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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nJan se zastavil na b\u0159ehu a zad\u00edval se do rozbou\u0159en\u00e9 vody. Mezi v\u011btvemi a p\u011bnou zahl\u00e9dl h\u0159\u00edvu. Obrovsk\u00e9 zlat\u00e9 t\u011blo bojovalo s proudem. Lev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201eTo snad ne\u2026\u201c vydechl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
V t\u00e9to oblasti lvi ob\u010das p\u0159ech\u00e1zeli \u0159eku, ale dne\u0161n\u00ed proud byl smrt\u00edc\u00ed. Zv\u00ed\u0159e se sna\u017eilo dostat ke b\u0159ehu, ale voda ho strh\u00e1vala zp\u011bt. Ka\u017ed\u00fd pokus o vyplav\u00e1n\u00ed byl slab\u0161\u00ed ne\u017e ten p\u0159edchoz\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jan nev\u00e1hal dlouho. V\u011bd\u011bl, \u017ee je to \u0161\u00edlen\u00e9. V\u011bd\u011bl, \u017ee lev, i vy\u010derpan\u00fd, je st\u00e1le lev. Sta\u010d\u00ed jeden pohyb tlapou a \u010dlov\u011bk nem\u00e1 \u0161anci. Ale tak\u00e9 v\u011bd\u011bl, \u017ee pokud nic neud\u011bl\u00e1, zv\u00ed\u0159e se utop\u00ed b\u011bhem n\u011bkolika minut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rychle p\u0159iv\u00e1zal lano k siln\u00e9mu ak\u00e1ciov\u00e9mu stromu, druh\u00fd konec si omotal kolem pasu a vstoupil do vody. Proud ho okam\u017eit\u011b st\u00e1hl stranou, ale udr\u017eel rovnov\u00e1hu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201eKlid\u2026 klid\u2026\u201c mumlal sp\u00ed\u0161 pro sebe ne\u017e pro zv\u00ed\u0159e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kdy\u017e se dostal bl\u00ed\u017e, uvid\u011bl v o\u010d\u00edch lva paniku. Nebyl to hn\u011bv ani agrese. Byl to strach. Lev se naposledy pokusil zabrat tlapami, ale jen polkl dal\u0161\u00ed dou\u0161ek vody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jan nat\u00e1hl ruku a chytil ho za h\u0159\u00edvu, druhou rukou se sna\u017eil podep\u0159\u00edt jeho hlavu nad hladinou. V\u00e1ha zv\u00ed\u0159ete byla obrovsk\u00e1. Lano se napjalo a za\u0159\u00edzlo se mu do pasu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Centimetr po centimetru se sunuli ke b\u0159ehu. Jan c\u00edtil, jak mu doch\u00e1z\u00ed s\u00edly. Ruce mu klouzaly, voda mu \u0161lehala do obli\u010deje. Je\u0161t\u011b p\u00e1r metr\u016f. Je\u0161t\u011b kousek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kone\u010dn\u011b uc\u00edtil pod nohama pevnou p\u016fdu. S posledn\u00edm vyp\u011bt\u00edm sil vyt\u00e1hl lva na bahnit\u00fd b\u0159eh a s\u00e1m se zhroutil vedle n\u011bj.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oba t\u011b\u017ece d\u00fdchali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lev le\u017eel na boku, t\u011blo se mu chv\u011blo. Voda z n\u011bj odkap\u00e1vala, hru\u010f se prudce zvedala a klesala. Jan v\u011bd\u011bl, \u017ee by m\u011bl ustoupit. \u017de jakmile se zv\u00ed\u0159e vzpamatuje, m\u016f\u017ee reagovat instinktivn\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pomalu se za\u010dal odsunovat dozadu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
V tu chv\u00edli lev otev\u0159el o\u010di.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jejich pohledy se setkaly. Jan c\u00edtil, jak mu srdce bu\u0161\u00ed a\u017e v krku. Sta\u010dilo, aby se zv\u00ed\u0159e postavilo a za\u00fato\u010dilo \u2013 byl by bez \u0161ance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lev se pomalu zvedl. Voda mu st\u00e9kala z h\u0159\u00edvy, svaly se nap\u00ednaly pod mokrou srst\u00ed. Ud\u011blal krok sm\u011brem k Janovi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A pak druh\u00fd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jan z\u016fstal nehybn\u011b sed\u011bt. V hlav\u011b m\u011bl pr\u00e1zdno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lev byl u\u017e jen metr od n\u011bj. Zvedl mohutnou tlapu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
M\u00edsto \u00fatoku v\u0161ak ud\u011blal n\u011bco naprosto neo\u010dek\u00e1van\u00e9ho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pomalu polo\u017eil tlapu na Janovo rameno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nebyl to \u00fader. Nebyl to dr\u00e1p. Byl to pevn\u00fd, t\u011b\u017ek\u00fd dotek. Lev sklonil hlavu a lehce se o n\u011bj ot\u0159el h\u0159\u00edvou, jako by si ho zna\u010dil, nebo\u2026 jako by d\u011bkoval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jan zadr\u017eel dech. C\u00edtil teplo zv\u00ed\u0159ec\u00edho t\u011bla, sly\u0161el hlubok\u00e9 vrn\u011bn\u00ed, kter\u00e9 se oz\u00fdvalo z jeho hrudi. Nebylo to hroziv\u00e9 vr\u010den\u00ed. Bylo to klidn\u00e9, t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 tich\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ten okam\u017eik trval jen p\u00e1r vte\u0159in, ale Jan m\u011bl pocit, \u017ee \u010das se zastavil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pak lev ustoupil, oto\u010dil se sm\u011brem k savan\u011b a pomalu odkr\u00e1\u010del. Neohl\u00e9dl se. Jen zmizel mezi vysokou tr\u00e1vou, jako by byl sou\u010d\u00e1st\u00ed v\u011btru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jan z\u016fstal sed\u011bt v bl\u00e1t\u011b, promo\u010den\u00fd a vy\u010derpan\u00fd. Ruka, na kter\u00e9 spo\u010d\u00edvala lv\u00ed tlapa, se mu t\u0159\u00e1sla. Ne strachem \u2013 sp\u00ed\u0161 \u00fa\u017easem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kdy\u017e se pozd\u011bji vr\u00e1til do stanice rezervace a vypr\u00e1v\u011bl koleg\u016fm, co se stalo, v\u011bt\u0161ina z nich jen nev\u011b\u0159\u00edcn\u011b kroutila hlavou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201eM\u011bl jsi obrovsk\u00e9 \u0161t\u011bst\u00ed,\u201c \u0159\u00edkali. \u201eTo zv\u00ed\u0159e bylo jen p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 slab\u00e9, aby za\u00fato\u010dilo.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mo\u017en\u00e1 m\u011bli pravdu. Mo\u017en\u00e1 \u0161lo jen o instinkt a vy\u010derp\u00e1n\u00ed. Ale Jan si byl jist\u00fd jedn\u00edm: v t\u011bch o\u010d\u00edch nevid\u011bl hn\u011bv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
O n\u011bkolik dn\u00ed pozd\u011bji zahl\u00e9dl t\u00e9ho\u017e lva na okraji rezervace. St\u00e1l na vyv\u00fd\u0161en\u00e9m m\u00edst\u011b a pozoroval krajinu. Siln\u00fd, vzp\u0159\u00edmen\u00fd, znovu ve sv\u00e9 pln\u00e9 s\u00edle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Na okam\u017eik se jejich pohledy op\u011bt setkaly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lev kr\u00e1tce zavr\u010del \u2013 tentokr\u00e1t hlasit\u011bji \u2013 a pak se oto\u010dil ke sv\u00e9mu st\u00e1du. Ne jako zachr\u00e1n\u011bn\u00e9 zv\u00ed\u0159e, ale jako kr\u00e1l, kter\u00fd p\u0159e\u017eil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jan si tehdy uv\u011bdomil, \u017ee p\u0159\u00edroda nen\u00ed jen o z\u00e1konech s\u00edly a p\u0159e\u017eit\u00ed. N\u011bkdy v n\u00ed existuj\u00ed okam\u017eiky, kter\u00e9 se vymykaj\u00ed vysv\u011btlen\u00ed. Okam\u017eiky, kdy mezi \u010dlov\u011bkem a divok\u00fdm zv\u00ed\u0159etem vznikne tich\u00e9 porozum\u011bn\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A poka\u017ed\u00e9, kdy\u017e dnes proch\u00e1z\u00ed kolem \u0159eky, vybav\u00ed se mu v\u00e1ha t\u00e9 tlapy na rameni. P\u0159ipom\u00ednka, \u017ee i v nejdivo\u010dej\u0161\u00edm srdci m\u016f\u017ee na okam\u017eik zazn\u00edt n\u011bco, co se podob\u00e1 vd\u011b\u010dnosti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u0158eka se toho r\u00e1na vylila ze sv\u00e9ho klidn\u00e9ho koryta. No\u010dn\u00ed bou\u0159e strhla v\u011btve, kusy tr\u00e1vy i bl\u00e1to z okoln\u00edch svah\u016f a proud byl \n [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"views":592,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harcum.am\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harcum.am\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harcum.am\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harcum.am\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harcum.am\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/harcum.am\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3924,"href":"https:\/\/harcum.am\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3922\/revisions\/3924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harcum.am\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harcum.am\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harcum.am\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harcum.am\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}