6 nha ra di, ba d8 6ng di rna kh6ng cht'it hdn-oAn 6ng. Ra ditimdanh-dT.r, 6[]g Danger chi da s¥-sam lai Oho vq, troiig ng5n k6o ban vi8t, cd mtiy bien-nhan ti6n cfia ngudi anh, 6ng Daliger de Saint-Elme, sr_quan trong t|ucin-doi Cond6, va mat xap tho ciia may ngudi qu}''toc ly-huro.ng ti-nLin g&i v6. Bay nhieu

cting dfi lam roi

d.au b€`i n¢i t6i v6'i ncim cht.ic ngu.di nfra.

Ba hoi nghi-ngd, men m6i khi c6 cuOc khan-xet trong vting. ba dau tqu~nghl : t{Th6

nao cfing phai

ddt

QUYEN TRUYBN CtiA BAN TO1

gig}t-tdr ct'ia 6ng ch6ng tan-liiih miiih mt'!`i

dtr{.rc.» hthuiig

ba rfit phan-van. list ciit}f , m¢t sing-ng, ba cting phai

nhti.I dinh d6t nd. Ba rat thung-dung kh6ng `r¢i I. . . Ng6i tru.6.c ld

sir6.i, ba bay la-liet. 1ren gh€ dira,

cac gia'y-to. trong ban vi6t, d8 lira chgn. Ba chain-rai x8p tdrng d6ng nh6, thti' nao d6 danh ca't rie,ng va thtr nao nen ddt. Ba doc mat hang noi nay, mat hang ch6 khac, trang ng hoac trang kia, tri ba ngao-du ttr k}'7-ti.c

qua ky-tic, luqm-lat vai mau chuyen di-vang d doc dudng, thinh-linh ba nghe ct'ra m&. Ttrc khac, nhu duqi., linh-tanh bdo tru.dc, ba bi€tngay lam©t cuOc x6t nha. Ba qua h6t md. giay 6m b6 du.di gh6 trudng-k}'' cd vai bgc chain ddt. 'l`hay giay con ld ra ngoal, ba lay chan day vO dudi gh8. Mat gdc tho con ld ra nhu c`hdt tai con meo trang lili6, thi dai-dien Uy-ban an-ninh toalii-bo budc vao vdi sau ngirdri trong khu doan, v6lrang bang shng, guam vcr giao. Ba I)anger dtrng day trudc`ghe truong-ky. t3a tu. nghl chua ham hoan-toan chac ch8[dAu, cd the con mat phan ngan hy-vgng va chuyen sap xayra rat quan-trong d6i vdi ba. Chfi-tich khu-doan n6i : ¢Nii c6ng-dan, ba ]ti t5-c€\o tho-th' lieu-lac vdi ke

nghi.ch cfia chanh-the C¢ng-hod. Chtilig t6i d6ntich-thau

gia`v-rna ba day.»

Nhan\-vien

Uy-ban an-ninh

toan-b¢ ng6i ti-en gh€

trudng-k}PT d8 vi8t td bien-ban tich-thau,

QLIYE\t TRUYf}h' C,i:TA

I}i^!i

e*t:

lt¢-liq cfia

t`>ng

ta luc-~so€it

kli6a J\t&ng mac vat t-I8 lung c€'ic h¢c.,

ban gh6,

tt'i. Kh6ng tliay 'gi,

chi'i.ng d{^imthfing v€'in bit cfi.a, x6 nga tfi l€it iigu.Q.c kliu6ii hinh. dting

BAN TOI

lu.6'i le

c6 ngan k6o,

sol c€lc

gh8, nem

nhu.ng v6-ich. Chi'ing d¢>iig ]it'i si'iiig `Tao ttrdng, khan x6t a;ngkht'ii,hat tiingvai malih sali

nli£`i. Chi.ing

t.6iig. Sau lxi gi6` 1i.ic-soiit v6-lii¢ii,

chi hoai-

tan |ih:i

`r6-ich, met

nhoai, tti}'et-vQng., h8-ng`i.o.i, t.lii'ilig keo ra ra v6 con hi'ra

se trd lai ni~ra. Chi'ing kht`ing nghl I.a ci'ic.h phai

d6m

du.di gh€ tru.dng-k}Pr.

f[ nga}T sau, n¢i t6i di xem di6n kich trd v§, triTdc

iihal m¢]t ngu6.i 6m 16i i:u.o'Iig,

th{i'y

xanh met, mat-

may xa'u-xi `7a md r.iu ltc?t`, hoe do-d€i}T, qu}r g6i xu6ng Van Xin I)€`i :

Ni~i.

c(^ing-d£`m

Daingei.,

t6i l€`i

Alcide,

ct'ru

t(^)i

vd,i.»

Ba nliin ra 6iig lisn, hen Tidi :

- Trt}i cd 16 nao

diig la 6ng Alcidt`, tha}' dq.\'

khi6u-v``i ct'ia t6i sao ? Ong Alt.ide o'i. gi:tp lt?i 6ng trong th€\n-tha ]i;iv ch !

--T(`)i bi `t'r+tt't'. i]i`i' (.dng-il;`m oi, (`l'1'u t6i vdi !»

~T6i

(`b{ (.6-g€.`Iig

m`i thai.

tinh-nghi va c`]ii ]]e'p i.t'ia

Clii'nh

t6i

(`t~1lig

tdi lt?i ]a i]he DAn-chri-d:\ng.

(`)iig theo {6i. Nhtrng c€5 girl. 8ao cho iigu.di g€'ic

ci'i.a dtrn8

ih`;|'.\T t`i]ig nhi'`. `' I:`i dt)-{`hinh-qti{`n da}'. D

H;\j ngti.t.ri

leli

thaiig`

i`li_6-Hi6 kia` dhng ft'i'a 6'

I;£ti,

trr}iig

\T{i

li{`i

ph6ng

Dangei.

v6'i

(`)ng

nh€`in-ttr,

Alcide

QUYfix TRU¥BN CtTA BAN T6I

ding thurong-hai` clang bi cam-sat 1.un-r;'iy, I.a]ig d.ilih bb-cap va lLidti-ludn lap Lai c,au :

- Ci'ru tdi vd±i, ctru t6i vdi I 'rhgy clang

thi6u-nao cria

Ong ta, bd

n{:]i

tdi bat

ti'rc-cudi. TLiy nhieti, (inh-the' rfi'L ng`iy-iigap. B£L r€®io mat

nhin cac tri ldn va tfi cd ngan keo r6i tqu h6i : « Nhet dng

tit a dau?;> Khdng tiiii duqc ch6 nao khac, b€i nay rfl

}.'-ki€n dat dng trong giudng ba. Ba b6 ra hai mi6ng n¢m,

d6 mat ch6 tr6ng gan

w'`ch-tudng va bao 6ng Alcide nam gen vdo giudng vi the' cd v6 xao-ti`On.

Bah

tha}' d6

d6.

Cat

ra leo len

giir{`rng. Dot+n ham chuong keu t`,hi b8lp, bah n6i :

~ Chi Zo6. ham nfly tdi Ctau, con

chi den i.,ho

t6i

gd, xd-ldch va 1}' rtrqu Bordeaux. C6 gi li.I kh6iig

chi? ~

(:6

cut:ic aln-mu.u

cia bQn qu}'+.t¢]c,

hQ mu6ll

1]i chat dau {di ngudi chdt. Ngudi d:ing Cach-mqT`g tinh mat lam. « R6i se de'n ! R6i s6 den ! » (qa ira !)... Ai`h gdc

cfra n6i vdi tdi cd mat dtra ac gi€in ten Alcide I]i lling kie'm

trolig vhng nay, va c6 th8 bd s6 bi x6t nhd ttein na}'. Alcide nfim gifra

hai nem, nghe

I.6 m*y

ldi ndi

ngol-bhi ay. Sau khi chi Zo6 di kh6i, 6ng len con

stu

den lung-bay' ca giudng va hoi th& thalnh khd-klian (I^e'n

khb-khe ch6i tai vang khap can ph6ng. Ba

cdnh

Danger tqu

Bordeaux.

dua

nghl : « The la

}-en. » Bar all mi€ng

cho 6ng Alcide fi-rfi

mat chtit

ruquu

QUvfiN TRtJTEN CbA BAl\r TO]

Ong Alcide than Ion : « Oi I ba oj . . . Oi I Chtia oi I it. . . R6i 6ng

lai ren-

i.i vang am len, bat-chap 16 phai. Ba Dflnger k+i nghi : « T6t lam ; d6-chinh-qufln ctl. dell.....»

Nghi d8n day thi ti5ng ba-suing ding naiig-n§ xu6ng dat iam rLing-chuy6n ca ttmg lau, cl]i Zoe dan v6 b6n chi'i.i.-`Tien do-chinh `Ta ba chuc linh ho.qu6c-quan.

Alcide nan im ; kh6ng nghe mat ti8ng 6ng thd nhe. Met ho-qu6c-qii€`m ndi :

Ng6i da)', nfr c6ng-d€`m.

Mat ten

kh€'ic cai lai i`fing ba kh6iig th8 ban d6

trurdrc mat dan 6ng.

Mat c6ng-dcin thay chai 1.uQ.u, cam u6Iig thfr va may

ten khac dan u6ng cho th6a-thich. Mat ten vui.tdnh ng6i len giudiig, nqung cam ba DaLngei. va ndi :

- U8ng qua, gu.ong mat xinh-dep nhu vay rna k.ii la phe quy-too ; va cai c6 nhs-nhan nay lqi phai bi (.hat di I

Ba Danger ndi :

~ Th6i

di. T6i thay c£.ic 6ng dan la ngudi tfr.t6.

Cac 6ng lo phan-say cho mau va tim-ki6m cai gi cac Ong mu@'n tim cho xong di, t6i bu6n ngd qua r6i.

Chtlng a su5t hai gid che't ngu.di trong ph6ng ; hon hai muoi lan h6t, dri'a nay de'n dtra kia, chting qua lai tru.dc

« Ng*oi d¢y, nit c6rig-ddn. n

QU¥fiN TRUYEN Ct'A BAN T¢I

giuchg d8 ngd col cd ai & durdi khdng. Sau r6t, c.hung tu6n ca ngan cfiu xcf{c-lao 1.6i mdi 1.lit tli.

Tell sam ctmg vdr€i mdi t|ufl}7 got thi ]]i Daiigei` diit

dau v6 khe giirdng ken : «()iig All.ide ! Ong Alcide !» }'Iot giQngren-r{ d£.lit :

-~ Ti.dri oi I

Ngudi

th6

nghe

chilng tit.

L{.t}'

C,hi'ia I Ba o'i, xili tlitrong h;.ii dtim tdi. Bc+ n¢i tdi ti6p :

Oiig Alcide. 6iig lam t6i sqr qui.i! T6i khong nghe

6nggi I.£'io,t6i tuang 6ng cli6t \Ta }''-Lir&iig lifim tr6n ni`.t,_

x{'ic ch6t kliie'n t6.I suj7t iigat xiu ca tram

liin. Ong Alcide

oi, ong cu-xfrkli6ng t6t i-d'i t6i day. 'I`i.dri oi I Ne'u khong

che'tthi phai lentie'ng chd' ! T6i kh6ng dung thL.I bng v6 cb:n khi6P-dam rna 6ng gt`ty t`ho t6i d€.`u. C6 phai n<:]i 16i t6t vd.i 6ng Alcide ddng tliucmg-lii.ii

kia chang? }Tgay li6m sflu ba {tein gi€`{u Ong d `[eiidon ira

had-hi¢p ctru 6ng tlioat nan. Kh6ng ai ngd c6 gi'ii efia iiha ti.i6t.hQc

Dussuel da

d6.daitin-tu6ng ph6p mau hoai. in€}o-hi8m tren la th6-

gidi sieu-linh. Ba kh6ng may-mfly mo-dao va luo.ng-tl.i ]jal lai ngan-ngt'ii, ba plian-d6i mQi huy8n-bi. i.lie' rna con ngurdily-tinh dudng 2{y lai thuat cho ai mu6n nghe ba, cau chuyen 1}'-ky rna bd la nlian-i.,liii.ng. Li.ic di tham 6ng than ba a Rt},collets th2`nh Versailles, ba lam quen ba\De Lflville, bi giam a dd. D6n khi dirt}c tha 1.a, ba nay d'6n 6 durchg Lancry, chng mat

t6fl nhavdi balnoi t6i. Hai ccin ph{tng d8u ttrng lau.,

6 then mat

QUYEN TRU¥EN CtJA BAN Tot

Ba De LaLville & vdi ngudri em gai ten Amelie.

Am6lie to-ldii va d?p. Vdi gu.ong mat trang met, mait6cden huy6ii, Iiang 10 mat v6 d?p kh6n bi. Ma nangu-bu6n hoac sang-rquc, nhu tim qu€inh nang mat cii 8i md,i lq. Nang la iifr-tu trong giao hoi tuc-gian a l'Argentiere, con clidr dqi ducrc dinh-doqt a ngoai ddi. Nghe ndi h6i mdi ldn len. Amelia bi dau kh6 vi m6i tinli dau kh6ng dutyc chia-s6 rna nang danh phai nin-lang.

Xem nang ratsau kh8. Lam ltic, nang khdc kh6ng duyen-cd, c6 khi nting doc nga'u-nghie'n cac sach dao. Bi day-nghi6n vdi nhti'ng mo-tur&ng hao-liuy6n, nang oan-oai trong dau-kh6 v6 ngan. (;hi nang bi bat, cac ban iiing bi cquc hihh. len doan-dau-dai vi toi am.muu, them vdi c€'ic cap-bao kinhhai lien-mien, cac chuyen ay gie't mdn th8-chat suy.IihurQc cda nang. Nang gay 6mdang s¢. Tie'ng tr6ng nga}' ngay keu gQi khu-doan dong-binh, hang dan cong-dan doi mti d6, cam giao di6n qua cfra s6 nang, mi¢ng hat bat : «Ga I.rc{ !» gieo hai-hhng ttrng chap cho nang, khi thi sty di8ng, ltic lai khich-d¢ng. Chtrng than-kinh n8i len qua manh va gay lam bi8n_chtrng la-ltlng.

Amelie n5m mong rna sang.su6t de'n ngudi chung-

quanh phai ngac.nhien.

D8n t5i, nang di lang.thang, dau tinh hay say ngfi, nang d6u vang nghe clang xa, ti8ng ran-ri cia cfic nan-nhan. Cdltic nang diing clang tay chi trong b6ng t6i met vat vd-hinh rna mieng lai th6t ten Robespierre.

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CtTA BAN TOI

Chi nangn6i : t{Nb cd linh-cam ddrng lam va tiendoan tai-nan...»

Thi bfra Chin Thermidor (chin i`ang murdi thing mudi m¢ttronglich Gong-hod), ba noi tdi va ba t6i d ben ph6ng cfia hai chi em. 86n ngurdi d6u ban.loan, nhac lai sot-lucrc nhfrngbie'n-c6 quan trong trong ngay va c6 doan hau-qua. Ta}' thd-lanh chuyen-quy8n tan-ac bi bat dan de'n I,uxembourg nhurng ngudi gift cfr:i khdng clio vd

phai dan tdi canh-sat cuoc & b6n Orfevres, k6 duqc C0Iigxa giai-thoat dem de'n Dd.sanh. . Y con d dd.hay kh6ng va cdthai-d¢ nao, h6-nhuc hfly hung-tom ? 85n ngurdid6u ban~khoan v6_ctlng va kh6ng nghe gi, Iigoaiti^e'ng v6 ngu'angudi dua tho ctifl Henriot. ttrngch*p phdng mau tren itirdriigvang lz!nh. HQ chd dcri: ltic li'ic lai trao d6i nhau mat k}°r-niem, mat m6i ngd, mat urdc-vong. Amelia ng6i im. Thinh-linh, nang h6t len mat tie'ng ldrn.

Ltic d6 la mSt gid rur@i khuya. Ndng nghieng miiih

v6 ki€ng nhur chain-chi'i nhin mat tham-kich. Nang n6i : - T6i thay }1 I T6i thayy ! y met xanl` I Mdu mieiig

.v trio ra. Rang va halny b6 Iiat. D¢i on Thucrng-D€ I B¢i o'n Thuqug-D8 !K6 khat-mau u6ng mau n6 I (K6 thh ngudi chi hai minh I). . Sau khi dilt may ldi ay vd'i di¢u lang-i]g€``m la-lhng,

nang rti len mat tie'ng ghe-rqn r6i nga laii ra. Nang bat-tinh Chinh ldc ay, trong ph6ng H¢i.ngbi D6.sinh, Robes-

pierre lanh m¢tphdt suing tay lam b% quai ham va chfm dirt «Thdi Dai-Khfing-86» (LEI Tel.rcur).

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TRUY13N

Ban¢i t6ila ng!.rdi «nang bang vjat>.

CtTA BAN T0I

Iai tin-tt`r6ng

manh v6 than-ao fi}-. «Lam sao cat nghia ? >>

- T0i cat nghla rang ha n¢i t6i tut- khdiig tin dao lai kha tin v8 rna-qu5', va rna chd sdi. Li'ic con nh6, l]a thich c€'ic tr6 y6u-thu€:`t va, nhu. ngurdi ta i]6i, ba la m¢t nba doanvi¢c vi-1ai di.ii-tai. V6 sau, ba tlam sQ.

rna-qu}'-,

nhung da tr6 r6i : chtlng nan chat ba va khdng lam silo ba h6t tin chting dutyc. Ngay Chilih-1]i6n (9 Thermidol.) dem tldi s6i]g d6-dfii lqicho ti6u gift-dilih a Lflncrv. Ba noi t6i hudng lQri nhi6u

v6 si.rthay d6i dd; nhu.ng ba kh6ng tai nao oin ghet inai cac ngudi ct'ia cuOc Cdch-mqng. Ba khoiig phut. hQ,- bar

chi phuc cd miiih tdi rna th6i -iihirng bah khdng tlili-ham ho. ha kh6ng h§ nhd.tdi s6 d6i hp giai-thich cai sq Ilo gay cho ba. Cd le gi hokh6iig lhmba scr. Cd le nhi'rt la vi lja noi

t6ila met tan-binh, mat tan-binh trong tan-h6n va, nhu ai da li6i, tan-biiih thi lu6n-lu6n se la tan-binh. Trolig liic dd, 6ng Dangei' van ti6p-ti.ic nghi¢p v6-

cdng rirc-ra noi chie'n-trudng. Trong bt:] qudn-plii.ic dqi16, 6ng lu6n-lu6n hi``n-hoan \'ci cam dan d¢i binh dng cho dan ltic tfr-th`rGrng

h.ii muc}i thdng tu.

vi mat vien dan d€.ii-bac, nga}-

nam 18()8,

ti.ong

tram

chi8n-da'u

oanh-liet a Abensbei.g. Do td c6ng-bdo

LWoriz.Ze[zr', ba

n¢i t6i bi8t lh bd da

gda ch6ng. I)qi-tu.dug Dflngel. anh-dring dcxi ducri., «mai-

tdng trong vinh-quang».

QUYfiN TRUYfhT CtA

BA.`' T0|

Ba not t6i than : a Ti8c qu€i I M¢it da'ng tat-boa

th6

av ! \)

Nam sau, hfi ke't-h6ii

v6'i 6ng Hippolyte Noziere,

thflm-si.T thut.t.ng-hang 8¢) Tu-phap. ngurdi trong-sach, viii icinh, thu.dng th8i s{'io [tr s€'iu t-Ie'n chin gid sang va

ttr ntim de'ii t€'un gid a,lii§il. Lan liay hdn-nho'n m6'i thatsi.I. va hll]i-]]i. \'o..ch6ng yc^]ii nhaLi, va lai hQ kh(^jng con

li.e nan l]i6t tha-thfr nhau. Ba Caroline kh6ng chap 6ng Hippol}7te th8i sao lu-bh, vt\ 6ng H].p|]olyte 1]6 qua nhfrng

chuyen dd-ngudi cfia ba Garoline,.

Ca hai d§u

song

hqnh-phtic. Ong n¢i Noziere t6i la t£'ic-gia quy8n « 7'Jz6'rlg. k6

c,dc

zjzTcrng

ngt.ic (Stati.Stique

t^in-gudn, nan

de`S

Prisons ){Ba-L6,

Qu6c-

1817-19, 2 quysn ca-x€p -4 ). va

«{Con gdi cfia Momu`s, bdi hilt mcfi, » (Filles

de Momus,

cJ]cl]t,`.o]i.`. iioH[jeJJcs.)

nam

(Ba-Le tac.gia xuat-ban

1821,

ca x8p -18,.

Binh nhdrc g.in g.Ay dai-chie'n vdi 6ng noi tdi, song kh6ng lam mfit ham tdnh vui cf-ia 6ng ducrc, ca den kh6ng ngan-can ong th8i silo ; sau cnng, ccm binh gist dng che't iigop. 'J6i kh6ng duqc biet dng. Nhurng t6i cd bti.c chan-dung 6ng day : 6ng mat., y-phuc xa[ih, tdc qiian nhur

long ti.tnt \ra i`am mat ltit ti.cir_g t.di

ca-vat

lo-tu`6.ng.

Da t{'im ba

n¢i 1-Oi

mti.cri lu8i, gba ch6ng tti' mu.6.i lam nam, cfm

|it}i

«'l`6i

lhuo.ng tie.c

6ng

nga.`' cu6i-i`i`ing. »

}'I(:il 6n`g ham than-giao clap ldi ba in,`ti t6i :

cho

den

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- Ba cd I)'7 : 6ng Noziere day dfl dtrc-tanh met 6ng ch6ng t6t. »

Ba n6i t6i cat :

- Tfft ca tdnh tat va tat xau nfra chd dng. ~ Thura ba, phai cd tat xau mdi thanh mat ngu'di ch6ng hoan-loan sao ? Ba n6i {6i nhtln vai ndi .

- Chd sao I Dtrng cd thdi

xa'u la mat khuye't-

di§m to day ! Ba nt:ii t6i che'[ nga}` m6ng ban thang bay nam 1853,

the lam muoi m6t tu6i.

` .S-.

CAI

RANG

N6u ai cfing lo an-miiih chu d{'io nhir da thudng lo chu-dao |]h6-truong thi se trdnh du.quc bao nhieu phi§ntoai, T6i trai qua lan kinli-nghiem dau-tien m`iy sdm lam.

H6may la mat ngay mufl. T6i duqc tang ln6n d6 i`ho.i g6m dfi bo d6IigiTa di tram, mi~i, roi, dtqy cu.ong va luc-lac. C6 1-at nhi6u luc-lac. Tt^>i bac.k6, bac-k€ Oho

chinh t6i; vi t6i g6m tat-ca : ngudi cu6`i ngqua, ngqua va xe. DTrdng di tdr nha b8p d8n ph6ng an, ngaiig qua hanh-

lang. D6i vdi t6i, phdng tin tu.qng.trung rat dting, ch6 chg ti.ong lang. 'rii i`utyu b{Puig g6 clao-hoa,tarn, cli6

t6i thay

118qufl tram, 8i6ng nhir qu€`n-tro aivgapcz Kz.mJ). Hanh-1ang

d6i vdi t6i nh[rm¢]t dai-l¢ vdi phong canh d6i-thay va nhting bat ngd xay rfl. ']`qu h€}n-ch6 trong klioang h?p t6i-

tam, t6i vui hiT&ng mat chali trdi

rang-rai vh gifra m`ay

bi'i.c tu.dug quen-thu¢c, t6i cd cdm-giac la ma'v chuyen bat-

i]gd kia mdi thich-thi'i cho cuOc hanh-trinh. Vi li'ic ay toi nhur lA mat nha |]htt-thfiy dqi-tai. Da vui chcri, t6i gqi lqi cdc nh€.in.vat }`eii-m€n v:`i ttl`'i' sfr-dung ca van-vat. Thien

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phi'i qu}'r-bdu a'y lti. na}7 t6i da v6-phi'ic danh ma't h6't r6i.

Bfi'a mu.a ham d6, t6i m6'i hudng duo.c nhi§u, ltlc t6i lam ngiTdi c5.i ngqua tram.

Si.I vui-sudng ay 16 ra th6a long t6i lam: nhuiig c6 i+i bcfing long m{ai chang? T6i vut c6 }'r mu6n loe-phinh,

l±`lm kinh-di va ngac-nhien ngufyi xem. Nan nhungvalut.1{?c c6 k8 gi vdi t6i n€u kh6ng aiti.am.-tr6 chL'ing. Nghe]til lm'i t6i n6i chu}Te,n 6. ph6ng gan ben, t6i 6-qt chc?y v6. 13i`

t6i nhin t6i m¢t h6i, I`5i nbL'in vai n6i :

-«.rliang nhs nay a nha kh6ng bi6t lam gi. `Yen Sdi nd vao tru.d'ng cd noi-trti.» Me t6i n6i :

_ tt\Td con nhs qua.JD

Ba t6i ddl, :

-ttThi men ds Ilo chung vdima'y dtra nh6.» T6i chi Iighe i`6 ma'y ldi a'}7, c€'ic lcri sau i-'6i quen mat

mat phali, va n€u toi thuat l€.`i di'ing y la l>di v§ sau tdi nghelap i.?i nhiau lan. Ba t6i n(,i ti€5p :

- «'I`hang b6 kh6ng c6 anh,

chi, $6ng don-d¢c 6

day, se thich mo-int.)ng d8 r6i i`d hai `'8 sau. Canh 16-loi

kich-doiig ti.i tu.dng-tuqng nb `'a t6i nhan thay dan 6c nd day chu}`¢n licio-huy6n. Cac tr6 trangtu8i, hgc chung vdi n6,se tap nt'> lii§u ddi. N6 se hQc vdi chhng the nao li`i ]Tgurdi I(j'n ? 13a vci t6i kh6ng d{?y nd du.qc vi hai ta ch{ la thaii h¢-in.?iig n6. Cht'mg bt?n n6 s6 t`,oi 116 ngang-hang, v€i

nhtr r\ray bat-bu¢e phai, hoac thuo.ng-x6t vat khang-cT+.. ho*c

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TOT

tl]uye't-phuc hay tranh-dan. N6 tap-thnh vdi chtlng dd'i s6ng xa-h¢i.» Me t6i h6i ;

- Ong ban kh6ng sg trong ben tr6 a'y c6 di'['a tinh xau hay sao ? Ba t6i clap ,

- Chiiih ci'ic ddra xau mdi hfru-ich cho nd, ne'u nd thong-minh, vi n6 s€ tcip phan-bie[ chi']ng vdri inay dtra t6t va di§u hi8u-bi6t iiay rat can_thi6t. Va lcqi, ba men vi8ng

cac trudng trong vting nay d§ chQn noi nao d6ng tr6 hQc rna 16i day-d6 thich-irng vdri 16i giao-duc dur-di[ih cho thang

Pierre. B8n taiili con ngudi d:`iu dan cfing vay; nhung «mdn an» ci.ia ho, Iihur ngurdi xua dca n6i, rat khac nhau

xa, tdr ch6 nay de'n ch6 kia. Sir khai-h6a t6t-d?p truy6nth6iig ttr nhi6u d6`i lamnay-n& mat b6ng hoa, v6-chng t8nhi, va bang hoa ay, k8t-tinh ngdt inot the-k}'r, cd th8 hang mat trong vai ngay. Gan-gi~ii cac tre kh6ng durqc day-d6 dakh6ng lqui-ich cho chi'ingmh nan hoc-van cia con minh ci~ing s6 suy-giam nrl.a. Cao-quy cfla tu-tur&ng do ThugngD8 ban Oho, cao-qu}'r cfia cti.-chi nhd noi theo gu.Cm8 t6t

va duqc di-truy6n c6-dinh. Cao-quy ay dep hcyn ten tu8i quy-too. N6 tu.-nhien lion va duqc v6 dep duyen-daug chtrng-minh, con qu}'7-toc chl chtrng-minh bang giay-td cti k5;' kh6ng ai bi6t the nao rna x8i)-don duqc. M? t6i n6i :

~ Ong c6 ly. Ngay mai tdi s§ di tim trurdng cd noi-trd cho con. T6i s8 lu:a theo y 6ng ndi va chacchan ch6 nao sung-tiic da, vi m6i lo-nghr v§ ti§n-bac

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lam lac-hudng tri-bc nha giao, va thay-d8i tanh-tinh ho thanh gat-gang di, Ong nghi Sao v6 noi noi-trti do mat ngurdi dan-ba dam-nhi?in ?» Ba t6i kh6ng dip. M? t6i lap lai : «Ong nghT sao?A

Ba t6i ndi :

_ La met di§m -can men suy-xet lai. Ng6i tren ghe' dqua trudc

ban vie'L

hdng trbn, 1]a

t6i t6i ngam-nghia th. nay gid met cuc xu.ong nht.i met dau

nhgn va dau kia tr6n lan. Ong lan n6 trong c.4c ng6n tay; val chac cting quay tr6n n6 tr6ng tri O]ig, men ltr dd, vdibao nhieu luc-1qi., t6i kh6ng t`6n hien-dien d6i vb.i 6ng.

Me t6i ch6ng

ctii-ch6 tren lil.ng gh6 dqua,

tie'p-tt.ic

suy-nghl den y-ki6n ba vtra neu i`a. 8€\ t6i ch`i cho J]a

cuc xu.cmg nhs xau-xi r6i n6i :

~ Day la cAi rang ctia

ngudi

h6i thdri-k}r c6

gi6ng voi kh6ng-16, h6i th6.i-k}7 bang-tuye't, da s6ng trong

hang, ban dau tr6ng-kh6ng va tro'-trgi ; hang ay bay-gid nt'i.a phan duo.c phfi giay nho ri`rng va thay-tu-hoa, canh day, ttL. nhi§u nan 1.6i, du',ig len mai nha xinh-dep liay rna chi'ingta de'n 6., trong hai thdng h6, nan dam ctr6`i chi'ingtfl. That la hal thang hqnh-phi'Ic.

Nha c6 chie'c

duong-cam cfi, bah choi ban dhn

nhac-sun Mozart

t`,t'Ia

su6t ngay, men nhd b2i, khulc nhac than-tinh, tham-tram aybay lot I.a ngoai cfra s8, linh-dong ca vling thunglting nori con ngudi c6-16 chi nghe c6 tie'ng cop r5ng.>>

QU¥EN TRU¥EN CtrA BAN TOT

M? toi dat ti8p-tuc ndi :

dan len vai ba t6i, troiig khi 6ng van

a Con ngurcri ay ch{ bi€t lo sg va si.r d6i, gi6'ng nhu

loai thti. Tran

ngudi bi lam xu6ng. Th6J thit tor chan~

may nhiu lai bi6'n thanh nhti'ng lan nhan gdm-ghie'c ; d6i quai ham nhcI ra to-[urdng ; rang moc kh6i mieng, Ba nhin rang nay xemo n6 dai ira nhori lam sao !>> ^,

« Ay la loai vd-i

bao

ngurdri ltic so. -k-liai.

Nhu]ig

c6.gang cliam.-chc?p -\Ta p-hi-thurdng,

tl'a men it t6i-teg

hung-tQ.n ; co-th8

lan

h3i,

ct'jn iigu.t±,.i

ci-i[ig l]ie'n-

chuy§n theo si.r can dting. Th6i quen tu-tut9mg mt`}-mang 1]¢ 6c, \'d

cdi Iran I.¢ng ra. Ham rang kh6ng con pliai

d§ can x6 [hit s{;ng nen cring mQi-.

ngan lai trolig ddi

ham bd[ dting-"inh. Gu'ong mi:i[ ngut`yi c6 mt:jt ve {T€p hoaln-in)~T, va nu cud.i ]i6. tren moi dt±in,ba.»

N6i den t-I.iy, ba t6i h6n g6 ]ii`£'i me t6i clang mim cudri, r6i 6ng tdr ttr .Itra raiig ngudi c?5-1t`> 1eii kh('ji daii,

ndi ldn :

- H5i ngu6.i thu.Q'ng-c8

thd-kich ; tudng-nghf

{-|6ii

]iial day

ngudi,

toi

li`t di-c6t xh.xi

xaLo-xuy8n

tan

day long ; toi thalih.kinh ngu`di, yeu-thucrng ngurdi, h6'i t8-tien t6i ! Xin

ngurdi nhcin no.i

clay, ttr

c6i xfl-than

khan dd rna ngu.di clang yen-nghi, long tri,an kinh-can

cia t6i ; vi t6i bi8t da the on ngudj de'n ngan nao. T6i bi6t c6ng-lao kh6-nhQc ctia ngudi da tranh cho t6i bao canh kh6n-nan.

Si.I that, ngurdi kh6ng

nghi

de'n

tuong_lai ; mat tia tli6ng-minh ye'u-dt chc4p-chdn tl.ong tarn h6n u-t6i cda ngurdi : ngur6.i chi bi6t lo ninoi s6ng

QUVEN TRUYBN CbA BAN

T0I

va tr5n-ti.dnh rna thoi. Tuy-nhien, ngurdi van la ngudi. M¢t ly-tu&ng mo.-h6 thi'ic-d?ay ngurdi v6 cai gi d?p va t6t cho nhan loai. Ngudri s5ng kh8-s6', ngu6.i s6ng kh6ng vdich, va kie'p s6ng qua ur kh6~nao, ngubi truy§n lai it kh8 hon cho con chau. D6n phien t.on chau ngudi lai d6ng lo Oho db'i kha-quan ho'n nfra. Tat ca d6u gop c6Iig vao k}r-thuat : k6 sang-che' cai c6i, k6 cdi bdnh xe. Tat ca

deu

n6-llrc

sang.kie'ii

squ

c6-gang

kh6Ii8

ngtrng cfia bao tri,dc, qua bao thd.i-dqi, tr8-sanh nhirng kir-c6ng tuyet-xao, rna hi¢n git`]. diim-t6 d6'i s6ng con ngurdi. Va m6i lan con ngurdi sang-clie' mat nghe-thuat hay lap men m¢jt k9-nghe, thi cting mat ltic, hQ phatsalih lu6n v6 d?p tinh-than va tao men dtrc-hqnh. H9 ch6-tqo hang-vai cho ngudri dan-ba che. than, va nhd d6 dan.6LIg hi§u bi6t gi.i-tri ,cL'ia sac-dep.

D6n clAy, ba t6i dg cai rang ngudi ti8n-sfr tren ban va h6n me t6i. Oiig con n6i nfra. Ong ndi :

- The men chting ta dau ham-on t6-tien tat-ca, ca den ai-tinh !

T6i mu6n rd cai rang da gcri Oho ba t6i nhfrng ldi n6i rna t6i kh6ng hi8u nghia. T6i ti6n den gan ban vi8td6 cam cai rang len. Nhung nghe ti8ng luc-lac, ba t6i quay lai, nhin t6i nghiem-nghi r6i ndi : « T6[ lam! Nhi¢m vu chua dirt ; chting ta s§ kh6ng vi-tha bang ngudi c8-16, n€u phien ta, ta kh6ng n6-lTc lam Oho ddi s6ng con.cai ta vting-ban va t6t-dep hon ddi s6ng cfia chinh minh. C6 hai bi-qu}'6t v6 van-d6

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nay : yeu-duong va hiiu-bi8t. Vdi khocl-hQc vat ai-tinh ta Kay-du.iig xa-hoi.» Me t6i n6i :

- Chac vay 6ng a, nhung cang nghl t6i car]g nhan thay men giao-phd dtra b6 trai vao tu6i th:ing Piei`re cho mat ngurdi dan-ba. Nghe ndic6 c6 giao ten Lefort. Ngay mai t6i s§ den tim c6.

V THI-V_A~N

BIfiu-L©

C6 Lei-or-t3 quin-d6C mob ld'p noi-trli Oho

tr6

con

can nhs tii_6i, 6 ngoai-6 Saint-Germain, bang long thauhli_an dav t6i ttil murdi gid den mudi ha`i gid trua va ttr hai

gid de'ii b6n gid chi§u. Tdi c6 thanh-ki6n ghe-gdm v8 trudng-hQc ay, nan khi chi vtr d_5`t t6i di lan dau, t6i thra'y lam ngu_y r6i.

Th8 nell t6i v6-ctmg ngc?c-nhien khi budc vao can

phdng rang ldn, thay nan, sau tr6 gai va do motchuc tl`O trai clang cudi-gi5n, khi-khQn, lam ctfi thtr bo-tich v6tu-lur va ranh-manh. T6i doan chting n6 da chai-li. TI.ai lai, t6i thay c6 Lefort bu6n lam. xanh c6 ucm-urcrt vdd6i m6i c6 h6 m6.

Cap mat

Nhfrng len t6c xoaly 6c, dgt mau, bu6ng thong xu6ng g6 md c6 nhu canh ii6u rfi bu6n dnya bd nudc. C6 nhin rna ch€`'ing tha}', hinh I_I_hu.

mci't than-tri

trong

gia,c mong.

V6 hi8n-th. ctia c6-giao

bu6n-tliam va

Cfia hgc-ti.6 kbi6ii t6i vti'ng ]6ng; k.`i

su. vui-v6

nghi den t6i s6

QUVEN TRUYF.N CbA BAN T0I

hQc chung v6.i nhi6u

tr6 gal b6,

con sQ` t6i

lan

tieu-tan.

Sau khi phdt cho t6i ta'm bang da, cay vi^6t Lcfort da[ t6i ng6i gan mat tr6 trai ti.t`ng tu6i t6i' `'6 giao-hoatva d6i mitit lanh-lqi. Tr6 2{y n6i :

- T6i ten Fontflne[, con anh ? Doan anh h6i b±i t6i l!im ngh6 gi. T6i clap l€i }'-SI.

Fontanet, ndi :

~ Ba t6i la luat-su., t6t ho.n. _

Taisa_ovaT?

Anhkh6ng thfi)t lam liiat-su d?p ho.n sao ?

- Kh6n8. -~ vay tli_i anli_ n8u qua.

Fontanet giau tur&ng-tuQng lam Anh day t6i nu6i

tan-to va dua t6i xem met ban todn Pythagore ra't dep, tap anli_ lam. T6i d6u khen-phuc Py[hagore va Fontanet.

Phan t6i, t6i chz thuoc may bai ngu-ng6n.

Ra v§, t6i duqc c6 Lefort thu6ng t^dm di8m t6t mat t6i kh6ng sao tim I.a` cdch dting Me t6i cat nghia rang cai kh6ng c6 ich lqi mdi chinh that la danh-di.I. Bah lai h6i t6i lain gi tr.oiig ngaly hQc.. dau-tien n2Sy.

TC!i

tr.i ldi

rang t6i nbin c6 Lefort. Bah cudi nhao t,t`]i, nhu.ng t6i d.i n6i that. Luc nao toicfingc('j yxem

ddi nhir

met tan tu6ng. T6i kh(^tng

QU¥EN

TRuyEN CbA BAN TOI

h3 lam duo.c met quan-sat-vien vi mu6n quan-sat phai c6 he_th6ng d8 theo, van toi kh6ng c6 he-th6ng. Ngudi quansat hudng-dan nhan-quang minh, met khan-gil lai theo dd cfiai d6i mat. T6i ham-sinli la khan-gia va chac s6 giti. mai su6t ddi v6 chin-that con ngu6i nhan-tan trong cdc thanh-ph6 ldn, md mQi say d6u vui-thi'i, vi tuy a viio tu6i day tham-vgng. t6i van giti. durqc tc+nh t6-m6 v6-tu. cfia tr6 con. Trong cac c|uaiig-canh toi muc-kich, canhduy-nhat rna t6i chin ho.n ca la canh ti.ong hitru.dng, bat bu¢c .ta phai nhiii len si\n-kli^du, ngtrqc lai, tat-ca nhfrng- tr6 ddi d6u lan giai-tri t6i, khdi dau ttr nhti.ng t|u€ung-canh tdi muc-kich trongldp-hQc c6

Lefort.

T6i tie'p tuc nhin c6 gii'\o vii tri tdi cang qua-t|uye't la cO clang bu6n, tdi mdi h6i &nli Foiitflnet vi dau c6

bu6n vay. Kh6ng xdc-Iihan la tli±:it, €uih Fontanet cho rfing cO bu6ii vi h6i-ham. va nhd r6 c6 Lefort cd net l]u6n-riiu in trenmat td. ham, d£~i lciii r6i, c6 ^dy tich-th[iu

chi8c bong-vu bang cat hoang duo'ng ci'i€i aiih, tuy kh6ng

cd quy3n, va cd xam pham them mat t¢i mdi nfra. Ia d8 trci'n-dp ldi keu-ca cfia k6 b! cO cudp do?I, cd an cai mfi lai ltlJa tren dan anh.

Anh F`ontaiiet nhan-dinh ran_g met tcim-h6n hoen-6 vi hanh-vi bat-chanh ay, s6 phai mat h&n ngu6n vui va an:tlnh; song l}'7-le cfi`| anh chua dfi thoa-man t6i, men t6i di tim nguyen-do khac.

N6i that, ctingkh6 rna tim ra met chuyen gi trong lop hQc c6 Lefort, vi a day lu6n-1u6n huyen-nao. HQc-

ti.6 mac-sire danh_dam nhau tru'd.c mat c6 Lefort, tuy

cd hi¢n-di¢n rna lam-tri a dau.

Chiing t6i thi nhau

QUYEN

TRUYEN CbA BAN TOI

chQi sach giao-ly toat-ye'u va v6 bdnh mi den mh-mit ca lop va kh6ng dti.I ti8ng lop-d6p trong ph6ng. Rieng ben nhs tu6i ho.n, tay nam ban chan. Iuds the kh6i mi¢ng, chulng nhin tr`an-nha vdi nu-cudi binh-thaii. Chqt c6 Lefort, con trong con mong-du, thinh-1inh Ken v6 canh 6n-ao, va phat vai dtra v6-t¢i; r6i c6 tr& lai u-bu6n nhu. tr6. vao trong thap. Xin cac ban thfi'nghlde'n tarn-trang mat dti.a-tr6 tarn tu8i, tl.ong canh h6n-loan ay, tt[. sAu tuan nay, cii. vi6t mai tren tarn ban dd cau : ttcon d6i-kh6 ch6n vtii Malfilatre

(thi-si tr6 tu6i)

rna d6.i kh6ng bie't.»

C6ng-vi€c, cia t6i da}'. C6 li'ic hal tar t6i 6m chat ld'y

dill d`6 k§m gifi' cac y-nghf; nhirng mat y-nghi hi¢n ra r6r¢t : }'7-nghi va n6ibu6n cfla cd Lefor[, tdi kh6ng ngdt suynghi de'n c6 gic4o sau-kh6 cfia t6i.

Anh Fcintanet lai g¢i

tc4nl] t6-mt> cfTa tdi b:'mg nhfrng can-chuyen ly-k}r. Anh

|idi, bu8i s£'ing, kh6ng ai di ngflng phdng

Lefort rna

kh6i nghe ti8ng 1-en~si€t Ken lan tie'ng xiang sat chain nhau. \nh 1?i con them : «Ba l€\u r6i, chdrng m¢t thing

na}-, tdi nhcf c6 Leforl doc ti'rc-tfri Oho

tat-ca lop nghe

ni_ot can-chuy?n chac vi^e't bang van van»

Ldi thuat cia anh Fontanet c6 v6

ghe-rgn khi€n t6i

Gang tham sq. Qua ngay sau, t6i durqc dip tin rgngchuyen d6 kh6ngphai la tu6ng-turQ'ng` nhtrt I,4 bai doc ldn cho tat ca 16p nglie; con va

chuy¢n xi6ng sat

ch£.im_

nhau

de'n anh Fontanet xanh mat thi t6i kh6ng ha`, bi6t gi ca,

va nay, t6i nghl chac thcit ra chl la tie'ng xu8ng va gicip-sfit. Chlj_ye,n Kay ra bfi.a sau nlilf va}' ,.

QUYEN

TRU¥EN CtJA

B±.\!'`t

TOT

C6 Lefori nhip thu.dc tren balm da giti. im-lang, r6i c6 tan-hang, n6i giQng 6-a : ((Nang Jeanne daiig thuong I D DocTn ngdrng mat chiip, cd ti6p :

«Trong cdc trinh-ntinoi th6n-xdm. nang Jeanne la xinh-dep hcm ca.» Anh

phd len nhin

anli„

Fontanet thtic

cu'di r6i

ngat.

ct].i-ch6

Lefort

tre'p-tuc cli_uyen

ngu.c,

trdrng n_alng

Ldi,

r6i

mat gian-dti' Jeanne

ddii_g

thuong bang giong bu6n-tham hon doc kinh sam_h6i. C6 le, rna chac-chan, 1a bai n`ay lam bang van van tri. dan d6ncu6i; nhtrng t6i bat-bu¢c

phai thuat

lai

}' theo lri nhdr. Udc-mong trong van sudi cia tdi sa c6ii r`ai-rae vat doan van cfi,a thLsf . Nang Jeanne da dinh li_6n; nang tl]¢-ti.dc `7di n_1_®t chang trai anh-dfing mi6n nili. Chang muc-d6ng

t6t phiic a'y ten la oswald. Viec sap dat hdn-16 da hoantat, ban nang di dem khan choang d`au tin-nhan va v6ng

boa de'n Oho nang. Hqnh-phric thay nang Jeanne ! Nhung mat ccrn benh suy-nhu¢c xam-nhap co-th8 nang. D6i mdnangm6t xanh nhu da ngudi ch6t. Os`-tyald xu6ng ntii. Changchcayd6.n nang va ndi : ttEm kh6ng la vq flnh u?»Nang clap }7eu-da'u, gia-tdr.

bang

chang !

mo[ giong ki¢t-lquc : (toswald Em

che't

m^dt 1» Thuong th€`y

nangJeanne! Narm m6 la giu6`ng tan-h6n cfia nang va

chudng nhch thd trong thdn nhs ding le d6 mti`ng ng{iy cu.b'i lai vang len lam 16 an-ti'Lng nai]g.

QUTEN

TRUVF.N

CbA BAN T0I

Su6t bai c6 nhi6u ttr-ngfi. t6i mdi nghe lan thtr nbtrt vd kh6ug hi%u nghia ; nhung toan th8 nghe qua that bu6n va dep lam sao, de'n t6i cam thay mat lu6ng I.ung~cam chu.fl th.ng cd ; cai thi.-vi cda m5i u-sau bi8u,l¢ trong ngdt ba muro.i ci`iu thcf rna tt`)i v6-phurcmg giaithich tti.ng chfr int:tt. Vi la, trtr khi da gia, ngu6.i [a khdng

can hi6u nhiiu d§ cam iihi6u. Nhfriig gi mo.-h6 c6 th8 la ilhting g`i calm.dt:]ng, va that nhu vay, chuyen mo.-h6 rat thjch-hQ.p cho tim-h6n non-Ire.

Nudc mat trao ra tti! c5i long chan-chula cia. t6i ; a.nh Fonl&net dau c6 lam tr6 khi hay che'-nhao, cfing khong nhan du¢c con tirc-tfri t6i. Tuy-nhiei], ltic b^dy gid, t6i khdng h§ nghi-ngdr tai cao cfia anh. Phai d¢i anh tr& thanh Thtr-tru.dng t6i in_di he't tin tai aDh: Nutyc in_at t6i lalm vui long cd Lefort ; c6 k6u t6i de'n gan val ndi :

« Pie,rre Noziere, em da kh6c, thu&ng em huychu.ong danh-dqu nay. Em men bie't, chinh c6 dat bai tho a}T. cd c6 m6t quy8n tap to chep day cau th09 cfin8

hay nhu vay ; nhung c6 chua tim duoic nha xu'£t-bin d8 in. Cd quai-g6 va kh6ng tur6ng-turqng du¢c chan8 ? » T6i n6i :

~ 6 I C6 a, t6i mdrng lam. dLiyen-cd nao

Bay gid t6i mdi I]i6t

bii6n. C6 }teu nang

Jeflnne

dang-

thuong da ch8t trong than nhs, va phai chalig vi tuchgnhd de'n nang, rna c6 bu6n, men kh6ng bao Sid thfy chung em lam gi trong lop h€t?»

QUVEN

Kh8 thay, ldri t6i

TRU¥EN CbA BAN Tor

n6i lam phi8n long c6, vi c6

gian dfr, nhin t6i r6i ndi :

« Chuyen nang Jeanne chi la chuyen tudng-tuqng. Em lal met thang ng6c. Tra buy-chuong lai r6i v3 ch6 ng6i di. a

T6i kh6c. tr6 v§ ch6 ng6i. Lan nay chinh t6i kh6c Oho phan t6i, wh thi'i-that, giQt le nay kh6ng chtra-chan

ni6m em-diu nhur nudc mat rna nang Jeanne bac-phudc kia da gay men. Mat vi¢c lam tang them m6i phi§n-mu©n cfia t6i nfra : toi kh6ng bi6t « Fiction » la ngh}a gi ; anh

Fontanet cfing kh6ng bi6t gi hon, V6 nha h6i in? t6.i, ba clap :

- " Fiction " la chuy¢n lao. T6i n6i :

-6 ! M?oi I

Kh6 thay ne'u nang Jeanne la mt:jt

chuyen ldo. Me t6i h6i :

- Jeanne nao ? - Trong cdc trinh-nff noi than-xdm, nang Jeanne la xinh-d?p`' how ci. R6i t.6i thuat lai chuy¢_ri nang Jeanne y theo tri

t6i c.6n nhd. M? t6i khdng d£`i`p ltri ; nhung t6i nghe ba n6i nl±6

vdi ba t6i :

- Coi hQ day [hang vi lam sao !

nh6

chu)'¢n

ngheo-nan vd-

QUYEN TRUYj}N COA

BAN -T0I

Ba toi dip ,

- That vay, ngheo-nan v6-vi qua lam !

Nhung

ba mu6ii the' nao ducrc, mat c6 gai gia hiau v§ khoa g.Lao-duc ? Tt^]i c6 mat phurong.phdp giao-h6a mar mat

ngay kia

t6i s§ trinh-bay cbo bah f6. Theo phuong-

phap ay, phai day dtra tr8 trang tu8i thang Pierre cia chhng minh nhfrng dac-tanh cfia thh-vat, vi dii.a tr6 ay gi5ng thti-vat v§ tanh them mu6n va dc thong-minh. Thang Pierre dd strc hi6u long trung-thanh cfia ch6, ddrc hy-sinh cfra voi, n6[ tinh-nghich cia khi : chinh nhfrng thtr ay mdi ding thuat clio n6 nghe, chd khong

phai nang Jeanne, than-x6m, va inay chu6ng nha thd gi dd, may cbuyen ay kh6ng c6 nghia ttrdng_thurdng chtit nao. M? t6i clap :

- Ong ndi phai ; tr6 con va thti.vat thich-h(rp nhau lam, hai ben deu gan vdi thien-nhien. Nhur.ng 6ng men tin t6i, c6 met chLiy¢n rna tr6 con hi§u ho.n trd muu-m6 cia

gi6ng khi, 1a cong-nghi¢p hi6n-hach cfia cac bac vI-nhan.

Khl-phach anh:hting sang-t6 nhu ban ngay, dau vdi mat dtra tr6 nh6, vch n8u ta thuat cho thang Pierre nghe cdi chet anh-dfing cda ky-sl d`Assas, nhdr Trd.i, nd s€ hi6u, cting nhu Ong va t6i. Ba t6i tl]d dai n6i :

- Than 6i I

t6i tin-tudng trai lai, la xa than v`i

nudc durqc hi8u bang nhi§u

cAch, ttiy theo thdi-gian,

hoan-canh va nhan-vat. Nhung niac-ke, chuyen clang quan`tarn trong dtrc hy-sinh la chinh squ hy-sinh thai. N6u muc-

QUYEN TRUYEN CtlA BAN

TOI

tieu cL®ia squ mlnh hy-sinh la met ao-tugn8, thi long hysinh cfing kh6ng kem that-squ ; va squ that dd mdi la

mdn t`rang-strc buy-hoang rna con ngudi cd th8 diimtrang cho sp khi8m-khuy8t dao-ddrc cfia minh. Ba ban

yen.dau, dtrc tanh khoan-hang thien-nhien cfia ba gitip ba

hi8uT6 cac sap that ay con hcrn t6i hi§u nhd kinh~nghiem va su}-nghi nfrao T6i s6 ghi n6 them vao phuong-phdp cha t6i.»

I)tiy ia cuOc tranh-luan cfia bac-sl ba t6i va me t6i.

Tarn ngay sau, t6i vi€t lan ch6t tren ta'm ban da, gifra canh 6n-ao, ca-ii : tt Con ddi-kh6 ch6n-vhi Malfilatl.e rna ddri kh6ng bi€t.t>

Anh Fontanet vi t6i d6u th6i hoc met lu.o't noi tru.dng n¢i-trti ci'Ia cd Lefol.t.

`fxp..

YI VUA TEUTOBOCHUS

Theo t6i, kh6ng the' nao cd duqc mt)t tf\m-tl.i hoan-

t,oan binh-thudng, ne'u ai da sanh-[rudng va ldn len a }icr

song thanh-ph6

BaL-Le,

ngang

dien

Louvres

Tuilerie,s, canh dai Mazal.in,trudc con song Seine vinhquangchay qua gifrfl cac thap dai, ti6u thap

v€`i chop

nhQn lau chu6ng cfia thanh-i]h6 Ba-Le c6 xira, a db, ttr dudng Guenegaud tdi dudng D6-ngang, cac hieu ban Sach, cdc ngudi bu6n d6 c6 val thti-an-hoa bay

laL-lief

]]ie't bao kieu hay d?p v§ m9-thuat va c{ic di-tich ky-1a thdi xira. M6i td-ki8ng vdi 16i bay bien duyen-d€ing khac d6.i va cach l]tra.bai bii5n curdi d§u lam dep mat va

quy6n-rti ti.i-6c hi6u-k}r. Khach nhan-du bi6t thudngthtrc d5u lu6n-lu6n thau-thai] duqc noi dd met tutudng, nhu chim tha ro`m bay v6 lot 6. Vi la

noi d6 cd cLqy_c6i va sacli-v6.,

lqi cting

nhi6u iihu-nfr qua lai, that la no.i dep nhi'i.I tran,gian.

Thud

t6i, con tho-au, con nhi§u ho.n ba}' gid nfra,

chq. buon-ban d6 cti ay trung-bay day-dd cac ban-gh€

QUYfiN

TRU¥£N CEA

BAN T0I

xu.a, thfi-an-hQa cti-ky, tranh lan ddi va sach c8, ban d8 d616 chain, doc-binh-hoa, d6 sir, d6 sanh v6 hinh, vi6n theu kin-tuye'n, vai g2{m cai hoa, tham det hinh ngu.d'i, s€'ich

hinh va so-ban d6ng bang da de thu¢)c.

May mdn d8 d6-thu.o.ng 2{y

mcri don cac nha ham-mo sanh-sdi va y-nhi, 6` vao thdi bu8i chu.a c6 may nha mua-ban chi'rng-khodn va kich-sl tranh-gianh mua vdri hg. Nhi~rng mdn h2ing a}T r^dt quen mat v6.i cinh Fontanet v€`i t6i,

h6i chiing t6i con la hQc -sinh mac

{'`o

bau to theu, quan ngcin chtra bap chu6i. Anh Fontanet a g6c dir6'ng Bonaparte, ch6 I)h6ngvan luat-sir cfia ba anh. Nhal }]a mar t6i lieu mt`it ci'inh,

vdi nhh hang Ghimay. Anh Fon[ane[ va toi la lan-can va ban thie't.

Ngay nghi, cln'ing t6i de'n Tuilerie.s chtr.I, di ngang qua b6nvoltaire uyen-l>ac ay, tuy cam v6ng, banhb6 ttii, chi'ing t6i vtra di vtrfl nhin vO c€ic tiem, nhu ma'y cu gia, va theo sd-ki6n, chring t6i ban ban luan luan, Oho y-ki6n va cac m6n d6 ksr-la, phat-sinh ttr

divang, di-vang huyen-bi. That day! Chting t6i r8u-rao,

ki6m doc

sich cfi,

ngam xem tranh-anh. Chiing t6i vui-thich lam. Nhung i]hai n6i la anh Fontanet kh6ng durqc nhu. t6i cd tanh ton-ti.9ng cac d6 vatcL~i-ky~7. Anh cudi ngao mxy dia htrng rau xu.a ci'ia thqu cao va may tirgng thanh linh-muc c6 s6ng mfii b§. Anh Fontanet ltic b2iy-gidr d€~i t6 ra la ngu'6.i cfia ti€nbo, nhu ligaynay ban cd nghe anh 6 di6n-dan Nghivi¢n. Di6ub^dt-kinh

ctia anh

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t6i gian

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run. T6i kh6I]g u.a anh gQi

ch£\n-dung k5r.I.? ci'ia t6.tien

l{`i«dau

bao-thfi.

6ng

die'iii>.

T6i

Bay

gid,

t6i

cfing

con gift it nhi§u tanh ay va ta't-ca ti.i8t-ly cfia t6i dci danh cho t®i si.T u.a-thich lam than vdri nhfrng cay c6thQ `Tci muc-sir d d6ng-que.

T6i

cting khac

vdi anh Fontanet; tdnh t6i

khen-phuc. c€li gi t6i kh6ng hi8u. T6i sting_bdi cfic

hay s€'ich

kh6-hi8u, va tat_ca, hoac chi may-may, c{'ii gi la kh6 hi6u vd.i t6i. Anh Fontanet, trai lai, chi thich xem-x6t mat vat 8`L ina anh nhin-nhan c6 c6ng-dung. Anh ndi ; ttAnh thaykh6ng, c6 c€li ban-ls, m6. durQ.c. C6 c€'ii dinh `rit, thao du.Q'c» Anh Fontanet 1€\ mat

chinh,x€'ic.

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[liem la anhrat

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lai can, thi ch`'ing t6i cho la durqc muc-kich mat tan. tu6ng `i-dqi. Ong Petit-Pretre d6i vdi chi'ing t6i nhur cao len qua tarn mtrc. Chting t6i im-lang, nhin me-

mi6[ v6 ki8ng. D0i mat den lay cfia anh Fontanet sang

ri.rc va guong mat b6 nhs, manh-de, da l]inh 6ch cfia anh phan-khdi len. Chi6u lqi,

nhd den

chuy¢n

2{y. chi'Ing t6i

Gang

loo

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kich-thich mann ttiem va mu6n ngan di.r.tiiih ph^dn-chi

n:iy-n6 trong dau 6c chdng t6i. C6 ]a'y gia'y

lan, cirng

aiih Fontanet n6i \'a gic&'.v chi mau

vdi t6i: ]]ac bao

« Phai minh s6-cO-la lam

]]inh-khi nhu. cfia 6ng Petit-Pretre I.. })

Y-ki8n hay. Nhung chdng toi kh6ng lam sao tllTchien Oho clang-hoang duqc. T6i lam cai n6n c6i mar flnh Fontftnet ttl'6.ng la mfi trtim cfi& n}ia phh-thtiy.

T6i ben ndi : ttHai chting ta lap

mSt kho

bao-

tan8...»

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Ldi d§-nghi vui-long t6i, t6i v6 tay va reo mtrng ti€p-don. Chtlng toi d6ng.y mai sang se khdi-s¥, mac dau con mat trang sfr De Vz.rz.s. phai hgc.

Anh Fontanet

lap lai : «Tat ca chi-ti6t. Phai ghi

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ngfi. Nhurng toi n&m

thao-

thtrc tron mat khac d6ng-h6 tren giurdiig vl mai tram.

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ti.pc nghl

101

d6n }+-ttrdrig cao-ca lap met pho

,Srfe.

7ilt.6.r

PJ!d.n g6m nam muo'i quy%n, vdi tat-ca chi-tie't.

Chi'ing t6i kh&i dan pho Sfr ay.

Tinh

that,

hi¢n

gid t6i kh6ng bi6t tai sao h6i ay, clii'ing t6i lai bat dau ttr vua Teutobochus. Song d6 la churcrng-trinh cfia chi'ing t6i bat bu¢c phai th6.

Cliurorng thti. nhtrt dat chi'ing t6i

ti.udc vi vua Teutobochus,

cao ha

mu.oi tliur6.c xud

(0,m321), mu5n chac thi do theo hall-c6t tinh-cd da tim thay. Ngay ltic tien-khdi i]hai duro'ng dan vb.i m¢t 6ng kh6ng-16 du.dng a'}' ! Cuoc

gap-ga ghe-gdm that.

Chinh

anh Fontanet cting ngac-nhien. Anh bao

t6i :

ttphai

lurd[

qua

tren

6ng

Teu-

quysn

danh

tobochit s . »

T(^)i kh6ng d€`m.

Pho S`fi.nIT6.c

P/idp

g6m Ham

muro.i

ngtrng tai ch6 vua Teutobtjchus. Than 6i! 'rrong d6'i t6i, bi8t bao 1`aii toi da g€:lp lqi

chuy¢Ii quy6n sdch 6ng Kh8ng-16 I Bi8t h&o lan, khi sap-

sfra kh6i-sir mat c6ng tac vldai hay chi-buy met kinhdoanh quy-m6 nao thi t6i lai bi chan dtrng ham vi mat 6ii8 Teutobochus, g9i n6In-na la van-mang, 1inh-cdr, nhu-y8u !

T6i tr&lai mang-on va cau TI.di ban phudc cac 6ng Teutobochus, da chan ngan toi tren dudng nguy-1ii§m vin[`quang, va d6ng thdi d8 lai cho t6i hai ho-\Te trung-thanl` vd st.I d-an va ddi binh-di. Ca lifli dan hi§n-tti. v€\

yeu-thuro.ng t6i. T6i tat phai den clap tra lqi ta'm thanh, tinh ay.

102

QUYBN TRUY£N CbA BAN T0I

Phan anli Fontaiiet, anh `lj{`n t{`]].-tua'n Foiit€tnet i.i'ia

t6i lam luat-su,hoi-d6ng hang-tinh, quart.I}'' nhi€ii

c6iig-

ty, nghi-si, that la k5'-dieu rna tha'y anh ch€.\}T gi6'n rat thanLtinh gifra hai cang cdcl ta't-c€Pi nhti.ng 6ng Teutobochus

trong xa-hoi. N8u a vao dia-vi anh, ct'j 1§ toi s6 de'n ngan

lan bi gay s6ng mrii vi cac ong Teutobochus a'y,

EEE

VII UY-TfN CbA GIAO-SU. TU-Sf JUBAL

Tdi len ldp tim dqu-bi,long chtri\-chan sq.-set va tqudac, Tii.-sl Jubal la giao-su' 16.p c{y. i`ieng 6ng kh6ng c6 gi hung-dfi., 6ng kht^>ng c6 ve m¢)t ngird`i dc-d¢c, 6ng lai c6 v6

met ti8u-tho. ho'n. NluTI]g vi 6ng ng6i giai]g-dan cao, r¢ng.

vaden, b£{y nhieudd

lam

cho t6i thgy Ong

ding

b`Q'.

Ti6ng iiof vd mat iihili cfia Ong d6u hi§n-ttr, t6c 6ng c6 len, ]tdn Lily trcing, ti``iil-1£'ilili nh!`in-hall. C6 ]6 6ng lanh ii]iir

mat con cdru Ilo.n lal phai dieii m¢it vi gi€io-su.. Mt:it

h6m,

nic

t6i tlia}T

0iig trong ph6iig-tli5m {}.

trLrdlig, ben ii6i nh6 vdi 16i : (tang ta con ti.6 t|iid !it va

iidi balls mat 8iQn8 the' nao ay. T6i bat dau he't s9. 6ngkhi t6i tqu tha'y I]at-bu¢c i]iiai than-i]huc6iig. Chuy¢nxayi`a trong li'ic t6i

ti`;'i bai, mat

bai ljfuig van vaii cfitt tu-vi€ii-1r[r6`ng Gauthier, n6i va cdc d6`i vua dan-tien n[i.d.c Pliilp.

Tdi doc in6i c!`iu met inacli, nhu ld vie't dinh tlianh

met cbti. :

104

QU¥EN

TRU¥EN CbA

BAN

T0I

Vua Pharamondlalvuadautienchacacvua MadanFrancstaixtrGaulet6nlenng6i Vuaclodionchie'mthanhcambraik6vilavuaMerov6e„. Den day, t6i n3h'ng

bat va cir lap lai:

ilf6r.oz;6e,

il/t;I.oz;t;c, AIJ€rou6c, Van ay, vtra hfru-ich vtra em tai, nhac t6i nh6gvan pj'6b`ej'ufJe (tr:'mh kh6i) cfia ci`iu k6 la khi 11/6j.ot;6e

tri-vi, Lutece (thanh-ph6 Lutece) dut.]'c tranh kl]6i... Nhirng «tranli kh6i» cai gi ?T6i kh6i]g S€io ndi duo.c, vi da quen hi9m di. Thi'i-that, chuy¢n kh6ng mfty lam t6i iigacnhieii. T6i c6 }''-tu.dng Lutece ld m¢L bd ci.I. Tt`ji vui rna

Lhay ba dtro'ctr£'iiih kh6i, nhirng coiig-viec ci'ia

ba, tom

}€}.ilam t6i I.alit qu€tn-tarn. Kli8 thav,' 6Iig tu-sl Jubal

chti.ng mu6n tdi k8 chuy¢n thief-h€}i ncio md ba diTQ'c ti`dnh kh6i. T6i n6i «0..., M6i.ovee ....

a,a,oy>. Phai chi

a ldp tarn dT-bi nay c6 motchi'it tl.ic-1¢ €\i quen thi th6i, thi cliac t6i da iiinl*ng. Khong doan nfi.a. Anh Fontanet llg6i c€.uih, ch6 nhao t6i, 6ng Jubal lo gifia m6ng tay. Sftu

r6t ong nhac : ttsu` cudng-bao ctia Attila, Lutece dug.c tranh kh6i,>>

t\Aiih Nozi6i.e ne, n6u anh kh6ng thuQc ci\u van ay

tlii anh phai dat n6 lai, thay vi ddrng im. Anh c6 th8 ndi : "Cu¢c xam lang cfia Attila, Lutece duQic tranh.kh6i,» hay la , ttvi hung-than_ Attila, Lutece durqc tranh~kh6i.» hav ]ich-su hcrn :

€Tai-€lch cia ThuQng-D€, Lutece duqc tranh kh6i.» «A nh c6 {h§ they-d8i €hfr, mien gift dL'ing van-lust th6i»

QuyEN TRuyEN C6A BAN Tor

105

Ham ay t6i bi di8m xa'u; nhung 6ng Jubal cltrqc uy-tin ldn d6i vdi t6i, vi y-thcr 6ng rao-rat d6-ding, Uytin a'y vB sau con tang them nfra. 6ng Jubalc6 nhi¢m-vuday van-}]ham theo

sdch cfia

hat OngNo€l va Chapsal va day sfr theo quy8n SL'i. riiz.6.c

Phdp (Hi:toire de Fi.Once) cia 6ng \u-v.ieri-Lru&L\g GaLu-

thier, the' mi dng van kh6ng xflo-lang viec giang luan-ly

va ton.gi ao . Mat h6m, t6i kh6ng nhd

nhaii-dip nao, 6ng lay

giong nghiem-nghi n6i vd.i chting t6i : «Naycaccon, n6u phfii

trudng tqi nha, cac

tie'i]-i`u.dc

con lit-dcit

mat Ong

khoan-dai

t6ng-

ong nhur

ngndi dai-dien ci'ia Vua. Vay thi, vdi ci'ic inuc-su., dqi-di¢n

choThuqng-D8 dirdi tram, sao cdc cttn kh6iig cang t6 16ngt6n-kinh ? Thu'Qng-D6 cang c€iohcrn `'ua

chtifl

l]ao

nhieu tlii mi.ic-sur cang cao hen tang-tru6.ng bay nhieu.» Thud 5y t6i chu€L he` Lje'p-i`u.a.c vi t6iig-ti`u.6ng ]iao,

rna cfing kh6ng dinh don-tie'p t{}ng-tru.frng ttr m}' den lau v8 sau. Toi con chac-chtG`ii lt`i ne'u cti `'!

de'n nha ngay a'y me t6i s6 du6i tdi xu5ng 5n

t8iig-lrur&ns

chung vdi

ma'y chi 6., nhu.,kh6 thay. ba da thudrng liim va}T mfji khic6 ti¢c. T6i l€.ii cans i[1ii8u hen sao cfic iiii.ic-su lqi

duqckinh-trQng qu€i th6 va

ne'u dcm su.-that dd ap-dung

Oho 6ng Jubal thi long t6i h6i-hop `'6+Ofiiig. Nhd lai, trii'd.c

mat 6ng, t6i c6 cot met hinh ii¢m giay sail lung anli Fon. tanet. Lam iihu va}' c6 16-ph6p chruig ? T6i c6 c¢t n¢m

gi#y sau lu.ng anh Fontanet trudc mat 6ng tang-tru6`ng chang ? Chac la kh6ng. The' rna

t6i cot hinh gi€{y 2{y,

QUYEN TRU¥BN CbA BAN T0I

106

that ra 6ngJubal kh6ng hay bi6t, nhung ltic bay-gid c6 mat 6ng va n8u tdr d6, toi c6 nh6t sdi nhs vao c6 ao anh Fontanet trong gid hQc, hay ve vung-vg hinh ngu'di ngay tren ban 6ng Jubal thi it ra t6i da halnh-d¢ng vdi si.r loai-chi tha'u-ddo ca Lam rang Ion v6 t©i-16i cfia t6i.

Sciu d6 met thdi-gian, fbi lai cd dip lu.a.ng du¢c long sling dao trang-nghi6m cti€\ 6ng .Ju]]fll.

Mat ham, t6i a trong ti8u-git'io-dud.ng `76.i vai ba ban d8 chd de'n luQ't xu.ng t¢i.

Trdri vtra

slip

t6i.

Anh

md ci°ia ngQn den b2{t-diet lam rung-rinh cac ng6i sflo vangLreii voin nha thd m6. s€*`m. 6' cu6i ph6ng xu6Iig

kinh, plio

tu.a.ng Thdnh-}Ii=`u D6ng-Trinh son mau da

|]h€ti lqt nhu. met canh hien h6n. Ban thd chat-Lich binh boa ph6t vang cam bang ; m¢[ mhi tram phi°ii]g_ phat trong kh6ng-khi, ngu.dri ta thodiig th^dy chap-chdn ca ngan thtr, va cai bu6n, cho den d6i cL;,i bu6n, n6i kh8 lan ay cfi€i tr6 con, 116 ci~ing du'eym niau em-diu trong bau khong-khi cfi€i ti8u-giAo-durdng nay. Tdi tu.dng chtriig nhu. 6` phi€i ban thd`, gis.io-dudrng dung tdi thien-

dudn8. Ti.di t6i ban.

Thinh-linh t6i

tha}T t^>ng Jubal cam

d€n 16ng budi., tdi ph6ng xurdng kinh. Ong qu}T g6i bdi that

sau r6i m6. songsat budc len b¥c ban thd. T6i chain-chi'i nhin 6ng. Ong m6. g6i bay rcl nhib`u `'d]ig boa gia. gi6hg cac l]oa anh-dao rna den th€ing bay cb nhi§u niu gia dem ban ngoai dudng. Tdi kinh-phuc khi {hay 6ng

giao-su t6i den gan tuqng Ong tu~s? oi! Ong d8 mat

«Ti`inh-Khi^6t Hoai-th€\i.» nhtim dinh trong mi¢ng

107

QUYEN TRUYEN COA BAN TOE

dng day I Li.Ic dan tdi squ 6ng nu6t di, nhung chi la d6

cho vtr.a tarn tay 6ng. Ong mac leo len ghe' dau va kh6'i squ d6Iig dinh may day 'bchg chung quanh cdi be trong tudngdat tuQ.ng Thanh-Man. Nhung thinh-thoang 6ng xu5ng ghe' lui r€i x€` d8 ngam-nghia, va 6ng rat bang long ke't-qua c6ng-ti.iiili 6ng; rna 6iig d6, mat 6ng sdii_g, dng dfi min-cudi ne'u kh6ng c6 mi'y clay dinh dng Iigam gifra rang. T6i, t6ikham-phi.ic 6ng h8t tinli. Va tuy cay den 16i]g du.6Ji d^dt rQi len 16 mfii

6ng ni¢t cdch bu6n

cud.i, t6i cling tli2{y 6iig ra't xinh. Chtrng d6 t6i m6.i hi8u

rang 6ngtren hcing ci'tc t6ng-tru.6'ng, nliu 6ng da tim chi trong bcli giaiig kli6n-kh6o cfia 6ng. T6i nghl r€ing dau d¢i kim-kli6i, ng6i tren b€.tch-mri tt8 x6ng-i]ha lh;ing Lrau ci~ing kh6ng dci] va thic.h-y bfing treo v6ng hoi` lren tu6.ng ct'ia tis,u-gido-dtrd`ng. T6i

li6ii

clu.t.t'c

1]ie'[

i`ang

khuynh-hudng ci'Ia t6i la b5lt chu-6.c 6ng. Chi6u k.ii, a nh€t.

t6i ]3aL chu'dc

dng, lay

keo

ci.ia

me t6i, cat t€{t-ca gi§y gi t6i tim duQ'c d8 lam v6ng boa.

vi vciy mar mci'}7 bai hgc ci'ia t6i bi be-tr6. Bai hoe Phap_ v£Uin cfia t6i con bi thi¢tJiai be_tr€ nhi6u hon nfra.

D6 la niot bfii lam theo sdch gi€io.khoa ci'ia mat 6ng Coquempot nao d6, rna quy3n scS~ch

la met qi`i}`§n

doc. T6i kh6ng thtl_oan gi, va r!^e'u tac-gia ^£y c6

€``c-

met

cai ten i[ d6 nhd ho'n, tlii t6i da quen d6-clang r6i. th8 quen Coquempc)t. T6i kh6ng inu6n

Nhit.ng j`=h6ng

l{?.i-dtmg hofi]i-canh

il_gall-nhien

£{?T t[g ch6ng d`5i

Song lephai chophep t6i ngcic-!ithi6n

sao lai b2it

6ng.

phai

lam, lain chi nhii.ng b€`ii-tap kli8-s6' den tht; d8 hQc mt:]t

thrr tie'ng gQi la ti6ng in?-d6, rna mg t6i dc?y t6i I.a't hay,

108

QU¥EN TRUTBN CbA BAN T0I

bfing each n6i chuyen vdi t6i. Vi me toi n6i chuy¢n that tuyet I

Nhung 6ng Jubal da tham-nhi6m

c6ng-dung ctia

Coquempot va nhir chua th8 tha'u-hi8u ly-16 cfia t6i. men 6ng cho toi di8m xau. Nam hQc k6t-thtic khdng c6

gi clang k8 ho'n. Anh Fontanet nu6i sau tarn trong hoctfianh, vat6i, vitny-ai, cting nu6i sau tarn, tuy t6i g6.in 'chting lam. Anh Fontanet thh Goquempo, m6i thti chung ayk8l-hqp chting t6i. Ng6i trong lop, ngl]e dell ten Coquempot, lil chriiig t6i dua mat tinh~}'r ng6 nhau va nhanmatdayy-nghra. Nhu vay lh chting t6i phuctLh dd. Anh Fontanet ndi i`ieng vdri t6i rang ne'u len ldp tan mh combat hoc Coquempol nfi'a thi anh tinh-nguyen

lam tliu}''-thfi nh6 tren mat chi6c tau to. Quy€t-dinli a'y hap vdi y t6i, men t6i htra s6 chng tinh-nguyen vdi anh. Chting t6i k6t tinh ban-tlii6t vdi nhau.

Ngay phat phan thu'6ng, kh6ng ai nhin ra anh Fontanet va t6i. Cd 16 tai vi cliting t6i duro.c c,h.ii-gfr tie|n_ tat. Ao ngan mdi, quan dai trang cfia chting t6i, 16u rap bang vai tr6o go, phi.I-huynh hQc-sinli tap-nap tdi, dai 1]¢ treo daycd-xi, tat-ca d§u khi8n t6i h6i-hop, ban-cli6n nhu trong cu¢c dqi-16. Sach va vdng hoa chat thanh

mat d6ng sang-ra, rna trong ay t6i lo.tang tim doan phannaocfia t6iva ng6i tren bang, tdi cam th2{y rtmg mill_h. Song anh Fontanet, khan-Iigoan hen, kh6ng tim bi6t s5-phan minh. Anh gifi' v6 binh-ffnh ding phu.c. cai clau be nh6 t6-m6 ci'-ta ann xoay di'i hu.dug; anh d8y den cdc mti+i di-binb cfia may 6ng cha va c&c kigu nan

QUVEN TRUYEN CbA BAN TOI

109

15-lang cfia mary ba in?, met cach tinli-tri rna t6i kh6ng th§ lam duqic.

Nhac tr8i len. Ong hi¢u-tru&ng khodc chi€c ao choang 16 nhs tren ao thay tu, hien ra tren khan-dai. cflnh ben vi dai-turdng mac sac phuc dai-16, va dtrng trudrccac vi giao-su. T6i nhan ra cdc 6ng sau nay dd ca. HQ ng6i xu6ng ch6 theo thti bquc, sau vi d{?i-tudng :

dau he't la 6ng ph6 hieu-trudiig; ke' mary gido-su ldp |drn, den dng Schuwer, giao-sur am-nhac; 6ng Trouillon.

gido-su. tap vi8t va thay d¢i Morin, day the-di.ic. OIig tusf .Tubal ra mat c`h6t h€tva ng6i trong g6c, tren cdi gh8 dan con kh8-s6'. Vi thie'[i ch6, men cbi dat duQ'c cb ba chan tT.en bquc, chan thri. tir cid rach vai 16u. Vay rna ong

Jubiil con kh6ng th8 gift. ch6 khiem-t6n a'y lau du¢c nfra chtr. Nhi6u ngudi mdi tdi dan dng tu6t v6 96c va dng bi ld co. che khuat mat. Ngu.6'i ta dat cai ban tren ch6 0ng, the la h6t. Anh Font£`net r^dt vui-thich `'6 chuy¢n dep ma't ncriy. Plian t6i, t6i that ngu.qng-ngtlng rna tha'y sau ngu6.i {a lc?i d8 &\ trong xd g6c, nhu. mat ca}' gay,

hay mat car dh, mat iihan-`tat tdi-ba `r6 m6n k6t-boa va lam tlio., lai la dai-di¢n cho Thu.9'ng-D8 dudi tram llllu. Vay.

VIII

N6N CAT-KET cbA

ANH FONTANET

M6i thin bay, chi'ing t6i dil.gc dan di xung tSi. Ne'u ai n6i di[Q.c gihm toi d8 lam gi thi t6i ra't inh'iig. Tapti.ic, ci'y gqi long tl]alih-kinh va n6i bu6n-ch€in cho t6i nhi6ti. Tbi kh6ng tin cha tu)Ten-u}'T that-si.I cht'i-y nghe •t¢i-16i cfia t6i, nhu.iig t6i lc?i r2{t kh6-chin phai n6i ra

vdi cha, Ci'ii kh6 thti. nhi'rt lfi tim ra tt`ji. C6 16 ban tin t6i n5u t6i n6i I-cing ll'ic mu.di tll8i, t6i khong c6 dtrc-tanh v6 tarn-1inh `Tdi phu'o.ng-phap ph{`in -t€`cli d6 c6 th8 gil'lp t6i d6-x6t hgp-ljr n¢i-tarn t6i.

Tuy nhi6ii, pliai cd toi-16i mdi durQc, vi ne.u kholig

cd toi thi kh6ng cd xung t¢i.

That i`a, tdi duQ'c phat

Oho met cr.6n sdch nhs ghi I.dnh ta't-ca toi-16i. T6i chi chQn Ipa thai. Nhung ll.1'a chQn kh6 qua. T6i doc tl.ong t|uy8n sach a'y : ttT6i tt.I.-thi.'i la i6i da that-vgng. T6i ti.1.tlii.I Ldi

l£`i

b,^ji-|`(^ji

nglie chuy¢n

I;guj>.

Cli6 na}'

con

l!mi

cho

llhi€u.

Th6' men, thudng thLi.6.ng lt`ii chtlit de'n iiii.ic tri. Dt=`ng--ti`i a nliii }je'|], clang-tri

ti-olig

khi

iiii,

d£`ingt`lai!g-

QuyEN TRU¥BN cbA BAr\T T0I

„EII

trj tiTong cdc cu¢c tth¢i,ngh!S, [6i xuiig t.,¢i

tart-ca, va

t.:'`i ti`6ng-r6ng clang thuo'i]g-hqi cfia luong-t€^im t6i khie'n

t6i xa'u-h6 nhi6u.

T6i ra't xa'u-h8 vi kh6ng c6 t¢i.

Sau r6t, met ham, t6i nghi den cdi nan cat-ke't cfla anh Fontanet; t6i tim ra t¢i cfia toi r6i; t6i dlrqc cti.u nguy !

K8 ttr ngay a'y, thtr bay nao chan cha tuyen-uy ca sti.c Fontanet. V§ cdch t6i

khac,

lam

n€:mg

t6i ctiiig trtit dudi cfia

cdi nan

thiet-hal vaL s6.-hfi.Li

thi chie'c nan fi'y

gQ.i cho t6i,

cfia

Lrolig

anh

ngu.di

vai phtit,

m6i thii. bay, nhi§u n6i lo-cqu manh-lief clio si..r ctrii-r6i linh-h6n 16i. T6i d6cat day nan, t6i quang nan tren

cay r6i phai chQi da cho lidn I.a.I xu6ng nhu choi trai cay chua chin ; 16i dting n6 nhu. m¢t nhi-gis d8

chhi hinh phiiii tren bang den; t6i lieng qua ctia ham nha cho nd lot trong ma'y ham kh6 vo durqc, vcr khi rakh6i lap, anh Fontanet tai gi6i ran tim 1.a du.9.c, thi n6n chi la met manh rach ban-thin. Song c6m¢t ba tien canh chh.ng d8n s6-|]han cfia cdi nan, vi ngay mai n6 hi¢n tren dan aiih Fontanet trong hinh-thtrc ba't-ngd, mat cat-ke't sc?ch-s5, d6-coi, co-h6 dep nfra. Va m6i ngaly d3ii nhu. vay. Ba lien?`'yla clii cfia anli

Fc,ntanet.

N¢i di8m d6, c6 tli8

u.dc-doan chi kh6o tali

n¢i-trg. C6 met lan, troiig ltic t6i quy g6i du.di he tod-an thieng-lieng thi cai nan cat-ke't anh Fontanet d5_ bi t6i

112

QUYEN TRUYEN

CBA BAN T0I

nhan dudi day h6, trong sam choi. Vi va}' men tlnh-the t6i ltic ay cb mat cai gi hoi khd-nghI. Va an-tinh nato khi8n t6i ch6iig-d6i cai cat-k6t kiaL ?

Met han thtl.

Anh Fontanet hanh-hc? t6i chi vi cai cap dc` ki8uxua valathirdng rna 6ng cau toi, ngudi tanh ti6t-kiem, da tang t6i dÂ§ lam kh6 t6i. Cap qua lan d6i v6.i t6i, vat t6i quc4 nh6 d6i vdi n6. Va lai, cap d6 kh6ng gi6ng mat cap da,vi le nd kh6ng phai cai cap da. Xy la mat b6p to dqung giay t6' cti, k6o I.a nhu. cay ddn phong-cam rna ngudi thq da cfia cau t6i dinh them c.4i dai. H6i d6,t6i gdm,gh6t b6t rfo'y lam, kh6ng |]hai kh6ng ly-do. Nhung Sid day t6i kh6ng tha'y n6 qua xci'u-te de'n bi khinh-Inlet. 85p 1]ang da de, mhu d6, vi6n Ten vans in.? tren cai kh6a d6ng cd hinh met v6ng mien va buy-hieu hi hu}'r nat., Mi6ng lufl phai mau, li'ic trudc chac, man xfliih, lot phial trong cap. Phai cap fry con, t6i se ngam-nghia nb

ky the' nao I Vi theo t6i nhdr thi cai v6ng-mieii, chac la

vuongmien cfia vua, va tren buy-hieu hinh cdi khien con thay r6 (tl.tr khi t6i mcr) ba bang hue rna dau dao nhip cao kh6ng sach, ba'y gid t6i nghi chac la cai b5p a'y, g6c trudc do ctia met Ong bo-tru6ng nao ddi vua Louis Thap Luc. Nhung anh Fontanet kh6ng h6 k8 lilc trudc cap a'y lal gi, h6 tha'y cap tren lung t6i la kh6ng sao kh6i nem valo nhfrng h6n tuy8t hay trdi de An-DO, tu}h theo m``ia, va

b;anh cao-su thi quanh nan. Trong chuyÂ˘n nay, cac ban t6i, va chinh anh Fonta-

QuyaN TRuyBN cbA BAN TOI

113

IIetchi cd m¢tdi§u d6-ky vdi cap da t6i,1a sap di-hinh cfifl nd. Nd kh6,ng gi6ng cac cap khac, vi vay mar nd tao

cho t6i bao nhieu n6i kh6, Tr6 nit cd m¢t tarn-h6n ctrngran v8 binh-clang. Chi'Ing kh6ng chiu thtr gi khac-la hay dac-sac. Chinh ca-tanh d6 ong can t6i kh6ng d§-y den. khi cho t6i t±:ing-vat tai-hqi a'y. Cap t`i'ia anh Fontanet xau-te ; hai anh ld.n ci°Ia anh thfly phien le nd tren gh€ nha trudng, cap h6t con do. them duqc; da r€'ich mudrp va lfing18, khuy gai mat h8t, thay the' bang day nhQ' ; nhung vi cap kh6ng c6 gi khac lq, aiih Fontanet kh6ng h6 bi qufty-ray.

Con t6i mang cap ti.e]i lung, vtra v6 s.an-trudng, la bi met tram h6-h6t', bao vay, x6 day de'n t6 sa]] n:®iin dai. Anh Fontanet gQi nhu vay lch batt6i lalm r[ia, i.6i aiih leo len mai ci9ia t6i. Aiih kh6ng nang mary, nhu.ng t6i xau-li8 qu€i. Vtra di'i.ng day duQ'c la t6i nhay cht.ip nt'm cdt-ke't anli. Than Oi ! cL'it-ke't anh lu6n-lu6n m6.i 16t va cap da t6i

kh6ng h6 bi hir durqc. Va chu}'en liung-b?o cfia clii'ing t6i tie'p n5i do mat dinh.mqng khat-khc, nhll. cc4c t¢i.ac troiig

ng6i nha c8 ci.ia gia-dinh Atrides.

I+-

IX L¢I CU6I-CUNG C¢A DECIUS

MUS

Sang nay, trong ltic t6i tim xem s`dc]] tqi hang lj€in sach`cti ti`en lJd

song, t6i

th€i'y 11.ong m¢L li¢p hai

xii

quy6n sdch 16 b¢ chflTite-Live. T6i laf so. qua va tinhcd gap cau : «Nh6m tan quan La.Ma den thanh Canu-

sium nhd dem t6i.)) Va cau a'y nh€6tc t6i nhd |ai 6ng Chotard. Ma h6 nhd tdi 6ngchotard la t6i guy-nghi met h6i lau. Ve nha, den bfra tin t6i cting con nbd. Vi t6i con mim-curdri, men t6i bi hdi duyen.cd.

- Duyen-cd ha cc+c con, chinh la 6ng Chotard.

_ Ong Chotard nao lam ba cudi vay ? - Ba se tliuat

cho cdc

con

nghe. Ne.u

cc4c con bu6n chi'in, cac con cfing iien gia.b¢

ba lam nghe ba

d3 ba tin-tur&ng rang ba a,6 thucit lc?i t.,hu}'en kh6ng |]hai cho chinh minh nghe.>>

«T6i durgc

mudi b6n

tu8i va Gang

hoe ld'p de

tarn. Ong gido-sun ciDia t@i, ten la Chotard, c6 m¢t nirdc da tLTo]i-n& cfia thay tu, va chin_h 6ng la mat.

11.i

QUYE\T TRUYE\' CtTA 8+:\' T(`}l

ttsLr-hti}-nh Chotard sau khi

dE`+

ld m¢t

c()n

€,hit_ill_

hian+1anh trong chu6ng ch.u cfia th£'ii]h Fran{:,ois, vcio

nciml830, lc?i hoan-tiic, tri'it b6 flo thay tu d§ mac yphi.ic thg-tuc, song kh6ng sao mac cho thanh-nhri du.Q.c.. Su-huynh Cho{ard h€inh.tit:jng nhir vay vi ly-tio nao ? K€], thi

ndi

vitinh, k6 lai n6i v`i

nga.\' t|uang-vilih (tL'i.c Ci'ich-mt?ng nan

riiu cat

v2io

la. 27,

sQ.,

28, `29

`r€`i bai tli€'mg

1830), d±`in l{`im ]ji'i chfi

ma'}T tu-sf 6' ...,

n6n

hallih-hc? kli6i ]ii t¢]i to,

cu¢c

t`6 lieng v€ii l8.I

thay

dt`>iig

li6n nliay qua tu.dng iiha tii, d8 tr£'mh cho tli

ba}r

ngu.t.j.c-dai

Chotai.d

mLi'y m¢]L

ngu.dri [h;^iy tti

d6ng thi'unh Fi.aii€ois. ttThav d6ngtt.iiili t5L a.y i{`i |i]¢i

ki8ii. C)ng duo.c

1`niiiig-{i.at,

r]iia

tta_i,€v`n

{]`[t°t[Tg_

dt?}T hgc vi`i sfing m¢t Cir¢t.,

{Idi sling-m`m de'n d6i t6c 6ng hoa-r€``in, md 6ng bang-liao mfii 6iigd6, khitoivac€'ic ban

du.gc dan tdri l]e

giai]g-

dancfia 6ng. «'rhatla met 6iig gido-sir

hi6'u-OIL.Le'n

12im

`3ao

i.,fia

ldp d¢ tan chiing t6i I Pliai nh`iri t^]ng klii lay 6ng cant bz`ii

hoe, 6ng dan binh-lilih cfia tu.dng BI'utus tdri tan Philippes. Gan-da lam sao ! Tarn-h6n cao-ca lalm sao I Anli-hliiig lam sao I Nhtrng 6ng lL.ra ltic d8 lam anh-h[ing \7al ll'lc ^dy

kh6ng phailal th6.i hi¢n-t4i. Oiig Chotard tliurdng t6 ra lou

i:iu va sQ.-set su6t tldi 6ng. Ngirdi ta nhat ong ra't d6. «Ong sQ'k6 ti`Om, ch6 dien, sam-set, xe-c¢ va ta't-ea

iihfi.ng g`i, xa ha}t gan, c6 the tan-hai den da-th!t met nguJdi lu'o.ng-thien.

t{N6ithat ra thi chi cd than-xtic 6ng a. vdi cht'ing t6i,

QuyaN TRuyEN c€TA BAN TOI

116

con {±^mi-hbn

6ng lhi a vi?

tuy¢t-hao a}T

s6ng

ddi thuQ'ng-c£5.

Con

liglr6`i

\'6.i \Ti.ia L6o]iidas 6' Thermoi]yles ;

trong ]]i8n Sftlamjne, tren h.iilhu`T§n f i'ia Th6mistocle; tai cdc c<fanh d6iig 6. r,alines (Y-clai-lei) gan chra'ii-chink-t|uan Paiil-Emile : (`tng t€, minh 6ng {-I`am im'ui. ti..ong h6 Trasi-

mene, rna it ]±`m s€`ii, m¢jt ngu. phil t`im m{}. clii6c nhan

hi¢p.slla-rna ci'ia 6ng. T.ii Ph€`rsale,, 6ng du.o.ng-dau vdi

C6sar va cac than-liiih; 6ng vung tloan-kie'm gay tren xac tu.ding Varus, trong rtrng H3rcynie. Qua that la mat quan-nhan lil.ng-danli.

«Qua-quye't hy-sinh mang 6iig

tren b6. song Aegos-

Potamos, va u{`;ng can ly ru.Q.u giai-ph6ng trong thanh Namance bi vcAv.ham, 6ng Cliotard kh6ng che b6 16i dting chie'n-lirg'c i)!{t-Jh€1ii'[i, ii`iu. in:{y tu.6'ng-lank inuru-m6.

((Mat h6m 6ngcholal`d ndi vdi cliting toi, trong li'ic chu-giai mSt bai van cL'ia Elien : Mt.)t chie'n.Iurgc clang

khuyen-dan la du qu€in-dicli lQtvao trong khe ntii r6i tieu-diet chtiii8 dud.i iiitlii8 da.

ttong kh6ng n6i vdi chhng t6i coi quan dich

thudng-triu.d'ng

vLii-16;ig d6 clio bi dieu-d¢ng nhu th6 chang. |`hu'ng [6ichng gapthiiat d€n diem iiao Ong Cho-

tard noi_danli ti.ong tri.oc cac hQc-tr6 0ng. t{Ong cho chting

t6i d6 bai thi, vtrti

chti.

La-tinh

`Tdra chin i'hap ve cde tram ddiih, cdc cuoc congham, cdc 16giai.oan,16 cau-phiic, va chinn lhc dgc lqi

may bai

sti.a ma6ng thi-Lh6 net ca tai htlng-bien cua ong. Tr6ng haing6ii-ngfi.,16i van va cach doc

m¢t nhi¢t-thanh hie'u-chi6n. C6 lric

ct'ia dng d6u bi8u-l¢

6ng

I]gtrng

d6ng

117

QU¥EN TRuyEN C6A BAN T0I

tu._tu6'ng d8 phan-phat vcii trtrng-pllat dcing toi cho chting

toi, nhu'ng giong ndictia 6ng van cdnoanh-li¢t tdi chngdo a}', vith6 mi lan-lugt, Ong dhng m¢tgiQngnhur tu'dnglanh kliich-1e qufinlinhthud xua, va nhu mt:jt giao-sur lop de tan phan-ph€'it bai phat, 6ng gieo trong dan-6c hQc-

tr6 mat m6i lo-scr calng to Ion vi khong sao doan duQc 6ng turdng-lanh hay 6ng giao-sur clang nbi day.

M¢t h6m

6ng cao-htrngt§t-d¢, trong mat bai di6n-van v6-song. Bai di6n van a'y, chi'ing t6i dan thu¢c long; t6i da thantrQng chep n6 vao tap, kh6ng b6 sd{ chfr nao. «Dav la bai di6n-van v nhu t6i da clang nghe ntia, va hinh

nghe, v€i can

nhu giQng ddt-dd`t cfia On8

Chotard vc§n con vang-d¢>i dav tai t6i, met each nghieln-

trang dau-d§u.

Ldl CU6l CUNG CUA DEGIUS MUS «S£®`p hy-sinh Oho than

Maries

ngi.1.a hung-hang, Decius Mus qiiay

va thi'[c

h6ng con

lai cac ban d6ng-

ngfi lan ch6t va n6i : - N6u cac ngurdi

kh6ng

gifi'

yen-lang.

ttta't-ca kh6ng cho ra ngoali. Vi t8-qu6c, t6i

«thanh ba't-tfr,

tr6g-

H6 th&m chd t6i. Toi se ch8t d8 ctru

«qu6c. Anh Eontanet, chep «cuo'ng-y6u

toi phat

La~tinh

Oho t6i mudi

ngfr. Vd'i

ti-ang salch

ch£'inh-sach khan-kh6o,

tt.Jupiter Capitolinus, than h©-v¢ trudng.cfi.u cfia Thanh «ph6 Bat-Diet, da nhti't dinh nhur th6. Anh Noziere, «dudng nhu anh con dua bai cho anb Fontflnet ch6p,

QUYE`T TRUYBN CtTA BAN

118

« theo

I,€:`t t|ue]i cfia anh ca.y, thi t6i sa

t` anh. Met c6ng-dan h}'-sanh cho si.I. « thcit la ch{'`nli-dc4ng

vi€1

the.

Oho ba

ciru-iiguy

ira can-thi8t vay.

Tor

chung

Ha)7 trdc mu6n

¢t theo t6i cli`iy va di`T.ng kh6c t6i. Curdi kh6ng du)Ten-cd

« la ngu-ng6c. Anh NozilJi.e thi'i. nan nay Se bi phat a « lai. Gu.ong sang cfia t6i s6 s6ng mai `Tdi cac ngudi. « N6 c€ic anh, giQng

cLrdi

che'-nhqo cfia cac anh th.it lin

tt khi8m.nba, t6i kh6iig th8 tha-thi'r dupe, t6i se phdctttrinh len dng hieu-tru&ng v§ hc?nh-ki8m cac anh. t{ Va t6i th€i'y

trong

cl-Lanh-di¢n Elys6e, Ind rang cho

«.Iinh-h6n ! c€'ic da'ng anh-hhng hao,kiet, cdc nfr d6ng-

« trinh n6n Gong-h6a de'n tl.eo day bang giffy du.dri chan« dung t6i.»

ttH6i d6 t6i

c6 m¢t

nang,lTc

cudi d6i.da-o.

cudi qua d6i sau ma'y ldi cu6i.c[ing cfia

T6i

D6cius Mus, va

khi gt.ri Oho chtlng t6i mat duy6n-cd dich-ding d8 cudi, 81]g Chot{ird lc?i n6i them la cirdi rna kh6ng duyen-cd la i]gu-ng5c,, t6i hen gi€[u d`auvao cu6n tqu-di8Ii r6i cTrdi nga't

de'nm2{t he't cam-gi€'i`c.H6i murd`i

lam tu6i,

ai rna

kh6i

bi mat tram phat tdi-ta'p vi mat tram cudi dien khd iiin duqc, ta't kh6ng hudng trQn khoai-cam.

« Nhung

trong

dtt'i]g ttr&ng

t6i

s&_ti.irdng

lop rna th6i d€`ui. T6i la met

nha

|eu.h9>ng

i`8-di8n-hoc

con be, theo 15i cfia t6i, 'J`6ibi8t cam nianh v§ nhfrng gi kh:i-di va cao-qii)'' ti.ong cai rna ngud'i ta `qQi ra't d`'iug lam`~7-tdr.

QLT¥EN TRuyEN CbA BAN Tot

11(J

«H6i dd, t6i da c6 mat s6.-thicli v6 van hay cfia

La-tinh v.i Phap rna de'n ngay

nay t6i chu.a b6 m^dt,

mac dau cd nhi6u 16`i khu}'en va nhfi'ng guong cfia cdc b£.in d6ng-thdi t6t-s6 cfia t6i. Va phuong-dien

a'}-,

chu}T¢n

d6 Kay i`a cho t6i cting nhu da xay de'n met c€'ich th6ngthudngcho nhfi.ng ngurdi rna cac tin-tur&ng bi khinhbi. T6i tThao v6 nhfrng gi rna c6 le chi la mob 16-lang.

T6i gan-li trongvfin-churo.ng cda {6i va tt)i

van con la

met nha van c8-dian. Ngudi ta c6 th8 Oho t6i la quy-

phai hay quan lieu, nhung fbi tin-tudng rang s:.iu hay bay nam trau-d6i van-chirong, s5 den cho tri-6c, chtianbi chu-d€'io d8 thau-thap n6,

manh thanh-nhs, m¢>t v6

m¢t v8 cao qu}.r, met Si'i.c

dep rna kh6ng ai ti^e'p nhan

bang phu.ong.ph€'ip nao khac durQ.c.

ttRiengt6i, t6i thu6.ng-thtrc tliti-vi Sophoclc vci

\Tir-

gile. Ong Chotart]., thi'i-[Iiat, 6ng Chotard nhdr c6 'I`itcLive, gQ.i cho toinhi8u gici'c-ino cao-ca. Tri tu.&ng-tu'qng cfiii tr6colitliat lalkir-di6u. la}T tliodng qua tron`q

\'!i ]ji€i't }jao

daii-dc i`t'ic

Chotarcl kh6nggQ.i clio [di

h`inh-anh l¢iig-

tr6 leu,16iig I Kl]i 6ng

m¢t (.o'Ii cu.6.i kht'j

nliin,

th`i

611g lqi cho [6i di£\'-cli'i li€``ii-hotiii.

((}16i klli V6.i g.long

pha|igia, 6ng

cb€:mi c]i€:im

qu£`in La-M£`i tle'n th#}' l{:ing~18

dd'[-d6`1

[li6t

i`tla

ii¢n

in(;)I

I.all :

\ri

ttNht'>ni tziii-

[Lhanli Ciimi^qiiim iih¢7 dein

tht)all.S

([iiti,

(iu.6`i

dnli Li`tuing,

ti`6ng, tren colt du.(j`iig hiti ben d.a.`.

ni6, gidi] s:it lie'[ bdiig-lo€ing,

tt`ji»

liu.-li6ng,

l±t tdi

lron`q

m6-mii. iihi8ii

in.:it :`anh`xao, bt>-iiet mau-me `'a b`i.ii-bani, iidii

thit\.jt-

d6iig

gu't].iig

.qcpiL m6o-

doi'\n ki^e'm ga}'.

120

QUÂĽEN TRUYEN CbA BAN T0I

Va ao-tudng a}', ld-md, chain-chap tan lan, rat la trangnghiem am-dam va kieu-hhng lam sao, den d6i tim trong 16iig ngirc

t6i

nhay

mqnh vi

thin-I)h,.1C.

`ap``

dau-thucrng

X C6 ~ DIEN -HoC

T6i Kin k§ cho b£.in nglie -nliti'iig di6iLi rna, ni6i

mvim

khi trdi thu lay-d¢ng, bfi.a £Uin chiau i;£n c-ir`u ng6i clu.6.i

bang den va la iria vaiig ti`en canh ca}' i`iin-I.ay iiliac i6i nh6. lc?i; t6i Kin k8 Oho 1)qn iighe nhtiiig gi tdi th2{}7 khi

t6i bang qua vurdii Ijuxembourg ti`oiig inff.v iigdy dau thu, vu.dn hlc 2{}T ilo.i ]ju6ii `r!i dei) lio'n bao gid. ha't. Vi t{t't I:i

ldc la vang. 1.o.i lac-d£'ic

ti.eii c.€'ic ijho

tirt.j.iig trang phau.

Li'ic ba'y gid t6i tha}t lrong vu.6.ii kia ni¢t chi'i }t6, ta.y thQt.

v6 ttii, capmaiigti`en lu.[ig, clang tli tr6n durdiig, iihaynh6t nhu. con chim sdi. Gil.i c6 ti.i nhd t6i tha'v chd bt5 #`'

rna th6i, \'i chtila m¢t hinli-bang, b6ng ci'ia thang Zdi. h6i hai mu.oi lam Ham triT6`c. That tiiih, t6i u€`_thich chti a\lam ; khi con chi.I, t6i kh6ng h6 ql.lan_t£```m, nhu`ng gi6' da`'

chti kh6ng con nfi.a, t6i lai cang I;eu chri them nhi€u. Ka 1.a chu hen ta't-ca cactbi``tng €dz. kht'tc, sau khi chi'i dfi

ttmca'tj>

di. C,lii'i r2{t Gang-tri nhlrng kht``Hig d¢c-dc, rna t6i I)hfii nhin-

nhan la chti kh6ng h8 d8 Oho t6i mdt k`°T-niem xa'u-xa nao. That la t6i da m2{t mt:>l chi'i nga}T-tho. Le c6 rihi6n t6i m€r`_--

tie'c chi.I,16 c6 nhien toi phaj thay lai chi'i trong tri-nhd'

va tri toi thudng thich h6i-iu&ng lai chi'i.

QuyEN TRUYEN C6A BAN TOI

12.2

Cach day hai muoi lam

nam, cting vao thu nay,

chi'i bang qua vurdn xinh d?p fi'y, tr!.I.dc tcim gid d6 di hQc. L6i]g a,hrh ho.i nao-bu6n, vi d6 la ngay tquu-trudrng. Song le, chL'i van li_ang-hai burdc mau, sach mang tr6n lu`ng. va b6ng-vu trong tL'ii. {'-tuang gap lai cac b€in cfi

khi6n chii h£`i{n-hoan trong da. C6 bi6t I)ao chuyen d8 n6i va d8 nghe ! Chi'i can bie't ctji anh Laboriette c6 di san th£:it

tinh trong rti.ng Aigle hay chang ? Glii'i

phfii clap ri.ing

cliiiih chi'i da cii.6.i ngi.I.a trong ni'ii Au`Tergne chd'. Khi da

lam met \'ie,c nhu vay, nao i3hai d8 gi.iu-gie'm daii. Va gcip |ai ciic b£.in ca [h€}t la vui-v6

l±im

sao ! Da ldu t|iia r6i,

chi'i chu.a gap anh Font:inct, Iigudi I)€.in {hi`m da clie.-nhao

t`hi'i met ctich nhs-nhan, d€\-chiu, anh Font€uie'L v6c ldn kh6ngho'n con chLit:itc6ng mfl lnurll-m6

con

lion Ulysse,

li'ic iiao ctir.gdL'rng dau s6 v6.i mol du}`en-daiig tu.-nl]ien I

Cht'i cam tha'`T nhe-nhang khi nghi de'n se

gap anh

Fòntanet. Va nhu the, ch[.I bang qua vudrn Luxembourg trongl]u6i sang m±ì tuo'i mat. Nhfi.ng gi chi'i tha'y ltic ay t6i viin con th£`'y hi¢n gid. Gfing m¢t ban ti.6'i, m¢t mat d.St tarn-h6ri canh-vat van nhu xu.a, nhfi'ng tiìm-h6n ggi t6i vui

hay bu6n, va ruiig-cam ; chi c6 cliti la khong con. T[ie' nell, cang th€m tu6i, t6i cang }-6u thich nga}T tquu-

tru.dng. Phai clii h6i tru.dc t6i lfi hQc.sinh n¢i-trti, thi hi€n my k}''-ni¢m d6.i liQc sE £'ic-d¢c d6i vdri toiva t6i xua-du6i

khong nhd 16i. Nliung ba m£'i t6i kh6iig giam_ham t6i trong nha tti ^ay. T6i hoc ngoqi-trri t£.ii intjt ng6i tru6'ng cti-k)~r, an-khua'i, c6 vG m¢t tu-`7i¢i]; ni6i i]ga}' t6i deu iibin thay

--life *r{ -*

i=-

-`JS-

EE iiEi

*..-.

Â®,

Vd nhu th'e, ^chck bting qua uErdit ljurembouTg.

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TRUYEN

125

C6A BAN Tor

dudng-sa va nha cfra, t6i kh6ngbi cach-bi¢t vdi ddi s5ng ngoai xa-h¢i va trong gia-dinh, nhur cac hgc-sinh noi-trd. Vi vay rna tinh-cam t6i, kli6ng gi5ng nhir cfia mat k6 n6. Ie, duqc i]hat-tri8n 6m-dill va mi.`nh-m8 nhd noan-canh tap. do t€.io men. Kli6ng c6 chuySri thiii ham Ken lan vao. Tanh t6-

m6laiduqc nay-n& t6t va chinh d8 yeu thuong rna

[6i

mu6n hi8u I]ie't. Nhfrng gi t6i tha'y doc durdrng : ngurdi, thti

va su._vat d§u gop |]han vao d8 gitip t6i cam tha'y ddi s6ng ct't cdi g`i don-gian vii hhng_`i how la do tri ta tin-tu.&iig.

D6 tap ti.6 cttn hi§u r5 gu5ng ma}' xa-h¢i, kh6ng gi bang a iigoai dur6'ng. Ti.6 ra'}- can |jhai tha}r, m6i bu8i s£'`ng,

chi l]an sti'a, €iiih giinh nude, ngu.di b€'m thaii ; n6 can Hem k`~+ i.ac quan thtre.pli?im,1i¢m ban thit, ngu.di ban rirqu ;

nb |]hai men muc-kic.h m€.)I trung-doan binh-linh di qua, c6 nhac dfin dan ; sau r6t, n6 c`an hit kh6ng-khi ngoai ctird.ng d§ hi8u-bi.8t i.ang-lcim-viec la m¢>t luat rat huy6n-

di¢u va m6i ngu.di d6u phai lo trdn nhiem-vu trong xali¢i na}.. Do nhi~iJng bcin di l€}i sang va chi6u nhu vS.y, th.

nhal de'n ti`udng va tri' tru.dng \T6` nha, t6i con gift dueyc tdnh hie'u-ksT !`han-€ii ct6i vd'i cat. Iigh6 va cac ngudi hanh-ngha.

Thti that, d6i v6'i tat-ca cac ngh6, toi kh6ng c6 met, cam-tinh bang nhau. Ma}-ngudi bu6n giay, cbung-ba5tru`dc cti'a hi¢u hQ cdc hinh-anh Epinal, duqc t6i uathich trud.c he't. Bi8t bao lan, t6i gi mfii v6 tri kie'ng, doc th. d2iu tdi cu6i

nh6 bang hinh kia! Nhd d6 t6i

nhfiJng

ldi cht.I-thic,h

ci'ic, bi-kich

bi6t r2{t nhi8u trong khoang thai-Sid

ngan. C6 nhi6u chiiy€n k}r.quai bat 6c tu6`ng-tugng t6i

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phai suy-nghi va phdt-tri8n noi t6i cai kha-nang rna n^e'u kh6ng c6 n6, kh6ng ai tim duquc chi ca, dan v6.i m6n hoc tlii-nghiem hoac trong laiih-vquc khoa-hoe toan-s6. Cd chu}y¢n trinh-bay ddi s6ng vdi hinh-thtrc h6n-nhien `Ta cam-kich khi8n t6i nhin thav lan dau-tien

met st}-

ki¢n ghe-g6'm ho'n h6t, hay n6i r6 hcm, met squ-kien ghe-

gdm duy-nha't, la dinh-mang. Tom lai, t6i mang on cac hinh-anh Epinal ra't nhiau. V6 sau, h6i mudi b6'n hay mudi lam tu8i, t6i he't ddrng lai trudc hang thquc-pham tap_hod rna cac hop mri.i trdi cay dfi ttr lau c6 vl;, rat ngon laT`h d5i i'd.i t6i. Toi

kh6ng them nhin cac tiem ban kim-chi va cfing kh6ng tim do€'`n hieu nglila clifi. Y ]ji-hi8m

baiig vang long-

linh tren t^dm ban hieu cfia ho ntia. T6i chi ngtrng so d6 tim giiii-dip may hinh d6 vung-v6 v6 treii i`ao sat criti m2{y tiem ruqu xira md ngudi ta thay hinh trai mac-qua hoac mat sao ch6i l]ang sat Ten. Tri-dc t6i, te'. nhi ho'n, chi quan-tarn de'n ma}r qilali nh6 ban thfi-fi'nhQa, may hang tap-vat, \Ta ina'}' hop s€icli cfi. H6'i i`€lc iinh Do-thiii gia ]jaii-tliiu a durd'ng Chei.che

Midi, cac ai]h b€\n sach cti chfi't-ph£'ic a doc bd song, bac

thay cfia t6i, t6i mang on c,€ic anh bie't dir6.ng iiao ! Cfing baiig va con ho.ii cac 6ng gi€'io-su' Bai-hoe nti€i, cac anh da g;iy-dqung ti.i,thtrc t6i. CAc aiih t6t thay, cdc aiih da ti.ung-bay

tru.6'c mat vui-su6'ng

thti.c lji-an.ci'ia thd.i-gian qua \'d I)€.`u cfia

ci'ia

t6i nliti.ng hiii[i-

tci't-c:i c6ng-trinh qu}''-

tu.-tu.6.iig 11gu6.i ddi. Chinh nh6. lt.ic-so:'i[ tl.ong

l]Op tfia c{'`c anh, chinh nhd ngam-ngh+ia m£{}t gian hang

bui-b;:\m ci.lil cdc anh, chtra day thanh tich cfia 6iig ch&

QU¥E^T TRUY£N CtLI 8+`' T6I

127

t,1 `T6'i nhfrng tu-tu6.ngdep rna t6i duo.I mac-nhien tha'mnhuan met nan tri^e't-1)'' trong-sach hon ca.

Di'Ing vay, hal

cdc ban th€`in-me'n, vi thud.ng

tdi

xem c€'ic quy8ii s€'ich met gain, c€'ic manh sat vun ri~s6t va cac v{'m bQc turdrng

sau-met

cfifl

cAc

anh ba}` bdn

d8 sanb-s5ng, t6i thau-th€:}p duo.c, tiiy t`,6n tr6 nit, mat tinh-cam sau-xa va canh tha'm-thoat vi`i ch6 hu-kh6iig cfia v{?n-vc4t. T6i doan bi6t con ngur6`i chi la nhi~i'ng hinh-

anh d8i-thciy trong ao_tucrng bao-la, va ttr d6 t6i thien v6 n6i bu6n, niem em-diu vd long trac-;'tn. Trurdng hQc ngoai trdi

day t6i,

n',itr c€'ic

anh da

th^dy nhiau khoaL cao-ca. Trurdrng hgc d nha con hfru-

ichcho t6i hon. Bfra an trong gia-dinh dam-am lam khi ltinh nude trong-vat, m®ip ti.ai balm trang-

sao,

tinli ira c€'tc gu.o'iig mat binh-than, bt:i'a an m6i ngaly v6.i

can-chuyen

tlian-mat tao cho dtra tr6 ccii s6.-thich va

tri thong-minh v6 cac squ-vat khiem-t6ii va clang kinh trong ddi. Nju tr6 ay c6 duo.c, nhu t6i, bac cha me thong-minh vA hi6n-dtrc, thi nhting c£^iu chuy¢n nd nghe a ban an, se dein iai Oho n6 met y-thtr`c chinh-xac va tanh ham chuong yeu-duong. M6i iigay tr6 ay se dutyc an man tJt'iiih ttidiiti rna ngurdi cha tiiih-`ihan b6 ra Pha[1-

phat cho cdc tin-d5 di hanh.16 trong qiidn tai Emlnatis. Va ddra tr6 s8 nglil nhir cac ngu6.i ay : a fin t6i I.art amap trong n¢i lam t6i.>j Bti'a an rna ci'ic luu-tri'i hQ``, sinh

d[ing trong ph6ng

an chung kli6.rig lalm sao c6 cai em-£i'[n va dd.c`-tanh a'y. dirQ.c,. Oi I trurdng hQc t6t thay l£`t trudl]g hQc 6. nha I

128

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Song le. ai tu&ng

lam

che

khoa

CtTA BAN T0I

c8-di8n-hQc

ngurdi ay hi,8u kh6ng than tu'-tu.&Iig t6i. Theo t6i, mu6n dao,tao mat tinh-than, kh6ng gi bang hoc hcli khoa c6-

di%n Hy-lap va La-tinh theo phuo.ng-phcip cac nha c8di%n-hoe ngu6.i Phap thdi xita. Danh-tt`r c6-di8n, cd nghia la trang-nhca,, ap-diing that dting trong n§n vanhod c8-di8n.

Chii b6 t6i vi`ra n6i h'ic rT2av vdi mt)i [hie,n-cam rna

cd 16 t6idurQ'c tha-thtr, khi nghl rang thi¢n-cam ay kh6ng ich-k}'r va chi d6i vdri mat hinh-b6ng rna th6i, h`inh }j6ng

cfia chi'i

b6 nha.`T-nh6t nhu

chim s6

bang

quavu.din Luxemboui-g, Kin t=,n t6i, chinh ]al mob nha c8-di8n-hQc cring kh€'i dcq'y. Vd'i t€`tlri+lan trG colt, cht'i bi8t thu.63ng-thti.c `r6 htlng-htsn La-n`|ci i+€`i c€ic t\.'.du ngti'

bang-bay cao-d?p cfifl thi-van c6. Nhfi'ng gi chti I]C` cam va tha'y ti-ong d6.i hQc sinh ngo€.ii-trL'i h.1.-do

du.tyc sung-

sudng r§u-rao qua cdc quin tieni, vci dting ]jti+a €V`n vdi

cha me chii, khong lam chul ianh-d€}iii \rdi |5i ng6n-ngfr van-hoti day d trir6.ng. Tr{'ij lai, trong nh6m van-sl nh6 b6 do nhi§u 6ng giao gall hign-1urong ca.i-quan, chti cfing

phai c6 chiit il gi t6 i`a cting tao-nha Athene va hting-bi¢n phil-hoa nhur Cic6ron. Chti be hQc,h6i,

jt vi viiih-dir,

nhu

cting

ngudi

kh6ng

lia

durqc sing-ch6i treii bang danli-sAch tu'6'ng-thu.&ng; chtl hQc nhi6ii vi chil ua-[hich, nhu L€i Fontaine da n6i. Bai dich, chi'i lchm rra'.I kh6o va bai di6n-van La-tinh i`fia chti

xtrng-ddng v6.i 16.i khen-nggi

cfia 6ng thanh-tra n€u

kh6ng c6 vai 16i van-pham lam ma't cai hay loan-th6 di. Chi'i da chang c6 thuat r6i, hlc mu'cti hai tu6i, may

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C6A BAN T0I

129

cfiu chuy¢n ct'la Tile-Live khi6n chli rcri nhfi.ng giQt

1¢,

hao-hi?p a ?

Nhung ltic

d§-cap xtr Hy-lc?ii, chi'i mdi thay cdi

dep don-gii.in huy-hoaiig cfia n6. Chi'i den I.anh-vtrc nay 1.at t|.6. Tho. ngu-ng6n ct'ia Esope ban dau lam tarn_ h6n chti hoang-man8. Mat gifio-su. hi t€`+t gi`i lung

men

ccfit nghla nhfi.ng bai a}T theo binh tat cfia 6ng, gi`i lung ttr the-xac de'n linh-hisn. Ban c6 tha}' Tliersite dan cdc thi8u.mien Galates vao rli.ng vtiii-churo.ng chang ? Chti b6

kh6ng qiian-ni¢m nhu

vay durg'c. C6 the tiT&iig 6ng

giao gil cfia chii, d€:ic-biet hi6n-minh d8 giai-thich ma'y bai ngu~ng6n Esope, Ia da du.qc thau-nli€:in trong c6ng vi¢c a'y : kh6ng dan ! d6 la met 6ng gil gia-hieu, ong gti kh8ng-16, kh6ng tri-6c, kh6ng tr{uig-nha, thien v6 di8u quay va la met k6 bat-c6ng hgn [i6t. Oiig kh6ng xtrng-clang, dad ciii d8 giai-[hich iu-tudng met ngird.i

gh. Va lqi ma'y bAi ngu-ng6n kh6-khan doc-ac kia. mcTng danh cfia 6ng Eso|Je, Gem day chL'ing t6i, da bi got-

gitia do met [u-sI a Byzance c6 b¢ 6c hep-h6i vat kh6khan dudivanh t6c 16 the' phat cfia 6ng, h6i a lop d¢ngfi, t6i kh6ng bie't ngu6n-g6c, ma'y bAi ngu.ng6n a'y,

va cfiiig kh6ng can mu6a bi8t ; nhung h6i d6 tdi xetdoiin cac bai ay diing nhu t6i x6[-doan hien gid. Hgc xong Esope, chiing t6i hQc Hi`jmere. T6i thay

The.tis vurQ.i len nhu met dam may traiig tren bi6n ca ; t6i thay c6ng-chila Ntiysicaa ci;ing cti; ban nang, t6i

thay cay th6t-n6t tren ch-lao D61os, vdi canh tl.di tren da't va bi8n ca, va nu-cud.i sa-l¢ cfia Andromaque. . . Toi hi§u,

t6i

cam-thong. Su6t sdu

th€ing : t6i

kh6ng

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TRUYEh' CtT++i

13..\'';

T6I

lam stqLo thodt kh6i thi-pham Otz#s`t.6€. Chinh dd la 15'-do

t6i lji 1)hat nhi6u. Nhfi.ng bai phqt c6 lam gi t6i ? T6i clang cting v6.i Ulysse b`inh-b6Iig t{tren bi8n mau tim. »

Ti6p den, t6i kham-pha cac bi-kich. T6i kh6ng hi6u may v8 Eschyle ; nhung Sophocie, nhu.ng Euripide m& r¢ng mt?I the-gidi than-tien cfia c£'ic anh-hting, liet-m~r va ti.iiv8n-thti cho t6i hi6u 16i thi-van dau-kh8. M6i l]i-

kich rna t6i doc d6u gqi cho t6i nhfrng ni6m vui, nhfi.ng giQt 1¢ mdi-m6 ciing vdi nhi§u rung-cam kh€ic-k}. Alceste va An[igone cho t6i nhti.ng giac-mo. cao-qu}'r

in.i chua c6 mat dtra tre nit nao tti.ng hu6'ng dtrQ.c. T6i vi`i.i dan trong quy8n tT-di6n, tren lian hQc I]e-lte't mi.1.c, vd th£{y nhi6i] gu.ong m€V}t

than-tien,

iihiaii

cdnli

lay nga bu6ng-th6ng tren do dai ti-ang, `'al t6i nghe nhi6u giQng thanh-tao hcrn ct'ic ban nhac lia}', t-tang than-`'an

em-tai. Chuyen ay con lam t6i ]]i phqt them iiti.a. Bi phqt ddng lam, vi t6i lo chuyen khi'ic hon l]ai hQc trong lop.

'|`han 6i! T6i van con quen tat. Dan lji dat vao a lop ncho ti`ong ddi s5ng, vdi chu6i nga}' con lai,

t6i

sQ e,

tuy da gia, cting con ru.6.c lay 16.i qua-trach cfia ong

giao-su de-nhi : Anh Pierre Noziere, anh ctr lo chu}'en khac hon bai hQc tl.ong ldp I » Song nhii.I

trong cac

bu6i

chi6u

d6ng,

li.ic

ttinhQcv§, toi m6.isay-sua vdi anh sang vh gigng hal

d6 a ngoai du.dug. Dudi anh den va trudc tfi-ki8ng thcpip s,Ang trongti¢m 1]u6n, t6i doc ma'y `Tan tho, r6i

vh.ci di t6i vtra doc thuoc long lqi nho-nh6. Ganh hoqt-

QUYfiN

TRUYSIV

CT3A BAi`Y

TOI

]3i

dong bu8i chi6u d6ngrat nh@n-nhip

tren

cdc

du.d`ng

nhs h?p a ngo?.i-6, rna dem t6i da bao [rtmi. Lam lilc, toi vap phai vai chti nhs hQc.ngh§ lam banh, dau d¢i gi6 dai hai quai, clang theo giac-mo cfia may chi'I nhiT t6i clang tha theo

h6n-in¢ng

cfia

t6i,

hoac thinh,1inh t6i cam thg}' tren g6 md ho.i thfr n6ng cfia con

ngqua clang thurorng-hai

{Iang k6o xe,

Thi.I.c-t€

kh6ng lam hang gi€{c mr:jng t6i, vi t6i rfft .veu-m8n may

con dudng cri-k}' 6 ngoai-t`j, rna cdc vien d€i d6u th#y t6i lan len. ^\'It:j[ chiau ng, t6i doc tho v8 c,6ng-chi'ia Antigone dirdi dnh den cfia m¢t anh }J€'in trai d6 Tay. va sau m¢t phan tu. th^eT-k}°T 1.6i, t6i kh6ng sao nlid tdi c`dc cau thoi iiay : i)i I

m`i3-in('i !

6[ giLrtmg ho(i-ch`L'lc, !...

Ina ch<Ping thay lqi anh I]an lia.ng xtr Auvel.glie ay thai

trong mat I]ao giay, va ch€qtng cam th€iy gan ben niinh ho.i n6ng cfia chao rang ti.ai d6 cfia anh. Vat h6 nhd de'n con ngu.di t6t d6 thi k}i'-irc t6i doc len mt:it cdch em-a iihfriig

ldi than-van cfia triiih-nfr xtr Thebes. hThu. th8 d6, t6i hQc thu¢c nhi§u tho lam. Nhur th6 d6, t6i thau-thap dug.c nhi§u higu-Iii8t lqi-ich va quy-gia. Nhu. the' d6, t6i chuyen v6 c8-di8n-hQc,

C€ich thtrc dd r^at t6t cho t6i, n6 lai kh6ng gia-tri d6i vdi mt?t ngudi khac. T6i kh6ng dim khuyen ai c€'ich nay.

Viol lai, toi men thd that, nhuan-thuoc Homere vd Sophocle, toi thi€u nang-khi8u khi hgc m6n tui-ttr-hgc. Cliinh 6ng giao-su. t6i n6i nhur the, va t6i sam-long tin Ong.

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TRUYEN CtTA B`++`T Tot

Thi-hi8u da c6 ho*c biau 1¢ h6i mt'7i mirdi h?iy tii8i it khi du'gc t5t d`?,1).

Mu6n

cho toi

gi6i ho.n, 6ng gifio-siT tu-

ttr-hQc khuy6n t,6.i r€'ing chain hQi` toan-b¢ t.ic-pham c,ha Casimir Dela`'igne. Tdi kh6ng theo ldi 6ng d€.i}'. Sophocle. CIA tqo cho t6i vailan n8p rna t6i khbng y`da tlurQ.c. Trudrc

kia cting nbu. bay git`>., 6ng giao-su' tu-ti`i.-hQc d6, d6i vdi

toi, kh6ng c6 v6 nao lal met nha van tinh nhu? ; nhung chng v6.i lam-h6n hay bu6n, 6ng durcyc tan]i ngay~thang vi`i tqu-phu, N8u Ong c6 d€}y chting loi vali ta-thuy8t van-

chuong, it nfi'a 6ng cting chtrlig t6 v6.i chL'ing t6i, theo

guong6ng, the nao la mat ngtrdi lu.ong-thien. }'16n ay i`,6 gia-tri cfia n6 lam. Ong Char.ron du.gc tatca hQc-li.6 kiiilin6. Vi tr6 con xet r^£t di'ing gia_ti.i tinh-

than thay hQc c.fia m`inh. Ti`i` hai muo'i lam nan nay. nhfrng gi toi nghl v5 6ng giao-sur gh ba't-c6ng va 6ng

Charron iucrng-thien, d8n nhlr `'a),.

nay t6i cting

con

nghi y

Nhurng cliiau ham dalig rfi xu6ng cay durong-ngod6ng trong vu.din Luxembourg va hinh-b6ng chti be md t6i gqri lqi tqu nay gidr da lan trong tan-t6i. Gia_ttr chd be, {/if`{ri`g ft}z. b6 nhs rna t6i dzi

m4[ `ra tdi se

mai-mai ti6c-

thiro.iig, n6u t6i kh6ng t`im gait lai chL'i, xinh-dep hen len, trong dti'a con ti.ai ci'ia t6i I

®Tgr-

RtrNG slM H6i nh6, t6i la met

ddra

tr6

rat

thong-minh,

nhung d`€n mudi bay tu8i, t6i lqi ti`6. n€n ngd-ngan. T6i nhtit-nhat den d6i t6i kh6ng thg chao fli hay ng6i chung vdi ai rna tram kh6idam m6-h6i.

Squ c6

mc?it ctifl

phu-nfr cang lam t6i b5i-r5i. T6i gii~r ddng theo gitiodi`eu n`ay, trong quyQen «Noi gu.orng Clutia Ki-T6» (Imifclfz.on

de J6szzs-C/zrz.sf) rna t6i hgc, kh6ng bi8t a ldp

nhs nao,nhuriig toi con nhd, vi m2iy can thor dich

Corneille, rat

ctia

la-lhng d6i vdi toi :

«Tranh phu-nfr, chd tam~giao ; « K6 thtl s§ thay the nao 16i anh.

« Chng nhau cziu-n8u)'en Cao-Xanli,

« Cho ngurdi phu-nfr gang tranh gi6i.mdi t{ C6ng-ng6n dung hanh dua tfi.i. tt Gap ngn.di ph€°ii gap phan {ay nhau li§n.

¢t Thu.ong hQ t%t. chd qiiang_xien, t{Nhu d€¥ng Thirqug-D6 tiiuro'ng mien tram-gian.A

QUYBN TRUYBN CtTA BAN Tor

13.I

T6i theo

ldi

khuven ci.ici 6ng tu-sf

gia

than.bi,

nhung bat-dac.dl mci thai. T6i mu6n gap phu-nfr nhung lqi kh6ng mu6n gap ph€^in taLy nhau lisn.

Trong ci'`c ban

gal cfia me t6i, c6 m¢it ngu6i toi

rat thich ng6i gan d% n6i chu}Ten that lan. D6 lal qua-phu cfia 6ng Adolphe Gance, m¢t lay Oho.i du'ong-cam n8i

tie'ng, nh`rng che't ti.a. Ba ten Alice. Kh6ng hao Sid tdi

thay r6, tbc, mcit `7{;i rfing ha„. rim sao nhi~rng g`i phapijhdi, chi8u

thf{y r5

dirQc

sang, n}i5i]-nh{'i}', ch6i-1oal .?

Nliung t6i xem h{i d9p hon in:Jug-tu'&ng `'ti c6 v6 ru.(.i`a phi-thudrrDg. Me

t{)i thurdrng n6i, n5u ph{in-tach tdrng

di8m, th`i net mat ha G{ince khf}ng c6 gi

khdt`-1a.

lan me, tt:ti n6i i`]iu the thi lia t6i lac dfiu Chac t^iiig cha tuyet,hao a}r caiig

nhu- tt^]i :

}16i

kh6ng tin. f>ng kh6ng

phan-t€lch i`6t mat bfi Gance. Va mac dan cbi-ti6t c`6 lam s.rto tli nfri`, to{`in-dien b`4 d§u du}'ei]-daiig-. Me, kh6iig tin Sao.? Con d{'im

chf\c

la ba Gance a_?p. Ba Gance

qu}'6n-I.ri t6i : sac-tl€,p la m¢t cfii gi em-diu : ha khi8n toi sq-htii : sac-den la m¢it cai gi ghe-gd.in.

Gance

}.It:it chi6ii nQ, tfong ltic ba t6i clang tie'p vai ngudri

khdi',h th`i b€i Gance bu¢rc vd 1)hang-khachvdi v6 diu-hi6n

khi6n t6i can-dam len d6i

c`hi'it.

Gifi.a nh6m dan-6ng,

lam lilc ba ra v6 mat kh€ich nlian-du thay m6i cho chin con an. R6j [hinh-linh bah la'y I)t?-diSu kieu-hanh.

v6mat lanh-ling, bA phe-phay

chi6c

qiii.`t

mSt

each

chain-chap kh6ng vui. Lt'ic a}T t6i kh6ng hi6u lal gi. Ba}r

gid t6i his.u r5 : Bah Gance hay lam clang, th6 tli6i.

T6i vdra n6i la chi6u ham ay. mdi biit'T{`3 v6 ph6ngkhdc.I]„ ba lj6n tang cho tat-ca, luftn den ngu'dri khiem~

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1,6n nl.itr[, la 16i day, vai

Iiii-cudi cfia ba.

T6i .:.kh6ng

I.di nhin bci va t6i chac da bf`it chQ'p duo`c trong d6i mat dell cfia bah m¢[ v6 u-bu6n, men ldiig bci'n-loan. Vi

ban thay khong, t6i c6 mat tan-h6n t5t. hYgut`I.i ta mar; ba dan diTo.ng-cam.

Ba d{inh }j€°iii da-klii'ic ai-o€in

Chopili, tdi kh6ng hci nghc litiae iiAo

thay chiiih ma'}- iigdn

cfia

ha}' }]€`iiig. T0i cam

{a}' ba Alice,

ng6n tay dai va

trang nu¢t, rna ba vtra cdi mary chie'c ca-ra ra, phdt nhe tai toi nhur cai vu6t-ve thien-th€'i!i,}i.

Lilc }ja

dan dirt

b£'m,

dat ba va ch6 v& r]g6i lien

tqu-nhien,

lja

tdi vt.it bu-6`c

{di

. . . ba ha,i Eoi thich ani-

iihac chang; giQng ii6i ba lam t6i rting iiiinli. T6i iii6. mat

I.a gap ba

Hang nhin

tdi,

cai nhin

lam t6i

iii£;[,

tinh-1h2in.

T6i b.an-loan clap : «Thua 6ng-, c6.t>

V'i t6i,

li'ic

dat

kh6ng

nirt

ch6ii vhi

la tao-h6a can tli6'-a `rdi ldri thfnh-cau n6ng-nhie;,I

c.lola d^dng trurgng-phu_ !

Su6t dem, nam trong ph6ng,

t6i tqu mang la` ngii-.

ng6c, la th6-16 va tap thoi da'm vao m€:i[. Sang na}T, €`,au_

khi suy~nghl that lau, t6i chua lam laiih vdi tdi dirqc, T6i tu.-nghI : «Mu6'n n6i vdi met ngudi dan bd rang ba dep, tuy¢t dep, ba bie't c.ho.i du.ong-cam that tuyet. bi8u-di6n duQ'c tie'ng th6' dai iiao-nuot, giQng than-thri.f, nii.c-n6.

`7a

giQt-l¢

dau-kh6 chan-th€inh,

ndi

ca,

lio.;I

ca l}.r-tri nfi.a,

dian+d¥t lu.-tir6ng minh.

cdi thien-phti

Noziei`e

lan ti.5n di !»

lam m'#t

chi

€{y

Anh Pierre

Iiia

cTtrQ.c cd cau : «Z'/iu±fl djig, cd.»

cri, anz] 1{\ m¢>t k6 tS{-nguyLsn, I]6n

QUYEN TRUYEN CtTA BAN Tdl

136

Than 6i I T6i van kh6ng th8 nao tra'n mat duqc. T6i

phai chudng mat v61dp, noi ban an, di chcringohi dudng phs. T6i c6 he't strc giau tay, chan, c8 t6i. Ngudi ta cfing c6nthay t6i va t6i r^dt kh6-s&. Vdi ma'y ban t6i, it ra t6i con c6 phuo.ng_sach da'm danh va bi thoi bi cti ti`& lc?i; vay

cring lam¢t thai-d¢... Song vdi ban gdi cfia me t6i, t6i that

clang thuong-hai. T6i cam thay sir nhanntdr trong cau giao di§u nay cfia quy8n Jmz.Zc{Zz.ozi :

«Trdnh phu-nfr, chd tcim-giao.» T6i tqu nghI : «Ldi khuyeli b?5-ich lam sao ? Phai chi

16i tranh xa ba Galice bu8i chiEu {ai_h?i ay, rna ba da dan

mat ban

du,duong thi-vi de'n kh6ng-trung cting duqm

ngu6n rung-cam me ly ; ph&i chi h6i d6, t6i lanh xa bd. bah kh6ngh3i t6i : ttAnh c6 thick ain-nhqc kh{`ng ?» va t6i kl]6ng dc4p ldi ba : t`Thu.aL 61]g, c6.»

M^dy ti8ng «Thua 6ng, c6» kh6ng ngdt vang r6ntrong tai t6i. Ky-tic 2{y lu6n-lu6n hi¢n-d;`¢n hoac, ho.n nfra, do

met hien-[uQ.ng lu.oi]g-tri ghe-g(rm, hiiih nhu d6i v6i t6i thai-gian vutdti.ng lai, t6i bi mai-mi`ii a ch6 vdramdi that cau kb6ng phu.ong sfra-chti'a na}' : 6{Thu.a 6ng c6». Kh6ng

phai diau h6i-ban day~nghie'n t6i. ST h6i-ban con ye'u sanh vdi diEu t6i Gang cam thay. T6i au-s2tiu fi-rfi tr.Qn s€``u

tuan 16, vat su5t thai-gian d6, cliinh ba md i6i cfing nhan th^dy t6i la mat thang ng5c. Chuven lam tdi lioan-toan ng6c theni. Ia trong 16iig t6i cang g±un_b.am bao nhieu th`L iigo!ii tht.1.a,-i,e', cans riit-re,

nhrit-nhat bay nhieu. Thu.d'ng thu6ng tri nhan-thti'c cfift tbitnhHnic\rn

thi tho~bao.

Cfia t6i lqi cuong quye't.

T6i

QLTvfiN TRU¥EN C6A BARt Tot

t3;

tufrng da n3m chac sap that. Khi c6 met minh, tc^ii [ao-bao,

t6i each-mang. C6 m¢t minh, t6i bao-gan, t6i vui-L+nh lam sao I T6i thay-d8i nhi6u tti. dd. Bay gi6., t6i kh6iig qui ltj sg car, ban d6iig-{h6.i vdi t6i. T6i c6 gang dat minh gifi.a nhfi.ng

ngudri t2ii-tri hon t6i va nhting tigu.di k€m £6i. 'l`rcii lqi, d6i-dien vdi t6i, t6i kh6ng vfrng long ntra... Nh_ung t6i clang thuat cau chuy¢n h6i t6i mu.¢j i` bay tu8i. Ban da hi§u.

Idc a'y tat nhult-nhcit va ttinh gait-d4 kia xen lan nhau da

bi6n t6i thanh mat k6 quai-gd v6-chng. Sau thang sau chuyen tinh-car kh6ng hay mar t6i vdra

n6i

v6'i

bc?n, va man tuLtdr-hQc

{t`jj

{+ta hQc

xon{j

tarn dfi, ba t6i cho t6i nghi mat & d6iig nrii klioangce khodt. Ba t6i g6i-gain t6i cho mSt 6ng b€}ii dzsng-iighi¢p

khiem-t6n va xtrng-clang hen ci, met 6ng Y-sl gia fr d6ng-que, c6 ph6ng-mach 6] Sf\int-Patl.ice. Chiiih no.i

tt6, [Oi

de'n

ngh=

he,

Saiiit-Pall.ice

li`i

rm(:)t lhng nh6 6 ]Jd hi8n mien Not.rna.|idie, ti.ra `r{4o in(:)I

khu

1.ting

va d6c tlai xLi6ng m`>E l]rii ci.it, eo-hgp gift.a

hai bd bi8u d6c hic'im. H6i d6, bai bian a'y hoang-vu vat v€6lng-i.6. ^Mat

bi8n rna {Oi

th`::i:v.

lcSii

ilau-ti6n,

va khu-i.£i'ng,

ven I.ing va that em-dill, khi8n t6i hcin-hoan ltlc

}!an

dai]. Canh menh-man.S vd kh6ng i`t`j-I.ang ct°ia bi6`n eat v€`i

I.ting vans phil-hqp t'¢i

I.,anh

\'o`-i.gin cfiii ti`ip[iJaiisn .{di.

Tdi c5.i ngu.a chf.t}. trong i`driig ; toi lan tf6ii, minh ti`iin, tren }j6' cat, long

da}. Iba-£hi`6'L ii,{:jl

cai g`i la-1ting nil

]38

QUYBN TRU¥EN CbA. BAN TOT

t6i doan c6 trong c[ing khap, va t6i kh6ng tim thay a dau dau. C6-do.n su6t ngay. t6i kh6c kh6ng du.Yen-car ; c6

ltic t6i cam thfy thinh-l`inh tim t6i ph6ng len qua malih d8n tu>&ng chtrng se

che't mrft't. Sau r6t, t6i cam thay

mat m6i ban-khoan to Ion ; nhurng a ddri nay, c6 canh im-lang nao xtrng-ding vdi n6i lo-au cia t6i chang ? Kh6ng ? T6i d5i-chtrng vdi rtrng cay rna cac canh Gap vao mat t6i ; t6i d6i-chtrng vdi b6. bi8n ch6 t6i d8n xem mat trdi lan durdi nu.drc, kh6ng gi bi duqc n6i kh6 rna tdi bi giay-v6, kh6Iig gi bi duo.c nhfrng mong dautieu ct°ia nan-nhi ! N8u squ ao-u.dJc di6`m-t6 duqc nhfrng gi minh a;£u-ngu}T¢n,

thi si.i_9 ao-ifdi`, vat lc? s§ di8`m-t6

vfi-tru.

Vd.i kha nhi§u tinh-te', tdi tlui.dng c6 lam sap h6nnhien la ddi. C6 1§ con ldu ngay hen nfra, t6i cfing a,hu'a bi8l duyen-do n6i c,ain.xtic `'!i nhfi.ng mG-irdc vu-w cfia t6i. NhLrng. m¢t thi-s``I da tie't-l¢ cho t6i di§u

ciy.

Tdr ltii. a trirdng, t6i da ben mrii phong-vi thi-nhan in_a

may thay t6i con gifi`' dLrQ`c.

Ffutic

mtrdi baytu8i, t6i say-me Virgile va

giio-su kh6ng

n6u cdc

giai-thich, t6i ci:ing tha'u-hi3u ranh-rs.

Di nghi he, t6i c6 lu6n lu6n

tl`ong li'ii quy%n

thi

cfia Virgile. D6 la met quy§n Virgile nh6, t6i-tan, vi6t l]ang Anh-ngfr cfia Bliss ; hi¢n t6i con n6 day. T6i gift quyan sac,h that tl.an-trQng. b.e't sirc hat 16ng c,i'~ia t6i ;

139

QUVEN TRU¥EN CbA BAh' Tor

nhi6u bong 6p kh6 rdt ra m6i khi t6i d& quy8n sach, 86ng cti hen h6tlal nhting b6ng a rdrng Saint-Patrice, noi rna t6i da rtit sung-su'(mg va r2it dau-kh8 h6i mud.i bay tu8i. R6i met h6m, t6i di met minh qua ben `'en rdri]g ay, khoan-khoai hit miii c6 kh6, trong lric Sid ttr bi3n thai vc4o tha'm man tren m6i t6i, t6i cam tha'y mat su' met•han kh6ng gucrng n6i, t6i ng6i phich xu6ng dat va nl]in rat lau mav bav tren trdi. Doai`i, theo thai quen, tdi m6` quyan Virgile ra doc : H[.c, g[zos dLz7'us ctjnoJ ....

ttNoi

d6 nhfrng k6

rna

tan-i.ic gist l`ali m6n, iii tr5n

tinli-}Teu

khac-iighiet

trong ma'y con dudng bi-

hi8m, va khu rtrng sim toa b6ng chung quanh.» t{Va

khu i`drng sim toa bang..» a I

t6i

bi6t

rtrng sin ay r6j, n6 bao trtim long t6i. Nhung t6i kh6r]g |ii8t n6 ten gi. Quy8n Virgile vti.a mdi ti6t-l¢ duyeii-do n6i dau-kh6 cfia t6i. Nh6. quy8n sach a'}-, ±6i mdri bie't

la t6i yeu. Nhung t6i chua r5 t6i yeu ai. Mha

d6ng `sau, €6i

ni_di bi8t, khi gap lai ba l`Iance. Ban chac tinh-y ho.n t6i. Ban da dodn trting. Chinh t6i yeu Alice. Nen than-

phuc dinh-mang I T0i yeu chinh ngurdi dan-ha rna, d5idi¢n

vdri I]gud``ri, tt^>i

chi

nghi toi x£{u-t¢. That ddng

la 16-bich vc4

tuyet-v6ng

ngurdi chac da

Nhirng h6i

d6,

squ tuyet-vQng da thdnh v6-dung. Vi 6ng cha ta da lapidung, nell da lam hang mat r6i. T6i kh6ng 12im gi Gang g-he-t6'm hoac to chuy€m. T6i khong I-f6n du.6.i v6ng efra

140

QuyEN TRUYEN CtJA BAN T6I

t6-v6mot tu-vien xua ; t6i kh6ng lang-thang noi samac ;t6i kh6ng keu-gao than-thd vdi gi6 bac. T6i chi v6-chng kh6-sd va lo thi tli-tai. Chinh h?nil-phtic t6i cting la cay-dSc : la duqc thay, duqc nghe Alice i-a iu. nghi ; ttNang la tlii6u-phu duy-nhti.t trong ddi rna t6i c6 th8 yeu ; t6i l€`i ngu.a.i

dan-6ng duy-nhtrt rna nhng kh6ng chiu dt|ng dupe.» Ltic nar]g ng6i trudc dan duong-cam d6 theo ky_ am, t6i lan d& trang cbo Hang rna mat nhin md t6c phat-pho Ion-vdn tren c8 trang ng`an cfia nang. Song, d§ kh6i bi lap lai m©[ lan nfi'a : t{Thura 6ng, c6,», t6i the kh6ng h& m6i h6i nang call nao. Ni]i6u thay-d6i Kay den trongddi t6i va t6i he't gap Alice men kh6i phai vi-i]ham ldi th8.

•{Fe~ T6i gap lai ba Gance 6 bar bia`n tren ntii, mtla he nay. Nt.ra th6-kjT hi¢n clang de nang tren sfic d?p da tao cho t6i nhti.Iig xi'ic-ci'rm dan.tien va la nhfmg xtlccam tuyet-vtr.i hen ca. Nhiung s!ic de`p tlieu-tan kia vfin con duyen-ding. Dau bqc hoa~I.am r6i, t6i mdittr giiiithoat

ldri the

ltic mien-thi`e'u

ct'iti t6i. T6i ndi vdri ba

Gance :

« Chalo bajj \J'a lan

kh6ng con

rj.+i.v, tiian

t`>i I m5i

c£'im-xiic lric thie'u-thdi

lam xt`>ii-xao mat nhin

h`dy gigng

n6i i.,fla

i,`)i nrl,a. Ba

iihan I.a t6i kh6ng mfty

kh6.

K}'r-ii.c xira

k6L-

141

QuyEN TRUYEN CbA BAN T6I

hgp chi'ing t6i. Hai ben dTa vao cau chuy¢n d8 gitip vui

nhfrng ngay v6-vi fr khach-sam, Kh6ng bao lau, nhi§u day li6n.Iac nay sanh giti.a chting t6i va cac lien-I?c a'y qua that ben-vfrng ; a'y la doch6 d6ng binh tuong-than. Sang nao, ng6i tren chi8c bfing xanh, chting t6i cfing ndi cliuyen v6 biiih nhdrc gan va cac tang-kh6. Dau d8 dai chuyen lam. Mu6n khudy-lang, chting t6i Zen lan di-vang vao hiental.

Mat h6m {6i n6i vdi ba :

«Ltic tl`udrc ba xinh-d?p qua va duqc ngu5ng-mo lam sao I »

Ba tucri cudi dip : t[That

vay. Bay gid gia r6i, toi cd the n6i

nhu

the : t6i c6 duyen. KV ni€m dd an-fii tu8i gia t6i. T0i durtyc nhi6u cach tall-tung clang hanh-di?n. Nhung t6i Se lam 6ng ngac-nhien n6u, trong cac ci^iu cfl-tung, t6i nbi cau iialo d5 laln t6i cam-d¢iig hon he't.

- T6i rat t6 In6 mu6n bi€t laln, - Vay thi d% t6i ndi cho 6ng

nghe.

M¢t bu6i

clii6u iiQ, da tdr lau r6i, c6 mat thu-sinh tr6 nhin` t6i va xtic-cainth6 nao rna .d8n khi t6i h6i cau mat cau, cau lai

ddp :

ttr/iircz

drig, c6.» Khong

si.T t6 long

h{im-mt:] nato ti`iiig-b6c, vci d?p long t6i ho'n cfiu : ¢{Thua

6ng, cd.» , vdi dc4ng-dieu lu6ng-cu6i]g khi th6t ra cau

•ayJ)

rash

Xil CAI BdNG

H6i hfli mu'eri tu8i, t6i gap inot chuyen la-l[iiig. Ba t6i sai den mien HCT Maine d8 thu-xe'p mat vi¢c nha ;

mat bu8i chi§u. t6i rdi thcinh-ph6 Ern6e nh6 xinh-dep, den trong giao-khu Saint-Jean ngh6o-nan, cach chri.ng ba.`. dam, d8 vi8n`g ng6i nha, hi¢n nay vang-v6, da hen hai ti.am nan che,-ch& dtim-bgc iron gia_quye'n ben n¢i tdi. Da thdng chap I`6i. TLi}8t roi tlr sdiig. Mat minh met ngqua,

tdi chay tren dufi'ng dai giti.a hang rao cay tiroi, t`i li'in

nhisu ch6, va t6i tranh lay trfing ra't kh6-khan. Nhurng con Ham, s*u cay s6 ngan den Saint-Jean_ du'drng it r:-au hcrn, va mac dau con gid manh n8i len `'a tuy6t vtit vao mat, t6i cting thtic ng¥a ch?y mau. Hai hang

ca}r doc du'dng chq.v vut lhi sau t6i nhu nhE.ng bang di-hinh va dau-kh8 trong dam t6i. Idc cay den xi ay rarL clang ghesq. dan bi xC`,Ii, than da\r u-]ian vat ve't-theo, xoaii, 6' Inian Hfi Alaiiie.

ngu.di

gQi

cchnh i-an-

la «c;``}r-Ji¢I]gyL

Clii'in8 lam 16i i]Iiiit st.t!, `Ti md.i ham qua, cha vi¢n saint-Mal`c.el th€`ilih Ei`n6e f6i ii_gh€i,.

Ph6

tu-

ed {huS"i in(:tt i'huyen elio

(_`,ha Pbd a(')i, met li`()itg f€'`c cti}r 2f}', ni¢t tr{]ng

Bd nghi-ngdr nh`m lbi n.Fi€tT m§t k:-€{i8h-la.

QU¥iiN TRU¥BN ctA BAr\t Tor

145

cac c8-thu bi cat Ken, tan-phe'. ctia vhng Bocage, mSt cay ¢{Iat» cut dan, ho'n hat tr.¥m nan I.6i va tr6ng bang

nhu cai thap, bi set danh ch6 ttr treri xu5ng g6c ngay 24 th.ing 2 Ham 1849. Xu}'en qua lan t6t. ngurdi ta thffy trong ay c6 mat bo xuo.iig ngu'dri, dtrng squng, k6 hen c6 cay sting va x€^tu chu6i trang hat. Durdi chan ngudi a'y c6 cai d6ng h6 khac ten Claude Noziere. Ong Claude la chri ctia ba t6i, h6i sanh-ti§n but}n lam va lam k6 cu'dp. Nam 1794, 6ng than-gia cu©c khdi-loan

cfia phai bao-hoang do ttchouan>t cam dan, trong nhdm cfia Treton, tqu Jambe d'Argent. Bi [hu.`i'ng nang va bi tan-binh sam du6i, linghat, 6ng tr6n r6i ch£'t lu6n trong bang cay ay. Ma'y ban va k6 thti 6ng kht`jng bi€t Ong tr6' nen the nao ; vci den nfra th8-k)9T sau khi 6ng ch8t. clang vien gia phai bao_li.oang ¢tchouai» mdi bi met ti8ng set kl]ai-qi,Tat ra.

T6i nhd d6n 6ngkhi tr6ng tha'y cat cay bang vut lhi hai ben durd.ng, toi ben

thL'ic ngqua

sai mau them.

Trdi t6i nit ltic t6i den Saint-Jean. T0i burdc vao quantrg ; ddytreo ban hieu bi gi6 khua nghe bu6n-I]a trong bang t6i. Chinh t6i dat ngqua v6 tau, va

khi xong r6i, t6i chui vao met can ph6ng thap, nga ngudri xu6ng chi8c gh6 banh cfi-ky c6 vanh tai, canh ld sur&i. Ltic t6i lig6i sur&i arm nhu th8, nhd anh lfi'a, t6i thay gtrarng mat ba chfi quan. R6 la met ba gial quai-dan. Treii mat sam net phoiig Iran, chi can tliay cat mfii nhu' bi gain va hai mci[ h8t tinh-than trong d6i m{ nhin t6i nhip. m§t kh:'ich

dt.>

ng}ti`. Ba iighi-ngdr

I.?. DQ§ Iran-t?.:ih

xurng da_nh-tanb rna chac ba bie't ra.

bi t6i ]]en

Ba lac dan a.tp

140

QUYEN TRUYBi\t CtA BAi\. TOI

rang kh6ng con ai cd tenNoziere nfi.a. Tuy-nhien, ba sam long don htia an cho toj. BA chum them cdi vO lb sudi, r6i I.a ngoai.

T6i bu6n-ba va met-m6i, ban-khoan vi met m6i lo au khd-ta. Nhi6u hinh-anh den-t6i, dfr-tqn d8n bao vay t6i. T6i chop matmot lat, nhung trong gia'c ngfi chapchd'n, t6i van con nghe, trong 16 6ng kb6i khoet a tram nha, tigng gi6 ritva tli.ng loat gi6 hat tro trong 16 sirdi len d6i fang cfla t6i.

DO vai phrit, khi t6i m6. mat ra, t6i tha'y mat chuy¢n rna t6i kh6ng bao gid quen, toi tha'}7 r6-rang, {ai ci]5i can 1)hang, tren

vdch

tut`t'ng so'n v6i trang,

m¢t cdi b6ng dl'1.ng im : ]]6ng mat lhi8u-nfi'. Ng6 nghieng.

b6ng ay ra't hian-diu, trong-tr€®ilig. duyen-ding lam sao d6n t6i cam tha'y squ met-m6i va n6i bu6n-chc4n tieu-

tan trong iii§m cam-phi.ic thic]i-thri.

Hinh

nhu t6i ngam

]t6ng trong mat phht;

th§ s\i. thAn-phuc cfia I,6i lan dai ho`n, vi toi kh6ng c,d

phuong-the nao do-lu.dng durqc thdi gjan that-s¥. Doan toi quay dau lai d8 xem ngurdi nho c6 c€\i ]j6ng dep nhu the'. Kh6ng cd ai trongph6ng ..., khong ai, ngohi mu chfi

quin gia clang lo trai tan khan ban trang tl.en ban. T6ingd tr&lai ti.entu.dng : cai bang kh6ng con nfra.

Th6 r6i long t6i se lai nhu kh8 vi tinh. t6i dauddn v6 cai rna t6i vti'a mat. T6i suy-nghi

giay lau, v6'i tri-6c hoan-toan sang-

su6t, t6i h6i :

-Mu o.i LMu oi I.ai vtr.a mdi a day vay ?

QUYfiN TP`UyB^\T CbA BAN T0I

147

Ngcr.ngac, ba chti quan clap I.ting ba kh6ng tha'y :ti.

T6i chay ra cfra. Tuye't rcri thcqt nhi§u d6ng day mat dfft va kh6ng c6 da'u chan nao in len.

« Mii oi I

Mu chac kh6ng c6 thi8u-phu nao trong

nha sao ? ]>

Ba clap chi cd m¢tmlnh ba. T6i la len : « Nhurng con cai b6ng kia ? >>

Ba im bat. Toi c6 strc xdc-dinh, theo

nguyen-tac

\rat-ly-hgc,

ch6 dti.ng cfia ngudi that rna t6i thay cai bang, va gio' ng6n tay chi ch6 ay, t6i n6i :

-T6i n6i vdi ba la nang 6 day, day ne... Ba

gia

cam

den

n8n

burdc tdi gan vA ng6

tt^ti

bang d6imat khfing-khi8p, kh6ng tinh-than, doan n6i :

«Hien gid nay, [6i m6'i tha'y anh kh6ng d6i t6i, anh chinh that la d6ng-hg Noziere. C6 phai anh la con trai 6ng Jean, bac-sf 6 Ba-Le chang ? T6i bie't ch['i ctia 6ng la ga Ren6. Ong chu d6 c,ting tha'y mat thi6uphu rna kh6ng ai tha'y ca. Phai till-{ur&ng d6 la met hinh pliat Tliuqng-De' da giang xu6ng cho ca d6ng-hQ vi toi-16i cfia 6ng Claude, clang-vien bao-hoang ttchou{an» T6i h6i :

-Phai ba ndi dng Claude rna bo xuo'ng

da tim

th#y trong b¢ng c€`iy vdi c.4y sL'ing va xau t``,hu6i trang-

hat khdng ?

- Cau em a.i, x€`iu chu6i trang-hat kh6ng ctru-r6i durqc dng ta.

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Ba gia khoiig ndi ti6p them g1 ndra. T6i c5 nu6t banli mi, trtrng, thit rna `7a ruQ'u tan ba don Oho t6i.

Mat toi lu6n nh`inlai t^dm vach tudng noi t6i da thay cai bang. a I that lid, t6i thay call b6ng r6 lam i Bang xinh-xan va r5-rang hen bang that-si.I do anli lira cbapchdn trong 16 su.di `ta anh md cfla den ne'n tao men. Ngayh6msau, t6i den vi8ng can nha `7ang-ve, noi mah6i sanh {i6n, 6ng Claude `7a 6ng Ren6 da sang a d2{y; t6i di kh.ip vting, t6i h6i tham 6ng muc-su nhung t6i kh6ng bi6t duqc cai gi cb th8 cho t6i hi8u v`e c6 gai mar toi dutyc thtiy bang. Den b€^ty gid', t6i cting kh6ng bi8l c6 men tin chuyen

cfia ba quan gia chang ? T0i kh6ng bi8t h6n `ma nao, trong ch6n Yang-v6 c6-quqnh d vhng Bocage, da hien

v§ vie'ng nhfrng nong-dan t8-phu ctia toi, va kh6ng l]iet cdi. 86Iig truy§n-ki€p da am-anh t8-[ien hung-dfr va than-bi ctia t6i c6 hien ra vdi v6 du,ven-clAng mdi la cho dti.a chau tre mcr-m¢ng nay chang.

Gd phai t6i da tha'y trong quan-trQ a Saint-Jean, h6n rna quen-lhu¢c ci.iaL ddng Noziere. hoac

hon nfra,

dd ch&ng qua la di6m bao trudc, trong dem d6ng ay. rang s6-phan toi trong ddi nay s5 t6t-dep, va tqo-h6a nhan-th. da ban cho t6i tang-pham quy-bau nhtrt, cdi Hang-khi€u va mcr-mong ?

`.S.`

QUYEN TRUYiN CdA SuZANNE

CUNG

BAN

DOC

K8-ire ctia Pierre Nozibre chdm-diit lroi cdu cluigen u{ra doc xong. Chting t6i thdu c;an l{bm theo udi ii.ang cimg m¢f btif-Z'z'c.fr. Quy!n truy¢n cfia Suzanne /'{'tf /?od/I-Eoctlt

tl`ong van-thcf cfia

6ng

l]qn than ch{mg la...

fJ76

lap

quifen ]idiy, chtmg t6i chap trong c,dc, tap ci:ia Piei.I.tJ Nozi6i.e nht~mg g`L c6 li6n-quan a;a hay g.Oin d^6it tir'6i tho.-

tiu cfia con gdi 6itg. Nlun tltlg, chtmg ta ho[il+[htinh dugc mat chtrcrng mbi tl`ong quifen sdcli gia-diLith irioiy md 6ng tap htra se iji^6t li6I+tuc, nhung 6ng chii ife lqi ttrng doqn

md th6l. NHA XUAT-BAN

SuZANNE

CON GA TR6NG

Suzanne chua tdi tu8i di tim cai d¢`i]. 86 liaiig-h€'ii

tim

nd ltic m6.i bfl thdng hai mu.oi ngay. Cliinh 6 ph6ng-an. Ph6ng c6

m¢)t v6

giz.i-tao,

vi ma'y dia bang sanh, may chai bang sa-thc?ch, may bau thie'c cd quai va cac 10 bfing thu}Pr-tinh Venise, chfi't day

ti.en chan bat. M? Suzanne tqu tay bay-bien theo 16i ngu6.i dan Ba-Le m6-thicli ti8u.ngoali-vat vd gifrfl ci'ic m6n d6 c6-ngoan a'y, Suzanne xem tu.oi dep hall, ti.ong chie'c ao ren trang. Thay b6 fli cting d§u nghi : «That tinh, b6 la met virLi-vat nh6 ti tinh-hao I » 86 kh6iig mang tt{n c,i'i.i` chch dia xu.a a'y, de'n ci'`c

chan-dung cii-k}~7 va den cac dla d6ng to lreo ti-en tudng. T6± dinh chac,, salt nciy, nhfi.ng d6 vat c.6-16 kia s§ tao cho b6 nhi§u tu-tu&ng quai-di va gieo trong dan-6c bc` iihieu mong-tu6ng kh€ic-tliu6'ng, v6-lj7 vd dep-de. 86 s6 c6 .qc,-tu&ng

rieiig cfia

be,

Ne'u

b!` co

khi8u,

b¢

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luy¢n 6c tirdng-tuqng ra chi-ti8t va phong-th8 d§ t6di6m cho cuoc ddi. T6i s6 thuat cho b6 nghe nhfrng cau chuyen v6-l}'7, kh6ng m€{y gia-tqo hen bao chuyen khac, nhung lc?i hay d?p hen nhi6u, b6 s6 say-me cu6ng-nhi?t. T6i cau chtic cho ngudi nato t6i }'eu-me'n

mSt chtit r6-dai. Nhu vay long i6i du.qc vui-v6. Trong khi chd.dgi, Suzanne kh6ng them in.im-cudi vdi tuqug

Bacchus nh6 ng6i tren thting ru'gu. vtra mdi ba thdng hai murGi ngaly.

Be nghiem-trang,

Vao bu6i sing, met bu6i sang xam trdi em-mat. Dfiy him-him xen krin day nho rri.ng bao quanh cfra s6 vd.i cac b6ng hoa hinh ng6i sao nhi§u mau sac. VQ' ch6ng t6i vtr.a an xong, clang ng`6i n6i chuy¢n khao nhu ngudj kh6ng c6 chuy¢n gi d6` n6i. Gi¢-khac a'y, thdigian qu€i nh? nhu' d6ng song chay elm-xu6i. Hinh nhu ta thay dut.].c song clang chay vfi ni6i tia'ng n6i Ill met vien s6i li¢ng xu6ng im.6'c. T6i nh6! chac la chting t6i

ii6i v6 inau ci'ia ddi mat b6 Suzanne. M¢t d§-tai ba'ttcin.

- B6i mat xanh mau ban-thach. - Mau vang xua va mau «xrip cfi hanhit.

-L6ng-lanh

mciu

xanh

luc.

-D6u dting ca ; d6i mfit mau.i`ihi¢m that. \rdra ldc d6, Suzanne `J6 ; lan n`ay cT6i mat b6 cting

met malt vdi lndii ti`di, met malu x€.uni rift de,p. 86 Suzanne -v69 `TL'i em bang trong ta}'.

Xa-h¢i

€{n -r<e |]ha} du`9c ``h n6 fiii].

thanli.15eh bat-bu¢c

Nhii'ng be Suzaune gi6ng

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155

nhu cdru con cfia La Fontaine va tat ca cdc cdru con, la b6 phaibi'i sti.a me. T6i r8 bi€t trong tl.udng-hQ.p n`ay

va trong cdch cho con bti qua que-kich kia, it 1.a phai

gifrth8-di¢nd8 mudn mat vti em khdng stia. Nhu. cat', vi'i em khac, chi nay cting cd kim to tudng va day bang tren mfi tl.hm dau, duy thi8u c6 sfraL. Sfra, chi duqctre chti-trQng, con daybang vakim c.ai t6c, ai ai cfing d§u thay, Khi ngudri me thich Oho con bti, ba mu'dn vi'i em kh6ng sti.a d8 giau n6i th?n cfia ba.

Nhung me ci'ia Suzanne lai lot-clang, kh6ng nghi de'n cach sfr-di.lug t6t-dep d6.

Chi vtr cia Suzannela met thie'u-nfi. th6n-que ttr lang

mdi len, noi lang rna nang nu6i bay tim em trai, va sang clii6u, nang cfl vang nhfrl]g bai hat xtr Lorraine. Nang

dutyc ph6p nghi mat ngay d6 di vi6ng Ba-Le ; liic v§, iiaiig rat hoan-hi ; nang da thay nhi6ii cfi cai d6 that t6t gi6ng. Ci'ic thtr khac, Hang xem khdng xa'u. song c6 ci®i cai d6 la nang than-thudng, nang vie't tho v§ xtr kg chu}'en nay. V6 ngf]}r-ng6 a'y hoan-toan hap vdi Suzanne, vi rieng i]han b6, trong \'an-`rat, b6 chi d6-}'7 den den

va binh pha-le. Khi Suzanne xuc*t-hi¢n, itlidng an ti.& nen vui-v6. MQi ngu'6i cudi vdi Suzanne, Suzaniie cudi lai vdi chting toi ; lu6n-lu6n dt5u cd ci'ich th6i\-hiep nl]au khi d:i yeu-

me'n nhau. Ba me dua

liai tav m`em-m€`i, hai canh toy

troiig chi6c i'iochoang x6c-x€ch, mat bu8i sting he. R6i Suzanne clang hal tay b€ nlit?j nh-ii. tar ii'ia i.dc hinh in-i'ia

I.5i, khong co k}i dii'gc ti.ong tay

i'io may chan. Be xoe

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TRUYSN CbA

BAN

T0I

cac ng6n tay lam ta tha'y nhu hinh nam chia nhs mau h6ngd dau tay ao. Me be hdn-h& dat b6 ti`en dan g6i va ca ba chting t6i that hoaln-toan hanh-phtic. C6 18 vi

chting t6i kh6ng nghi gi ca. Nhung tinh-trang ay khdng th§ k6o dai. Suzanne nhoai minh qua ban an, m6 mat tr6n-vo va vay d6i tay nli6 ctia be tr6ng gi6ng nhu tay bang g6. Ti`ong mat nhin cfifl b6, c6 cai v6 ngac-nhien va than-phuc. Net ngay-tho' cam-dong val clang-kinh tren gurcmg mat be nh6 cfla Suzanne c6 cai gi nhiT mat thoang

thong-minh ludt qua.

86 thet len mat ti8ng nhu chim bi thuong. ttc6 16 kim dam 1]6.» Me be nghi tham nhu the, vi

may thay, ba rat chtl-y den thq'c-t6 trong ddi. Mary cay kim t€`iy ghiin bang d6 slit lam, rna Su-

zanne cd ca tan cav tren minh. i=`

Kh6ng, kh6iig phai kim chich b6. Chinh la sp yeutliich cai dep khie'n b6 th6t len. Yen cai d?p h6i lja thcing hai murcri ngay a ?

Thi xeln day : nhoai he't iifra minh ra kli6i tay cia me. b6 qua h€ii nam tay tren ban va, guqng vao vai va dau g6i, th6', ho, nh8u nur6'c dai, \b6 c6 6m duqc mat c€ii dla. Mat ngudi thg mac-mac 6. Strasbourg (cd le la m¢tt i]gudi i.hat-|]h€'ic ; c`au-an cho nam xucyng tan cfia y !) da ve tren dla a'y mSt con ga tr6ng cia

ttsuzaime mu6n b6c con ga, kh6ng phai d8 an, rna vi th£{y lit'> dep.» T6i n6i T6!i in? b6 cau

di db, Ija dip :

su).-hian

gian-

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«Ong d6t qua ! N8u Suzanne nam durqc con ga, nd s8 dem v6 mieng ttrc khac, thay vi d8 ngam-nghia. That rna, ma'y nha tri-thtrc kh6ng quan-niem theo 16

phai thong-thudng !» T6i n6i :

- Thi nd kh6ng b6 qua dan, nhung chuyen dd chul.ng-minh ci'ii gi, n6u kh6ng phai lan nhi6u niing-tinh

khdc nhau cda n6 tu.u-ti`ung dau c6 mat co-quan chanli ]a

c€\i lnieng? 86

da tai]-lu}T¢n chi

mielig trudc khi

luyen con mat; vcr b6 lam nhur vay lal phai. Hien gi6., mieng b6 luyen xoiig, tinh-t8 va bi6t cam-gidc, d6 la mSt phuong-tiSn t6t nhi'rt v6 hi8u-bi6t mar b6 duqc `qi'i.-dung. 86 c6 lj' khi s{'i.-dung n6. con gdi ba l€`i

cci squ khdnHngt>fln

T6i n6i ba lighe, dd. Phai, b6 s6 dat

con ga v6 mieng ; nhung I:I dat mat vat dep chd. kh6ng pliai mat mt'm an. Nen iih6' 1a thai quen a'y duqc thTc-hanh ti.ong gid`i tr6 con lai tan-tqi troiig iig6n-ngfi' tfac, ngu6'i ldii. Chtin8 ta ii6i : «thu&ng-thtrc mt':]t ±ii]g Tan-chu'oiig, mat btrc tranh, met dai nhac.

kichJ' Ti'ong ltic t6i di6n-ta nhirng y-tuqng khd bi¢n-ho nay, ne'u bang met ngon-i]gfi' khd-hi8u, rna gidi trie't-hQc lai ch^dp-thuan, thi Suzanne cung bay Gap v6 dia, lfiy m6iig lay caova li6i (vdi met giQng bap-be bi-mat, ng¢nghlnh lam sao!) r6i la{

qua lat

`'[?i,

la3' chuy8n cai

difl dfr-doi^

86 kh6ng

kh6o lay ; kh6ng! vat ci't.-d¢]ng b6 thie'u

tinh-xac. Rhu`i]g met ct'i'-doug, dau xem d§-dalng, ci~ing

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ra't kh6 lam ne'u kh6ng quen. Ma mdi ba thing hai muoi nga}' lam sao quen thuoc duqc. Chi dua mat ng6n tay tit len cfing phai di6u-khi§n day than-kinh. xurcrng va bap thit nfra la. Dem so-sanh

day cac hinh mria-r6i cfia 6ng c6ng-vi?c sau a'y chl la met ti`6

vdi viec giqut

Thcrmas cho.i.

Holden, thi Ong Darwin.

mat nha quan-sat sang-su6t la'y lam khen-phuc vi¢c tr6 nit lti8t cudi val bie't kh6c. Ong vi6['m¢t quy8n sach to-tudng giai-thich chi'ing lam lam sao. Ong Zola cting ndi, «cac nha thoi]g-thai chdng toi» tall-nhan kh6ng bi6t thuong-x6t.

Nhung may thay, t6i kh6ng phai nha dqi tb6ngthai bang 6ng Zola. T6i n6ng-can.

T6i

kh6ng

thi-

nghiem vdi Suzanne. T6i chi quan-sat be khi t6i c6 th8 lam rna kh6ng trai y n6.

86 quao con ga ti.6ng

r6i hcri

phcin-vcin, kh6ng

hi§u sao mat `'at tr6ng thfa'y nil cam nam kb6iig dureyc. Di6ud6 t|ua tan hi8u-l>ie't cfia n6, va lai, ta't ca d6u

qual tarn srrc nd. Chink vi d6 ina Suzanne khen.

mdi ding

Tr6 i`on` s6ng {i.ong c6i huyan-dieu tri6ii-mien ;

cai gi cfingphi-pliam d5i v6'i chi'ing ; vi vay rna troiig cainhin cfia chi'il]g cd v§ nan [l:a. Caiih chi'ing ta, chdiig tr61£}i a troiig nht~i.iig `img kh:'`c ll€¥tn vdi chting ta.

C{'ti

mdi-lt|, cdi mdi li.i th2in,th±inh }jtio.trtim chting. M9 b6 n6i : (t Con nh6 iigii I »

B€`i

I>c?n {h€\n o`i,

con gal ba

d6t-m'it,

nhu.ng

lit.j`ij.I}''. Khi thfi'y `7LSt ±ii tit+i, La tTltii mu6n chieini-do€it. B¢

la khii,vnh-hu'6.ug tliieii.Iihien mi`i luat-phdp da dt.r_i-Ioi'iii ¢.J

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CbA BAN Tot

Cac du-muc xi'r Bol]6me ci'ia 86ranger da n6i I(I/td'g» ti'I'c

ttcd)); hg

nhfrng

ngurdi

hi6n-tri8t

trong

mat

chting-too hie'm-hoi. Ne'u loan th8 ngud'i ddt cL~ing nghi

nhur hg, tart kh6ngc6 van-minli va chting ta s5ng trantru6ng va khong my-thuat, nhu d€`in a Terre-de-Feu. Bikh6ng cam-nghl nhu ho dau ; bah thich nhfrng [a'm tham xu.a c6 hinh chim c6 d[r6.i g5c cciy rna J]a baophtikhap cactudrhgtrong nhal. T6i kh6ng trach ba va chuyen ay dan, trdi lai la khdc. Nhung bh men hiiu Suzanne vdi con ga cfia n6. _ T6i hi6u Suza[ine, nd iiliu thang b6 Pier.re

mat trang trong thhng nurdc. Kh6ng tli cho n6 trang. Nhurng 6ng dd.iig n6i con

]]6 tli{y

turdng la ga thiet, vi n6 chura b€to gid thcq'.v gal.

Kh6ng ; song le

n6 cho

ao-tu.g.ng la thquc-[8.

va cdc nghe-sl c6 i[ niiieu tracii-nhiein v6 squ lam-lan cfi.a be. Da th. iau, hg tiin bat chur6.c liinii-ddng cfic d6-

vat, bang nhdrng lan gach vcr man sac. Ngur6'i a hang da

khac chqm duqc, nhu that, gi6ng voi kh6ng-16 tren mie'ng liga m6ng, da che't mat hen may ngan nam r6i ! Sau bao c.6-gang trong nghe-thuat m6-1)hang, cong-tl.inh tuyet-m}~r mdi tdimdrc quy6n-rfi durgc mt.`>t tr6 con vtra ha thang hal muro.i ngay I 8§ ngoai ca ! Ai rna khdng bi

cdnli l]e ngoai quy8n-rti ? Ghinh khoa.hoe rna ta bi quayra}', c6 di qu€l mtrc lilt,tu.6'iig chang'.J

Giao-su Robiii

da tim tha'y gi dudi kinh hi8n-\Ti ? 85 ngoai va chi c6 b6` ngoai. Euripide da n6i : t{Chi']ng ta qiia that bi x{4odQng b&i toan chuyen gia-d6j...»

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CbA BAN Tor

T6i vtra ndi the va, d§ sap sfra giai-thich can van cL'ia

Euripide, tdi s6 tim y-nghla sail-xa trong cau van ay rna ch]'nh con t]`ai lt€i ban rau-ci'ii cting kh6ng h6 ngh: den. Nhung hoan-canh tr& thanh kh6ng thich-hQ'p d6 thuye't-l}'' trie't-hQc ; vi kh6ng g5 dirQc con ga trong dia, Suzanne n6i gian, d6 gay nhu b6ng man-don, mtii

ph6ng ra nhurmfii ngudi Cafres, g6 mci i7anh tan m{it va chan may xdc,h ngurquc len tram. Trdn a'y b6ng bi€n-

dong, d6 len, thanh u-nan, Its-hfing, lfin nh.in ng€`ng-doc, gi6ng dat h6a-son. Mieng be chfin ra d6n mang-tai va nhi6u ti8ng th6t man-1.q thot4t gift.a hat ham nudu. T6i n6i ld.n : T6[ lam I Tia sang ciia nhiet-tinh dfty I Dtmg nen n6i xa'u nhiet-!inh. Nhfi'ng gi vldqi trong ddi d6u thanh-c6ng nhcr nd. Va day la mat tia si'ing

cfia chting da too dtrfl be con trd thanh khflng-khi8p kh6ng khac than-turQ'ng nh6 nhan cfia Trung-Hoa. Con gai cfla ba, ba bang long con lam. Con men c6 nhieu nhiet-tinh manh-liet, hay nu6i-nang va ti8n theo vdi cac nhjettinhay. N8usau nay con tr6 men met ngurdi chfi bat-khua't ctia chting r6i, si'rc manh c`.ia chiing s6 lal strc manh cfifl con, va tarn cao-quy cfia chting lan v6 dep ctia

con vay. Nhiet-tinh la ca sT phong-phti tinh-than cfia con n8udi.» Me Suzanne la len : ¢{ 6ii qiia I Kh6ng ai con hi§u durqc g1 trong phong

hay, gifra m¢[ nha tri€[-ly can.d@ va met dtra b6 ctr lam [udng con ga son la con vat thquc-squ gi dau kh6ng bi8t. Cacba me

clang

tliurong-hai can c6 met 1§ phai

QUTEN

lot

'rRU¥BN CtA BAiv '1`01

{h6ng-thudng d8 s6ng vdi ch6ng va con cai I J)

T6idap :

- Con gai ba mdi

tim c{ii dep lan d`au-tien. £y

la squ me-hoac cfia vi.1.c-thcqm, nhu met nha van langman da n6i : t6i, thi Oho la squ luyen-tap thong-thurdrng cflfl cac tri-6c cao-qu}'r. Nhung cting

kh6ng men thquc-

hiinh sdm qua va vdi nhting phurong-phap khi6m-khuy8t.

con nhi6u

Ba ban yen-da'u, ba c,6 ]]i¢t-tai

n6i kh8 ci.ia Suzanne. D6 con gai ba ngfl di.

oTga`

xoa-diu

NHtrNG TAN-H6N MONG~Muol

'rrong loan tqo-I)¢t «d(.io hting» Th&g den indu-nhi¢m i]b.i |]hurdrng hdi-nhi.

Sanh I`a, lam-dia m6ng-si N& btrng trong ct9inh m6-lg &o-huy`©n.

Canh ITidou phan chi6u dith thieng

Phdi ra tia sdng mat hien long-lalth. Thi6 r`6i ao-anh dep ccilth Khich n6n nghi-lt.rc trong indnh &u-ni6n. Ccinh m6i lq, c&nh thit^tn-tien, Tc°un nhtian tl`& tqua mrdc mt}en thE3im kho.i.

Hodi c6ng ngng-riu, n6i curb'i ,. Ch{ing dcing uui s6ng c6i ddri khdc ta.

1 1, : :

QUYfiN TRUYBN QUA BAN Tot

M&t coanh tinh-khi^6t, m& to China-c'han nhi~rng c{Ptnh m':inq-mrf

qttdi-k{|.

Thi6n-thian nh6 b6 ccinh thag I. Iiqc-lodi this-gi6.i c96-thb.i sea flme

1i{3Iig khocin-khodi,

d.q. -I Lg6i-g~ng6

Tu&ng mcr trong ldc ta db titm-tir ; H`C)i h`6i

cc{Ic-d¢ng lbing

trj.

Ch{zng tian khdm phil Sinh-col

.3fa

ithi¢m~mdtt.

LIE

vi SAO Ci]i6u

m`=\', Suzanne

va ill. m¢t

{ii6i

dring Intro.i

hal

thang,

nfim $6ng tren c6i dci't gia nay, b6 kinh-

nghiem de.rt.].t. rahi6u viec.

MSt ngu'dri 16.n dfi sri.c khdm-

i]lid I,rong mu.6i hdi nam bao nhieu squ vcit ich-lgi bang Suzanne da kh{'iin-ph{'i troi]g mudi hai thc4iig, sS la met

bac phi-thur6.ng. 'l`r6 bie't de'n ;

con la nhfrng thien-tai kh6ng ai

chiing lanh~h¢i cuQc

phi-pham.

nghi-ltrc

Kh6ng gi bang cai vii.om minh dau-tien cfia

cii{.)c s6ng, i.cii ph€1t-khdi

B{}n

d6'i vdi m¢t

ci'Tia tan-h6n.

qiian-niem c£,'ic tr6 con ay

nhin,

i`d,

n6i,

quan.sfit, so-^`dnh, ghi nh6' eh.ing? Ban c6 qiian-niem chi'ing di, dti.ng, idi, lLii ehang? Bi}n c6 quan-ni¢m

chting choi gi5n chciiig ? Tuyet-dieu nhti.i la chting choi gis.ii,

`Ti

ti.6

ehoi ia

can-ball ci'ia

t€{t t`ii

nghe-thuat.

Nhfi.ng bi'[p-be, va bai-hdt, dfi lam cho ti.i Jtu.dug-tugng

ci]a tr6 |]hongi3htl gan bang nhu. cfia thi.hao Shakespeare

I.6i.

Siizanne c6

m¢£

gis day, d6

choi,

`qong chi ct.i

\'ai m6n, i,i.T ban-ch2{t i+a c6ng-dung la d6 choi chanh-

16rJ

QUYf}i`T TRUYBN CtL.\ B..\`T TOT

hi¢u, nhu.

thi'i

bfing c{i5'

trcfing

va bi'ip-b€

moll khdc trd thcfanh d6 cho'i flo ta.o men lit*`p,

}]an

b6p di.mg

{i§n ci~i,

ctio~SH.

Cd(.,

tinh-i`6' dtit`-h,let kh6o

gi{9: vun,

cdc h¢p kh6ng

a,€^`y tliu.a.c, @'ng dl.mg k6o, {t'ii ds dt.mg iiu.6'c, ii6ng,

d5 ch{ dan

dir6.ng

lt'i.a

v€i

In¢t ciic

s6i. Call

nao cling hu.-hang clang thirong-hqi. M6i ngay, Suzanne

lci'y ttrng man

trong gi6

cho

in?. Be

kh6ng dE,

{T man nao dac-biet ho'n man naij, `Ta ti.Ong toan-dien9 b5

cfing

kh6ng

ciic d6 vat

c±'ti

gin_tai

can-con La'y vdi

khfic. The'-gidi d€;i v6'_i h6 1€\

choi kh8ng,-l[5, `Tgii

phan,biet

ctit xdn va

cfla Suzanne,

m{'jn d5

t6 in..ill.

mu6n lb2iu-hi8u

vat va gh6p `T{`to d6

met

c£'ti c|ui`n.ni?in a'.v v6 van-

nhfi'iig h£`,nh-d¢ng, nhi~i.ng iu.-tu6.ng

ngirdi ta se phTic ck6 hQ.p-l}'' ctia t{`im-h{Sn

nhs b6 a'y, nhti.ng

x6t do,in lie Suzanne theo

tu--

tur6ng cfia chtlng ta, chd kh6ng theo tu'-tudng cfia be. Va, b6.i b6 kh6ng c61e phai c!ZLr{ Zcr, nan ta nht'i.Ldinh la b€

kh6ng c6 1}'J. That b€R't-c6ng I T6i day, bi8{ ti.I dat minh

vao quan-di°em chan-xac, {uc noi rna

ngurdri

[6i tim t.ha'y met tri-6c li6n-

tarn-thurd.ng clii thay

c6 ctich-thi'rc

r6.i-I.ac Tlils

nan

tt}i

kli6iig

1€}[n,di.iiig.,

[6.I

kh6iig

phai

met iigu6'i cha c[i'ng con ; t6i nbin-nhan con Sdi t6i kh6ng ddng klien lirm

m¢{ tr6

n{io khdc.

t6i kh6ng dtlng nhi:mg danh-ti`r th:'`i-qu€l.

N6i `7§ Tdi

chi

n6, m')i

vc'ri nie nri :

t.Ba b.?n y€t,u-11_i8n, chting ta c¢i dtra con gal xinh-

dep

that, ,,

QuyaN TRuyEN ctTA BAN Tot

1|t6

Bfi clap l{`yi (nhc4n-vat tron{?

lan-can

t6i

gall

g.i6ng nhu 16'i hi

PI`imerose

v('T tu6ng Pr!.mf.roc`.€) tl.a lt`i'i v6.i Iigudi

khi hp cfing khen nhur \Tciy :

tt Ong ban tlic±\`n }'e,u, Suzanne tao men, kha

Ltic

dsr„

ne'u

n6i lihu.

r]6 kha

th6', ba iigam lau

khcian.khodi vci ng!^i.y-1hc}

mat s¥,p xu6ng,

chi

Thuqng-D8

t5t+i,

rna ta

SuzaEme `'di

do€'in

dugc, c]iu6'i mi

d6i ngurcri sang ngdri vi hcanh-dj¢n va

tl.iu-men. T6i

nh€i-n

•`t Ba

manh :

nhin.-nhar[ nd

hThtTHg tt8 kh6i tt:ti

ph€'tLgi€'ic`

r€i

dep

di.t>

nhin-nhS`{i,

gi{°>i

ho.n

bat

ti.I.

€6

chinli

n}iiau ba

Ba mu6n nghe lt?ip lai, va mai-mai,

1}.'-16

rna

tim.

rFing con gal

nh6 cfia bd dsp. Ti.I b{`t I]6i ra, bci sg ma'`i ph6p Itch sp va khong bil±u~lt:>

nhi'i.I l{i

]if3'L

squ thanh-nha

can-thi6{.

sq,

lam pha{-long kh6r3g bie't th2{n.Itpc v6-hinh, md

aim nao, rna }ja kh6ng

I.5, song doan c6, trong bang

t6i, chu.c ti.ti.ng-phat (.hinh mfiy di'i.a b6 mar cac bri me da hanh~dien. Ka, hi~Tu phud'c nao lc?i kh6ng

s¢

I]gu{`j'i khutit.mat

khL9ing-khi6p kia cl]ac-cb£¢un da I:`in tr6n trong c€ic in.in trong

p]i6ng ? Den t€;i, khi Om vg va con varj long, ai dam |it'ji t|`u.6ec mc:it k6 qu€i`iinc v6-hinh nhu T€*i}' ; t` Tarn-huy8t

ci°ia tdi, phan hank-pbtic va s.ic-dep cfia chi'ing ta d6n dau rt`ji ?»

Th8

men

t6i

n6i

v6'i vq` {6j

167

QUYfiN TRUYEN CtJA BAN T0I

ttBc4

c6 1y, ba b£.lil }'eu-ine'Ii,

ba c{5

1}. lu6ii lu6n.

Hciiih_1)htic clang gh6 l€.ii d£`iy, du6'i mcii nha

nh6 nay.

Suyt I Dh.ng khua d¢ng : n6 se b€`y m^dt. Cdc ba m€, xtr Alhenes dell sg N6m6sis, vi iifr~thiiii ltic nao cring lii¢ndieii, nhuflg chang bao gi6` tr{`jng tli`i'y ciLrt?i`, rna ba nao

bi£3't

ca,

ngoai

tru.ng long {16-ky cfia

viec, ]3ie't

ni~`L.-Lil;ill

2{Lv lil

kh6iig iu'c>9ng-

cac than~lii3li, P{6,mesis, thaii 6i I

md ng6n tay ra hieu durgc. nlian th^dy cting kl..ap, bat ctr gicr nao, trong cai chuyen rat ram-thu.dng va bi_an nay la tai-nan. Cac ba me,

xi'r Athenes I ...

tat

lhich

hinh-dung mat trolig cdc ba ay, theo li8ng ve k6u, dudi cay nguyet-que', canh ban thd tron.g nha, ru dt'].a con so'-sinh tl.an.tru6ng nhu met tiBu.,thaii` t{T6i ttr&ng-tt¥qn8 ba ay ten

lj:yTsilla,. £`,.a4 {a

khi

¥ii!,1

cring sg nii'-than N6mesis nhu. ba, ba ban }t6ii-men i.i, va cfing nhu. ba, {ha}' vi lalm clio cac bra me klF'tc t;{i'u+is vi 16i ph6.tflrcmg haoapnhang d6ng-phu.o'ng, bfi !ia chi lo dell_

st| duo.c tha-tliir v§ hanh-pht'ic \'a sac d?p ctia ba.„ Ijysilla 1

Lysilla ! Ba ma't di kh6ng d§ lai tren mat dat nay mSt hiiih_ b6hg nao cfia ba, m¢tho.i th& nao ctialinh-h6n ci€ing me'n ctia ba sao ? Phai ch§.ng dur6sng nh.Lf la 1,`€`i T^;'[i£6ng baa gi6.

c6 that ?» Me cfia Suzanne cat a.i.i d6ng tLT-tur&!ig theo s6-thi.c}i a}' c€iat6i9 ndi :

- Ong a, tai sao 6ng n6i nhur the' va ba cSy. Ba s6ng ddi cfia ba, nhu. ta s5ng ddj cfi& ta. (:iiQc ddri la `Tay.

- Nhu the', ba nhin nhan r:`iiig €ii d<i s5iig rna t'6

th8 kh6ng hi¢n-sinh du'qc chang ?

QUYEh- TRUYEN CtTA BAN

1(58

T0I

- Di'ing vay. T6i kh6ng nhu. dng, chu}t¢n gi 6ng ci`iiig last lam l€.i he't, 6ng ban a.

13andi c,autren day vdi mat giQng binh.tinh. clang khi si.i`a soan cho Suzanne ngL.1. Nhung Suzanne nhirt-

dinh kh6ng chiu iigi'L

Cai ttr-khudc a'y Kay ra trong Itch-sfr La-Ma la mat net d?p trol]g dd`i m¢tTitiis, met \Tespasien hay mat Alexandl.e S6vi`re. Cai tdr-khurdc ay lqi lam Suzanne bi ray. C6ng-l}'r nh£`m-locii, mi la vc+}T dd ! N6i dting ri`, Suzanne

mu6n thtrc va dtrng dd, kh6ng phai d8 lo ci'ru-nguy cho De'-qu6c I.a.Ma, mat dis h.ic-lE.io ngan keo

im:>t cai tfi cfi

ki€u H6a-Laii, bung bt.I. i.2i ta:t7-nan bang d6ng kh6i.

86 ctii xu6ng ti'i, met lay Yin ngo:ii, met lay b6c,

c|uang ra du.di chan b6, nao mfi trtim, ao b6 tr6 con, ao dai. 1.atkh6-nhQ|-, mi¢ng th6t nl]i8u t,i^e'ng v6 chdrng, khi

nhs-nh?, khi man-rt.y. Lu'ng b6 cho2ung mat khan, x6p nhQn tr6ng lliat bu`6n cu'6.i. d6-Lhuo.ng ; dau nhs_xiu cfia

b6 thinh-thoang quay ]ai ng6 t6i `rdi v6 vui-thich con

daiig yen hen nfra. Tt.!i kh6ng tlT[8 giir yen dug.c. T6i {|uen bT6m€i`,is, t6i

la len : a Col kia con ht5 drfug d£ìng tiì Gang }èit that ? »

Vdi cfr-chl `tti.a bud.ng-binh vri.a sp.-set, me be {{u'a ng6n ta}' lc`n mi¢ng t6i d5 ra hi€`u. It6i bah ti`('j' lai ngan tfi I)i

I;£'`o-tr¢n. T6i theo du6i clang tu.~tu6.n`S (.tla ~

]3a oi, iie'u Suzi{m`;e

il£\I g

Llitn

+i:

t6i:

c]iau be hi8u

QUYEN

TRUYEN

C,tJA

BAi\T Tot

169

bi€t, thi b6 lai cfing kh6ng ken di+ng kben Ilo.n v§ diati

b6 chu.a bie.I. Chinh trong c€\i kh6ng biet, b6 mdi day thi-

db. Nghe cau ndi na}t, mg

t6i

va cu'd`i

cfia Suzanne qua}' m2}t nhin

nfi.a mi€ng, c6 }'7-nghia la che'-nhao, ba n6i

ldn:

-Thi-vi cfia Suzanne? Thi-vi cieia con gai 6ng! Nhung con gai 6ng clii thich c6 & nha h8p iiT6i I Bfi.a nQ,

t6i thay n6 hdn-hd gitia d6ng v6 vi'i.i b6. Ong cho nhu vay la

thi,vi

a 9>,

~ C6 le vay, ba ban y6u guy oi, c618 vay. Van-vat phan-c`hie'u trong ngudi n6 vdi mt:>t c+nh tinli-khi6t tu}'¢t.. dieu den tl.ong dd.i kh6Iig c6 cai gi do-l]an vd'i n6, d;iu ld gi6 dq'iig d6 vii.t b6 di iifra, tli€ nt}n, h6iri nc), b:I iiidi tha'y n6 hall-hoan lac_16ng trong d€;ng l€i cai, i.6 cfi hanh

va `'6 du6i tom d6. Chinh ]a met si+. say-rna thich-till.I lzun, b{`i {}. T0i n6i vt'j.i ba, n6 thay-d5i vaii-vat vdi in¢t

inanh-lTc thien-than, va nhfrng gi n6 thrfl'.v, n6 rd du.gc d6u in net dep d6i vdi nd. » Trong ltic t6i n6i huyen-thii\T6n a.}T, Suzanne r{j.i ti'i

den gan cfra s8. Me b6 di theo va bang b6 len. Den t6i em-dam vh ndi]g-nu'c. Met bdng trong-su6L tod lren canh la gi6ng t6c min c,i.ia c`t.ij' xiem gai rna hoa ri.ing tliiilih `.et[

trang trong s€`in nha. Con ch6 ngti, cang 16 ra kh6i chu6ng. Mat Hat daiig sa du't.t.in ditv nii`tt iiiau xanli da trdi. Cri

cht'ing tt`)i dL`u nin

em,

1 h8 r6i, troi]g i.di im.I€ing, i!L't: im-,l£:lug {fang-nghi¢m

QUVEN TRUVEN

170

CttA BAN TOE

cfia dem t6i. Suzanne lie't strc dua c¢S.nh tay c&o len, va vdi

ngdn tay kh6ng h8 m6' tron duqc, be chi met vi sao. Ng6n tay ^dy nh6-nhaii, k}r-dieu, cong-cong tti'ng chap nhu. d6 ken

gQi.

R6i bt; Suzaime n6i

chuy¢ii `7di vi

sao I

Bi€u be n6i kh6ng phai bang ldi, rna la m¢t cach n6i am-thaln va duy6n-ddng, m¢jt bai hat ky-lq, met cat

gi em-diu va v6-cting bi-an, r6t lai, cai gi can-thi6t a§ di6n-ta tarn.h6n dtra hai-nhi khi met v`i tinh-tti phan-chi6u yao.

Me b6

h6n be,

t{ Con iih6 nay

n6i : bu6n ctrdi that I )>

GUIGNOL

(HiNH

H6m qua t6i dat Snzanne

M®A-R6I)

di xem

hat hinh Gui=

gri_ol. ca hai chring t6i d6u vui thich : vi la mat v& hat. vira vdi tarn tri-6c chtlng t6i. Nell t6i la tac-gig bi-kicli_,

t6i s§ vi€t tu6ng cho tr6 mria r6i. Kh6ng r5 t6i cd dd tai-nang E6 thanh-cdng chang ; song it I.a t6i kh6ng qLi_a s¢ c6ngnyi¢c a'y. C6n v5 sang-tic van-chuo'ng d% cho

cac nfr ki{h.si d?p, tai-nglie ndi len trong hi-vi¢n Co. m6die-Frar`caise, thi that tinh t6i kh6ng dam. Va lai, hi-vieii theo ngudi 16'n hi6ù, 1a met cai gi v6-chng phtrctc?p d6i `rdi '6i. T6i kh6ng hiaù gi v6 cac b5-cu¢c mtriim6. Nghe-tluat cfia t6i la m6_ta nhfrng nhi¢t-tinh, va t6i chQn nhblig nhi¢t-tinh nao dCin-gian iihirt, L6i d6 khdng xirilg-{dng vdi hi-i.i¢n G}'mnase, vdì I.qp Vaudevi_lie hay vdi hi-vi¢n Com6die thich-hgp `'di ì-qp Guignol naye

FI.ancaise, nhung iqi

s§

A, no.i d6 nhfrng nbi¢t-tinh r^dt don-gian va manhme. Dt.ing-ct.1 the.6.ng dting la ca.y gay, H€9m ni.¢t

strc Choc tu.ai vl-dai. Vfr Eubn_g

r±h6.

cay gay c6

cf'`5-

ga6`. tis

172

QUYfiN

TRuyEN CbA BAN TOE

rna cd squlinh-dSng clang kham-phi.ic.

^Nd

durqc man-le

k6t-thi'ic

den h6i «dai h6n-chi8n chui]g cuoc». Dan thanh Lyon, no.i nhan-vat dac-biet liinh mi'ia-r6i Gui-

gnolduqc tao ra, da

chi-dinh nhur the,

tat-ca vd hat

ti`ong chu'crng-trinh d5u_ cha'm-di'rt ]]ang cu¢c h6n-chi6n

toan-dien. La met vi¢c vlnh-cfru va ti§n-dinh cai t{dai h6n-chie'n chung-cu¢c>> a'y I la ngay 10 thdng tarn (179i,

ch#m-di'i.t nan quan-chfi) la ngay 9 Thermidor (29-7-1794,

ch^dm-dirt

thdi «khfing-b6»),

la Waterloo I

(chifm-dirt

Dg-chinl]).

h'hu t6i da ndi vdri ban, h6m quaL t6i dat Suzanne di xem Guignol. Vd tu6ng trinh-di6n chac sai-12im nhi6ii

ch6, t6i nhan tha'ylam c+ioqn md-am khd-hi8u. song nd thich-thi'i cho

met {ri-6c siiy-turd.ng vi tu6ng~tlch

bat

phai suy-nghl nhi§u. Theo nhir t6i hi6u, tu6ng ra't tri8t_ 1y ; tdnh-tinh ch£`tn-xac \'a h.inh-d¢ng manh-m6 T6i thuat lai d€'iy b€.tn iighe, y nhu' t6i da mi.ic-kich.

Man vti.a v6n len, chiiihGuigiiol

hi¢n I.a

T6i nhan

I.a lao ; chinhtlii:it l€~io Guigr}ol. GLi.o.iig im:it -to

r¢iig

tram-tinli c6ii in `'€;I ci:i ci`.ia mti'y l€iii gay de bep infii

]ao, song kh6ng L}ie'n-d8i v6 ng{`iy-ng6 tldrg-in.5n tl.ong cai iihin va mu cu6'i cfia lfio {a. Lao ch&`ig m€:tc

€'ici 3Tt.mg

}}ini|ig

n£, cing

cb€©ing d¢i

nititrtim dau bangT£'ti nit`t h5i mviun 181`->, t`en con

du.dng

6' Brotteaiix dan Lhanh i,``{-in tr6ng lhaykh6ng kh6i

niji

cu.6.i. Nhung ne'u m¢jL LI`oHg e€'ic trli, da ii£{y dFa bar s{`jng

Rhone, ctin8 m¢L IIfgt5 hiii !iht:in-vftt Gu8nol va Napoleon

ina con s6ng

sot, vfi ti'trdt. khi

che'tgial, cle'n ng6i vd.i

H6m qua, t6i ddt SuzaFIzle di caem â&#x201A;¬uif an`Q|`

QuyEN TRU¥BN CbA BAN .roi

175

chting t6i h6m qua a Champs-Elys6es, tc{t se nhan raL cdi «t6c du6i sam)> buoc d€`iy bang den dac-bi¢t cfia hinh miiaI`6i u.a-thich cfi& minh li6n, cdi dut^)i iih6 nhay-nh6t ra't

bu6n cudi sau dt lao Guignol. V6 phan y-phuc, do xanh vA mti song-giac den, la b&i tai tuc-le xu'a ctia dan thanh phs Ba-Le da tao Guignol thaiih mat hang tar ha-i-i5

Gujgnol nhin chting t6i bang cap mat to ldii, va t6i li§n

c6 cam-tinh ngay vdri ve cha't-phic trcr-ti.€n cfia lao, va cdi tan-h6n mac-mac lS-lieu ay da tao cho thai xa'u mat net ngay-tho.v6-t¢i kh6ng bi8n.d8i. That day lal lao Guignol n6ng-tinh, can-c6, bang ti^im-h6n va net mat, cfr-chi rna 6ng Mourguet 6. thanh Lyon da Oho cfr-dt:]{ig theo y 6ng bang mQi ki8u each. T6i nghe liinh nhur lao Guignoi tra 16.i vdi 6ng Canezou, 6hfi cia lao,

d:~i tr€i{`h lao sao `t da{

iilii8u chuven li6't strc bu6n ngi'i » :

«Chd that cd ly ; chi'ing ta men di ngi'" Guignol chua ndi cau nao ; duoi «sain>> cfici lao lai

ngtic-ngoat sau bt. Thien-ha da cudi r6i. Guignol, con trailao,hien rci va htic dau vao bung lao m¢[ cc+ch ti.I-nhien. Khi'in-gia kh6ng phi§n-ha gi ca ; trailai, hQ cang cu.dildn. Giaodau tu6ng iihir the la taingh¢ tu)Yet I.6i. Va ne'u ban khdng hi8u tai sao each ciT-

xd. tdo.bqo €iy lqi dirt.)'c h.oan-ngh6nh, thi t6i Kin giaithich cho ban nghe ; Giiignol la t6. hau, pL6n mac yTphuc

ngudi hau. Gringalet, con trai lao. mac ao khoc+c ; y kh6ng hauaiva cfing kli6nglam gi ca. Ch6 ho'n a:,7 cho phep y

ngugc-d`ai cha y rna.kh6ng nia't phep lich-su..

QUYBN TRUYBN CtTA BAN rro|

176

C0 Suzanne hi5u r5 n[iur vay men. cam-tinh cO cl5i

vdi Gringalet kh6ng bi giam bdt. Gringalet qua that la met nhfin-vat d€\ngm6n. Y 16ng-kh6ng `'a manh-d6 ; song

tri-6cy day sang-ki6n. Chinli y danh d.6n nang mat canhbinh. Mdi s€iu tu8i, co SLizanne da cd thanh-Tkie'n rieng d6i vdi nhan-vien c6ng-quy6n r6i : c6 nghich vdi hQ nen iTui cu.j3i khi tha.v Pandore bi qua't bting heo. C0 cd 16i

that, Songle, thd that, t6i s6 mat vui khi c6 kh6ng cd 16i d6. T6i thich, dan i.6.i tu8i nao, cfing nen e,{3 chi'it uo.ngng?nh phan~d5i. K6 clang n6i chu)'¢n vdri }]c?n day la met

c6ng-danhi8n-hciu, t6n~trgng chinh-qu}'§n vci phuc-tang

phfip_luat ; th8 nhirng, ne'u trudc mat y c6 ai rtia choi kh5m vd`i met canh binh, m§t 6ng quan-tru't9]'ng ha}t mt:>t tuan phia,n, thi y s5 cu¢j`i tru'6'c hgt \T§ chu?ten g]T. song

chi'ing ta Gang a vao ltic tranh-cia'p gifra Guignol va GringaLlet.

C6 Suzanne

i`,ho Gringalet c6-l}''. T6i cho

phai. Bc?n nghe d£`iy va xet doan :

Guignol vat

Guignol Gringalet

di da tti. k`iu d€8 den m¢t i.ing-mac bi-mat rna chi c6 rieng

hobi6tch6, v±i noi d6 s6 c6 hcing ngan ngudi gan-da va tham.lam k6o den, n8u hQ bi6t. Nhu.ng lang-mac a.v 6' met ch6 .1.at kin-dao con ho'n ng6i den dai trong rtrng xanh noi c6iig_chi'Ifl iigfi ca tram,nan. Trong dd chac ct't m¢t ma~{huat, vi lei noi {ri'i-?in cfia met phtip-su. da danh

s;in mt:jt kho-vang Oho ai thang durQ.c, nhi6u thfr-thach, mat

ch} nghe n6i t6'i ci~mg rting minh kinh-hal. Hal nha lf]. h2inh ct'ia chL'ingta dan vting mau-nhi¢m kia vdi hai dinhhtrdng khac h€&n nhaLu. Guignol meLm6i, lao di ngfi. Con ti.ai lao ti`ach lao v`§ tc4nh iihimhtrcrc ffy.

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177

Y h6i : t{Chting ta d8n da`v chi6m do.?t kho tfing b&n£{

cdch na}' a ?»

~ C6 kho-tang nao b:tng m§t gia'e ngfi daii ? T6i thich can tra ldi nay. T6i tha'}T m¢t lao Guignol hi§n-trie't, thffii-hi8u canh liu.-v6 ci.Ia su-v.qt va chi

u'd.c-

Inu6n dirQ.c yen-nghl', la man ci9ia-cai qi|}'T-bau duy.nhir[

sau nht~mg xao-d¢ng toi_16i, hoac v6-bf3 trong cuOc ddi.

Con c6 Suzanne lqi cho lao tl.i-don, ngfi kh6ng nham ldc d5 lam mat ca, vi 16i ct'ia ltao, nhfi.ng cfia b£'Hi lcsio di tim, cfia bdu rat qti}'T, nhu d{.`iy bLing, bLinh iig?I, bang hoa.

khen Gringa}et hang_lit'ii i.im ftii.cfc may ctiti h{'iF. [ii}'et-\'6'i ay.

T6i

ct't

n6i,

nhfi.iig

tlifi.-thacli

ght`i.g6`m lam. Phai

dirong.-dan vdi c{i sa'u va gie't ch6t }|aqi}°r. T6i fl6i v6.i

siizanne :

- C6 Suzon, con Qu}'r kia ! C0 clap ,

~ D6 la ten mQi da den ! T6i tha't-vQng v8 can tra ]f`]i {I€i.v Iy c{y. Phan t6i, t6i bi€! r6 lci gi,

men

cht.I-nghfa

du}'.

tt^ii tbich-thtl theo

d5i cti¢c chi6n-dan giL~Ta Ma-qii}'' va Gringfilet, Cii¢c chi8n_ dra'u kh6c-liet ke'L-th!.'ic

hiing

That {inh y

vay

lam

cr+i

ch8t ci.Fi Ma_qu}9r !

kh6rig phai

bi6tma.}' khan-gifithoEig-minli Ilo.n C6 lliiig lnci

con

16i h6t ! Cd 1§ s,ac

lu6n

ho'i

la gi6i, v£`i t6i

Sttzt)n vfiii lanh-

ghe-sg nil.a. }[{i~qLij`'r cl]e't, [¢>i_

dep lie]i-I{S'g \T6.i M;+{|u}9r

tlieo n6 ! C`,6 ls ch['ing

kli(``n8

tha'}' bang-hoa mc+ {a sa.v-su.a `'a nhfi'[2g ta

d€Gim-du6i!

R5i ciii'ing

Lq_

{r6. ii€Jii

cfi!ig

call

dLrqc

mat dep

rna

nhu thg

nan

QU¥BN TRU¥BN chA BAN 'roI

178

trong c6i

d6'i

nay?

Chting ta dau mu6n tr&-thanh

ngudi cr?o-di'rc ctii]g kh6ng

du.Q.c.

T6i nghi-ngt`y lam.

Gringalet kh6ng nhan thay rt~> rang cdi xau can-thi6t cho cai dep, nhu' bang t6i Oho anh-sang ; rang dii'c-hanh la trQn-ven 6 trong c6-g:ilig va, ne'u ta kh6ng c6 maqu}PT d8 ch6ng d6i. thi cac thfinh cfing tr6 thanh nhanhq, nhu nhfrng k€ t¢i-16i. Con ngudi s6 bu6n de'n ch8t duo.c. T6i n6i vdi ban la khi Gringalet gist ch€t Ma-qn}9rO y pham met 16i bat-can ti.Qng-dai. Chti

h6 Polichinelle ra vai chao

chting t@i,

man

ha xu5ng, tre con traiva gai dEu I.fl v§, t6i con 6' lai, tram-ngam su}T_nghi. C6 Suzanne tliay t6i tu.-1u. tu&ng t6i bu6n. C6 cb )'7-ki6n thong-thudng la ngudi su}'-

nghl d8u la ngu.di dau-kh8. Nen bang met each thuongi`am te'-nhi, c6 cam ta}' t6i v:I h6i tqi sao t6i bti6n.

T6i n6ithat la tt)i gicin tt?i sao Gringalet

gi6t cli€t

Ma-qu)?t di.

C0 ben v6ng haj c{'`nh tay quanh c6 t6i vat k6

m6.i

vao tai t6i, ndi : -D3 con n6i chuy¢n n`ay I)a nghe: Gringalet gi61

thang mQi da den, nhung kh6ng phai gist thiet dau. Ldi n6i *y tra'n-tliih

t6i; t6i tir-nhi.I

Ma.qu}°'

chu.a cli6t, the lil chting t6i ra v8, vui-ve ]]ang long.

`-¥^i,

BAN CdA SUZANNE

ANDRE [3{.in da hi?'t

lj£'ic-si Tr6viere, Bc?ii t`hac uhd guong

mat to i`¢ng8 tha"h_t}:at va minh-man, va cdi nhin d?p Ilo.i c{i]i mcit xalih iii'ia 6ng. Ong c6 luong-tarn vtr ban lay

laHli ngh8 ci'ia nh{i gjai-phau dai-tai. Ong duqc kham.i]huc \'a sgr lanh-tri trong nhfiJng tru.diig-hQ.p kh6-khan. Met ham, [i.t>ng gicing-du.di]g giai-phau, 6ng clang thu.c-hanh met

i.ut:jc giai-plicau quan-trQng, con benh mdi m8, nft.a chtrng ti`a nan qua }7e'ii strc. Kh6Iig con hoi 2{m, buy.6t-mac,h kh6ng con tiian-hoan, ngu.6'i €{y ngat lim. Bac sI Treviere lian 6m ngu.d`i hinh, ngu.c .sat ngquc, va lay-lac vdi mat .iilt.` In{:iiili

dau-vat, cdi x€'ic Clam m£'`u va m8-x6 a'y.

Bttqn bdc.,.f`v;I ccim dao m8 len si'i.-dung met ci'ich tao-bao

va than-trQng theo

ngh6 quen thu¢c cfia 6ng. Huy8t-

m€}c!i tii:an-hot`in t]`t9y l<?.i va iigu.di binh dut.t'c ci'i.u

sang.

(`.6'i cho choang bac-sl ra, 6ng Tr6vjii,re tr6' lai ngu.di hii3i+1€inh va -that-i.ha. Aj

cfing

i,hich

c£'ii

I.ii'dri to

ti8ng

ft.ia 6Iig. Vai thdng sati cut:]c giai-ijhaii rna t6i vtra nbac

Qt'vF:`` TFJ.7¥fph-Ct'A B,4r\-T£`! I

I ,\ , ,

I-aig ti.o_n_g ]i'ic la`ii f,.hi`ii dao in_5,

bac-sE bi mi3i dao dam

rhfc]i nia kh6ng d8 giv, d8Tn bi nhiam-d¢c i.han}i

mi'i

`yd

(`h€;t ti.ong v6ng hai ngay, mdi ba muoi sau tu8i 6iig b6 l{?i i]gLrdri T'qF vf`i mat di'ra con rna 6ng rat thuo`ng }teu. HC~! ngay nao tat [r6'i, iigur6.i ta

nhfrng ca.v thong ti.ong

ci~lng dan tb?i.i+ duo.i

lam-vien Boulog.ne, m6[ thi€u--

phil de tang ng:5i vtra then 1.en vti'a ng6 chti.ng theo in?I tli'ra ]]6

trai

clang 1]6 cho.i,

girl.a

cu5i+

x`i6iig,

`t+ l]6-a,t

c['" n6 v!i nhi§u d6ng dat nhtL 86 1a b{`i Treviere. .i+nh

m€:it trdi mom-man gu.o.ng mcit xanh n6ng-am ci.ia ba va m¢it lu6ng sinh khi fran-ngap trolig the-xac lcin ti.tin-hall thofit ra [i`i.ng chap tt`r 16iig ngu'c, lam khi bi than-thtrct -va Ill. dot -mat [o man nau long-i.a!ih vang cfia ba 1S£`i triu-men iih`m {=Ti'I.a

t`,oil, n('] clang mu6n i.,hi cho ba tha.``

nhrrng bchnli ]i€ing dat nt'> lam durQ'c, nen ngu6.c dan, t6i.

mall lning-hung va dua clip

inat xaiih

\T8 phia ba, cc4i

dfiu \'a call in:il gi6ng h¢t ci.]a ba n6. Th€.iiig l]ii, tr6n-tiìa va trang ]ii5ng. Ld.n len. n6 6m I:3n : `qt`t rna lifm-cha'm d6m tan nhang \Ta t|`tpt. iien met ành. }1¢] n('! dcfim sq. Nhitîi lric, kbi ]it'j

chq}T gis.n iron:i

lcim-\'ien

i]bd.i nga.ng

T6'i (`{'ii`

gli{: b{``

nh`5(`,

btin

n.a:Si lhe„

`-.£m

lid ltLn,

t`tiii ii{'i \.€`i iat. da`i,

B:in dam, ho`i

nh{i, lilsii

t`au

ii:.im giti' iit'j lai,

im`i\.

ti`tjiit¥

d¢ng-[i.nil

t}Iih.ct`i.

Iihin

lanL*

qua thinh

gu.r}ng mi:it xanh-xao

Ida n..i {igp-tt.it. \yi.it chay 8i6ii.

met chi'it, bi`i

cfing thtrc da.v,

ron-I.6n di ch:`in kh6ng d(i'n ctii nhiii xii6ng i.,his:c giudng nh6 cfia t.on n2-in hThiaii }r~sl, hi}n ci.ia Iran-an

`'hii.ng

hfi

I-)i'i.a

nli6

t.h?

n6 ciin st`tng fr d6ng

ho'i

i.a'ii,

I.¢]ng,.

fhisng b{i, dati

manh-khanh

tht`ti.

QU¥fiN TRUYSN CbA BAN T0I

181

Ba Tr€,viere li6n xe'p ruo.Iig-tricip di v6 Bi.olles, xtrs& ci.'ia cha me ch6ng ba t.,huyen

theo ii6ng-nghiep. Vi

bac.sI Tr6viere la con ctia n6ng-dan,

va tdi mudi hal

tu8i, 6ng con bat 8 sao khi di hQc v6.

i:&ilha mt`mg-r5 du.di may dtii tin mu6i treo {ren xa-Iigang trong ph6ng hun kh6i. Ba cu Tr6viere, ng.6i x8m trirdc iigqn lfra ch€ty troi]g 16 siT6i to, kh6ng

bu6ng can qudnh, mat iihin dam-dctim mat each ngd-v¥c thia'u-phu ngudi Ba-I e va chi vtr ein. Song ba thay thang be t`xinh d€io_d8 va gi6ng tac cha n6>>. Phan 6ng

ct.1 TI.6viere,

kh6.khan

vd cti.ng -thcing trong chi8c ao

ngan bang nl to sgi. 6Iig ci.1 rat \Tui-mtrng {ha'y thang

Andre, chau n¢i 6i]g. +ill

l€5i tihira gong lal tharig Antlr6f da d^e'n Om h6n

n¢i n6 md cam 6ng sao i`h€`tm-chicli la chain-chich. N6 lai leo len dau g6i o1]g ]ao, a'n qua ta}' v6 gd mc4 6ng va h6i

tai sao hf]ng sau vay.

- Vi noi kh6ng con rang. - Tai sao i]Oi kh6ng con rang ? - Tai nd dLa den men n©i dem gieo n6 ngoai lu6ng t`{iy d§ xem c.6 mQc leii rang trang kh6ng?

Th:`ing Andr6 cu.di vui-thich. Gt`j rna cfia 6ng n¢i n6 khac h&n vd'i g6 rna cfia me nd !

Can phdiig danh-day dugc danh Oho thie'u-phu Ba. I,6 `7t}i ttti.a con, c6 cliigc 8iu6'iig hQ9p-can rna v9 ch6ng

chfi nhfi chi n€im c6 met lan. va cdi tti bang ca}' s6j

kh6a chat, dTng da}T d6 vaj. Chie'c giudng nh6, ldc trtrdc,

QtTYE`` TRLTYE`'

1$2

d} t=l}o (ti'i'{`

crtii n_hri

t±`{`-i|2g

gig_-ditjh,

Ct'T.-A

84+,`'

na}' dii9,``r 1,a:i

tren gac thii.t.].ng, Oho dd'a cli€'iii n¢i, Giucriig i.i`\` dal

T0|

fi`t`

{i.ong

`g6c` ph6ng ch6 kin gi6, du.6'i c€'`i ke chat tl;£}' chat mtrt. I}a T].6vie]`e. v6ii ky7~lu.6ng, ii6n di c6 ca ha mucri salt

\'(`-)ng tren van r{1m nha b±ing cay thong keu r€ing-riuic, Oho t|uen t.ht€]. :,I,,

lha't-vQng klif>ng tim i`a

mt:it

ea}' mang

n!io.

Tl.;in nhi` I]€ing car 16i-16rii va tudng so'i`

v(`)i tr€'{ng

Bfi Tra,\Tiiire kh(`mg |m^i'}r chti-}T den hinh anh t6 m{`iu lreo

t.ho `yiij m€6`t, trolls can ph6ng {tep n`ay ; nhung ltd thri}'

ti'en gin.6'ng hqp-c:an m¢it hinb chain nhiau tr6 nit mac i'io

Tig€Cin den,

qiii}n d£`ii tr.i-ing, mang

bang tay no.i

(.ill

t.h6, c:tin dt]n city, di di6n-hanh trong mat ng6i lihdth{`t ki€u 1``lY ..

« Tt`Ji,

Ti'(lli('I`e t`{lth

g.t`j-tich. I:{|

(lt`i

8:`[ It`'ii

lrun li

dot. pbi{i (Ill.(i.i {`lt`iu,

i.hill

ch[~i. k}'7 (`]n'I.:1(I-nh¢in

[Iulnh-lh't>

ill.olles. Iig[itl .I.-j th(uig .-I,

ndmi

li.ont.I 1849.

di8n v6 bang Piel`I`e-Ag6mt-)l-

ithti-th(I

Tl.'r

(;oul{`lrd., link-

a I I I (` . »

8;`! qlli.i|]lm ttQc i(mg [ht.3` `}:ti, i`i`ii [hJ ilai i.,t'iti ngii'``fi

ihi€ti-iii"

}]i6L

dan-iy

vh i.t't

vf).i g-iQt-]ii, \'eu-du.o.ng, (i().i.

K6 {=irq.c `7eu 8{`1

« (:on

lh"'

i'irj

dQL`

i]8iii-itrc: c`ii tha dai €^`i.\'

l{`i nht~i.ng kho-t€ing qu}''-bau nlii.'i.i

khdng p.an ch&.

[igi'i

(.lHt

{hi`in±.J Andi't:1

kinh

t.;ill-ngm}'en di.J)

r6i

ndi:

Th{Ping bd lfamJi?im : tt }JtT

Cri,

`Sau 15i

(ton

`'i±u

mt:,.tt

m¢-dao thanh-kinh .i'v,

hai ta`' lai va ngi'i ngon gia'c,.

nd nga dan. nan

QU¥i±N TRU¥£r`' ct;TA Bthf T6|

t`33

Ldcthirc day9 ltd [im ra san ga-Wit.

thri, hch-hd, n6 nhin dam ga ngqua gia dui met mat,

La-1iin_g. thich_-

mai, con

b6 cdi.

cor±

vdi con heo. Nhi.I.i la con ht2o

lam nd khoai-c.hi. \'a sT thich-thri

keo dai

nga}7

ii&}'

qua ngd}' Ilo. Den gid an. phai kh6 -iihQc mdi dat i]6 v8 dirqc, minh-may d;Sv ram va phan ban. t6c diiih i-£'ingnh¢n d6i giii.v t`ao c6 china nirdc phan, ta}J IQ-len, dau 96i tra}'-tri.ia, g6 md l];5ng-hao, tuoi-cudi, vui-sut!tng.

Me n6 la len : ttTi8u t|udi-vat, dtrng lai gan JtiQ !>i

R6i in? con din

nhau

trurdcban all, ngoai ]]i€i

ngh-ng.

`tg6i

gh6 dai heij kh6ng lung

h6n kh6ng

dqua.

ngoam cdi dtii ga to-tu.dlig, nt'j c6

v6 mat ti6^u lirc-si

Hercule ngo€.`m cai chu}7.

Andre tin, kh6ng d8 !'- gi ca, qu6n u6ng `'a

lit)i ch€.I--

chdt huyen-ihieii. ttMa tyi t.oil ga xalih !al con gi

mat `.J >t

Thi6ui]hu Ba-Le ira-1t`fi mat cach khinl`-su{^{t : ttchi c6 the la con ket.;>

Va thalig Andl.e bi I:am-]cin nhu

vit

cfia 6ng n¢i n6 la con ket,

th'6. [i6n

gQi con

vi va.\T, cau chuveii

1]6

thuat cang khd-hi6u vO-chng. Song n6 khdlig chill d6 l]i Jjat-buoc phai iihiii-nh£:ui d6-clang.

«Ma oi, mat bi8t noi n6i gi vdi coil khong ? Noi nt)i Chillh ga mai |a[n ra Lrdrng. Nhung con bi8t kh6ng phai.

QUYEN TRU¥SN CbA BAN T0I

181

Con bi6t r5 chinh ngudi ban trtii cay a dai-lo Neuilly lam ra ; r6i ngudi ta dem den cho ga mai dg n6 «tim». Vi rna nghl coi, ga mdi lam ra trdrng sao duqc, n6 dan cd tay ?»

Va thdng Andr6 ti^6i]-tuc thdm-hi8m van-vat. Di choi

trong rtrng vdi me, nb c6 d+'i cam.giac cia met Robinson Cr'uso6. M¢t ham tl.ong khi ba Tr6viere ng6i theu dudi car s6i dqua 1§ dufi'ng, n6 gap met con chuot chfii. Con chu¢t

chfii to lan lam. That ra thi con chuot 2{y che't r6i. Tren m6 n6 c6 dinh man nfra. Me n6 ray : «Andr61 Con c6 b6 qua nhfi.ngvat ghe_t6m d6 di kh6ng... Day n`a}'3 d6m mau len coi, tren cay kia. »

N6thaym¢t con sac nhay-nh6t tren canh cay. Me n6 cd l}'r : con s6c s6ng d?p hen con chu6t chtii ch€t.

Nhirng s6c nhay le, qua, Andr6 vtr.a h6i coi chting nd cd canh kh6ng, thi mat ngudi di durdng, c6 gu.crng

mat trang-ki¢n va chan-chinh, vdi bo rau d?p mau nan, ngtrng l€.ii trirdcba Tr6viere, ngan6n n6i : «Chao ba, ba mi}nh gi6i ? 'ralai gap nhau ! Colt trai baday ban ? Thang b6 ngoan qua. Nghe ngu.di ta n6i ba v6 6 dciy, ncyi nha 6ng cu Treviere..

Ba ihtr 16i cho.

T6i bie't 6ng cu ttr lau r6i I »

- Chiing t6i de'n 6. day vi thing b6 t6i can noi thoang-khi. con 6ng, t6i nhd hinh nhu 6ng da a vtlng nay khi con ch6ng t6i.»

Ti6ns ci9iaba qua-phu trs hinh nhu tac ngh?n, 6ng khach ughiem-traLng ndi :

QUYEN TRUYEL\t

185

CtJA BAN TOT

~ Thu:I ba t6i bi8t i`6i. Va I.`tit lu.-iihidn,

olig

crii dau

nhu r[8 chao I,hoi'mg

qua kj'r-ni€m mat dqi-tang. Sau mt.`jt, I)hL]i im-lang, dug ii6i tierp :

_ Trudc,

kia

that la th6'i-k5- `-ui-v6 I Gd bi6t bao

ngu.di hi3n-hau, t6t, da ra di ttr h6i nao I Cac hod-sf `-a phong-canh t3ang thuong ctia t6i ! Alih Millet {¢j_iighiep cfia t6i ! Mac ! T6i van con la ngii.di ban [hali cfia cac boa-sf,

nhu. hQ da gQi t6i nhu the. 6J Bar.bizon. T6i bi8t

hQ tcit t'a. HQ d6u la ngudri hian-lanli !»

- C6n xu.&ng cfia 6ng ?

-Xiring t6i al ? Van chay d6u. Tliang Andi.ii ch4}' Tut tdi, dtrng gifra hal ngitoi, la i,6,n :

_ Mall Ma i

dLrdi

cue dd to c6 nhif3u bQ rtia

lan].

Dau ca trieu i.on lan, that a !» Ba me iidi c¢c-16c :

- Im, di choi di. Ngurdi ban than cdc ho€}-si li§n n6i tiepp bang giQng am-ir,p :

- Gap lai iihau th€:it `Jui bie't m'ay ! Cac ban

[liirdiig.

h6i toibd Trviei`e xinh-dep hi¢n Sid ra sao. T6i dip ba lu6n-lu6n va c6ii hon bao gidi ntr{i ld bd Treviere 2;ii`h-

d?p. Kinh chao ba, _ Chdo 6i]g lj€issal]e.

Thing Aiidi+e lqi cha`t de'n.

QUYiiN TRUYEN C.6A BAN

18li

~ Md oi, phcij

cdc thti vat

T0l

dau la ctiaTr6.i h8t

kh6ng! C6 lhti nao cfia Qu.{t kh6ng ? Mat? Ma kh6ng tra ldi con... Tai sao Way ?

Nd k6o vatao md n6. Ba li6n ray :

-Andre, ddrng chan ngang rna trong ltic rna clang n6i chuyen nghe kh6ng ?

- Sao vay ? -Tai nhu vay la v6-ph6po The r6i, vai giQt nurdc mat yeu-durong nh6 ra va k6t-cu¢c bang met ni.I-cudi trong nhfrng cai h6n au-y8m. Them mat ngay hanh-phdc nira. NOJi d6ng-noi thurdng c6

nhfrng bau-trdi am-u.dt vdi tia nang rQi qua, bu6n.ba va thich-thti. Cdch vai ngay sau, trong mat con mira to, 6ng Lassalle, mang hng cao, den vi6ng ba qua-phu tr6 tu8i. -Chao ba. Kia cu Tr6viere, cu khang-kien hcrn ltic

nao chd ?

- L6.ng ligirc con t6t, song cap chan kb6ng ra gi. -con cu ba? Van gi mfii lu6n trong n6i ni6u sao ? Ba n6m man xtlp

Ba qua la dau-be'p kh6o.

Ba cumin curdi v§ cach n6i chuy?n than~mat €iy, mat ba long-lanli gitia d6i rna nhan-nheo.

Ong khach dat thang Andre len dau g5i va beo gd nid nd. Song n6 vut tu¢t xu6ng` chay lai c5i len cang 6ng n¢i n6, mieng ndi : «N¢i lam ngtra... Chau !lam ngurdi cai„. Htr I Manh

i!U¥fiN TRuyl3N cbA BAr\T Tdl

hon_ len. manh bcm

leii_ I

187

>,`

CuSc vi5ng tham man le den d6i ba qua-phq va ngirdi khach chua ndi vd.i nh€iu hon b6n chu, sfjng 8ia mat hQ da nhi6u lan gap nhau, nhu nhfrng laii ch6.p 16e ra gifra trdi, trong nhfrng dam he n6iig bti.c. Bang mSt giQng thd-o.,

b{.1 qua~phu ira hat :

-Ba bie't 6ng nay nhi6u khdng 6.j

- Ba bie't h6i nd chura mat. quin iigin lan. }Ia c6i] ai kh6ng bi6t ba nd trong lang nay.„ Ht.j d6u la ngLt'6i tat ca, thanh-that va thang-than. I.IQ c6 ti8n ciia. Xu63iig 6iig

Phili|jpe (cli_i'ing t6i gQi la 6ng Philippe) dting kh6I!g dud'i

muoi nhan-c6ng. Thang Andre tudng da d6n hic nd dugc ph€'it-}]i8u

}'7-tudng rieiig, men

nb]. :

- Ong a'y xa-u hoac.

hcm

Me n6 li6n nat rang : n'e'u ndi ds n6i 'Dav. thi t6l la nin di ! Ttr d6, sap tinb~bd I.un-rrii

ba Tr6viere

gap

6ri_g

Lassalle lu6n trong cac k]u'[c qu?o ngoai dITdng. Ba tr&

nan

bu6n.ba,

Icy-clang mcr-mang. ba

giu.i

minh theo tie'ng gi6 rung cay. Ba quen lfrng in6n d6 khdi theu va quen tat ch5ng cam trong long ham lay. Vao met t6i bu8i mha thu, mat tram bao tri. hi6n thai Tit tdrng con daj, tat qua mai nha cu Tr6viere va tl`en khap vhng ; bah qua-phu tr6 v©i du8i vtr em clang nhdm lfra, va Oho thang Andr6 di ngfi. Trong khj ba k6.o

rju¥EN+

188

TRU¥ER.

f,tTA BAr\` T`OI

thang-thdm d6i vd leli vii nail-not h€ti clicAn r6t lanh cri€i colt, th&ng Andi.6 1€.i_I. l€Jilig tai nghe gi6 gain

dfr-d¢i

ti6ng mLfa dam-dt:jp L`h€?in `'ao eti.a ki8iig, do:_.in Ilo 6m c,6

clang ci'ii xii6iig, {idi

tt Ma

{3i,

a,on sQ.

!idn ira_

qt_ia. o

v6,va,

« Btmg xao-xil}r€n, ng1.1 {Ii Con curn8

R6i bd iai ng6i gfiu 16 s'Lrdi doe m{:3[ bi'[c tho. Cans

doc, g6 rna ba cans frng len, m¢t lii6ng am-ap tdr 16iig ngquc, }ia thoat I.a. DQg xoiig, I)a ng6i ngfi fa tr6n glie', hat

lay kh6ng cfr~d¢ng, li6n m¢iig valr\Jcr. Bci iighi tham : ¢ Chang }T6*i ta. Con I|gu'di hi§i]-hau, tliang-than vat

ngay that lam sao ! Canh c6-dcrn den d6ng that la hu6nba I Chang t6 ra t6-nhi vdi minh find ! That la ngirdi ci` lam-li6n. Miiih c6 bang-cd day, clii n¢i cacli chang

ng6 ldi vdi minh.» Doi mat ba lai gai] 1€`i'm ban clam th: irnh-th*e .. « T6i, Ag6noi.

i]gay

€;hiu

kl`.I {6n dLI.chi ddg|. c,himg whf.in Pie,I.I.e-

Tr6uibre... Iy

Ba ctii mat

xu6ng. R6i

suy-nghi them.

- Ma oi i Ti8ng ttr

Iron.g giudng

[ih6 i/'cjlig

I`a lam ba gitrt

minh. - Andi.6, con keu rna, con mu5n gi d6 ? Gem na}' sao con

thao-thtrc qua val`' ?

i tat,

QUYEN TRUTEN Ct}A BAN- T0I

-Mar oi, con nghl de'n mo[ chu}'¢n. - Tlia}. vi lo ngt'i .

Chuyen gi vay ..'

Ba ch8t r6i phai kh6ng ?

-tr, t¢i nghi¢p con i,f>i. --, hThu3 vay, ba kh6[ig tr& `r;` nfra phai kh6ng '`?

-Than 6i I Kh6ng, con c.,u.ng a. - Ma, dti

vav cfing

con hanh-phri.'``

i_i+urqFe,

`Ti

con

thirong rna lam, rna th2{v kh6ng ? Den d6i con lhurong ilii'` bangcho ca hat ngudi. Va n.6u ba con tT-6. v8, coli i`fin;J=i

kh6ng th6 nao thu'ogng ba du.qc Lii~Ta.

Bamelo-lang nhln con giay ldu, doan ng6i phich xu6ng gh6 dL.[a, im-lrmg, hai lay 6mdau.

Cd honhai ti6ng d6ng-h6, thang nhs da

ngi.i

theo

ti8nggiongbao, thi thay ba bird'c de'n gan giur6.iig nd,

than nho-nhs : « Ngd di con!

Ba kh6ilg ti.a v3 dauj„

The rna, hai thing sau, ngurdi cha tr& v§`n Tr& v€ dudi gur®ng mat to-1dn sam nang cfia 6ng LaLss€ille, ngu6'i

chfimdi trong nha. R6i thang Andr6 trfr lcii vhng-vet, 6m-}.6u, suy-m6n. Hi¢n gido, nd da lanh manh. N6 yeu-me'n chi vii nb nhu ltic trurdc yeu-me'n in? n6. Nd kh6ng hiet rang

chi vtr n6 cb mat nhcin-tinh.

fife

X_H

PIERRE «Thua ba con trai nh6 cfia ba duqc may tu6i 6.j>> Nghe

h6i, b€i in? nhin con nhu'

nhin ct6ng-h6 ct8

xem gid. R6i ba dip : «Pierre ! Nd dugc hai inu.o.i t`,him thaiig, ba a.»

N6i ndduro'chi'\i tu6i rur@i con hen,

nhung

Piel.re

cd nhi6u tl`i thong-minh va hanh-d¢ng la-lhng vao tuf5i

nd, men n8u n6i Ilo gial thdng hon that-su., s¢ cdc ba me s6 it ganh-ti hon. va iibur tlie', nd cfing it la-thudng

hon.

Lai ctingb&i m6t, lv-do khat`

mu6n themtu8i Oho Pierre, dTau chi

rna ba

in?, kh6ng

mat nga}' di ni~I.a.

A!Vibamu6n gift c.on ba nhci hoai, cir tho-a'ii ludn. Ba cam tha'y n6u nd Gang `1dn len, nd s6 it ]a con ba hcrn. Ba cam tha'y nd thoa[-ly lan-lan kh6i ba. Thfln 6i ! Chting chit`im cach tho£'it-ly, eEic tr6 tho bac-b€o a.y i St.I

phan-lia dan-tien la ngay saiih ra cliting. Dau cho la me chdng,

cting

chl

i`,6n cd trai

vul va hai

ta}7 d§

gift

chti]]g lai.

tSh6` ma'y di8u tt6 rna Pierre dirt.yc vdra citing chan hal muui

chit-i

th€'irig.

Vi9t l€}i, dt5 efing la im:t'L tu6i khti

c`jT.-¥£I.``

'I`Rrv€``

ttep, gQ`i r6hfi

GtT+i

84`it\T

I_.ieng pban

T{`j|

tf9i

191

n_hiau

si.I

kinh-n8 ;

t6i c6

}'eu nhi§u dtr€i ti.a, trang tu6i ay rna cfr-chi di¢u.bo d8u tuyet-hao d6i v6'i t6i. Song kh6ng mat ban nao cd khi8u

tu6ng-tutyng nhu thang Pieri.e. Pierre lien-hgp 5'-ki8n rat da,.clang va vdi m¢]t vat tha}T-d8i ba't-tbudriig. N6 nho.duqc nhieu }1'_tu&ng [h. trudc 1{^iu. N6 nhan

i`a dupc ngu'di di vang hen {r6t thang. h'd kham-phfi ti`ong. nhting hi]Ih man 1*]igcho nb, ca ngan dac-di6m khi€n n6 thich_tht'i `'a lo_ngai. Klii n6 lSt sach hinh, rna nd thich va cia xe chtl`ng nfra quy;ill. gb md nd lian frng t[6 `7a mat al]1i-sang b€Ving lo6 qtia h.ong mcit n6.

: }Je n6 sQ.

mau da `Ti`i cap mat ay ; bar sty trf-6c lam

i7i¢c nhi6u s6 met a?iu-dc b6 nh6 con mam-mai di ; ba sQ con ndng, ba sg dfi thi'r. HA st} cb diam xui den tdi cho dtra con rna bfi hanh-dien. Ba gan nhu ao_udc

..i,ao dti.a con trai, rna ba tqu-hao, durqc gi6ng con ann ban banh mi tha}7 m6i nga}t lrurd'c ct'Ta tiem, c6 b¢ .mat

to-tu.dng, tr?t-let, m€`it man xanh kh6ng tinh-than, mieng

ma't liit lrong d6i g6 mi i]hi va ct'j met st'rc-kho6 dand¢n. r|`|ifing di5 ch{it-. khoiig gieo_rati lo-au cho

Pierre tl]i t``rng li`ic li}i

ai ca ! Con

thav-ii8i mau-sac ; ban tar

n6ri.g

h8i, gia'c lig['i trfin~tl.9c t,rong noi.

t'-8f cfiii.g kh6ng }]ang cht'ing ta xem h}nb.anh. `'6,n-,Tnh.

One n6i :

loiig ngudi

Oiig khii)'en iien

ban nh6

ci'ia

gift trj-f>c nd

QU¥fiN TRUVBN CbA BAN T0I

192

Nu6i n6 nhut con ch6 nh6 vav. C6 kh6 gi dau !» .,

Vciy 6ng mdi lam, vi trdi lai, that la kh6-khan. Yslchaiig c6 quan-niem nao v§ t€^im-ly cfia dtra b6 trai hal mT.I.o.;; chin thang, M.i y-sl c6 chac rang ta't-ca ch6 ihon

iS{3u i6n len ti.ong si.I .ven-t}nh va phan h6n cfia

cta`iji[ing n6 Jjh+fins :9 T6i bi6t in(.)I con Ch6 llh6, tu8i d¢ Sau

tuan-}a, nti`i su;f;i deln i:i'r thau-tlu'rc i-a trong giac ngfi, ct'r

tha\7 d8i nhaiih chi}iig kh6-c,hiu, ti`i. im-Icing tdi la

oang.

\Tt'> I,im 6ri c{vHi ph€]ng {di `T6.i nhfrng li`5ng n`gan-ngtr ken

o{q.ng l€1n-len. D^dv c6 pbi.i± l{i }`en-t¥nh khong ?

Kh6ng dcSu ! Chonen con vat nhs cfing nhur Pierre : nb gay 6m lan. Song n6 van s6ng. Pierre cling con c6 mam-m6ng met si'Tc s6ng sung-ttic trong ngudi. Co-th§ n6 kh6ng met bs-iihan quan-trong nao bi tiem-nhi6m. hliu.ng ai cfing {I§u mu6n thay n6 it 6m, i[ xanh ho.n.

Thanh-phs Ba-Lekh6ng hap cho dtra h6 dan BflLenay. Kh6ng phai vi n6 kh6ng thich a clAy. Trai lai, n6 hi t|uy8n-rfi bdi qua nhi§u hinh-thti.c, mau-sac w`i boat-d¢iig ; ii6 phai cam-xilc va tim hi8u qLia nhi6u, vi

dd rna nd met. Thang bay, m€ n6 dat n6, gay 6m v€`t xanh-xao, d6iim¢t gdc tl.di Thuy-si, no'i ch`{ c6 toan thong xanh tren sudn ni'ii, c6 tuo.i va bd cai diTdi thung-lt-m8. Th(`Ji-gian an-nghi

git~ra bau tr6.i b6i-du6`ng bao-la

va yen-ifnh a'y keo dai diTqc ba bhang, ba thalng day hinh-i'inb tu.oi cirdi, va trong ]i'it: {16 n6 c,fmg duqc an nl]i§u bdnh mi T`gu?Jen-chft,. B€.n dau thfing murdi, toi

QL-t'fii\- TRUYpjh` i;£TA. a_:`£:-,- Tcjl

tha'?r £1`&

vE` met b6

193

PierreL d6i m6i.,

}i3i-~sinh, met he,

Pierre sam da, vang chin, rna gall ithi'ilig phinh, tar den dtia, ti8ng ndi to vh gigng cu.di ldrL Ba me

ham-hoan

khoe : t{Xem

tbaiig Pierre

t6i

`3a}7 ; nd 3:fi'u t¢ ; inauda n6 nhu. dti.a h6 clang bfli mtroi |.ilin xu

!i,I

SontS

I-n`aii-s{'`ic`

dEi-ti;;

ht`^!iigliao €i}'

kh{5ng h6n,

B€J

x{-iiih I;£n, fi€i cam-xt'[c ti`t3' l€.ti, tim \.€`Li nJiu. met c,i'ii gi qua

hi8ni-hoi vi`i m6ng-nianli. T!i±i`Hih-pli{`; Ba-Le lai ann-hu&ng n6 trfrl{?i`; tdi

mu6n n{'ii 13a-Le

dau dau, soiig v.an ch]ig kh?ip :

I.i`i`-{hi'rc., khan.g

than]i

Bfi-Le g(i.i }'J,thirc

\7d tri-tue l€`im ta phi-'ti I.{'jilLOLQ`ri, ki„i{`±`n toan3 mac dau ta 86

ct_jrj I¥!i{;

}jierre d:i

t]`{.'I. i?i

tha'y a

ta pEjai i`6,strc

10~

['i.iig hi5iig

car

ljti I:~ii-,m{'4tc

`Ti`i

v6'i

hinh-anh. Ciif{i tht4I]g t_.h€.ip, !t`ji ih€{}. nt'j bi khich-d¢ng, hat

mci.I. that to,

vfi h;.ii

kh6ng !Jeii gictf,

ta}T

nhs

hc'`,,

kh6-khaii.

N6 ngfi

\Ta hc;t mii6n 5n ii5ng nfra.

17-s? bao : „`Tt'i khong {`6 `gj d{^iu : I.an cho iit'j all.»

}`1a

all

bi`ing. ca{~`h

n6 ti6~gang dfi

c`:i nhirng

nao `.'

Bit

in?

clang

[huong ci'ia

kh{^]n{} each nao

thanh-c6ng,

Ba pha[ kht'jc \'{!i Pie{.1.e van kl!6ng 5Ii.

Den chi'I h6

}6 i;ic+ng.S;nh. Pieri.e du.q.t. lt!'!i`q `gi`i

inL']a i.6i, ngt.ra bay

nhi6u qiial v{i c€°i 16

S€€!I]g^ bil'ti `s.qii, iiie n,''j liiat. ,+o F3gi°i.

dt'rng [ni.('yf iS sll'('rj, nh6 cac d6 chcri. r6i

nhin

Iiai ta?'

tang : quan linh.

bu6ng th6ng,

ngd-vLi'(.` nlui.iig b¢ n}fit nh5n

ngli?~{:L2?in ;

QrvEj``

194

TRU¥ShT {f,tj-A BAN T0I

{{C,ale tht'r d6 c'ho.i na}r `s6 lam nd khich dons them !

Nhi§u qua !» `7€i nffe-nb?9 sg Pierre th~d.c day8 ba 6m choang thang h§ c6 i;a hung-dfi., m2£}7 quan link ba ghe.sQ vi ba tu&ng

t.!\ung c6 th8 16i cu6n con bat ra tram-mac ,qau nay ; ba }'dch lti6n con ngqua hi§n-1alnh mciu d6, va nh6n got dem tti cat h€:t tron8 tto| ci'ia |]a. Bf:i chi d8

Iai

tren 16

su6.i m¢t h¢p cay trang, cdi

chu6ng tri`i.u Sid ba muogi chin xu, tang-vat cfia met 6ng ban ngheo, r6i ba lai gan giudng nhs nh±in con ngti.

Ba la dan ba, nen 16i gian-lan trong viec lam phai cfia ha khi8n ba mim curdi, nhung nhin thay m]' mat dtra b6 xanh than, bea lai nghi them :

t{That kb6n-kh3 kb6ng lam sao cho thang nhs ran tl6ng dugs !tj Vtr.a mac ao xong, b€

Pierreli6n

m6hop r€t, tha}y

nhi8u trtru, b6 cai, ngqua, cay c6i va nhi§ii

cay quan.

Dting ra, tl]i la met n6ng-trai hon la met t`,hti6ng tr``ru. Nd thay vq ch6ng chfi trc?i. Ong chL'i cam lu'6.i hai,

ba chi9i cam bdra cao.

ra d6ng cat

c6, nhung ho

kh6ng c6 v6 clang di. Ba chh trai mac flo d6, doi nan rcym. Pierre h6n lja la`m g6 rna nd lem-lu6c. Nd thgy cai

nha nhs va thap qua den bah chfi trai khong sao dti'ng trong ay thr¢c : nhu.ng nha cd cai Pierre mdi nhan bie't la cai nhh. Cai hinh t6 mau kia phan_chie'ii d6i mat tan hao va

cfra cat, nhd dd

c.ach nao trong

tuoi-{£in cfia dtra be ? Kh6ng ai i`6,

QUYEjN TRUYBN

C¢A BAN T{)I

]9:-,

nhu.ng qua la mob rna-thuat. N6 bop cai hinh ay trong hai nam tay va bi b6i dinh lay-nhay ; n6 dtrng dtrng ta't ca tren ban con va gQi tdrng m6n vdi ten nd.dat, b¢?`ng mat g±Qng say-me .. Da~cta I tu-tit ! inu-nm I C`&m len met tl.ong cac Gay xanh k}r-la ki€i, c6 thi^in-h`ilih trcm-tru va th€eing-tap, 1a bfing dam-halo hinh n6n, n6 la len : « C:`t}' thong

! ,)

That qua man-nhiem d6i vt'yi

tim I.a nhu vLiy dau.

lil? n6. B:`i c6 d¢>.i m`io

Song le c€ii

ca}' xanh, hinh ndn

tren met cdi thhng d8 dtrng thi dting la c:`iy th{^jng r6i.

Nhurng d6n ltic thfing Pierre ndi ra, ba mdi nghl tdi. Ba ndi: `{

Thi(^m-thzi-n

! jj

R6i l]a 6in ii6 ht`]n, din cli€it ci'i.ng de'n

chuis:ig trtrii

bi I:it d8 h€t I)a I)hisn tu`.

Song Pierre tl]a'y mfty cciy thong gi6'ng vdi cac cay n6 thay tren kia, a mi8n iiuli thoang-khi m{lt-m6...

N6 con tha'y nhfrng vat khac rna in? nd kh6ng thay. Nhfrlig mi6ng cay nhs t6-mau ri.1.c-ra kia gqi cho nt'] nhi6ii hinh-anh cam dt:>ng. Vd.i chting, n6 s6ng lc?i trong phong-canh mien ni'ii Alpes, nd nhLr tl.a lai lan thtr hfli

durdi bau-trdi Thuy-si da nu6i nd map-map. Va y-tudng nay lien-ke't vdi y-tudng khdc, n6 nghl de'n cai {u`n, van n6i:

« T6i mu6n an sfra va bdnh mi. » N6 u6ng va an. Squ them

€Uin bat mtii. Nd an bfra

t6i, gj6ng nhu n6 bfi'a an trira. Qua ngay sau, co.n dt')i

196

QUYEN TRU¥EN CbA BAN T0I

lai den khi nb nhin thtiy cdi chu6ng trdru. Ct'j 6c tu&ng-

turqng la nhu vay d6 ! Mud.i. 1cim ngc`y sau, nd no trdn.

M? nd vui mtrng kh6ng xi6t, ndi ; t{Coi day i G6 m€'i nd ne I Qua clang mat thang be murdi ba X... ngheo

xu I Chinh nhdr ctii chu6ng ti`dru cfia 6ng ban 2{.\' rna

n6 duqc nhu vay d6. >>

..c.T$1

Hrll

JES§Y Dirt'>.i ti.i§ii Hoang~hau Elisabeth, t'r llianh Londres, i`t'i

mat nha tht^tng-thai t6ii Bog. Dirdi d&nh-hieu Bogiis. 6ng t-Iu.qc n6i tie'ng v6 mt:]t lit:t sach

kh:.`o-luan tt Jja7ii-/t3z. t.I?rt

nJtdn+oqz.j) (JiTJ./.ezl/..`? Jl[ImiJ.Itc,`.) m`i

kh6iig a.I bi8t den.

Ong Bogus da khao-ctrii tti. hal muro.i lam nam nay, chura xuat-ban, nhulig tliti-l]aii li£.lil-thao cfia 6ng,

ch6p

lqi sach-s6 va sap thi'r-tqu tren ke 6' khung cfra s6, g6in kh6ng dudi mu6`i qu}'Sn, kh8 gi€{}r ga'p liai. Quy8n dan n6i va squ lam-1ac ve v^dn-d§ sanh-san, nguyen-thu}3r ci'iii

ta't ca lam-lac kht'`c. Ti.ong cac tin.\'§n sau, ban v§ squ lrim1ac cfia tr6 nit traj, 1r6 nit g£'ti, thanh-thie'u-nien, ngirdi

trung-mien, ngu.di gia-iiua \'a cfia cac ngur6`i khi'ic nhau iT3

ngh6-nghiep nhu : nhA chanh-tri, k6 bu6n-ban, t|uan-nli.in dan-b8p,

nhi\n-vien t|uang-cao. v.v... Ma'y quyqen ch6t-

chu.€\ hoai]-thanh, g6m cAc sq. lam-lan cfia a,hdnh-thg C¢ng_h6a, ke't-qua cT'Ia nhi~rng lam-lan cd-nhan va ngh6nghi¢p. B&i s¥ lien-tuc nhur the v6 tu-tirdng trong t€'ic,-

198

QuyEN TRUYSN CbA BAN TOI

pham tuyet-tic ay, men ltii6ng sao bcrt b6 mat ti`ang rna kh6i pha-huj7 ca toan-th8. Th. chtrng-minh nay d€n chtrng-

minh khac, 6ng dat de'n ke't-qua cu6i-cting Oho rangtdnhchat cdfl squ s6ng la di§u xau, rna n8u st.r s6ng la mat s6 1urqng, ta c6 th6 qua-qu}'e't chac-char] nhtr n20t vdi mat

la hai, rang h6 cd bao nhieu cu?c s6ng tren dart nay la

cd bay nhieu die,u dau-kh8. Ong

Bogus kh6ng sai-lam

di cu't'].i vq tlau.

Ong

s6ng trong mdi nha nh6, mat minh vdi mLi t|uan-gia ten Kat, nghia la CaLtherine, song 6ng gQi la GlausentinaL,

ba a mien Southampton. Bah chi cfiatri8t-gia, v5n tri-6c it sieu-vi¢t hon em tra.i, nen |>hqm t``i. 16i nay de'n 16i khiic : yen m¢t ngu6.i

ban ni trong thanh-i]h6, r6i ke't-hon v6.i ngu'di ay, va sanl] ra mat dtra gdi ten Jessy. Cai 16i-lam chat cia ba la ch6t di sau mur6'i nam lap gia-dinh vA gay them cai ch€t ctia ong ban ni nfra, vi6ngtakh6ng the s6ng them durgc sau khi bah ch€t.

Ong Bogus den dii.a gai m6-coi v6 nu6i, vi thurong-hal, va vdi hy-vgng rang di'i`a tr6 ay se lam d6i-tuqng thichdang gii'ip Ong khao-x6[ vS cdc 16i-lam cia tre con. Dri.a b6

gai ltic ay durQ.c sdu tu8i. T€'im ngay dan

v8 a vdi nha tri6t-hQc, n6 kh6c val kh6ng nbi-nang gi ca. Sing }]fr{i thtr c,him, n6 n6i vdi 6ng Bog :

t{H6i ham con tha'y rna ; md mac loan trang ; md c6 bang trong n6p ao ; rna rac bang tren giurdng con,

QUYfiN TRU¥EN CBA

BAN T0I

199

nhung sang ra con kh6ng thay bang nao ca. Cau cri, can tra lai con nhfrng bang ci'ia rna di.» Ong Bog ghi-chti 16i-lam gy, nhung 6ng nhin-nhan, tl.ong ldi |]he-binh cfia 6ng, rfing d6 1a mat 16i-lam ngaytho., c6 thg ndi la du}'en-ddng.

it lau sau, b6 ,Jess}' n6i vdi dng Bog :

« can Bog, cau 8ia, cau xau-t¢, nhu.Ii8 con yen-me'n cciu lam ; cau cring y6u-me'n con nhi6u nile !»

OIig Bog cam vi6t leii; nhu.ng., sau vai dan-do trong

tri, 6ng lihin-nhan 6Iig he't v6 ti'e-trung `'a kh6ng bao gid xinh-dep men 6ng kh6iig ghi-chti ldi n6i cfia dtra b6. C)ng chi h6i :

- Jessy, tat stio cau |]hai thuong con ?

-Tai con con nli6. oii8 Bog tqu h6i than : «c6 that duln8, qua that dting la phai lhuong-yen cdc tr6 nit chang ? C6 th8 lam, vi thquc I`€i chi'i.iig cii[i durgc yeu-men. Do d6 mat c.4c 16i--

lam tht^]ng-thurdng cfia nhfrng bci in? cl!-i cho con bti va

yeu con s6 durqc tha-thtr. Lqi mat chucylig-muc thong b¢ kliao-luan cfia minh can phai vie't lqi.jD

Sang bfra 16 sanh-nhpt cia 6ng, nha tri8t-hoc vdra vO phdng chi'ra sach va giay td, rna 6ng gQi lh tbo-vien, thi nghe c6 mhi thorn va tha'y met biiih b6Iig camchudng dq.a khung cfra s8. Chf c6 ba bang, song ba bang t?6 than duqc dnh-sang

200

QL-YE_Ill

TRUYEi\T

mat trdi men-man `.ui-v6. Va loan-the

Ct;TA

BA|``

T6I

cfiiig d6u vui-

tu.oi trong c€Um i]hbng u}'en-b€ic ra'}' ; ghe' du.a ci~i bgc than, ljan ci^\y b6-dao ; g€'i}' sdch }6i c8 `si'ii]g chdi ]jang da b6

con mau hung-huiig, bfing da trtru m6ng va bang da beo. Ong Bog, can-c6i nhtr chtiiig, cfing bat chudc chLing rna

tuoi vui len. Be Jess:\` 6m 6ng h6n `'a n6i :

tt Nhin xem, cau Bog. nhin xem : day la trdi (qua i',Ira ki6ng bQc chi. be chi mau xanh nhe-nhang cfia kh6ngkhi); va ke' dud.i la dat, dat tl`8 bang (be chl binh boa cam-chudng) ; ke' d6, &du'6i m`I.i\, m€\'y quy%n sdch den to tu'dng, la dia-nguc.)>

}Ia')v quy8n sach den to-turdng a'y la mudri quy8n khio_ luan v§ «Ltim+6~z. cficz ftJicin-Jot.¥!.» sap dudi long khung ci'I.a

s6. C€ii 16i-lam ci'ia Jessy n!iac 6ng Bog nhd lai c6ng-

trili_h 6]]g b6 d& tdr lau ds di dao choi ngoai dudng va thong ccic boa-vien vb.i chau gdi 6Iig. Con be kham,pha c{i ngan thin d6-thucrng lam, va cho 6ng Bog cfing cting bi8t met tha. \7i su6t ddi dng, 6ng cd di ra ngoai

¢au. Oiig m& bo thd-ban ct'ia 6ng ra, nhirng 6ng kh6ng nhan ra One {rong tic-pham, trong dd kh6ng cd l]Ong, cf[[ig kb6ng cd Jcss}'.

}Ia}~ thay, tiì8t-I,V giup 6ng c6 y-nghi cao-sieu rang ]je jessy kh6ng lam duQ`c ì¢c gi hfru-jch. Ong c.an.g bdm chat i`,han-1}'' a'y, vi n6 rtit can-thi8t Oho sT+. ti6t-hg.p cdng[]ìnl!

i,ng.

}ISt h6m clang ngam-iighi v3 `ta'n-d6 a}7, 6ng th#)7 Jess}'

Li`ong tho.-vieu d€ing

x6 kim trudc cfi'a s8 c6

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b6ng cam-chudng. Ong h6i be mu6n ma}T mdn gi ?

86 Jessy ddp : « Caw Bog chua bi`e't chin en da bay di r6i sao?» Ong Bogus nao c6 bie't gi , chuy¢n d6 _k_h6ng c6 ti.ong Pline, cting kh6ng c-6 t_r-ong Avicenne. Jessy n6i tie'p : tr Ba Kat n6i i-6.i con ham qua...» ()]1g Bogus la l€ii :

¢t Kat ? Con nhs nay mn5n n6i de'n lnu Clausentina ding kink chdr i >>

- Bd Kat nbi vdi con h6in qua : Nam nay chim en bav di `sdrn hon mgi nan ; dd la di6m bao trudc mtia d6ng tdi sdm Ta

r6t bust lam.>> Day ba Rat da

n6i vdi con nhir the'. Va coli lqi thfy rna v6, mac d6 tralig, `-di cilih-'sdng tren t6c, song kh6ng c6 bang nhu lan tru'dc. Mfi~ ndi vdi con : «Jessy, con hay lay trong tfi ao r¢ng nh6i b6ng ci'ia cau Bog, coi c`6 liu

rdch thi lo va lai di.» Con gill.i minh lhtrc day va, vtra thii.c day, colt li8n di lqi ti'i lay do ra ; va thci'y c6 nlii§u ch6 di.I.i cb! men con may n6 lai.

Mi`Ia ddng de'n nhir ckim 6n da bao hi¢u trudc. Ong Bogus, mac ao rang nh6i b6ng,

ch{`tn d8

gan

lfi.a 10

.su.&i, ng6i ch3nh-d6n lai vai churcyng-muc trong bo khao-

luan cfla 6ng. Solig m6i lan 6ng tim durg'c cach dunghoa iihti.ng kinh-nghi¢m mdi vdi 1\''-thu\'8t cfia di§u xfiu ~

202

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chung thi Jessy lai lam r6i ben tu-tur&ng 6ng bang cach Gem cho Ong mat binh rirqu bia nhe (a Anh-Qu6c), hoac chi du.a m£®tt nhin 6ng, hay nho6n ini?ng cub-i. H6 den, hai can chau l€.ii di chcri trong d6ng-noi. .Jessy hai v§ nhfrng ca).-c6, m2i 6ng k§ tdrng ten cho be

nghe val chi§u lai, be dem xe'p theo thtr-tqu tanh-chart ctia m6i thtr. Trong may ltic dao chcri a'y, b6 bi§u-lo mat

tri-dc chan-xac va mat t{`mi-h6i] ding yen. R6i mat t6i, trong lric b6 I]ay tl.en ban iihfriig ca.v-c6 hai trong ngay, be n6i v6.i 6ng Bogus :

~ Cau Bog o'i, ba}t

gid. con lji8t ten ta't-ca

cay

c6 rna cau chf cho con r6i. Di`iv la thdr chti.a lanh b!nh, va d€`iy lil tliii. d8 an~fii. Colt mu6n cat gift chting lai d8

nhan

bi8t lii6n va

c.ho ngurdi kh€\c bi6t nfra. Con can

lm)t qu}'8n s€'ich [o dt` 6p n6 i`ho khd. Ong Bog n6i :

tt Bay, l^dy cu6n nav di.»

Va 6ngchl cho b6 qu}78n thri. nhirt ti.ong bS khaol\1&n v`e a L`ilm-16i cfia _nhcin-loo_i.\`

Khi chgn m¢t quy8n sach g}' d6u cb ep mat L`ay c6 trong m6i trang gi§y, quy8n tie'p lai duqc la'y ra, va tttong ba mria he, trgn tic-i3ham cfi'a nha tri6t-hgc da tr& Lhanh bach-thao-tap.

`:=$1,

Hc±i c4u chd.ee lqi di ehcri lrong @`6ng-n€ji.

TU SACH CdA §uZANNE

Kinh g&i Bd D... Ba-le, nga}- 15 thang chap. Ham

Ngay dau n5m da de'n. Vi ngay a'y la qua va clii'ic-Lung, iich

`188.„

nga}- tang

tr6 con duqc hu6gng phan t6t

dep hcyn ca. Cdi cfiiigld thudng

tinli..

Chting r2{t

can

duqc }7eu-du.olig ; va chhng dtrqc cai d6-tliuo.ng nay la chting ngheo. D6n nbting ddra troHg boll tr6 ay da sank i`a ti`ong canh sang-trgng cting chi durgc cai gi ngurdri ta taiig cho mfi [h6i. StTu h8'r., chtiiig kh6ng I.ra lai, b&i the mdi

ct'i Kridng

c!'ii `'ui-thic,h gi

thri

bang

v6i sd-thich tr6 con.

khi cho lL.i.a

ti`6

chQn da

con

tang-ph;'tm.

choi i'a L5£.ich h€ip

Ham n,io tdi s€ `rj8[ met bai ti8u-

luan [ri6t-l}'r vS d6 chow ti-6

iiit. I.:I ni¢t

da-tai qu}il:n-1.i

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206

t6i, nhung t6i kh6ng dam d8-cap khi chua chuan-bi trudc that lau va chinh-chan. H6m nay, t6i chi n6i v6 sach giai-tri tr6 con, va vi ba c6 long mdri, men toi xin trinh-bay vai }'7nghl v8 va'n-d8 n`ay.

Mat cau h6i duqc neu ra trudc tien. T6t hon, c6 nell tang Oho tr6 nit nhfrng sach vi8t I.ieng, cho chting

chan8

Kinh-nghiem dh chirng-minh, d6 tra ldi cau h6i a'y. Nen nhd la tr6 nit thurdng t6 ià iàt ghet doc nhffng sach soan rieng Oho chting. L6i chalii gh6t ay cring d8 giai-thich. Chting cam tha.i', ngay may trang dau, la tacgig c6'-gcing s6ng trong laiih-vt.1.c cfia chdng, thay vi dem chting vao laiih-viTc cfia tdc-gia ; nen `rì d6, dudi `qu. ;hi-dan ci'ia tdc-gia, chi.ing lch6ng tim thay cai m6i-m6. cai xa-l€t rna tu6i nao trong ddi ngu.Cyi cfing d6u khaokliat. Tr6 nit da c6 san t€S`nh hi6u-kit, ci.ii tanh hi6u-k3+

tlao-tao nen nha bac-hQc va thi-nhan. Chi.ir]g mu6ii ngucyi

lan bay,t6 cho chhng bie't vfi_tn.1, vt~i-tru huy§n-bi. Tac-gia nao lief chhng tr& 1ai dia-vi ct'ia chiing va bat

i.hting a trong 16i chiem-ngir5ng ti.6 ire nit c&a chting,

s6 lam chting chin ngay. The' rna, `76-phdc tl`icat}~, thien-ba.1ai

c6-gang

lam

viec d6, khi hQ n6i hQ put.ii.,-vu cho tu8i tre. Ngudi ta mu5n b±:it cliu69e gi6ng y nhu ti`6

iiit. Ngudi ta tr6 1c?i.

nhung kh6iig ngay+ho', kh6ng du}ren-clang. T6i c6\n nhd qu5°6rL

« Trucj.ng rri.ur(g-Ht.ic, lii ht9i{`i tat » (Coll[.,ge im.,endi{4)

rna ngu.t`ji

da hi'`o-Lam I?ing

t6i.

Tt^>i mt'j.i bay lu6i,

QU¥EN TRUYEN

CUA BAN TOT

207

nhung t6i da hi8u d6 la chu}7¢n tr6 h§. Mac dau t6i ra't me sdch, the rna mat qu}.8n gi6ng lihu quy8n ttrj.zrdrrig rrHng-Jipc b.I. /tdcl-£cH.» ham lam t6i chin gh6t sdch.

Ba s6 n6i : ttNhung |]hai

dab cho vtra tan tri-6c

non-not kia chtr.>i

Danh vay, nhung ta khoiig tliau-dot k8t-qua t6t-dei] vdi phuong-|ihap thudng ding la gia bo ng.`^iy-ng6, lay giong ddt-ddt, n6i-Hang v6-duyen, d8 thuat nh'frng cau-chtiy¢n kh6ng liieu-lil.c ; rat lai la ttr-tu.dc ma't t:{t-cacai gi vui-

thich hoac tin-phuc cfia mi§t tri-dc thong.minh trur6.ng-

thanh. Mu5n cho tr6 nit hi6u, kh6ng gi ba]ig mat thien-tai xua't-sac. Tiic-pham ua-thich nhtr[ cho [i.6 trai liay g€ii. Ia nhfi'ng c6ng-ti``inh cao-[hur¢ng, day sang-tac vI-d{.ii ; trong dd squ sap-dat kh6o-leo cfia cdc giai-doan, c5u-tao

men mat toan-dien sang-t6 va vie't bang 16i van hang-

manh, day y-nghla. T6i da lihi6u lan Oho [r6 nit con fin-trr doc vai ban ca tac_pham Oczgss6e, loai ban dich hay. Cac tr6 ay d6u lian-hoan. Quy8n Don Ozlz.c/tofze, lu'qc bd[ nhi6u doan dAi, la bai hoe vui-thich nhtr[, cd the dtim-say mat tam-

h6n inudi liai tu8i. Rieng t6i, vtra bi6[ doc, la toi doc qu}T8n

sacli cao-qu}'' cfia Cervantes, nia t6i yeu-m8n

va cam-

th6ng den d6i nhd dd t6i durQ.c hudng mat phan lan sq. vui-tucri, den nay t6i con giti. trong t€^iin-h6n. Tdr met the-ky nay, Ro6t.jtsort Cj.Lzso¢ la quy6n sach

c6-di§n cho tr6 con, h6i thdi~k57 d6 sdch nay lai vi6t ra

208

QuyEN TRU¥Br\T COA BAN

T0I

c6t d8 cho ngurdi dtrng-dan, cho thuong-gia tbanh Londres va Oho thuy-thfi cia Hoang-Thurqung doc. Tac-gil da den hgt tat-nghe, di6n h8t cai thang-than cfla,tri-6c cdc tan hiau rang bi€t nhi§u, nhfrng sd-trudng kinh-nghiem vao tcic-pham cia minh. 'rh6 rna bao nhieu d6 chi c6 tacdung giL'1p vui cho hQc-tr6 nhs.

Nhfrng tac-pham vtra k8 ra chtra dqung mat bi kich

vanhi5u nhan-vat. Quyan sach hay nhtr[ the-gian, khong c6 nglifa gi vdi tr6 con, n8u trong ay cac tu-tudng dianta bang mat cach kh6 hi6n. Nang-hrc trtru-tugng va hi§u hie't cai trtru-tuQ'ng nay-n6' ra't tr6 va kh{^]ng d6ng-dan nhau ti.ong ingi ngudri. Ong giao ld.p sau ci.ia toi,

ndi

kh6ng ph£'ii d5 tr€'tnh 6ng. t.hang phai lfi met nha i.4m-15'-

hgc Rollin, ha.v mt:tt Lhomond, khuyen chi']ngl6i ne,ii doc qu}78n

« Pcfz./

r<`r{,..Gme D

cfia Massillon d8

giai-tri trong

lticnghi he. (`)ng ndi nhu. the d6 chi'ing t6i tin la Ong

cting doc sach ay ngac-nhi6ii.

danggiai-tri nfi.a, va cho

Dtra tr6 nao

mat

th{ch

chi'mg toi

doc t|uy6n

«Pcf[./

CclrGme» se la m¢t qiidi-vat. Va |qi, t6i chi5ic kh6ng c6 tu€^]i

nato thich doc nht~i'ng si'ich nhir th€.

Ltic ban vi^e'l sach cho tr6 con, cltrng dting kiiu-ct\cli

gi dac.biet. Ctr nghl cho chinh, vi8t cho hay. Vi6t sao rho linh-d¢ng, cao~thurQ'iig, t|u{ing-dai, hting-vl trong cau c,h`i}'¢ii. D6 lal bi-quy6t duy-nhtrt d8 vui long d¢c-gia cfitl I)an,

N6i ba'y nhieu, t6i s§ c6 cam-tu6'ng la d.i n6i tat-ca r6i, ne'uttr hal muro.i nam na}t, nudrc Phap va c61§ ca hoamcau nfra, kh6ng c6 y-tu&ng chf men c,ho tr6 nit doc

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toan la sach khoa-hoc, vi sty rang thi-van lam hang. mtit tri-6c chiing di.

i7-tudng a'y an sau valo dan-6c thien ha th8 nao rna hien nay khi tdi-ban, sach cfia Perrault c6; ch{ d8 danh rieng cho nghe-sl vd cac nhd cho.i sach. Thi,di.1, hay xem nhfrng ffn~ban cfia Perrin va Lemerl.e, S{ich dan cho vao tho-vien cia nhfrng nha m@-dieu va ddng bia loan bfing da de c6 chfr rna

vang.

Trai lai, d8 quye'n-I.fi chting, nh-;rug tho-muc cac sach thu&ng cho tr6 con, dan c6 minh-hog nhfi'ng hinh con cua, nhan-nhen, 8 ken, ma}'_m6L. bang hoi. Chan thay ddi lam ti.6

con.

M6i

cn6i nam, sL'ich khao_luan

v8 phs-thong khoa-hgc, nhi6u v6 s6 k8, nh`.I lu.Q.n song dai-ducrng tranquTigap chting La va

ca gift-dinli. Chi'ip.g ta

phai bi ch6a mat vat ng¢p th& vi n6. H€i-. can cau vali hay, tu.-lu6.ng dep h6t can m9.thuat, pliong-vi ; ch{'ing

con gi la tinli-cam nhan-dao, Toan la phan-ting hod-hpc va trqng-thdi sinh-|}'r. H6m qua, ngu(`).i ta Oho

t6i xem quy8n «Gz.&Ii-Zu.p.c

cdc k[]-quan (tit,i kG|-nqh¢ I )> (Alphabet dos Mei`i)e,illes (Ic

l`Industrie I ) 'rrong mu'{`i.i n5m nfrii, chi'ing ta se tr6. thanl]

tho'-

dien ca.

Ong Louis Figuier, tii}'

la mat ngut`t`i tat, ina con

mrit binh-tinh thudng-le cfia 6ng khi ngli¥ den cdc tr6 nit trai va gdi nu6.c Phap con doc chuyen tt C6ng-chtic{ Dfl £L`{.a ». Ong c6 dat ri6ng met bai tt.Ta ng6 ldi vdi cac bac

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T0I

cha-me, yeu-cau thay-the quy9en CJiugr¢rt ffia|t-£[.Gn c['[«

Perra{zJf (Coltfcs de Pcrrau.Jt) bang nhfrng sach cia ban 6ng

la bac-sI Ludovicus Ficus.- C6 Jeanne, c6 vui long x8p sach lai, cat di Oho toi quyin c,huyen « Con chin xanh, man da trdi » mat c6 clio lti cam-dong va khie'n cO phai kh6c d6, r6i man hQc bai each chup thu6c me (e-te) di. Len bay tu6i I.6i rna chira c6 m¢t yitht'rc gi va nanglTc lam te me, mat cam-gidc cfia thu6c me (a-du5.ng hoavat dam-t6) thi hay day !- Ong Louis Figuier cho rang cdc ba tien la nhfi.ng |ih.in_`Tat tu&ng tugng. Nen 6ng kh6ng [h8 ch±u-dq.ng dugc khi nghe ngudi ta n6i chuyen tien vdri tr6-con. Ong n6i vd.i chting v6 phan hai-di§u la mat vat kh6ng chtit nao turdng-tu.qng ca. Nhung rna bac.sI ui, cac ba tien c6 that, chinh vi hQ la nhan-vat tu6ng turqn8. HQ c6 th{it ti.t]ng ti.i-6c ngay-tho', non-not, ti'I.c

nbien tri-6c ay d6 m6 r¢ng Oho thi-ca lu6n luon tr6trung cfia c8-ttic binh.dcAn. Met quy8n sach ra't nhs, nhurng ne'u n6 999i len duQc met y-turchg men tho., mat cam.tinh 16t d?p, xtic-dQn8 duqc lam-h6n thi d6i vd.i t|.6-con va thanh-thi8u-mien qua la clang gid ho.n tat ca cac sach ctia bac-sI, day-day nhfrng cuong-y8u va co-gidi hgc.

Can phai c6 sach k8 chuyen Oho tr6 nit nh6 va ldn, chiiyen that hay, vi6t bang van van hay van xu6i, nhfi.n8

chuyen khie'n ta cudi hay kh6c va dua chting ta vao c6i me-ly, thich-thu.

H6m nay, t6i lay lam vui mtrng ti8p

duqc quyin

s&ch Dhan d`e \at «Vfi-tru hau`en-di¢u» (Le monde enchant6) 'C

'21'

QU¥fiN TRuyEN CbA BAN 'roI

96m c6 mur6.i hai chuy¢n than-tien. Ong De Lescure, mat nha thong-thai v{`i d€+ng m8ri {f5

gom-gop cdc chuyen nay, c6 chi r5 trong mat I)ai tqua,

canh than-tien da dip lai n6i nhu-cau ba't-diet nao cia

tan-h6n. Ong n6i: «Cai

nhu-cau

quen n6i kh8 tram-gian,

quen ni§m dan thquc-t8, quen nhfrng diau tha't-vQng, sinhuc chua-Gay Oho tarn_h6n tu.-phu, quen nhfi'ng xung=

dot phfi-phang, ra't cay.nghiet Oho lam-h6n nha\7-e,am, li`i nhu-cau chung cfia ta't-ca mgi ngudi. Con hen ctii ciT6'ig sp mo-mong phan-biet duQc ngudi vdi cam-thti -\Ta quy8t-dinh dia-vi cao-qu}'7 cfia con ngudri.+»

The Iien, cdi nhu-can mo.-m¢ng a'y, tr6 nit rat cam. thong. Chting cam bie't ti`i tudng-tu.qng cfia chting clang hoot-doug va vi d6 rna chtlng thich doc chuy¢n than-k}r. Ngudri k8 chuy¢n tc?o

l€.`i cuoc ddi theo y

v&`i

nhan d6 git'ip cho nhfrng k6 }78u-du5i, that-tha, thap-ken, c6 co-h¢i lam lai cuoc ddi theo y minh. The men hQ drgc cam-tinh hcrn h6t. I-19 giL'ip ta ttr6.ng-tugng, bie't cam vat bie't yeu-duong. Dtrng sol hQ gal ti.6 iiit khi ho gieo trong dan-6c

chting hinh-anh ngurdi ltin hoac ]ja tien. Ti.6 con bi6t I.6 ngoai ddi that-squ kh6ng bao gid c6 nhfi.iig xuat-hien duyen-clang d6 dau. C]]inh kho€i-hQc kh6i-hai cfia quy ban mdi gat tr6; chjnh nd gieo-i.ac nlii5u sat lam kh6 sfra chfra. Cac tr6 nit trai nhe tdnh, s6 theo ldi cfia 6ng Jules Verne, rna turdng-tuqng con ngudi len cung-trang bang

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tac-dan, va tin I.ang in¢t co~thi c6 th§ tranh kh6i luc kht^tng-kht lam hu'-hang.

tip-

May -b-d`c \7e kh6i~hai va mfjn khoa-bgc -v-a-tr.u kh6ng--

gian cao,quj7, v6 m6n tbien-`7an--hgc kh6ng that, kh6ng d?p.

c8-kinh, d§u la

Tr€ con c6 the' nato [hf`itinthap lQ`i-ich v6i met khoa± hQc -\76 p-huong.pbap, m¢t `7an-ch-LTcm8 tac-dung 8ia+ta03

nghic-h -\7f,£i tit th6ng-nil-I-h `7a tinh-cam chang ? Can men Lr& 1{ti cdc, chu}'¢n than-tien hap-dan, nan

thi van va ti.ic-ngfr phong-clao, tat-ca cai gi den lai ngu6n 1.ung-cam v8 c*i dep. T-ban 6i ! X.a+lei ch-i'ing la fran ngap bQ rf,:i gTiet tug.ng-tirgng.

cac duaqc-su.,

\¢ral nlHi. \J-a=\7 hQ lam to.

Chin-h

chuyen tu5'ng-hrQ'ng, v6.i nhicei.ng fl6i-tr.ii ct'ia n6, da gieo-

I.ac mQi v6 dep va mQi dtrc-h€iiih trong ddi. hJgudi t€` cao-qiiy t`,fing nhd ti.i turdng-tuQ'ng. H6.i cac bat me I Dtrng sol chuyen l'Li.6.ng-tu.t.t`ng lam hang matt tr6 con cfia cac ba : Lr{'ii lf.`i, nt) s6 gift.-gin i.,1itiiig kh6i nhfriig t¢i-16i th6-bl vt`i nh-rrtig l{€ji tlEi, saj-lam.

13eeL

CUOC DAM-THOAI VE CHUYEN THAN-TjEN GIG-A LAURE3 OCTAVE YA RAYMOND

LAURE

Dii may d6 tham chan ngang mat trdri lan da lQ't dan, vi chan trdi durqm dnh Yang cam ; phia tren, ban trdi phdt mau xanh bi6c. Bay, vi sao dau-tien. mat ngoi sao trang-tinh va ltip-lanh... nhung t6i tha'y mat vi sao khac va mÂ˘t vi sao khac nfra, r6i trong ch6c-1at, h8t con d8m durqc. Griy trongvii.Crn s{im den `.a hinh llhlr to lion. Con du.dng nhs nay rna t6i bie't ralnh ttrng ci.ic s6i, chay dai tan d&ng kifl, gifiia hang rao gai, vao gid nay,

toi lai thay n6 sau-th5'im, dieu-vqi, hi8m-nguy vat bi-fin, r6i mac dau t6i kh6ng mu5n, t6i cfing tu.dng-tu.Q'ng con

dudrng kin di den nhfi'ng mien gi6ng nhu thay ti.ong mong. Dem den qua I va th& khoan-khoai lam sao I Cau em, t6i nghe day, ban Oho chring t6i nghe v8 chuy?n

LIU¥fiN

21-I

'FRUY-EN CBA BAN T0I

than-tien di, vi cau c6 nhi6u chuy¢n la-ky d3 k8 lai. Nhurng lam o.ii dti.ng pha hang chuyen, cau nhs I T6i Oho can hay trudc la t6i me chuyen than-tien lam day.

Vi di8m d6 rna t6i ho.i phat long vdi dtra con gai t6i, sao ctr h6i t6i coi 6ng chan va ba tien «cd thiet» kh6n8 ?

RAYMOND

Nt't la dti.a ti`6 kh6ng tin-tu6ng than-thanh. Squ nghingd tht'Ic.day nd kl]6n trudc tu8i. T6i kh6ng chug monphtii vdi c6 tri6t-15r-gia can mac vay ngan ay, men t6i tin c6 ba tien. Ba tien cd that, chi a, vi ngurdi ddi da

tao ra hg. Nhfrng g`i ta tu&ng-tuqng d6u that-su': ch{ c6 the

cting ld that-sp r6i. N6u mat tu-si gia ndi vdi t6i : «T0i th£{y

Qi|iDr rt`ti ; Qu}Pr c6

du6i va strngj>, thi t6i s§ tra

ldi : «Tliira Ch€i, giz'i-sL'i. kh6ng c6 Qu}Pr, rna tinh-cd Cha

da ttio ra nb thi chi®ic-chan hien gid Quy cd that... Clia nend§-phdngn6 ! ]> Chi men tin ba tien, 6ng chan va ci'ic chii`'en kh.4c di.

LAURE

Call cri. n6i chuyen ba tien, dep chuyen khac lai. H6inay, can c6 ndi cac nha bac-hQc Gang lo chu}'¢n than_tien Oho ch`ing t6i. T6i lap lai vdi cau la t6i qua She-sQ. ho

lam hang mat cac chuyen ay. Dem «C6 b¢

gu¥E_N T_n`U¥ERE

I:lJ

CtT_A_ B~A__N TOE

chodlig A^frdn d6» ra kh6i nha nu6i tr6 d8 dat de.n Vien Khao-ci'I.u a I C6 ai tu6'ng-[uQ.I]g Gut.I.c ch5ng.

OCTAVE,

Tdi tuchg ma'y nha bac-hQc ngay nay kieu-hanh hcms nhung t6i thay mfty ban vui-tanh kh6ng khinh-ghet c,dc chuyen v6-1y va that la tr6 con.

LAURE

Chuyen` than-tien v6.I}'7 va tr6 con la h&n r6i. Song t6i kh6 rna nhin-nhan nhu the', \Ti t6i tha'y n6 xinli-d?p lam sac.

RAYMOND

Chi

nhin-nhan di, ctr

nhin-nhan

di,

dtrng

St.j'.

Chuy¢n I/I.crde cfing ti.6 con, the' rna la mat ang thi-van tuyet-tac ta duQ'c thir6ng-thti.c. Thi-van thuan-tu)'r ho.n h8t la thi-van cda gidi tr6 con, Dan-chhng nhu' chim hoami cia bai hat. H€i'e cd hay la khi nao long hg vui-v6. Cdng v6 gia, con I]gu.dri cai]g trd men iighiem-iighi, uyelibac, lo-nghI, va thi-nhan xuat-sac ci.ia hg chi con la nhfrng nha htmg-bien boa-in$7. Baiih rang « Cdrig-c/itz« ngfii lrong Ritltg-a:ciiih >> (Ijti Belle ou But.S

dol.ili{iit±) lil

m¢[ ckuyen tr6 con. Vi the rna n6 gi6iig met ca-khi'ic ci'ia Oczgr,s.t`.t;t;.

di¢ii ci'ia tu6i

Cai cha't-phdc deij-d5 kia,

cai ligay-tho. tu}'[:tl-

a'ii,tho. mt4 kh6ng ai tim i.a trong nhi-Tng

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216

tdc-pham van-churorng thdi c6, durquc gift phan hucrng-vi

tinh-hoa trong cac chuyen than-tien va ca-dao binh-dan. Nen libi them mau, iihu anh Octave, la cac chuy?n ay v6-ly lam. Ma ne'u chuyen kh6ng v6-ly, thi chuyen s6 kh6ng thL'i-vi. AnL chi nan nhd rang nhfrng chuy¢n v6ly mdi la nhfrng cliuy¢n thd-vi, d?p-d6 hon h6t, mdi dem iigu6n all-tii trong cu¢c ddri va chan ngan ta kh6i bu5n_ chan den ch€'t ngudi duQ'c. }I¢t ang thi-van, met i)h_o turqng, met bi±c tranh hop-thti'c se lam Oho ngut}i ta ngap dai, lu6n d6n ca cac nha thuan I)'7-tinh. Day chi xem, I.en vat ao cfia ch!, cac lan x6p, cac tay dtin, cac gi.it nay, 16i may inac nhu. th€ la v6-1y, the rna lai tnyet. T6j ccl ldi kheu i.hi d6.

LAURE

Ddrng ndi chu}`en y-phi.ic, cciu kh6ng bie't gi dau.

T6i d8ng-y vd`i can ia dtrng men mii-mie't ly-1uan v§ m}r-

thuat. Nhung a ddi ....

_RAYMOND

Trongddi c6 cai dep la sp say-me, va say-me la \'6-157. Cai d?p tuyet-m9 ho.n ca la c`di phi-l}'7 hon ca:

chinh la ai-tinh. C6 met cai say-m6 it `'6-l}.I ho'n, la tdnh keo-ki¢t, vi vay rna n6 xau-xa te. Ong Dickens c6 Ii6i : «Chz c6 k6 dien nidi vui cho'i.» V6-phi'ic cho ai kh6ng ct.t mSt vai lan gi6ng Don Quichotte va chua ha lam c6i xay gi6 la ngudi kh8ng-18 ! Ghinh long dai-do a}' cfia Don

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217

Cil-A- B||l\r Tdl

Quichotte da say-dam 6ng. Ong iiem tao-vat ±]gang tamh6n 6n8.

NhLr vay la kh6ng phai bi lh.a-phinh dAu ? K6 bi

lh.a-ph{nh la k6 kh6ng thay gi cao-ca va xinh-dep tru'dc

mat hg.

act_AWE

Cau Raymond, theo t6i hinh nhu cai v6-ljr md cau qud khen.tang, bat ngu6n trong tur&ng-tuQ`ng va nhfing gi can vtTa n6i vdi chting t6i, dtrdi mt:]t hinl]-thi'i.t`, sdngllin8 va ngii_`y-bien, cd tb_8 8iai thicb_ gian,d± nhu9 va}. : 6t`

tijFang-ttrqng bi6n rn_St iigu=d'i da-cam_ tji_anh iigh¢-`si va

met ngtrdi €an±dani_ thanh a_nh-hfing.

RAYMOND

Anh

phat-bi8u gan dring mat khia_c€inh ti-ong tu'-

tudng t6i ; nhung t6i mu5n bi8t €inh hi8u the nalo la tt flfGItg-Z[i.cmg»

va c6 |]hai, theo tl.i ai]h,

]a kha-nang

bi%u-hieu nhfrng si.I.-vat hien cd hoac nhfr.ng si.r-vat kh6ng

cd chang?

OCTAVE

T6i la k6 chi bie'i tr6ng cai blip va t6i ndi v6 tu&ngt`rt.i.ng nhu. ngu'di m[i ii6i vE

mau-sac.

Nhung t6i

Lilt

1.fins tir6gng-tuq`i]g r,hi xi'I'n`q t]anh la khi nao nd cho si.]'__

QU¥EN TRU¥EN C6A BAN Tdl

218

vat iihfrng

hinh-th8 hoac t€^`m-h6n mdi la, tom lei la

khi nao ii6 sing-ti.io.

FAYMOND

Ti.i tudng-tutyng nhu anh dinh-nghfa, kh6ng bao Sid la mSt kha-nang cfia nhan.Ioai. Con ngu.di hoan-toan kh6ng sao tu&ng-tureyng cai g`i chua th^dy, chira nghe, ch.Ira cam, chua n€m dugc. Tdi khdng theo thdi-tbti'c va i`i.I. ban theo tri6t-gia gia Condillac cfia t6i. Tft ca turtudng d§u do cam-giac ci'ia ta `'a ti.i tudng-tuqng g6m t.a, kht^trig |2haj sang-tc?o, md la squ tang-htyp cac tu-tudng.

LAURE

Cau dam n6i va}' a ? Khi t6i mu6n, t6i c6 th6 thay du'o`c

thien-thiin.

RAYMOND

Ghii tha'y tr6 con vd.i canh ng6ng d6. Dan H,v-Lap da

thay du.qc ngudi ngqua, ngu.di ca, ba ch?in, la bdi trudc d6 hg da thfty dan-Ong, ngTa, dan-ba, c{'i `'a chim-choc. Swedendol.g v6n giau turdng-tut.]`ng. m6-ta daii-chdng s6ng tren cac hanh-tinh, tr6n Hoi'i-tinh, Him tinh va Th6tinh. Htr I 6ng kh6ng cho Ilo m¢t t-ti'rc-tanh nao du'di tram c,0 durQ.c, nhuiig 6ng gom-gh6p cc+c di'].t., tdnh a'v mat cacli ra't ngt^!ng-cii6ng ; 6ng me-lot?n tria^n-mien. Tri'ii lai, xem

QU¥EN TRtJ¥EN CBA BAN T0I

2f9

day, mat ttrdng-turQ'ng ngay-tho' kha-cii da lam gi : Homere, hoac n6i r6 hen, mat ga hat dao v6-danh, cho vurQ.I len tar bi8n ca trong.trang met thi8u-phutr6 t{ gi6ng h¢t mat Tang ma}'». Nang ndi, nalig than-kh6c bang mat gion8 tram-tinh thi6n-than ! Nang n6i : Than 6i ! L`Ta}-

con, tai sao in? nu6i con... Me sanh con trong nha nie d8 phai gap van xau I Song me s8 len dinh Olympe tuy€t phd.„ Me s6 vao thi€t-dien Than-vuoOng Zeus, me se 6m g6i. Ngai va me chac Ngali se ch^dp-thuan.» Chinh nfr--

than Thetis da n6i nhu th8. Tao-h6a da sanh ra dan-ba. bi8n ca va vang may; thi-si lien-k8t cac thtr`a'y lai. M6i tbi van, m6i chuyen than-tien d6u a trong nhfrng sq' ]ien,k8t tai-t`iiih fry.

Nhin qua k§ la ram kia anh trang ph6't nhe tren v6 mau bac cfia cay bach-boa. Anh-sang rung.rinh, khong phii la tia.sang rna la chi8c ao trang cfia mat batien. Tr6 con nao tha'y duqc s6 chay tr6n vi sQ-hai lan thti-vi.

Vi d6 mdi nay sanh ba tien va than-thinh. Trong the_gidi sieu-nhien, kh6ng c6 mat phan nguyen-tfr nao kh6ng c6 that ti.ong the'-gidi thudng-squ.

LAURE

Cau lan-lan cac nfr.than cfia Homere vdi cac ba tien cfia Perraiil[ h6t !

RAYMOND

Ma.y vi ffy dau d6ng mat ngu}.en-thu}QT `ta met th8.

220

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CtlA

B£+_N Tol

chat. Cdc vua, cac hoang-tfr d€p trai, c.ic c6ng-chtia d?p nhu bfln ngay : cac 6ng chaii ng¢-nghinh va She-sq cho tl.6 nit, d6u la nhfi.ng than va nfr.th`an cfia thai xira, d€i_ galy kinh-hai hoac vui-thich cho nhan-loai khi con tin trl. «'1:h8mg 84 Ti-Hon» \Le Pet;Lt-Poucet). ((C6ng-ch{1a Dcl Lita»

(Pean cl` ine) ,. «Chdng Rciu-Xcinh,» (Barbe-Bleu), dSeu \b nhtimg chuyen c8-tich bat ngu6n tti_. phuron_g xa, that xaxam®

LAURE Tb_. dau?

RAYMOND

Htr! T6i lam sao bi€t duqc? Ngudi ta da mu6n_ va con mu6n chi'rng-minh cac chuyeli ay xu5t-phat ttr xtr Bactriane (xtr Ba-Tu tl]6`i c,6) Ngu.di ta can mu6n cac chuyen a'y do t6-t6ng du_muc cac dan H}7-Lc?p, Lfr tinh, Caltes, Ddri`,. bia dat ra d[rfri c¢i thong git`i noi vtiiig khd-khan a).. Thii}r6i nay d.Li'qc iihi§u bac-hQc d€ii-gia d§d

cao vi biiih-vu'c, ne'u hQ cd lam thi it 1-a khdng pliai liQ

lam vi khinh-xua't. Va phai c6 met dan-dc kha-quan mdi dpng leii

mt?I ciicli

huyan ff}t.

Mt:]t iigurdi

khoa-hQc

nhti.iig

tu'-tu6mg hrio-

Jii8t nhi€ii Lhd. [ie'iig

m6'i cd th8

met minh ii6i sang-clang b:`iiig liai muo'i thin ti6iig.

C€'ic

iiha hac-hQc rna t6i n6i v6`.I cii.c bq]i d£``y lz}i kh6ng bao Sid n_di sang-clang. Nhulig vfii sii_'-ki¢n li6n-quan d'5n chu±}.¢n

c8lich, ngii-ng6n, thrin-1hoai I"`i hq Oho ld tlo g6t` ,iiiTiu

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CbA B.AN TOI

221

da gay hoang-mang khd xfr cho hQ. Khi ho thao m6-ht._ii d8 chdrng-minh chuy¢n « Cdilg-chrier Dfl L['z.ci j), g@'c ttr xi'r

Bacti`iane, va chuy¢n « Con C/lan » (R€jitzrd) do chiiih ci'ia Japhet, thi du-khach lqi tim gap chuy¢n « Cojt Ch6n tt no.i b¢-1ac Zoulous (Nam Phi-Ch€`iu), va chuyen « Cdng-Cfu'zc{ I)cl

Lircz ;t noi th8-dan Papous (bc-Chau). Thuy6t cfia cac nha

bdc-hQc vi dd bi t8n-thurong nhi§u. Nhurng ly-thuy6t chi tao ra va Gem d^e'n cho ddri d8 chiu kh6 v6 squ-kien ngudi ta gin vao, d8 bi chat lia ca ttr-chi, bi th8i ph6ng va `sau r6t bi b8 nhu bong-bdng. Tuy-nhien, cai c6 th6 chacchan la chuyen than-tien, va nhti.I la chuyen cda Perrault, dell do ti`uy§n-thuy6t thai-c6 nhtrt cia nhan-loai I

OCTAVE,

Clio t6i chin ldi cau, cau Raymond. Tuy tdi it thong_minh `T§ khoa-hQc hi¢n-dai, va chi lo n6ng-nghiep ho.n chiiyen v6 bac-hQ(`, uyen.than, nhu.ng t6i cd doc mat quy8n sach vi8t khi.` hay v6 c€'ic 6ng c'han, ho ch&ng qua

la nhfrng dan Hongres hoac Hung-Gia-Lgi da tan-ph5 Au-Chau h6i thdi Trung.C8, va chuy¢n than-tlioqi « Chdng Rd[z-Xcmh» du?c can-tao theo ti8u-sfr xac.that cfia th6ngche' Raiz b€}o-tall, da bi xfr-giao dudi trieu vua Chai`les D¢-that.

RAYMOND

r.hi'ing ta da tha}-d8i ban cliu}-¢n fir r3i. an]i Octave

222

QUYEN TRU¥EN CSA BAN TOI

a, va q,uy8n sach nhs cfia anh, tac-gia la Nan-tudc Walckenaer, chi clang dting giay d8 cu6n ken th8i choi rna th6i. Qua that dan Hul]g-Gia-Lgri ti`an vo Au-Chau nbtt

cao-cao, h6i cu6i the-ky mudi mat. Chinh la ben da-man khdng-khi8p, nhung hinh-thdrc ten tu6i chulng trong ng6nngff La-tinh nghich v6'i 15i chuy8n-boa-ngfr do Namtudc Walckenaer d§ xudng. Nha tT-nguyen-hgc Diez cho rang ti€ng 6ng Chtirt (Ogre) c6 mat can-coi xua hon ; 6ng n6iti.e'ng fry chuy8n th. ti6ng Orcus cfla La-tinh, rna theo 6ng Alfred Maury (nha nh€^in-chfing-hQc) thi la ngu6n g6c thu¢c v8 ti6ng 6£J.zzsgHcs (a I xua). Orcus

la dia-nguc, la vi than hau-an, khao-khat thit turoi va chi thich an tr6 nit con trong n6i. VS phan Gilles de Raiz. qua that ga bi tl.eo c8 tai thanh Nantes nan i44o. Nhung kh6ng phai v`i toi da cat c6 l]ay ligudi v¢; ti%u-sfr chan-xac cfia ga kh6ng cd chtit gi gi6ng chuyen c6-tich, va lam lan CJidng RdH-Xcm/I vdi ten th6ng-ch8 gdm-ghie'c ay, ttrc. lam thiet-hai chang. C/tdrig Rdu XflnJi kh6ng qua den ac nhu ngudi ta tao ra. LAURE

Sad lai kh6ng qua den ? RAYMOND

Chdng c6 bao gid den dfiu, vi chinh la mat ti.di. LAURE Mat [r6i rna gist c{'ic ba vt.>` r6i bi con rang ctiiig

ten ngi.r-lam-qu€.in gist lai I Bt]6n cu.di thi}t ! t6i kh6ng bi8t

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223

ga Gilles de Raiz va dan Hiing-Gia-Lgi cfia cau, nhurng toi d6iig }'J vdi ch6ng t6i ld chlLiy¢n hqp.Iy clang tin ho'n h8t la met siT.kien lich-sfr. , `. RAYMOND

Hdr I Chi nay, durdng nhu di|ng ly la anh chi lam. Vaca nhan-loai d§u lam nhu hai ngurdi, N6n sT la`mlan durdrng nhur v6-ly cho h€t thay, thi kh6ng ai lam-lac ca. Dd la I.{7-18 tl]ong-thu'drng da sanh ra tat-ca cchc xet-

doan lam-lqc, L}'7-le thong-thurdflg day ta I]i8t trai dat dtrng

57en, mat trdi xay chung-quanh va ngudri s6ng d6i-chin nhau dau di lan ngu.quc dau. Vay chi dtrlig tin theo l}'r-la thong-thurdng nh6 ! Chinh vi lay danh-nghTa n6 rna con

ngudi pham bie't bao t¢i-16i va an-mqrig. Lanh xa n6 c]i va quay lai

C/id^Jtg Rdzz XcmJi la `rang thdi-duong.

Bay ba vq rna chang gie't ch6t la bay l>ii8i rang-d6ng. Dting vay, m`3i ngay trong tuan-16, m`:it trdi moo len

la cha'm-di'rt met bu8i rang-d6ng. Vi tinh-tti, duqc cangcri trong c€'`c thanh-kinh Phe-da (bang Phan-ngfr An-

D¢), t6i Kin thti that, a trong chuyen c6-tich nudc Gaule, 1?i c6 bo mat liung-ac cfia vi bao chiia. ti§u-

vuong thdi |thong-ki6n, song con gift dac-tdnh chtrngminh ngu6n g6c i.8 xu.a cia n6 va cho {€\ nhan ra, trong 16t k6cudrng-bao hung-tQ-n kia, vi than mat trdi thdi-c6, 8¢ ri`iu, vi d6 nia dat ten, b¢ rau xaiih mau thcyi-gian.

c.,ho ta nhan-di¢n duqc than Indra cfia fin-D¢, vi than ci'ia Ban_Ti`di, than s£1ng-rang, mtra rdo, sam-set, c6 bo rau mLiu xanh hie'c. LAURE CSu lam o.n Oho bi6[ giti'm

coi c{'j phai hai ky-si,

met la con I.6ng, met la ngudi ngu.-l{.im-quan, deu ld than fn-DO chang?

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RAYMOND

Chi cd nghe n6i de'n than Acwins va than Dioscures

chua ? LAURE

Chua lan nao RAYMOND

Than Acwins cfia

Xn-DO va

than

Dioscures cfia

Hy-Lap d§u turqng-trurng hai bu6i chi8u ta. Vi'vay, men

trong truyen than-thoai Hy-Lap than Dioscures Castar va Pollux giai-thoit than binh-minh Helene bi than mat trcri Thesee giam gift. Con rang va ngudi ngqu-lam-quan chi lam c6ng chuyen kh6ng ho'n kh6ng kem la ctru-tho{£it chi hg, ba vq Chdrig Rdu-Xcln/t.

OCTAVE

T6i kh6ng phfi.nhan 16i giai.thich ay la kh6ng tuy¢txao, nhung t6i cho lan thi8u canuban. Lhc nay anh du8i

t6i va vdi Ida huong-mach va may dan Hung.Gia-Lqi ctia t6i. D8n lurqt t6i, t6i tuyen-b6 la phuong.thtrc cfia anh kh6ng mdi-m6 g`i va 6ng n¢i qua-c6 cfia t6i, ua doc sach cfia Diipuis, Volney va Diilaure, da nhin thffy hoang-dao trong ngu6n-g6c cac squ shng-bat, thdr-phurqng Ong lao ndi vdi toi, lam in? t6i birc-tti.c, la chtia Ki-t6 chinh la mat trdi va mu6'i hai vi tang.d6 la mudi hai thang irong liam. Nhung cau bi8t kh6ng, 6ng can bac-hQc, lam cach nao met nha tri-tht'i'c boa-hgp vdi Dupuis, Volneyi

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BAN

T0I

22:i

Dulaure vat 6ng noi t6i cliaiig? Oiig fly dp.dqiig thuy8t cfia cac vi tren clay vao ti%ii-sfi. ctia Napoleon De-nhtrt va chtrng-minh bang phu.o.ng-phap dd, raiig Napoleon kh6ng t~;d tbat-sap, tigu-sfi= 6ng chf la than-thoqi. Ngudi anh-

hhng sanh ra tren h6n dao, chi6n-thang trong nhfrng vhn8 B6ng-Nam Au-Chau, ma't u.v-]quc vdi mtla d6ng ncri mien Bac, vat hi€n mci't du.di dai-du.o.ng, thi tlieo mat tic-gia rnA t6i quin mtit ten, chink la mat trd`i. Mu.dri hfli vi i-Lr6ng-ianh cTfia ngu6`i la murdri hal curig trong hoang-dao,

]]5n t6i anhspeme cfia ngurdri la d6 b5nrna mria ti6t. Cau Raymond `cri, cau theo cach giai-thlc,h CJid7tg RdHXc!jiJt, nhu nha ti-i-thdrc kia d6i vdi N±ii[]oleon De-nhtrt.

neu i`a i`t'> tai-ti-i \r:`i,

nliLr iinli n6i,

c6 hQc-thtrc nfra; 6ng ten Jean-Baptiste P6res. Ong ch6t

d£`ng khi lam thti-thcr a Agen, nan 1840. Quy§n sdch nh6 lc?-kit ci'ia 6ng nhan la :

« Vi sao +\Tc{pozt5o/1 jfJi6ng bcio gz.6.

hiru-hi¢n» {Comme, quoi Hapol6on n'a jttmais ettist6) dsaL

a'n-hAnh, n8u t6i kh6ng lam, li6i nam 1817.

Chinb la met bai phs-binh kheo-leo v8 phu.ong|jh£'`p cha Dupuis. Nhung l}'T-[huye't rna t6i d{~i dan-giai cho anh c£'ich tlii.rc-hhnh I.ieng-re ti'rc-nlii`en kh6ng hieu-

lu.c, lai xay-dt.I.]ig tren van-pham va th.+in-tlioai-hoe d6i_ chi€u. Nhu. aiili bi6t, aiih em Grimm th:\ii-thap rat nhiaii cliuyen than.tho<?i 1]inh.dan 6 Dd.c-qu6t`. Noi gu'ong hg.

hau h6t ci'ic nurd.c khac d6u lam theo, va hien, nay chting

ta c6 nhi§u su.u-tap chuy¢n

than-thoai xtr Scandinavie

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(Bac-Au), Dan-Mach, Flandres (Phap, Nga, Anh. Y, Zou. Ious (Nan-Phi-Chau v.v... Khi doc cac chuyen than-tieli,

xndt-phat ttr cac nudc khac nhau, ngudi ta d§u ngac-nhien d6 y rang tat-ca, boac hau h6t, d§u theo mat s5 it chuyen ki8u man. Nhu chuyen c8-tich nay cfia str Scandinavie, hinh nhu rap khu6n vdi mat chuy¢n kia a nude Phap, chuy¢n dd lai gi6ng het nhfrng dac-di5m cia mat chuyen nude Y. Valai khd rna chap-nhan rang may di6m tuo.ngtp kia la k8t-qua cfia nhi§u lan trao-d6i lien-tuc gift.aL

cac dan-toc dugc. Nhur t6i da ndi khi nay, ngudi ta lqi gia-thuy6t rang nhi§u gia-quy€n nhan-loai da bi6t sam c6t chuyenkia, trurdc khi chia_tan, vi hQ da tudng-ttrqng nen, ttr thai ti§n-sfr thai-c8, ltic con a chung nhau.ri'in v6.i nhau. Nhurng bdi kh6ng ai iighe n6i d6n mat mien nao, hay mat tbdi-dai nao rna cac gi6ng dan Zou(ous (NanPhi-Chau), mgi Papous (Uc-Chau) van dan fin-D¢ cho bb

an chung met d6ng c6, thi phai nghi d8n cac k6t-hqp cia tu-tu&ng nhan-loai trong thdi au_trf, dau dau cting d6u gi6ngy nhau, cT~mg nhti.ng quang-canh da gieo trong dau-6c tat-ca cdc ngurdi ti6n-c8, cfing nhfrng cam-giac y-bet, va toan-ths moi ngudi, dsu kh6I]g ti.anh kh6i canh d6i-I.et, tinh-di, va sq-hai, d6ng dan doi trdi, chin clap dft, nen khi nhan-dinh tao-vat vi d!nh-mang, cting d6u ti.rang-tu¢ng nhfrng tan-kich nho-nh6 gi6ng het nhau. Chuyen c6-tich cfiaL vtr em, ldc ban so, cting chi la mat m6-ta canh ddi v{\ si|-vat thich-ddng d% mua vui

cho` k6 that chan-chat ngay-thcr. L6i mo-ta fry kh6ng

khac nhaumay trong dau-6c ngudi da tl.ang, ngudi da vans va nguti da den.

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Ndi xong chuyen nay, t6i tur&ng t5t hcyn nell dt.ra vao c8-truy§n fin-Au va men phan ngu6n den t6-t6ng ta t.-dr mien Bactrjane, kh6i c,an

lo-nghl den c{ic,

dan-toe

khac'

OCTAVE

T6i rat vui long nghe cau. Nhirng cau c6 nghI Tang

mat va'n-d6 qua mh-mit nhu the, den ra ]]an gau nhu vay c6 hai gi kh6ng ?

RAYMOND

Ndi dulng ra, t6i chac squ ban phi6m trong met l`'it` n6i chuy¢n than-mat i[ nguy-hi§m t.,ho d8-tai t6i, hon lit

phu-di6n ly-luan, vi6[ thanh met thien khao-cti.u. T6i Oho

hay trurdc, anh chi ddrng lam-dung ldi thti-nhan a'y d8 ch5ng lai t6i nhs, t6i s6 dinh-chanh li6n khi anh chi t6 ra dac-the. Ttr day, t6i chi lap.Iuan bang sT xac-dinh. Tdi tir cho y-thich durqc n6i nhti.ng gi t6i chac-chan rna thai. Ann chi durgc bao trudc r6i d6. T6i Kin n6i them la n8u t6i c6 mau-thuan, chuyeii c6 tli8 xay ra lam, t6i s§ h6n-hQ.p hai tu-turdng turong-phan cfia toi, hau chac kh6i lam thucyng_tan met }'7 L6t trong hai tir-tudng ff

T6m lqi, t6i s6 gat-gao, curong-quye'[, va,

n€u c6 th

den cu6ng.tin .

LAURE

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T0I

RAYMOND

Kinh-nghiem.

Kinh-nghiem

fioai`righi r-S-ng bao±]a di

bat dan, xac-nhan

cho

'[{^ji th&'y

ma'y, cfing

lig-ding

hoac n6i, hoac hanh-d¢iig. rai.

Phai c{'j

lap-[rLTdng

lai,

Vti.a n6i

minh.

Toi

nhan-

nhuqug theo lap.trudng #y. Nhu. the, t6i s§ 1oqi bdt cho anh chi iiha'ng {i8ng «c6 l§tj, ttii€Tii

khdi rihu>>,

t6i

\7ti nh-fi.ng 16'i-18 van-]ioa

dam

n6i»,

«d€}i-

khac, rna chi

m¢t minh Renaii mdi di6m-xiiy6t dLi}7en-clang duqc. OCTAVE

Cau ctr g.atg€io, cii.ogng-quy5t, Nhu.ng lalm on trinhbay- gi-tim chtj c6 thi:i5_h|i m¢i

c.htit. Ij-iian_thu}7gt

c-aa can

ra lam Sao, i\7i h-i€n gi6. ca-ii da c6 sgiii r6i dd.

RAYMOND

Nhrrng ai hie't di6u-khi8n lam.tri trong sap khao-ctru biic-lioc t8ng-qu±'il, ilaii nhiii-nhan rang, trong cac chuy¢n

than-tien,

dan t.6 than-thoai va ngan-ngfi. t6i-c8.

Max Mullet. n6i ([6i ch{ic a6 the lap dting y 6Iig) : «Cliiiy?n c8-tlch l€`i

nhi~rng

th8-ngfr

(^)ng

theo ldi

can-dai

cfia

than-thoai, va mii6n c,htiy¢n ti-a thanli dau-d6 met thien khao-ci.1.u khoa-hpc, thi cfing-viec l`h6`i-thao dan-ii6n lal

phai ngirQ'c d6ng m6i c,huy?n can-dai v§ met chuy¢n c,8tich xua ho']i, vti m6i c?5-tich v6 mat th:Sn-thoai nguyenthll)Or»

LAURE

Vay c6ng vjec d6 cau da lam chLra?

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P`_AYMOND

Ne'ti tt)i da lam c6ng-ti.inh kinh-khfiiig d6 thi d;iH t6i kh6ng con

mt:tt sgi t6c, va toi clil c{iii

[Iii'i vLii nhin

thfty anh chi sau b6'n cap kie'ng tr6n, d[rdi anh che ci.ia vanh mfixanh. Gong vi¢c d6 chua lam durqc; nhung tai-lieu can-thi8t da gom-gop day-dfi d8 gii'ip cdc nha bac-hQc minh-xac la chuy¢n than-tien kh6]ig |]hai do tudng-tu.Q.iig bt`jiig-long, va tr€'ii lc?i, ttti`ong nhiaii tru6.iig.

hgp, Iihu 6iig Max Muller dc8i ii(')i, v6.i

g6c r€ ct'ia

n(.i,

chuyen con ban vao màm-m6ng chanh ngay cfia cac ng6nngfi. va tu'-tur6ng tlidi-c6,» Nm.ng vi than gia-nua, suy-bqi li'i~lan, dat ngoai v6iig th€[-si.I, cfing ciìn dting dugc d8 gidp vui ti.6 nit gaii trai. Chinh ld nhiem-\7u cfia bSc lam 6ng ba. C6 met {`6ng vi¢c nao kbae ihlch-ht.j'p ]t'i{`, tii6i gi€ì clHi niay

\7i vua-ch['ia thdixua cfia dc*t va li`dri kin chang` ? Chuyen

than-tien la nhfrng cing thi-van t6]i-giao, rna ngirdi d6.i lang quen, nhurng duqc ina'y cu bA m¢ dao, nhd dfli, thu¢c iiam l¢jng, Nhfrng thi-ph?am ay tr6' thanh ngayngo, nhu.ng con duyen-ddng tren d6i mt^>i me'm-m6ng ciia

cu ba quay to, khi thuat I?i clio cac chau, ng6i x8mchung quanh ba trut}c ld su.di. Calc b¢-lac ngudi da trang i-16ii phan-lan : nh6m thi di dir6`i met ban-trdi trong vt`it, doc thet> nhi§u m6m

da't, minh

c6 matbi8n xanh-tii.oi

I.eo-\Tang ; nh6m thi

trong su.ong mi`i b[i6n-Jja,

no.i

ven

bi8n

dam Bac

phu'ong rna chan tr6.i mat dti'[ l{in-1¢n, va ch{ c6 the doan m6 nhfrng hinh-d£'ing m€ip-md, quai-cli. B¢-lac khac tan d6ng d6` trong nhfi'ng d5ng hofing menh-m6ng bu6nbcxi, cho bay ngu.a O'm g:a}T £Vm a,6 ; b¢-lac khac na.a lai

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iiitm ngh tren tuy6t d6ng-dac, nhin len bau-trdi mau sat nam kim-cu.o'ng. Cd b¢-lac lqi di hai b6ng vans tren vtlng dat da -boa-cucmg. Va cdc con chau xti. An-D¢ d§ti c6 u5ng ntl'dc ma'y d6ng song t,oan c6i Au.Chau. Nhung a dau-dau, ti`ong clidi, hoac durdi 1§u, hoac trudc d6ng lfra la cay nhtim ngoai d6ng tr5ng, di'Ta b6 thud xua, den luQt thtinh ci.i gia, dell lap lai Oho tr6 chau nhfrng

chuyen than-tien cu da nghe nhfrng nhan-vat a'y va met

h6i con tho-au. Cfing c{^iu chu)J¢n xu.a ; duy

ngurdi thuat lai da v6-tinh them vao nhfrng mau sac, khitrdi noi hQ d€~i th&, va vting dat dai noi hQ sanhs6ng va sap duQ'c cb6n vtii. B¢-lqc ti6p-tuc bLrde di, trai qua nhfi.Iig met m6i vci nguy,hi§m, b6 lai sau hQ, `'6 i]hia D6ng-phu.oiig, ha t6-mau ch6n nam gift.a dam ngu6i che'[, tr6 hoac gia. Nlurng lihfrng chuy¢n than-tien th6t ra noi m6icu l]a, gid day da gia-lanh, bay len chng-

khap nhur burcm-budm cfia nfr-than Psyche, vat cac btrdrn mtp]ng-manh, ba't-diet ay lqi dau tren m6i nhfrng lx`i cti qtia}' to kh{'ic nfra, da lam sang-rquc d6i mat md

to cfia cact{`in nhi-d6ng

cfia met

ai da ka chuven tt C6rig-cJt['m

dan-t¢c

Da Lck.tl »

thai-c6. Vd

cho tre nit gai

trai nurdc Phil), ({ nudc Phc4p hi§n-diu » nhu 16.i ca trong bai hat ? Chinh td4€ i\Tg6~Itg

T6{.>, (ilfci ttyfGI.e J'O{.e). theo

cAu tra lcri ci9ifl cdc nhal tb6ng-thai trong lang.n4? i`7g6~|tg rd{. qu{`iy-to. kh6ng ngtrng va k8 chuy¢n kh6ng

ngd[. R6i cdc ra ilf¢ .Vgo~ng

iiha thong-thai lei tim-hi8u. HQ nhin 'rdi. trong ba hoang-hau P6dauque (nfi.-

thcan cd chan i]g6ng) mc4 c€'`c nha nan turqng da t6 len

cfi'a chlnh nha-thd Sainte-Marie de Nesles, tl.opg gidokhu thank Troyes, tr6n ct'ra chinh nha-thdr Saint-Benigne

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Tor

231 \

tbanh Dijon, tr€n cfra chinh nha-thdr SainLPourcain a Auvergne, va nha-thd Saint-Pieri`e a Nevei`s. HQ nhan i`a IThT?

Ng6~iig rTdz. nCii

hoang-hau Bertrade,

ba vcr lam

chuyen cfiii vua Robert ; noi ho€`ing-hau Bei`the chan

to,

in? vua Gharlem&gne ; ncyi hoaiig-hau S€ib€\, v6Ii shng-

bai than-tuqng, c6 ban chin ch6 ; noi ba Freya c6 ban chan con thien-nga. `7i nfr-than xinh-dep ho`n ca a xii Scandinavie ; iiCii ba thdnh Lucie, rna liinh-th8, nhu. danh-tanh, d§u la anh-sang. Nhung di t`im lam chi Oho xa-xaln d8 bi lac hurdng. ilJ? i\'g6~jtg 7'dz. la gi, n6u kh6ng

phai ba t6-mau cfia tat-ca va la t6-mau cfia chting ta, ngudi dan-ha c6 lam-hall gian-cli, ban lay gdn-gu6c, lam c6ngviec hfiiig nga,v v6gi long cao-ca dalig-kinh, va tuy kh6-

h6o vdi tu6i gia, h6t con mi'iu thit, gi6ng nhur xac con

ve, cting van con thuat chuyen ben 16 surdi, dudi xa liha d6ng khdi, va k6-18 Oho dam tr6-nit trong nha nhfrng chuy?n dai-d6ng kia d8 chi'ing n6 tha-h6 thay muon ngin su'-vat. Va thi-ca th6n-da, thi-ca d6ng-noi, i`drng, su6i, trong-tr6o tho.4t ra ttr cfra mieng mom cfia cu ba.

¢{.,.nhu gi6ng nirde kia qua trongva qua d?p Chay elm-dam tdr ngu6n su6i thieli-nhien.»

Theo dqi-}'' c5t [ruy¢ii cfifl t8-tien, tren c5t tru}'en xdr Xn-B¢` n4t3 Ng6~I!i/ r'dz. then-det nhi6u hinh-anh quen thuoc: ng6i dan vdri ma'.v ihip to, tdp l8u, d6ng-diig

phi-nhieu, khu 1.ding huyan-lii va cac Bd dep, cac ba tien rna dan lang dell bie't, `ta nang Jeanlie-d'Arc c6 le dii thfi}y vao met bu8i chi6ii, du.di c,ay d6 to, dq'a b6. su6i„. S.io, chi t6i i`,a 1£`un hang cliuyen than-tien cfia |'l||rfl .;,

chi

232

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LAURE Nd± di, n6i {±i, tdi ]ighe cau day.

RAYMONL)

Ri6ng t6i, n^6uphai lqua chgn, t6i s6 vuil6ng tang ca

td sach tri6t-hQc, dg ngudi ta chri'a lqi t6i quy§n truyen «C6jig-cJli'k[ Dtl L['{'cz>>. Trong tci't ca van-chu'ong chring ta

chi c6 ngi.1-ng6n La Fontaine la cam-thong,. nhii. chuyen ctia il/€J i\Tg61ig r'dz.. C€'ii thi-vcin cfia d6ng-€'ing fly, cai d?p hhiig-tri'`ng vd s€`iu-dam v6 cdc chu}Ten gia-si.I..

Nliuiig Kin

ph6p cho t6i tap.trimg va c6-dtlc lai

vai nhaii-x6t quail-trgi]g, khong n6n d8 tan-m€'ic troiig cau chuy¢n. Ng6n-ngfr so-k'ndi dell tohn bc?ing hiiih-anh vcilamlinh-dong nhfrng gi durcrc kit de'n. Ng6n-ngfr ra'y d§u nhali-tinh-hod cac vi tinh-tri, v?ing m€`iy, « nhfi.ng con b6 1r6'i », €'inh-sang, gi6 vfi rt?Iig-doug. TIT ng6n-ngfi. bang-bay,

liiih-d¢>ng, nay s€mh

thaii-thoai va th- than-thoai 1)hat-

sanh chuyen than-tien. C6t chu}'en bi6n-d6i kh6iig ngh.ng; vi squ thay d8i la nliu-}'6u cho sir sank-tan ! Cliuy¢ii ducrc

nghe va vie't di'ing y theo, \7a t`,t~mg may, kh6ng gap hang ti.i-thirc nao Gem n6 }j`i_e'n-thi``inh 16i ts't-du ii6i b6Iig . vd vi

d6 rna gie't ch.5t n6, Ngurdi hi6n-lAlih thay trong chu}7en «C6jtg-cfi{'«{

I)" JjL'z.(z»

chi

(:6ng-chL'ia Da Lira

mii

thai, kli6nglion kh6ng k(im. T{.`e-gi& I'ei.rfitilt cfing kh6ng

tim gi khdclq. KhoaJ]9c de'ii, iliotit iihin su6[ doqn thanthoai va

cau t.hu`'£n

(1,6Iig_chi'iti

Ltr:ut,

1.Z}i

lit'>i : {fRqng-d6ng bi€n thi`i`nh

C{`mg^{.!u'L.i Dzi

Ldr'£i ld

lJuiii

j`:'-.iiig~

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233

Tfti

d6ng; nanglal con cila thai-duong `ri nang do anh-sang mat ti.di sanh ra... Mat

tr6`i

!iu6i-du.6'ng

trong

tfiu

ngqua qLi}rr dugc mang gidp-mci ]j:~tiig

iigt.I_'i`,

gifi!a

d€im

l{vai}g kh6i vil fell

theu», in¢t con lira rna tao-hod cia s`anh ra rat ks'-14, theo chuy¢n c6-tich da k8, la ch6 6 To'in n6 n&in, m6i

bu6i sang, thay vi dcr-bfin, lai phil toan bang ti6n vang dd cac loai. Thi ra con lii'a d6ng-phuo.ng ra'y, lira rti'ng, ltra hoang (a M6ng-C6, Tay-Taiig) hoc¥c ngpa 1.an, lal thien-

ly-rna cfia vangthdi-duong, va m2{y d6ng [i§n vang phfl tren 6 rcrm nd n=im, lal nhfrng d6m sang do mat tr6`i chi6u xuyen qu€i canh lti. Ta'm d£`i cfia n6 cfiiig la mat bi%uhieu dac bi¢t lurQ.ng-1ru.ng cho dam may. Rang-d6ng khoac len r6i bi€n mat. Anh chi cd nhd man-c£'inh xinli-dep li.ic

C6ng-chtia Dcl Lira trong chi8c a.io mciii da trdi, du.gc hoan8tL7r deptrai, gh6 mfit v616 8 kh6a, nhin thay chring ?

Hoang-tfi'ay, con 6ng vua, la mo{ tia-sai]g mat trdi...

LAURE

Chi8u xu}'en qii±t ct'ra,

ngh`Ia la gifra hai d.4m may.

phai vay kh6ng ? RA¥MOND

Kht`)ng th3 ndi dri ng ho.n nti'a du`¢c, vci t6i thfy chi hi6u rât I.anh khoa thaii-[ho{ii-hQc d6i.chi8u. Lay met chuyen gian-di ho.n hê't, cliu\`t`3n m¢t thie'u nfi. nh:i 1.a hal boiig hii'dng, hfii vien !igQc-iiài ``7€\ hfii vi6n kim-cu.ong. Thi8um~i' .at'y lfì bu8i

r.qiig -d(`)ng

l£``.in

cho

hoit

lid

i.7£1 durQ'm

23!

QU¥EN TRUYEN CbA_ BAN

TOI

giQt sucmg chng vdi anh-sang. C6 chi hung-dfr cda nang 1?i khqc rfl c6c nhai, la sirorig md -Nalng LQ-Len, lemlu6c vi bui than nhc4 b8p, chinh la bu8i rang-d6ng u-am vi may che. Hoang-tfr tr6 dep cudi nang la mat trdi.

OCTAVE

`7ay ra may ba vcrcda Chang Rau-Xanh la nhfrng bu6i rang-d6ng, C6ng-chi'ifl Da Lira lal mat I.ang-d6ng c6 gai mi¢ng nha ra bong hu.driig va nggc-trai la m§t rangdong, Nang L9-Lem la inot i`angr-tT6iig. Can chi clii Oho chi'ing t6i loan la rang-d6ng..

RAYMOND

`Ti buai rang-d6ng, rang-ddiig hi[y-hoang 6 Kn-B¢; la iigi[6n phong_pliti nlia't trolls thaii-tlioai dan Aryas. N6

duquc ca-tung bang vO-;5

dfllih-ti`r va hinh-thtrc, trong

cac th£'inh-ca. Dem vtra den, ngudi ta deu gQi nd, chd dqi nd vdi mat ni6In h}--vong xeii sq-hai : « Rang-ddng, b€+n c6-.`ura cfi€i cliting ta, cd trd lai

chang? Quy§n-lquc cfiii dern t6i c`6 bi than dnh-s€\ng d€inh

bat cliang ? Nhung Hang d€n, cd

gdi {urcri-sang, « nang

de'n gan m6i nha », \yin mQi ngi[.dri d6u ban-hoiin trong da. Chinh nang la {'ii-nil. c[.ia

D\'iltLis, vi iii~i'-than chivui b6 m€`i

m6i bu8i sang, d8u d€ì[ d£ùi b6 li.di di an c6, daii b6 c6 vt'i sfra nc¥ng-triu giilo~iì¢`t. nbi~mg Sit.>l. suong tiroi-nhtian II.€Ii rn*t dart kbo-khi`Lri.

QU¥EN T_RU¥EN C6A BAN T0I

23.5

Nhu ngudi {a da ca-ngQi ltic nang den, ngurdi ta cting s6 ca-ngqi ltio Hang chqy tr6n, va bai thanh-ca cfrhanh 16 thang-tram cfia m€it tr6i nhur sau : « Lai mat hanh-vi hting-ti.ang rna Ngai da thi¥c-hi¢n, h5i Indra! Ngai danh bai con gal cda Dyaus, mat thie'uphu kh6 thfing n6i. Vang. con gai cda nfr-than Dyaus, nang Rang-D6ng kieu-hdng, chinh ngai, Indra, dai anh-

hhng, ngai da dip nang tan.nat. « Nang Rang-D6ng voi-va xu5ng chi8n-xa gay, vi sg lndra, Kim-Tinh-Nguu, danh nang.

« Chi6n-xa ngim d6, gay ttrng manh : con nang da chaziy trb'n tliat xa r`6i.»

Ngudi C8 Xn_D¢ da tao Rang,B6ng thalnh mo.t hinh-

anb bi6n-chuy8n, nhung ltic nao cfmg ri.Tc-rfr, va nhirng |]han-chi8u ]u-md va bi8n.chart ci'ia hinh-anh ay con thay Gut/c trong c€'ic chuyen rna chi'ing ta vtra k6 ra, crilig nhur tron8 chnyen « C6 86 chodng khdn d6 » (I,e Petit Chcipe;lan j.oi[gc) nfra. Mau khali cfia cO ch€'iu gai Ba Noi-t6 la

dau-hi¢u dau-tien cfia ngu6n-g5c thien-tinh. C0ng viec sai c6 gai dein met banh da vdi binh-sfra lam cho co gi6rng iiang Rang-D0iig ci'ia

V6t!¢.`. (Ph¢-dch fin-DO,`, nang na}r

cfiiig la mat str-gis. Cdn con chd sdi an thit nang... LAURE

La vaiig may, RAYMOND Kh(`mg |]]i;'ii c.hi :`+.

Chjnh li`L ITliT`l tl'{`J.i.

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TRU¥EN

CUA

B.AN

T0I

LAURE

Mat trdi la chb sdi sao?

RAYMOND

Ch6 sdi hau an, c6 b¢ long rang ngdi, lh Vrika, con_ chd sdi cda xtr fn-Do. D{rng quen la cdc vi than thaiduong, Apollon Lycien cfia Hy-Lap va Apollon Soranus ctia La-tinh, d§u bi8u.hi¢u baiig con chd sdi.

GeTAVE

Lint sao

ngurt`yi tfl so-sdnh mat trdi vdi chb

sdi

duqc ?

RAYMOND

Khi mat trdi ndng lam can nudrc trong h6, d6t chay d6ng c6 va lam kh6 quaiih d€i lurng cac b6 gay 5m, th& h6n-hQ6n, hr6i le dai ra, thi c6 phai mat trdi nhu l`a

mat con cnd sdi hau an kh6ng ? L6iig sdi scing-ngdi, mat `sof sang-i`q'c, raiig nile ti`ang.n6ii, qu€`i licim va lung cat maiili-me ; ii6 do tti. mat trdi rna ra, b6.i anh ch6i ci.ia bt:> long va cap rmat 116, bSi sire-manh tall-phd ci'i€i ham

rang n6. Anh Octave, aiih it sg mrit trdi trong xir jmm€'it c{'] c€``_y le cto.in bang nay. nhung C`d ZJ¢ c/ioctjig _/{_/!tLtji

t7,-; ttii i.:I tifi'n, da di qu.1 nlii€u `Thiig n6ng btrc.

QITTEN TRUYE,N

CttA BAN T01

237

LAURE

Rang-D6ng che't r6i s5ng lai. Nhung Cd 86 cJiocuig itfrdn d6 ch6t lu6[i kh6ng trd \t§. N6 c616i ham hal trai d€ ipa nghe ldi ch6 s6i ; song le, ay c6 phai la met cd. d6 _hi

5n thit kh6ng chtit x6t.thuong chang ? T6t how cb nen' Oho n6 ra kh6i bung con thd, nhur rang-d6ng kh6i den t6i chang ?

RAYMOND L6ng ti.ac-an cL.ia clii that y-nhi. Cd BG c.frodng /f/ttLi'n

cT6 lam s€io ch8t h&n dirQ'c.. jl/i' +\r#d~Ii.t/ r'6{. khong nlidranh

doan chat cda call chu\+en. « TLi`bi gi[i kill c,b tl{'e qu6n s6t in(.]l i]di ch6 >>

Song ma'y cu ba nur6'c Dtrc va iiudc Anh d6u bigt r5 lci f,Td Bt; cJ!odjtg /I.Jit?n

do' ch8t r6i s6ng lai lihu rallg-

d6ng. Cdc cu k8 I.ang c6 ngu.di thq-sam m6 buiig con thti dem ra c6 b6 hang-hao, nang m6 mat to va n6i ; « Trdi ! Con sQ. lc+in sao va tl.ong a'y t5i om !»

Ti`ong ph6i]g coil gdi ch!, vdra r6i t6i

c6 1at

met

quy8Ii sach hinh rna hog-si ngirdri Aiih tell Walter Crane da {0 mau ri.re-r6' nhi6u h`inh tu.dug-tuQ'ng vh!a tuy¢t-dieu vdra thiin-tinh ; 6ng c6 y_tliti.c v8 chuyeii c8tich va long y6u-ddi ; 6ng t6ri-trQng d;-`7c:ing va Lhu'&ngthi'i.c hi¢[Ftai. D6 la Linb-th:in daii-tot. +-\iih. Qiiy8n t£.`ip t6i

lot xem c6 ]jan-van

vi`i milih-ht]£.i chu}'eii

C`d Jj'c; c/zoc.mar

I:l«Uln d6 Txnbc AT+h (IJitlle, Re(I I+itlilLg Hoo{I) . C.+lb 8bl url{:t tii."i

c(^)

bE ;

nlHHng

i]i¢[

ili€ii-thi.I

in#c

£'Hi

=\anh.

tiH;in

238

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dhivang va giay 6ng lat, ban mat vien dan gifra hai mat sang ngdi cfia ch6 sdi, Iffy dao thQ. sam m8 bung

con thii, vat c6 b6 thoat ra, tuoi nhu b6ng hudng : « C6 mSt thQ sam kia (chac-chan lay thi¢n-xa)

« Nliam ban vao ch6 sdi khi nghe ti6ng nang la. «Vi th8nen C6 86

chodrtg

ft/id]t d6 tr& v6 nha v6 squ, phai vay chang ?

« Va a day, nang s6ng hanh-phtic de'n tu8i gia.»

Str that la vay, chi a, va chi da doan trdng. C6n Ve chnyen « C6ng-chtia ngfi trong Rdrng_ttanho in.A crfot chLi_yen rat men tho va sAu-sFic ....

OCTAVE

Chinh la rc?ng d6ng I

RAYMOND

Kh6ri8 a.in. C6ng-clttia ng& tl.ong Ritng =x.cinh, Con

Meo

mang

hia (Le Chat

l]ott€) T* Thdung 86 Ti-Hoit

thu¢c v8 loai c6-tich khac cfia fin-DO, thuoc v6 loai tug'n8-trurng cho say tranh-dan giti.aL mtia dong vd mh€i lie, Oho s¥ tuan-hoan d8i mdri ci'iLqL van-vat, cho

s¥ ba't.

dietci'ia chuyen thzin Adonis dep-cle, cfia bang hudng ctr mai

h6o

t€in

r6i

tutj.i

/I.olig Ri'rji# ;t'{-tj!Ji charig ai

ngu'6.i chi ttro!i.tham

n6. ti.6'l:}i.

kli€ic

Cdjig

ho.n

cJi[tc[

rtg[`i

nang Astel.ia,

ct'ia Latone, chang

qua la nang

(-`,o}.:i, Iii!`ug Pi.oserpine. Tri tu6'ngHturqng cfia

binh-dan

239

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cam-htrng that ddng khi tao cho dnh-sang mSt h}nh~

ddng rna anh-sang mcyn-man rtit au-y8m tren mat d#t, la met hinh-clang met thi6u-nfr tr6-dep. Rieng t6i, t6i yeu C6rtg-chtia ngfi trong Rtrng ceaith, rLgaLng vb± Em±dyce cfia Vil.gile, vcr Brunhild ti.ong tap Edda, ci hai

d6u bi thuong, ngudi bi ran can, ngur6`i bi gai dam, va d§u durqc dem th. c6i u-minh ra anh-s.4ng, thi8u-nti. HyLap do mat thi.-sI, va thie'u-nti. Scandim{\'ie, do mat v5turdng, hai ga d6u la k6 si-tlnli. S6-ph{:in ch'Ling cfia cac anh-

htlng anh-sang trong than-thoai la tan-bi6n, khi bi thucmg, do mob vat nhon, gai, m6iig vLi5t liay cat su6t-chi. Trong

mat chuy¢n than-thoai xtr Dekan do c6 Frere than-thap, mat cO gdi nhs bi x6c vao m5ng cda con qu}'' Rakchasa da

a cfra; c61i6n te

xiu.

Met 6ng hoang di ngang

qua, b6ngco len h6n va sur&i

a'm

c6. Chinh-y8u cfia

cac tan kich va mtia d6iig va mtia he, bang t6i va anh sang, dem vcr ngay la sp tie'p-tuc tai-khdi kh6ng ngtrng. Chuyen c8-tich, do Perrault thuat, khdi-sap lai khi ngurdi ta turdng da c'L]am-dirt. G0ng-chi'Ia thanh-Ii5n vdi

Hoang-

tfr va c6 hai con, cau b6 Ban-Ngay va c6 b6 RqngD6ng, la Aithra va H6m6ros cfia Hesiode, hoac ne'u aiih chi mu6n, laphcebus van Ar[6mis. Hoang-tfr di vang, in? chang la mat I]a chan, mSt con quy Rakchasa, nghiR la den t6i khfing-khi8p, ham-doa nu6L s6ng hai dtra con nl±a viia, hal anh-Sang tr6_ti.ung,

rna

t(viia

mat

tl`dri >> trd v6 ctrii-kip...

Thien anh-hting-ca cf[a Ba-Tur, qu}'a`n Schahnameh, cho ta bi8t chu}'¢n mat ngurdri anh-hting ctiiig gi6ng s6.

phan vd± C6ng-chtia ngi9i tl`ong

Rtrng ccanh. Isfendiar,

210

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CtTA -BAN

1`01

m€t kh6ng bao gidr lusi gunm nato gay thirong-tick duapc, lai bi che't v§ c€'ii g€`i dam vao mat. Chu)Ten cfia Balder,

trong Ecldct

xti' S(.€`ndinavie,

cd nhi§u

di3m gi6ng r6-

ret bow n&aL vb'+ chnyeT\ C6ng chtia ngfi [i.ong Rtmg Lrtinh.

Nhu. cac ba tien bao chu-rig qiia]ih chi6c n6i c6 con

gal nha vua, ta'Lca ci'`c vi

th2in,

di'i.ng trirdr, than-nbi

Balder, dliii the l{`im tr6' tlianh v6_hai cTio dt'i.a ti`€, Iihfrng g.i c6 [i.en mat

d2{t.

Nhurng

cchy

tren da't, cac tien-6ng b€{t-1fr dd

chi`im-g6.i kh6ng nigc

quen mtit di, cting nhu

vua va hoalng-hau df` quen b:i cu clang

ng6i quay

tren chat thap. Cdi su6t-chi dam c6 gai, cay chtm-gdi gi6t Ba]deT.

t`Nhu the, B±ilder ni``im

t.,he't tren

da't

chiiiig-

quanh ch6ng,ch^dt ng6n-ngang : guro.in, du6c, gido va lao do cac than, d8 gi&n choi, da nham lieng Balder, song

v6-hi¢u-qua,

Balder

rna

ch?mg

thting duqc; nhung tren

ngi.rc

khi-gidi

]ai

nao

I)i cam sau

nhanh chhm-g&i tai-hai ci.ia Lock la k6 t6-cao,

dam m¢tt

da dora

Oho Hoder, va Hoder phdng vao tuy kh6ng ac }'7. »

LAURE

Chuy¢m tl]€:it h€i}T, nhu.ng cau

kh6ng cd gi ndi den

con ch6 cai nhs ten Pouffe n&m {ren giu.t`].ng C6ng-chtia s{ro? Toi tha'`r ii6 cd v6 I)hoiig-llhcq : Pouff dug'C n86i .,

tren g5i ma'y ba h:all-Lu.6'c,

vat [6i hinh-dung ba S6vign6

`'u5t-ve n6 bang d6i tay da vi6t tl,)'?I-t(ic.

men nhii'ng btrc tho'

2{1

QuyiiN 'rRuyEN cfrA B.aN Tor

RAYMOND

D8 lam vui lbng chi, t6i cho con ch6 nhs Pouffe c6 d6ng-gi6rig nd tdr con chd cai Saramci di tim rc?ng-d6ng, va con ch6 t6-ti€n tren thien-tlinh ; t6i s8 tr-I-iy-ngu}'en

Seirios, than gift tinh-hi. Bd mdi ld quy-too cao-dep, n6u t6ikh6ng lam. Con Pouffe chi con chi'rng-minh d vho lh8-he m`io trong d6ng qu}T-toc d8 du.a.c thau-nhan lam tLlmfij trong nhfi-[hdr Remii`eliionLGiniri. MC)I Hozier

b6n cang mdi dfi tham-quy6n lap tong-clii dbng-gi6ng a'y. T6i chi neu rfl da`v mat nh.qnh nh6 trol]g cay gia-pha to ldn kia. Nhanh thu6c i'6 sii. Phan-Laii, ctjn ch6 nhs Flo du.gc ba chi.1 n6 gQi I_`Ia lan :

„ F`16, di di, v€\ j{em ctii tickj gan sang ctiii.a ?j>

D8n lan tlii'r lJa, rang-d6ng 16 clang.

OCTAVE

T6i khen-phuc tai cau Oho tart ca thi'i va ngurdi trong

chuyen c8-tich len tren trdi d6-clang qiia. Ngurdi La-Ma kh6ng d[ra vua chria hQ len tren cac v`i tinh-th d6 dai nhu vay du.Q.c. Theo }'' cau, hall-1urdc Carabas kh6ng kheo (.ic.ing |ch hit:in-than t`,fia iTii:tt 1]`6'i.

RAYMOND

Chuyen d`6

anh ddrng nghi--ngd,

aiih Octave.

Con

ngu.di ngheo.kh6, bi khiiih-khi kia, ti8n i,¥n d6n giau sang va cd uy.the, la mat tr6'i clang mQc len trong su'o.ng mti

QuyEN TRUYBN CtA BAi\' Tot

242

va chi6u rquc bu6i tru.a ti.ong-tr6o. Xin anb ghi nhdr di8m

nay : hau-tir6.c Car.abas ngoi len mat nude d8 van y-phuc I.Tc-r5'. Kh6ng ai turg.ng-tru.ng canh mat trdri mgc bang

mat biiu-hieu r6-r?I hon dugc. LAURE

Nhtrng trong chu}en t.jt%t-tich, hau-ttr6.c la met nhan-

`7at thu-d¢ng, bi bat dan di ; chinh con meo suy-nghl va hhnh-dong, thi dting ra con meo, cfing nhu con ch6 cai

Pouffe nhs, 1a met con vat fr tren trdi. RAYMOND

Qua dting la m¢t, va nhu chti nd, n6 tuqng.trtrng

mat trdi. LAURE

Tdi b{ing long lam. Nhung

nd ct'j nhir con Pouff`e,

dfl giay tcr hgip-le kh6ng? N6 c6 the chtrng-minh d`6ng-

gi6ng quy-t¢c nd\ chang ? RAYMOND Nliur thi.sI R€Lciiie da

nbi :

a Cu¢c h6n~nhdn dan phf ii lu6n lu6It deeu c6 du€6c boa.» Ct'] tb6 con

Jl/6o mttrig

/iz.cz

thu©c

dbng-d6i meo

k6o chi8n~xa cfia Freya, than Ve-nfr xtr Scandinavie. Song cac vien cong_chtri]g nfim m*ng-x6i khong c6 ndi, gi ca,

QUTETr`T

TP.UyEN CSA

B.`1N

T`Cil

24:?

Ngudri ta durQ.c bi8t c6 met con « meo mat trdi o that c8, con meo Ai-Cap gi6ng bet than RA ttni*[ trdi» d.S'_ n6i I,roiig bu8i tang-16 rna 6ng De,

Rouge dich nhil.

v:a}+ :

ttT6i

la con meo to a dai-l¢ cay Sinh-T6n trong xii. ttAN» dem dqi-chi6n.» Nhung con meo ay lqi la met con Kouschite (con qu}97), con cfia Chain (conthti' hal cria Nne). Con flf6o mcmg Jtz.tl lqi thu¢c d6ng Japhet (con thi'r bcl cdii

No6), men t6i kh6ng thay lam sao ke't-heyp con miy vdi con kia durqc.

LAURE a,en qu.\''~ meo

Lri

{la

ilfji rr`iapiiiJ tr{ing h-ii8i

la-rL`q,

16 cia c,au d6 cd vac bi vci inang hia chang ?

RAYMOND

Nghi-18 kh6iig

c6 n6i ra. Hici

cfia

meo

hau,-tudc

gi6ng nhu hia bay dam inch I/t/jn`ay Z}tj 7T£'-Ho7t mang vd turqung-ti`urng Oho squ nhanh-chdp (`fia dnh-sang. Theo nhii

bac-hQc Gaston Paris, I/iGiltg Bc; T'z'-Eon g5c la m¢t trong cac tl]an c8 An-Dt?, ch5n bd v£[

c¥n-cap ]t6 trdi, nhu.

Hei`mes h6i con nhs, rna hoq-si thir6.ng ve tren binh lQ nan t[.ong n6i hii]h chi6c giay. Tri dan thi

d*t 7T/idjtg

tu.6'iig-turQ`ng binh-

Elf r`I'-JJo,It toy trong ng6i

sao nh6`

nhtrt cia Cliom silo D4i-Hting. N6i v6 hia, nhLr ngiT6.i

gQi,

anh chi da bifi J.icqiiemart, nha khac ban d6ng

i`ci't tlep, c6 su'u-trip

m¢t s6 Ion gidy-d6p. Bat chu'dc

t`jng, n8u ngur6'i tfl mu5n c6 met bao-talng v5 g.Ldy than-

tien, ttrc se chi'ra du'qc hon met tfi ki8iig. Cqnli

d6i hia

244

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T`RU¥BN

CEA 84Tr`T

T01

bay dam, chi6c giay cdfl Hermes h8i con nhs va hia cfiachti Meo, men d8 them cap canh a got chan than Hermes h6i tl.ang-mien, d6i d6p cfla Persee (em than Zeus), d6i kin,hall cfia Athena (nfr-than Hy-Lap), d6i dan bang pha-le cfia i\7dftg L9-Len va d6i giay h6 got chat b6 cfia Marie, c6 be nudrc Nga. Nhung hai-hia

bi§u-hieu, m6i thtr mat each, sp nhanh-chdng ci.ia anhsang va sT van-hanh cfla tinh-tti. •LAURE

C6 phai vi sai lam mh ngu6`i td ndi doi don cfia j\7djtg Lg-Lejrt lam bang thujT-tinh chang ? Khong ai c6 thi hinh_dung giay dep lam baiig mat chat vdi binh pha-1e dqung nud'c u6ng durqc. Giay bang da long trang, nghia la giay nhan I]6ng con chap-nhan ducrc ho'n, tuy

rang la met y-nghi khong hay khi dufl cho mat thi8una. mang di dc?-h¢i. Vdi d6i giay ay,

C6 86 L9-I,€m

phai c6 cap chi±tn c6 long nhu. chim b6-cau. Di khieu-vfi

rna mang giay am tiua nhur the', chac nang phai meinar cu6ng-nhie,t. Ma thi6u-nfr nao cting the, dan vdi giay c6 de' l]&ng clii, hQ vfin khien-vtr say me. RAYMOND

Chi thay cliira, t6i da c6 n6i trtr6.c vdi chi la

men

ds-i]hdng 16 phai thong-thudng. C6 86 Lp-Len mang giay

kh6ng phai bang long, rna bang pha-le, met chat i]ha-le ti`ong su6t nhu ki8ng Saint-Gobain, nhu nurdc su6i va nhu dd thny®r-tinh. Giay dd la giay tien ; ngurdi ta da cd n6i r6i, va nhu. i.ay lc\ giai-quy6t dirQ.c moi kh6-khan. Met

QU¥EN TRuyEN C6A BA^\' T0I

2!5

c6 xe lii¢n ra th. trai bi rq. Trai bi la tiei]. M¢t c6 xe tien phat hien tdr met trai bi tien la chuy¢n thirdng-tinh.

N6u ngu.qc lai, thi d6 mdi la chuyen la. C6 86 Lg-£eJli nudc Nga c6 mat chi tqu cat ng6n chi`in cai d6 mang cho vh.a chi8c giay, giay bi diiih man va t6-gii'ic cho HoangtL'r bi8{ mull gian anh-dfing cfia con ligu.di ca,o-Von8.

LAURE

Perrault chi ndi hai ngurdi chi doc-dc timh6t cAch d8 x6 clian v6 cho vdra chi6c giay, nhung v6 hieu-t|ua. Tdi thich nhu vay hGn3

RAYMOND

iThJ? Ng6~ng rdz. ci~ing n6i nhur vay nfra. Nhung n6u

chi la phu-m~r slave, ch! s6 hung.tQ.n t.hem met chi'it, vh ng6n chan t.hat di'rt, ta't vi`t.ri }.I chi ho.p„

OCTAVE

Ttr nay gidr, c±.`iu Raymond chi n6i v8 chuy¢n than tien in_a chu'a cd ld'i m`it] ndi vS cdc, I.a tieti ca.

LAURE

Dilngvay, Nhirng {5t ho'n men d8 cdc ba tien trong canh map-md va huy6n-bi cia ]]Q. RAYMOND

Chi sq ma'y ba tank-tinh kh6ng chtrng d6i, khi hian,

t<iu\`f£L\i

216

khi dfi., tr6 hoac gia, tti}t }.I-thich,

TRLTy±r`T cbA

B+_hT

Tot

ht.t da th6ng-tri van-

vat vachi chquc bie'n mat, khdng thuan-tien cho tanh td`i-n6cfia chting la, va vuot kh6i tan tay ta kl]i ta tudng

sap ni'im duqc chang ? Cac ba ay 1€\ mat anh-sang, trang. Chi c6 ti8iig r`i-rao cfia 1{'`

c£^i`'

m6`i ti€1-lt:> bu6'c

cfift

Leac ba, vd ti6ng cac lil ii6i liba lan vdi tie'ng thi-than

cfia d6ng su5i. Ne'u ai dam nan mob cli6o ao vang cfia cacba, thi chi con c6 mSt nan ld kh6 trong ban tay. T6i kh6ng c6 long bfit-kinh deo du8i cac ba, nhLi.ng I]ghe de'n ten ct~mg

di.I th?{u.-hi§u bi-Ill_a:it tdnh-chat cfia cac l]al

y ;`) \' ` Ie.

Bc}_ 2iGn (fee), tie:ng i la jrl`tifcl, tie'ng Ta)y-Ban-Nha la

_ffflzjfl, tie'ng 86-Dao-Nha va tie'iig Phdp vtiiig Pi.ovence la ji`t[czfl I;(`i ft`t{de ,. J`'({tzefzc ld ti6ng din-phurcyng viing Berri-

chon va nri'_si Geol.ge Sand a.i`i lam n6i danh, la do tie'ng La,tinli_ J`Tfzfizm, c6 nghia_ lil v£:iiEm{.mg. Cat. ba tien la do

ke't-qua ci'i{` t|uan-ni¢m kha-ai iihcit9 bi-tham nh2{t, than-

mat nhi'rt va phs-[h6ng iihrit trong ddi s6ng con ngudi. Cac ba [ien la van-mang ci'ia chtiiig ta. M¢t hinh-clang ph\i. nfi' th`tch-hQ.p v6.i van.mang, van-mqng cfilig ha}' bi6nchu}'6n, qu}r6Iinrfi, lti.a phinli, diiyen-ddng,1.ac-1-6i va ngu}.-

hiam. Dtilig that, met batienla m¢tba me d6.-dau ct.ia m6i ngu`di cliting tfl va, khi ba crii xu6ng n6i, tang Oho nhfi.ng tang-vatma)'*man hay ki.nh-khfing nao, thi t& phai gitr su6t ddi. Xetv§ con ngurdi, ta [hfi' h6i iigii.di la gi, ai tqo ra va hQ da thtrc-hien iihfrng gi ; anh chi se 1`im ra 1}''-16 ttiyet-d`6i cfia ddi s6'iig hqnlii]hiic h€`}' tham-kh6c iihL.tJt cfi_a hg,

a}r lal ba {-i6n, +i_nh

Claude duqc, men chui:]ng

vi anh hat hay; anh h{+t ha}7 `7i da`' thanh-am anh dirqc

LIUYEi\t TRUYEi\T

kli6o c#u-[ao

C,tTA

BA_N 'l.t)I

't' I :-

Ai da xe'p-dat da}' ci'y ti.ong c6 hQng a[ih

Claude ? Chiiih ba tien, Tai sao C6ng-chtia lai l]i su6t-chi:

ci.ia ba lao dam |]hai ? Tat nang linh-boat va hcyi dcingtri... va phan-quye't ci9ia ba tien da truyeii-linh nhu the'. Chinh d6 la ldi giai.ddp ci'ia cliuy¢n c8-tich, va ti`i

khan-ngoan ngurdi ddi khdng di xa qua tarn-mtr_c, cau ti.a ldi a'y. Chi a, tai sao chi dep,-thong-minh va-hi§n-thti6S? Tai vi mat ba tien ban cho chi t^dm 16iigt6t, mat ba khdc, ti`i thong-minh, va mat bd khdc nfra, v6 yeu-ki§u. Va mQi si.r viec d§u too dilng y theo nhu. cac ba da phan. Mt:>t

Ltd me d6-dau mau-nhiem da dinh trudc, tdr khi ta mdi sa`nh ra, tat ca nhfi'ng hanh-vi, tu-tu&ng trong ddi ta3 va ta s6 dur¢c hqnh-phtic va hi6n-lu'ong theo mq!c-do cfia cat ba mu6n. Ttr-do la mat ao-tu¢ng va ba tien la mat s¥ that. Anh chi cri, dii.c-hanh cting nhu tat xau, la mat nhuye'u kh6ng ai th6i-thac duqc... 6, xin dtrng phan~d6i. I)au kh6ng mu6n, ddrc-hqnh van kh6ng k6m dep-dg, va xdrng-ding duqc qu).7-ti.9ng hen.

Ngudi ta quy nhan-dirc, kh6ng phai vi gid-tri cda nd, Ina vi di6u phai cfia nd lam nen. Tu!-tu&ng d€p xua't-phdt tti: tan_-h6n cao-dep da toa tinh-chat cia minh, nhu mtii hucrng la nhfrng phan-ttig li-ti ci'ia bang-boa ti6t ra. Mat tan-h6n cao-quy cho ta th& kh6ng khi cao-th[rqug, cting nhu. I)Ong hlTd.ng chi thorn mtii bdng hudiig. Cdc b€`i tien da mu6n nhu. v€:iy. Ghi men

cam-ta cac ba di. LAURE

Tdi khong nghe, cciu nfra d{Au. Tri khan-ngoan ci-1a cau

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QU¥EN TRU¥BN CbA BAN TOI

qua-quat lam. Tdi bi6t uy-lquc cac ba tien ; t6i bi8t tanh kh6ng chh.ng kh6ng d6i cfia cac ba : cac ba kh6ng nhcm Oho t6i, cfing nliur Oho bao nhieu ngu6.i khac, nhfrng nhunhuqc noi-tarn, nhfrng n6i bu6n-r`au va kh6.nhoc. Nhurng t6i bi6t tren cac bd, tren cac sir ngau-nhien cia cuOc ddi, con mat tu-tudng vinh-cfru, m¢t chan-ly bat-dich khi6n ta c6 ddrc.tin, ni6m hy-vQng va long bac-di. Chao cau, chtic can ngd yen.

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Huy.Hieu

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Huy hi§u nay do 6ng Michel Olyff, ngu6i Bi, mjnh

hga cho unesco, trong khu6n-kh8 chuong trinh `hogt-d§ng coo Hei-d6ng Qu6c-t6 cdc Hiep-HSi Mlnh-Hga (ICOGRADA).

Hal cdnh toy li6n-k6t tugng-trung viec dong phdt-lri5n tinh-than hgp-tdc qu6c-t6, rh&ng di6n-td vai lr6 quan-trgng cda

ph6t-tri5n qu6c-gio.

sdch v6 de

hinh hal ngu6i sdch v6 trong

d¢ng viec

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