THE BOY’S NAME WAS SANTIAGO. DUSK WAS NAMA ANAK LAKI-LAKI ADALAH SANTIAGO.

FALLING AS the boy arrived with his herd at SENJA TELAH TIBA bocah itu tiba dengan

an abandoned church. The roof had fallen in kawanannya di sebuah gereja yang

long ago, and an enormous sycamore had ditinggalkan. Atapnya telah jatuh sejak lama,

grown on the spot where the sacristy had dan pohon ara besar tumbuh di tempat di mana

once stood. sakristi pernah berdiri.

He decided to spend the night there. He saw to Dia memutuskan untuk bermalam di sana. Dia

it that all the sheep entered through the melihat bahwa semua domba masuk melalui

ruined gate, and then laid some planks across gerbang yang hancur, dan kemudian

it to prevent the flock from wandering away meletakkan beberapa papan di atasnya untuk

during the night. There were no wolves in the mencegah kawanan domba berkeliaran di

region, but once an animal had strayed during malam hari. Tidak ada serigala di wilayah itu,

the night, and the boy had had to spend the tetapi begitu seekor binatang tersesat di malam

entire next day searching for it. hari, dan bocah itu harus menghabiskan

He swept the floor with his jacket and lay down, sepanjang hari berikutnya mencarinya.

using the book he had just finished reading as a Dia menyapu lantai dengan jaketnya dan

pillow. He told himself that he would have to berbaring, menggunakan buku yang baru saja

start reading thicker books: they lasted selesai dibaca sebagai bantal. Dia berkata pada

longer, and made more comfortable pillows. dirinya sendiri bahwa dia harus mulai membaca

It was still dark when he awoke, and, looking buku-buku yang lebih tebal: mereka bertahan

up, he could see the stars through the half- lebih lama, dan membuat bantal yang lebih

destroyed roof. nyaman.

I wanted to sleep a little longer, he thought. He Hari masih gelap ketika dia bangun, dan, ketika

had had the same dream that night as a week mendongak, dia bisa melihat bintang-bintang

melalui atap yang setengah hancur.

ago, and once again he had awakened before
Aku ingin tidur sedikit lebih lama, pikirnya.
it ended.
Dia memiliki mimpi yang sama malam itu
He arose and, taking up his crook, began to
seperti seminggu yang lalu, dan sekali lagi dia
awaken the sheep that still slept. He had
terbangun sebelum itu berakhir.
noticed that, as soon as he awoke, most of his
Dia bangkit dan, mengambil bajingannya, mulai
animals also began to stir. It was as if some
membangunkan domba yang masih tidur. Dia
mysterious energy bound his life to that of the

sheep, with whom he had spent the past two telah memperhatikan bahwa, begitu dia

years, leading them through the countryside bangun, sebagian besar hewannya juga mulai

in search of food and water. “They are so used bergerak. Seolah-olah energi misterius

to me that they know my schedule,” he mengikat hidupnya dengan domba, yang

muttered. Thinking about that for a moment, dengannya dia menghabiskan dua tahun

he realized that it could be the other way terakhir, memimpin mereka melalui pedesaan

around: that it was he who had become untuk mencari makanan dan air. "Mereka

accustomed to their schedule. begitu terbiasa denganku sehingga mereka

tahu jadwalku," gumamnya. Memikirkan hal itu

sejenak, dia menyadari bahwa itu bisa menjadi

sebaliknya: bahwa dialah yang telah terbiasa

dengan jadwal mereka.