Algazy este un b\u0103tr\u00e2n simpatic, \u0219tirb, z\u00e2mbitor \u0219i cu barba ras\u0103 \u0219i m\u0103t\u0103soas\u0103, frumos a\u0219ezat\u0103 pe un gr\u0103tar \u00een\u0219urupat sub b\u0103rbie \u0219i \u00eemprejmuit cu s\u00e2rm\u0103 ghimpat\u0103…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Algazy nu vorbe\u0219te nici o limb\u0103 european\u0103… Dac\u0103 \u00eens\u0103 \u00eel a\u0219tep\u021bi \u00een zori de zi, \u00een faptul dimine\u021bei, \u0219i \u00eei zici: \u201eBun\u0103 ziua Algazy!” insist\u00e2nd mai mult pe sunetul z, Algazy z\u00e2mbe\u0219te, iar spre a-\u0219i manifesta gratitudinea, bag\u0103 m\u00e2na \u00een buzunar \u0219i trage de cap\u0103tul unei sfori, f\u0103c\u00e2nd s\u0103-i tresalte de bucurie barba un sfert de or\u0103… De\u0219urupat, gr\u0103tarul \u00eei servea s\u0103 rezolve orice probleme mai grele, referitoare la cur\u0103\u021birea \u0219i lini\u0219tea casei…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Algazy nu ia mit\u0103… O singur\u0103 dat\u0103 s-a pretat la o asemenea fapt\u0103, c\u00e2nd era copist la Casa bisericii; dar nu a luat atunci bani, ci numai c\u00e2teva cioburi de str\u0103chini, din dorin\u021ba de a face dot\u0103 unor surori ale sale s\u0103race, cari trebuiau s\u0103 se m\u0103rite toate a doua zi…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cea mai mare pl\u0103cere a lui Algazy – \u00een afar\u0103 de obi\u0219nuitele-i ocupa\u021bii la pr\u0103v\u0103lie – este s\u0103 se \u00eenhame de bun\u0103voie la o roab\u0103 \u0219i urmat cam la doi metri de coasociatul s\u0103u Grummer – s\u0103 alerge, \u00een goana mare, prin praf \u0219i ar\u0219i\u021ba soarelui, str\u0103b\u0103t\u00e2nd comunele rurale, \u00een scopul unic de a aduna c\u00e2rpe vechi, tinichele de untdelemn g\u0103urite \u0219i \u00een special ar\u0219ice, pe cari apoi le m\u0103n\u00e2nc\u0103 \u00eempreun\u0103, dup\u0103 miezul nop\u021bii, \u00een t\u0103cerea cea mai sinistr\u0103…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grummer are \u0219i un cioc de lemn aromatic…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fire \u00eenchis\u0103 \u0219i temperament bilios, st\u0103 toat\u0103 ziua lungit sub tejghea, cu ciocul v\u00e2r\u00e2t \u00eentr-o gaur\u0103 sub podea…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cum intri la ei \u00een magazin, un miros delicios \u00ee\u021bi g\u00e2dil\u0103 n\u0103rile… E\u0219ti \u00eent\u00e2mpinat la scar\u0103 de un b\u0103iat cinstit, care, pe cap, \u00een loc de p\u0103r, are fire de arnici verde; apoi e\u0219ti salutat cu mult\u0103 amabilitate de Algazy \u0219i poftit s\u0103 stai jos pe un taburel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grummer st\u0103 \u0219i p\u00e2nde\u0219te… Perfid, cu privirea piezi\u0219\u0103, sco\u021b\u00e2nd mai \u00eent\u00e2i numai ciocul, pe care ostentativ \u00eel prelinge \u00een sus \u0219i \u00een jos pe un jgheab anume f\u0103cut la muchea tejghelei, apare la urm\u0103 \u00een \u00eentregime… Face prin tot felul de manopere pe Algazy s\u0103 p\u0103r\u0103seasc\u0103 localul, apoi, insinuant, te atrage pe nesim\u021bite \u00een tot soiul de discu\u021bii – mai ales de sport \u0219i literatur\u0103 – p\u00e2n\u0103 ce, c\u00e2nd \u00eei vine bine, te plesne\u0219te de dou\u0103 ori cu ciocul peste burt\u0103, de te face s\u0103 alergi afar\u0103 \u00een strad\u0103, url\u00e2nd de durere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Algazy, care are mai totdeauna nepl\u0103ceri \u0219i discu\u021bii cu clien\u021bii, din cauza acestui procedeu nepermis al lui Grummer, iese \u00een goan\u0103 dup\u0103 tine, te pofte\u0219te \u00eenapoi \u0219i, spre a-\u021bi lua meritata satisfac\u021bie, \u00ee\u021bi d\u0103 dreptul – dac\u0103 ai cump\u0103rat un obiect mai scump ca 15 bani – s\u0103… miro\u0219i pu\u021bin ciocul lui Grummer \u0219i, dac\u0103 vrei, s\u0103-l str\u00e2ngi c\u00e2t de tare de o b\u0103\u0219ic\u0103 cenu\u0219ie de cauciuc, pe care o are \u00een\u0219urupat\u0103 la spate, pu\u021bin deasupra feselor, ceea ce \u00eel face s\u0103 sar\u0103 prin magazin f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 mi\u0219te din genunchi, sco\u021b\u00e2nd \u0219i sunete nearticulate…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00centr-una din zile, Grummer, f\u0103r\u0103 a-l anun\u021ba pe Algazy, lu\u0103 roaba \u0219i porni singur \u00een c\u0103utare de c\u00e2rpe \u0219i ar\u0219ice, dar la \u00eenapoiere, g\u0103sind din \u00eent\u00e2mplare \u0219i c\u00e2teva resturi de poeme se pref\u0103cu bolnav \u0219i, sub plapom\u0103, le m\u00e2nc\u0103 singur pe furi\u0219. Algazy, sim\u021bind, intr\u0103 dup\u0103 el acolo cu inten\u021bia sincer\u0103 de a-i face numai o u\u0219oar\u0103 moral\u0103, dar cu groaz\u0103 observ\u0103 \u00een stomacul lui Grummer c\u0103 tot ce r\u0103m\u0103sese bun din literatur\u0103 fusese consumat \u0219i digerat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lipsit astfel pe viitor de orice hran\u0103 a lui mai aleas\u0103, Algazy, drept compensa\u021bie, m\u00e2nc\u0103 toat\u0103 b\u0103\u0219ica lui Grummer, \u00een timp ce acesta dormea…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dezesperat, a doua zi, Grummer – r\u0103mas f\u0103r\u0103 b\u0103\u0219ic\u0103 singur pe lume – lu\u0103 pe b\u0103tr\u00e2n \u00een cioc \u0219i, dup\u0103 apusul soarelui, \u00eel urc\u0103 cu furie pe v\u00e2rful unui munte \u00eenalt… O lupt\u0103 uria\u0219\u0103 se \u00eencinse acolo \u00eentre ei \u0219i \u021binu toat\u0103 noaptea, p\u00e2n\u0103 c\u00e2nd, \u00eenspre ziu\u0103, Grummer, \u00eenvins, se oferi s\u0103 restituie toat\u0103 literatura \u00eenghi\u021bit\u0103. El o vomit\u0103 \u00een m\u00e2inile lui Algazy… Dar b\u0103tr\u00e2nul, \u00een p\u00e2ntecul c\u0103ruia fermen\u021bii b\u0103\u0219icii \u00eenghi\u021bite \u00eencepuse s\u0103 trezeasc\u0103 fiorii literaturii viitorului, g\u0103si c\u0103 tot ce i se ofer\u0103 este prea pu\u021bin \u0219i \u00eenvechit…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00cenfometa\u021bi \u0219i nefiind \u00een stare s\u0103 g\u0103seasc\u0103 prin \u00eentunerec hrana ideal\u0103 de care am\u00e2ndoi aveau at\u00e2ta nevoie, reluar\u0103 atunci lupta cu puteri \u00eendoite \u0219i, sub pretext c\u0103 se gust\u0103 numai pentru a se complecta \u0219i cunoa\u0219te mai bine, \u00eencepur\u0103 s\u0103 se mu\u0219te cu furie mereu cresc\u00e2nd\u0103, p\u00e2n\u0103 ce, consum\u00e2ndu-se treptat unul pe altul, ajunser\u0103 ambii la ultimul os… Algazy termin\u0103 mai \u00eent\u00e2i…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A doua zi, la poalele muntelui, trec\u0103torii putur\u0103 vedea \u00eentr-un \u0219an\u021b, aruncate de ploaie, un gr\u0103tar cu s\u00e2rm\u0103 ghimpat\u0103 \u0219i un mirositor plisc de lemn… Autorit\u0103\u021bile fur\u0103 \u00een\u0219tiin\u021bate, dar mai \u00eenainte ca ele s\u0103 fi sosit la fa\u021ba locului, una din so\u021biile lui Algazy, care avea form\u0103 de m\u0103tur\u0103, ap\u0103ru pe nea\u0219teptate \u0219i… d\u00e2nd de dou\u0103-trei ori, \u00een dreapta \u0219i \u00een st\u00e2nga, m\u0103tur\u0103 tot ce g\u0103si la gunoi…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sursa: https:\/\/ro.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Algazy_%26_Grummer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Algazy este un b\u0103tr\u00e2n simpatic, \u0219tirb, z\u00e2mbitor \u0219i cu barba ras\u0103 \u0219i m\u0103t\u0103soas\u0103, frumos a\u0219ezat\u0103 pe un gr\u0103tar \u00een\u0219urupat sub b\u0103rbie \u0219i \u00eemprejmuit cu s\u00e2rm\u0103 ghimpat\u0103… Algazy nu vorbe\u0219te nici o limb\u0103 european\u0103… Dac\u0103 \u00eens\u0103 \u00eel a\u0219tep\u021bi \u00een zori de zi, \u00een faptul dimine\u021bei, \u0219i \u00eei zici: \u201eBun\u0103 ziua Algazy!” insist\u00e2nd mai mult pe sunetul … Continu\u0103 lectura Algazy & Grummer[1] de Urmuz<\/span>