
By Bruno Monnerat Alves
Bem-te-vi
I have a passion for �bem-te-vis�! It is
not recent...
Where I lived for twenty-five years, they
were my partners. From the window in my room, I listened to them, announcing a
new morning.
At the sight of them, my heart starts
beating faster! I find them beautiful!Seductive ! Their song moves me. It seems
that they talk to me. I even taped it, to listen to it whenever I wanted... or
when I missed them...
They are extremely mutual: if I�m sad, they
try to cheer me up; when I�m happy, they share my joy in communion.
Cec�lia Meireles, a Brazilian poet,
dedicated beautiful words to them and found out that some of them only sing TI
VI! It�s true!
Another mystery that had puzzled me for a
long time: which bird was responsible for that metallic sound around
half past five, in the dawn? It used to wake me up! Sometimes it made me furious
(especially on the weekends�)
I tried, for several times, in vain, to
identify the responsible for such task.
Resigned, I gave it up.
In my new apartment, happens that, one day,
I heard that sound in the dawn! Without believing in eyes, I identify the owner
of that potent voice: a small �bem-te-vi�! In the top of the building next to
my window, resting in the lightning �rod� ruling over the Laranjeiras� valley!
Sovereign, waking us all up, to enjoy the
spectacle that nature had prepared for a whole night, just to offers us!
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