{"id":299672,"date":"1966-01-01T00:01:02","date_gmt":"1965-12-31T23:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanoorschot.nl\/dbnl\/gedichten-van-c-buddingh-3\/"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:30:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T11:30:03","slug":"gedichten-van-c-buddingh-3","status":"publish","type":"dbnl","link":"https:\/\/www.vanoorschot.nl\/en\/dbnl\/gedichten-van-c-buddingh-3\/","title":{"rendered":"[Gedichten van C. Buddingh’]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\r\nhet was Nicolaas Witsen, de mentor van Peter de Grote,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\ndie hem voor het eerst beschreef, in zijn boek \u2018Noord en Oost-<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\neen magische klank, zoals overal draken en reuzen<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\naan zijn botten ontsproten waren. Wij, koppetjes, weten<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nwel beter natuurlijk, maar voor<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nde ijstijdmens was hij een ontzagwekkend gezicht,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\ndeze kroezige telg van de stegodont, een begeerlijke<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nmaakten zij jacht op hem; ook in ons land heeft<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nmen herhaaldelijk kiezen en beenderen opgevist<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nHijzelf was toen allang uitgestorven, waarschijnlijk<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\ndoor algehele degeneratie, hoewel<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nzijn fossiele ivoor tot vandaag de dag een belangrijk<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nuit Noord-Siberi\u00eb en China, waar heel af en toe<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\neen nog vrij gaaf lichaam wordt opgegraven: geleerden<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nHet zal geen lekkernij zijn geweest, maar toch, ‘t zou mij heel<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nwat waard zijn als ik aan mijn zoons<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nvertellen kon: \u2018Op een diner van de Maatschappij<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nvoor Letterkunde heeft jullie vader nog eens<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\ndoperwtjes met mammoet gegeten.\u2019<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nWant hij mag dan sinds eeuwen en eeuwen verdwenen zijn, ergens<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nin de steppen van onze verbeelding doolt hij nog rond,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nde ruige gigant met de felle, gebogen slagtanden,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nen hoeveel wij ook rijker zijn<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\ndan de Paleolithische mens: Bach, aardgas, t.v.,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nflats, penicilline, Shakespeare, straks Venus en Mars,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nwij blijven een mammoet armer.<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nC. Buddingh’<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nbestaat er nauwelijks; toch is zijn leven<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nvol bang avontuur: sinds onheuglijke tijden belaagd<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\ndoor vijanden zonder tal, is snelheid<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nzijn enige wapen,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\ndat hij weloverwogen hanteert: bij het minste gevaar<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nzit hij rechtop, maakt kegel en schiet<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n(wat wel zo verstandig is); hij kent beter<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\ndan wie ook wellicht<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nde eenzaamheid van de lange afstandloper:<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nde doffe tam-tam in de lepels, maar ook<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\neen veldje vol sappige kruiden; zijn wijfje<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nkan hij alweer dekken<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nwanneer ze nog drachtig is, wat hij graag (maar wie niet?)<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nen vaak doet: hij mag dan ook steeds nog met Pasen<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nde eieren rondbrengen. William Cowper had drie tamme hazen<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nals huisdier: Puss, Tiney en Bess. Puss en Bess<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nof ravotten met hem in de tuin; de inkennige Tiney<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nging zijn eigen weg meer; toen hij stierf wijdde Cowper<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\neen roerend gedichtje aan hem. Een panklare haas<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nweegt zo’n twee\u00ebneenhalve kilo. Men kan<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nhem gewoon bruin braden<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\ndie de brontosaurus zag komen en gaan, ons te zeggen:<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nhem maar flink in de was: een heel redelijk voedsel.\u2019<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\neen knus, donker hoekje waar hij comfortabel kan rusten,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nal het andere kan hem gestolen worden.<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nDaarbij is hij haast onverdelgbaar: bevries hem, hij wandelt<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nkalmpjes weg, zodra hij ontdooid wordt: geen wonder dat hij,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\ndie op Cape Kennedy in zijn bierblik-capsule<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nhonderd maal zoveel straling<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nverdroeg als de mens en een druk (vier uur lang)<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nvan maar eventjes 126 g,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\u00a0<\/div>\r\n
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\r\nonze astronaut is bij uitstek: misschien gaat hij straks<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\u00a0<\/div>\r\n
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\r\ndan ook mee naar de maan en later naar Mars, Jupiter;<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nen als hij niet mag: hij kroop ook<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nwel aan boord van de \u2018Mayflower\u2019: hij laat zich niet stuiten<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\ndoor niemand en niets en als Wells gelijk krijgt en eenmaal<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\u00a0<\/div>\r\n
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\r\nde oorlog der werelden losbarst en om onze zon<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\u00a0<\/div>\r\n
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\r\nalleen nog de maan en de dode planeten draaien,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\ndribbelt hij misschien door de fall-out;<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nop zoek naar een plekje om verder te paren.<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nC. Buddingh’<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n
[p. 437]<\/div>\r\n

\r\nDe specht<\/i>\r\n<\/h4>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nDe timmerman van het bos; ook wel: de tamboer<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\u00a0<\/div>\r\n
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\r\nuit het vogelorkest: met zijn beitelvormige snavel<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\u00a0<\/div>\r\n
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\r\nroffelt hij meer dan honderd keer per minuut<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\u00a0<\/div>\r\n
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\r\nop de schors van een boom, liefst een half vergane,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nhakkend naar gangen vol malse larven,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\ndie hij opsmikkelt met zijn hengeltong.<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nJe leest er vaak over, maar ziet hem slechts zelden: zo’n jaar<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nof vijftien terug, op een ochtend – ik stond me te scheren –<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nweerklonk in de tuin van het ziekenhuis eensklaps een fel<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\ngeratel, ik liep naar het raam, en daar<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nzat er zowaar een, als vastgekit<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\naan de stam van een gammele populier.<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nHet werd een vertrouwd, maar toch steeds weer verrassend geluid;<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nwe stonden vaak: mijn moeder, mijn vrouw en ik,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nnaar hem te kijken, soms waren er twee zelfs of drie,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\ndriftig bikkend en beukend, terwijl<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nnog geen twintig meter van hen vandaan<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nde auto’s over de klinkers gleden.<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nWaar ze nestelden hebben we nooit geweten; ze moeten<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\ngezellig en hartelijk zijn in gevangenschap,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\ngauw korzelig alleen, wanneer ze hun zin niet krijgen,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nmaar toch: \u2018Een haast ideaal huisdier,\u2019 zei<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\neen Amerikaan, \u2018als hij niet zoveel tijd<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nhad besteed aan ‘t versplinteren van onze meubels.\u2019<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nHet is allemaal lang geleden; dit jaar gaat<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nmijn oudste zoon naar de middelbare school,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nmijn vrouw is zwaar ziek geweest maar gelukkig weer helemaal<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nopgeknapt, mijn haar wordt wat grijs,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nde bomen zijn weg, de spechten zijn weg,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nmaar ik zie en hoor ze nog dikwijls hameren.<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nC. Buddingh’<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>
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