{"id":9743,"date":"2026-03-12T02:51:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editionsjou.net\/?p=9743"},"modified":"2026-03-12T02:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:51:24","slug":"241-derniere-foret-perdue-1-3-par-emmanuel-rabu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revuetina.editionsjou.net\/?p=9743","title":{"rendered":"#241\/ Derni\u00e8re for\u00eat perdue (1\/3), par Emmanuel Rabu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


Le cercle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1<\/strong>

Il y a une montagne couverte d\u2019une jungle et un chemin p\u00e9riph\u00e9rique qui la ceint. Il faut une journ\u00e9e et une nuit enti\u00e8res, \u00e0 pied, sans s\u2019arr\u00eater, pour en faire le tour. Le chemin relie quatre villages dispos\u00e9s comme des heures : 3, 6, 9 et 12. Chacun est \u00e0 \u00e9gale distance de deux autres et forme avec le quatri\u00e8me une ligne diam\u00e9trale fictive qui traverse la jungle en son milieu.

Il y a des r\u00e8gles.

La jungle est r\u00e9serv\u00e9e \u00e0 ce qui est sauvage. C\u2019est l\u00e0 que vivent les animaux et les plantes. Aucune
effraction immobili\u00e8re n\u2019est permise au-del\u00e0 des villages. Un homme peut traverser la jungle \u00e0
pied, mais aucun v\u00e9hicule ni cheval. Ni br\u00fblis, ni sentier : elle ne sera pas d\u00e9frich\u00e9e.
C\u2019est la r\u00e8gle n\u00b01.

On se d\u00e9place sur le chemin dans un seul sens \u2014 celui des aiguilles d\u2019une montre. Si un homme \u00e0 12 veut se rendre \u00e0 9, il passe par 3 puis par 6. Ainsi le village le plus proche dans le sens inverse de la circulation est le plus \u00e9loign\u00e9 dans le temps.
C\u2019est la r\u00e8gle n\u00b02.

Le Cercle est l\u2019assembl\u00e9e des quatre villages. Les r\u00e8gles en assurent l’harmonie.

Chaque village a ses sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9s : pain, fruits, viande, vin, huile ou tissus. Les paysans se
d\u00e9placent chaque semaine pour vendre aux villages suivants.


2<\/strong>

Un jour, un marchand cassa l\u2019essieu de sa charrette un peu avant 6. Il s\u2019installa \u00e0 la lisi\u00e8re du bois, d\u2019abord dans l\u2019attente d\u2019une r\u00e9paration. Puis, la terre \u00e9tant bonne, il construisit une cabane. D\u2019autres vinrent le rejoindre, et c\u2019est ainsi que le village de 5 fut fond\u00e9.

On y fit pousser des fruits. Les r\u00e9coltes \u00e9taient abondantes.

Les villageois de 3 vendaient aussi des fruits et protest\u00e8rent contre la l\u00e9gitimit\u00e9 de cette implantation neuve. Ceux de 5 r\u00e9pondirent que l\u2019essieu s\u2019\u00e9tait cass\u00e9 l\u00e0. Et les choses reprirent leur cours d\u00e9form\u00e9.

Ceux de 3 demand\u00e8rent alors que le sens de la circulation soit modifi\u00e9, ou puisse l\u2019\u00eatre \u2014 alternativement. On chercha dans les annales et personne ne put se souvenir qu\u2019il n\u2019en avait jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 autrement. Estimant soi et son souvenir mesure de toute chose, on convint qu\u2019ayant toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 ainsi, la r\u00e8gle ne serait pas modifi\u00e9e.

La ronde continua dans le sens des aiguilles d\u2019une montre.

La pauvret\u00e9 \u00e0 3 s\u2019accentua et ils demand\u00e8rent \u00e0 ce qu\u2019une taxe soit pr\u00e9lev\u00e9e sur 5 et qu\u2019elle leur soit revers\u00e9e afin de rectifier l\u2019asym\u00e9trie des ventes. Ceux de 5 consid\u00e9r\u00e8rent que le Cercle n\u2019avait pas vocation \u00e0 att\u00e9nuer les in\u00e9galit\u00e9s induites par une place sur le chemin. Ceux de 9 et 12 pens\u00e8rent que l\u2019instauration d\u2019une taxe positionnelle ne leur serait pas favorable. Aussi d\u00e9cida-t-on de ne rien faire.


3<\/strong>

Des mois passent.

C\u2019est le jour du march\u00e9 \u00e0 6. Les villageois de 5 partent vendre leurs produits. Ils retrouvent ceux de 9 et de 12 en route. Ceux de 3 sont absents.

\u00c0 6, les ventes sont bonnes. Ils repartent. Tous cheminent ensemble jusqu\u2019\u00e0 9. Apr\u00e8s 9, ceux de 5 et de 12 continuent ensemble. Apr\u00e8s 12, ceux de 5 sont seuls sur le pourtour de la montagne. Ils marchent, tirent leur carriole.

\u00c0 proximit\u00e9 de la cascade, ils entendent un bruit.

Devant eux surgissent des hommes arm\u00e9s, des chevaux et des v\u00e9hicules. Une embuscade. Ce sont les hommes de 3.

\u2014 Que faites-vous ici ?

Ils ne r\u00e9pondent pas. Ils les attachent et les poussent vers la jungle.

\u00c0 la vue du billot, ceux de 5 comprennent.

\u2014 Qu\u2019avons-nous fait ? De quel droit nous condamnez-vous ?

La joue plaqu\u00e9e contre le tronc coup\u00e9, les hommes de 5 regardent vers la rivi\u00e8re.

Le bourreau l\u00e8ve la hache. Il suspend l\u2019abat et dit :

\u00ab Il y a une troisi\u00e8me r\u00e8gle : tu peux enfreindre les deux premi\u00e8res si tu es juste. \u00c9tions-nous justes ? \u00bb

Une brise l\u00e9g\u00e8re passait. On entendait les feuilles bruire et l\u2019eau couler.

L\u2019homme reprit :

\u00ab Nous n\u2019avons enfreint aucune r\u00e8gle. Vous avez feint\u00e9 pour nous devancer. Nous avons d\u00fb ruser pour nous restaurer. Nous sommes pass\u00e9s par la rivi\u00e8re souterraine qui traverse la montagne. \u00bb

Et comme la suspension du geste prenait fin et que la hache tombait, les hommes de 5 virent pour la premi\u00e8re fois, derri\u00e8re les larges feuilles, la rivi\u00e8re, l\u2019entr\u00e9e d\u2019une grotte et une barque glissant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n



Emmanuel Rabu<\/strong>
\u00c9crivain et artiste fran\u00e7ais
https:\/\/emmanuelrabu.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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