sea is Marina travels the distance from the door of the house to the fence with short, quick steps. At the moment he feels a presence behind him warm and wet rubs her bare ankles. She turns her head with a start and the golden fringe completely covers her eyes.
- Chssss! Can not come with me, Trick-his heart suddenly accelerated and waved back and forth, while the index finger is pressed against his lips trembling.
The yellow hair styling tips ears, obedient, feel free to look away from the girl, who takes to get fired. The dog lies down and rests her head on her front legs by issuing a laconic whine. The gate-paint faded cobalt-beating remains with the breeze from the sea.
Inside the house there is only stillness. In the dark interior is filtered first light through the cracks of the blinds holes like a sieve.
For two years they had bought the house. Then the exterior walls were a bland blue and worn by wind and salt, still found the poster sold when they arrived. The first thing they did Fran and Mary the day she went to live near the lighthouse was painted indigo blue house, like the sky of a clear winter day, as the vast sea that disappeared behind the cliff, on whose edge lay the house, exposed to strong winds from the southeast. Marina
At first he was afraid. He could not understand why his father had accepted a job as strange as caring for a lighthouse, if he himself had explained that this gigantic lantern was controlled so mechanics, and the man's hand was not necessary for proper operation. At night the wind howled with a whimper incident and when the moon was full, the clarity was all that seemed to reassure the girl, she fell asleep watching this round framed in the window of his room. From his bed too could see the lighthouse: a high brick tower topped by the revolving light that never ceased. He imagined the rowing boats at night mesmerized by the beam of light that suddenly grew. In a conversation he had heard their parents speak of a liner that had capsized off this coast for more than a century, where most of the passage had perished.
one day broke down and got into the bed of his brother.
-Martin, I'm afraid the wind.
"The wind is only wind. In addition, it is high time that you get older.
The next morning, while her mother was driving to the city down the path open between the cacti and the evergreens, the head of the Navy flew to another place. He thought the proposal he had made his brother. A sort of spell to dispel the fear and become part of that place dominated by waves and wind. Trick
still lying outside the door. It will not move until she returns. For weeks, almost every Sunday, while their owners are asleep, the dog sees the child out ignorant of their whereabouts. Le shaky legs and chest, nervous, wanting to follow it contained, the sun forced him to squint, terns screaming in the distance. Marina
runs toward the road that runs at the foot of the lighthouse, it's easy to find the place it was his brother. You know you have the time just before her parents wake up and throw at fault. The sky is still covered in mist and the sea dotted with sailboats, which are lost in the horizon insignificant. The lighthouse stands as printed on a canvas of blue. Left sliding down an embankment to reach the beach of stones formed naturally someday. Inhale strongly through the chest filled with air, count to three and starts running. At the end of the inlet rocks rise draw the profile of the cliff. Then arrive at the base of the promontory, he is very busy and he can barely contain his laughter. The fear is gone, is brave and that makes you laugh out loud. His brother told him that she, like all sea is yours, so you can not avoid it again and again.
Put your hands on a rock sticking out and starts to climb. Straighten your arms and foot support. Gradually progresses from filamentous rocks warmed by the sun. After a while he stopped for breath and raising his head to keep his eyes yellow face with eyes that watch him uneasy. Is a seagull inn at the height of his face. A short distance that it seems huge. The bird shakes his feathers gray moisture while watching Marina. Quiet
-girlfriend. I'll jump.
The gull ruffling and shakes his head while throwing a short cry. She sits
to gather courage and take a look at your house: the upstairs windows with the blinds drawn. Trick will be waiting with ears pricked. Sure. " Looking for the dog, but since there does not. He imagines his return, his face wet and salty. It will be thrown to the ground on hot tiles. Will be licked by the animal to clear the trail of the sea on your skin. Drown in a cry of will tickle you with its rough tongue and soft. The dog closed his eyes while licking the sweet taste of your skin as a child.
is time: it is placed on the flat stone that is in front of her and looked at the feet are dry. "The most important thing is to have dry feet" is said to recall the words of his brother. Step forward, arms pressed against the body and looks up. A group of small islands in the sea that look like ants. In the center is one with a small tower that seems to be the queen. Feel a chill, the wind begins to cool. That old enemy already is but wind. Wind whistling, singing, wind speaks only she can ... his own words that are surprised saying aloud.
rose on the balls of his feet, picks up momentum and jump. Story
modified from the original sea is published in the Fourth Book of Writers School Madrid, Arena on shoes.