הַי‭, ‬שָׁלוֹם‭.‬ בְּרוּכִים‭ ‬הַבָּאִים‭ ‬לְכוֹכַב‭ ‬הַלֶּכֶת‭ ‬הַזֶּה‭. ‬ אֲנַחְנוּ‭ ‬קוֹרְאִים‭ ‬לוֹ‭ ‬כַּדּוּר‭ ‬הָאָרֶץ‭.‬ זֶה‭ ‬הַגְּלוֹבּוּס‭ ‬הַגָּדוֹל‭ ‬
שֶׁמְּרַחֵף‭ ‬בֶּחָלָל‭ ‬וְעָלָיו‭ ‬אֲנַחְנוּ‭ ‬חַיִּים‭.‬ הַסּוֹפֵר‭ ‬וְהַמְּאַיֵּר‭ ‬אוֹלִיבֶר‭ ‬גֶ‭'‬פֶרְס‭ ('‬הַיֶּלֶד‭ ‬שֶׁאָהַב‭ ‬לֶאֱכֹל‭ ‬סְפָרִים‭') ‬מְסַפֵּר‭ ‬לִבְנוֹ‭ ‬הַצָּעִיר‭ ‬‮–‬‭ ‬וּבְהִזְדַּמְּנוּת‭ ‬זֹאת‭ ‬מְשַׁתֵּף‭ ‬גַּם‭ ‬אוֹתָנוּ‭ ‬‮–‬‭ ‬לְאֵיזֶה‭ ‬מִין‭ ‬עוֹלָם‭ ‬הוּא‭ ‬נוֹלַד‭: ‬עַל‭ ‬מַעֲרֶכֶת‭ ‬הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ‭ ‬שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ‭ ‬אֲנַחְנוּ‭ ‬מְמֻקָּמִים‭, ‬עַל‭ ‬הַשָּׁמַיִם‭, ‬הָאָרֶץ‭ ‬וְהַיָּם‭, ‬עַל‭ ‬אוֹר‭ ‬וְחשֶׁךְ‭ ‬‮–‬‭ ‬וּבְעִקָּר‭ ‬עַל‭ ‬בְּנֵי‭ ‬הָאָדָם‭. ‬מְלֻוֶּה‭ ‬בָּאִיּוּרִים‭ ‬הַמַּרְהִיבִים‭, ‬אֲנַחְנוּ‭ ‬נִמְצָאִים‭ ‬כָּאן‭ ‬הוּא‭ ‬מֵעֵין‭ ‬הַקְדָּמָה‭ ‬לַחַיִּים‭ ‬עַל‭ ‬פְּנֵי‭ ‬כַּדּוּר‭ ‬הָאָרֶץ‭, ‬אַךְ‭ ‬בּוֹ‭ ‬בַּזְּמַן‭ ‬חוֹצֵב‭ ‬שְׁבִיל‭ ‬שֶׁל‭ ‬אַהֲבָה‭ ‬אֶל‭ ‬תּוֹךְ‭ ‬הָעוֹלָם‭. ‬ לְאֵלֶּה‭ ‬שֶׁנּוֹלְדוּ‭ ‬וְעַד‭ ‬120

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Oliver Jeffers was born in Port Hedland, Western Australia in 1977 and bred in Belfast, Northern Ireland. As a teenager, he thoroughly enjoyed playing the spoons and travelled the land frequenting every pub he could find looking for a group of musicians to harmoniously add his percussive talents to. Unfortunately, no-one recognised his musical talent, so to force some other way of fitting in, Oliver painted them instead. It was when he came runner-up in The Irish News amateur art competition ... המשך לקרוא

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