{"id":5411,"date":"2017-05-16T12:48:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T16:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/?p=5411"},"modified":"2026-03-17T11:47:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:47:26","slug":"from-where-i-sit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/fr\/from-where-i-sit\/","title":{"rendered":"De l\u00e0 o\u00f9 je suis assis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Par William S. Jackson<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Le texte suivant est paru dans la rubrique \u201c De mon point de vue \u201d du 12 mai., <\/span>2016<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> num\u00e9ro du journal, <em>Le Soleil<\/em>, Ce journal, qui couvre le comt\u00e9 de Lower Dauphin en Pennsylvanie, notamment les villes de Hershey et Hummelstown, est sign\u00e9 par M. William S. Jackson, ancien \u00e9l\u00e8ve de Mowglis durant les \u00e9t\u00e9s 1946 et 1947. M. Jackson a \u00e9t\u00e9 propri\u00e9taire du journal The Sun avec son \u00e9pouse jusqu&#039;\u00e0 sa retraite en 2007 et continue d&#039;y r\u00e9diger cette chronique hebdomadaire. Cette chronique est reproduite avec l&#039;aimable autorisation du journal The Sun.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">M. Jackson nous a \u00e9galement g\u00e9n\u00e9reusement fourni d&#039;anciennes photographies tir\u00e9es de ses albums, qui sont reproduites en regard de cet article\u00a0:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-1-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5412 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-1-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-1-500x356.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-1-700x498.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-1-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-1.jpg 856w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c Le mois dernier, j\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 surpris et ravi d\u2019apprendre l\u2019annonce d\u2019une nouvelle adaptation cin\u00e9matographique de <em>Le Livre de la Jungle<\/em> Produit par Disney, ce nouveau film, avec des acteurs de renom comme Bill Murray dans le r\u00f4le de Baloo l&#039;ours, est une version modernis\u00e9e \u00e0 l&#039;animation bien sup\u00e9rieure \u00e0 celle de 1967, adaptation du classique pour enfants de Rudyard Kipling du m\u00eame nom.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas <em>Le Livre de la Jungle<\/em>, il raconte l&#039;histoire d&#039;un jeune gar\u00e7on nomm\u00e9 Mowgli (prononc\u00e9 &#039;Mauglee&#039;), abandonn\u00e9 dans la jungle et \u00e9lev\u00e9 par une famille de loups dirig\u00e9e par Akela, se liant d&#039;amiti\u00e9 avec l&#039;ours g\u00e9ant Baloo et poursuivi par d&#039;autres animaux moins amicaux tels que Shere Khan, le tigre mal\u00e9fique qui cherche \u00e0 se venger de la famille de loups.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c Pour moi, mes souvenirs de <em>Le Livre de la Jungle<\/em> et ses personnages remontent \u00e0 bien plus loin encore.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c C\u2019\u00e9tait en 1946. La guerre venait de se terminer et j\u2019avais perdu mon p\u00e8re le 23 f\u00e9vrier pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent, tu\u00e9 au combat en Allemagne. \u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c J\u2019\u00e9tais un gar\u00e7on de 12 ans un peu d\u00e9prim\u00e9, \u00e0 l\u2019approche d\u2019un \u00e9t\u00e9 o\u00f9 je n\u2019avais aucune envie de jouer \u00e0 la guerre avec mes amis comme d\u2019habitude, pour des raisons \u00e9videntes. \u2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-2-300x265.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5413 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-2-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-2-500x442.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-2-700x619.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-2-768x679.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c Ma m\u00e8re l\u2019a compris et, apr\u00e8s avoir consult\u00e9 des amis qui avaient trouv\u00e9 un merveilleux camp d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 pour gar\u00e7ons, je me suis inscrit pour passer huit semaines au Camp Mowglis, situ\u00e9 dans la zone bois\u00e9e pr\u00e8s d\u2019Hebron, dans le New Hampshire. Nous \u00e9tions tous habill\u00e9s de la m\u00eame fa\u00e7on, ayant re\u00e7u un ensemble complet d\u2019uniformes, de v\u00eatements de pluie, etc., d\u2019un fournisseur de Boston, dans le Massachusetts. \u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c Nos parents nous d\u00e9posaient au camp et partaient, et nous \u00e9tions imm\u00e9diatement pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s \u00e0 nos moniteurs, soit de jeunes hommes \u00e0 l&#039;universit\u00e9, soit des enseignants, soit, \u00e0 l&#039;\u00e9poque, plusieurs anciens combattants de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. \u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-3-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5414 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-3-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-3-500x439.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-3-700x615.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-3-768x675.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c Nous \u00e9tions r\u00e9partis dans des baraquements en fonction de notre \u00e2ge \u2014 le camp \u00e9tait destin\u00e9 aux gar\u00e7ons de 7 \u00e0 15 ans \u2014 et chaque groupe d&#039;\u00e2ge recevait un nom tir\u00e9 de l&#039;\u0153uvre de Kipling. \u00bb <em>Le Livre de la Jungle<\/em>. Au d\u00e9part, j&#039;\u00e9tais un <\/span>Akela,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> ou un loup, et quand je suis revenu en 1947, j&#039;\u00e9tais un Baloo, ou un ours.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c Le camp \u00e9tait situ\u00e9 sur un terrain bois\u00e9 de 128 acres sur les rives du lac Newfound, qui se trouve juste au sud du New Hampshire. \u00bb <\/span>Montagnes Blanches<span style=\"color: #000000;\">. Le camp comprenait de nombreux terrains de jeux, un stand de tir \u00e0 la carabine, un stand de tir \u00e0 l&#039;arc, des courts de tennis en terre battue et un atelier d&#039;artisanat enti\u00e8rement \u00e9quip\u00e9, o\u00f9 j&#039;ai construit un entrep\u00f4t Railway Express \u00e0 l&#039;\u00e9chelle de mes trains miniatures Lionel 027.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c Nous avons appris tous les types de travaux du bois, en commen\u00e7ant par les bases de l&#039;utilisation et de l&#039;entretien d&#039;un couteau, puis d&#039;une hachette, et enfin d&#039;une hache de b\u00fbcheron. Pour cette derni\u00e8re, une fois qualifi\u00e9, on pouvait acheter sa propre hache sp\u00e9ciale. \u00bb <\/span>hache<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> que vous pourriez emporter avec vous lors des nombreuses randonn\u00e9es sur les sentiers des Montagnes Blanches.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c Je n&#039;ai jamais oubli\u00e9 le chef du camp. Il s&#039;appelait le colonel Alcott Farrar Elwell, et je suis presque s\u00fbr qu&#039;il \u00e9tait l\u00e0 depuis la cr\u00e9ation du camp, ce qui, \u00e0 ma grande surprise, gr\u00e2ce aux recherches de Dave, mon r\u00e9dacteur en chef, remonte \u00e0 1903. \u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<em>Le Livre de la Jungle<\/em> Le lien existait depuis le d\u00e9but puisque, avec la permission de l&#039;auteur Kipling, le fondateur du camp avait emprunt\u00e9 les noms \u00e0 ses \u2018 Livres de la jungle \u2019. De son vivant, Kipling est rest\u00e9 en contact avec le camp et a conserv\u00e9 un int\u00e9r\u00eat actif pour l&#039;entreprise si fortement influenc\u00e9e par ses histoires.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-4-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5415 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-4-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-4-500x347.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-4-700x486.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-4-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-4.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c L\u2019influence de Kipling \u00e9tait pr\u00e9sente dans les activit\u00e9s quotidiennes, comme nos tests de natation bas\u00e9s sur la distance. Il y avait un poteau dans le lac, \u00e0 environ 200 m\u00e8tres du rivage. Si vous nagiez jusqu\u2019\u00e0 lui, on appelait cela un \u2018 demi-Waigunga \u2019, du nom d\u2019une rivi\u00e8re du Livre de la Jungle, et si vous nagiez jusqu\u2019au bout et reveniez, c\u2019\u00e9tait un \u2018 Waingunga complet \u2019. \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c\u00a0L\u2019entra\u00eenement \u00e0 la randonn\u00e9e et aux techniques de survie en for\u00eat \u00e9tait rigoureux, et l\u2019objectif \u00e9tait d\u2019exceller au point d\u2019\u00eatre s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9 pour l\u2019exp\u00e9dition au Mont Washington. Il s\u2019agissait d\u2019une randonn\u00e9e de trois jours consistant \u00e0 gravir le Mont Washington jusqu\u2019au sommet, puis \u00e0 redescendre par le sentier, en passant une nuit \u00e0 l\u2019auberge au sommet. J\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9 pour ce voyage lors de ma deuxi\u00e8me ann\u00e9e, en 1947, et ce fut une exp\u00e9rience inoubliable, en particulier le passage o\u00f9 notre sentier longeait la voie ferr\u00e9e \u00e0 cr\u00e9maill\u00e8re \u00e0 mi-chemin de la montagne. Le lien avec Kipling \u00e9tait renforc\u00e9 presque chaque soir lorsque, apr\u00e8s s\u2019\u00eatre rassembl\u00e9s sur le terrain de parade et avoir abaiss\u00e9 le drapeau au son du clairon, les campeurs se r\u00e9unissaient autour du feu de camp\u00a0: un cercle int\u00e9rieur pour les campeurs les plus exp\u00e9riment\u00e9s et un cercle ext\u00e9rieur pour les novices.\u00a0\u201c <\/span>feux de camp<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Nous ferions le point sur notre journ\u00e9e et terminerions par la lecture de quelques extraits du Livre de la Jungle de Kipling.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-5-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5416 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-5-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-5-500x371.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-5-700x519.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-5-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mowglis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/From-Where-I-Sit-5.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c Je dois avouer avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 surpris, \u00e0 notre \u00e9poque o\u00f9 tout est instantan\u00e9, de constater que le Camp Mowglis existe toujours et poursuit la m\u00eame mission qu&#039;en 1946 et 1947\u00a0: \u2018\u00a0La mission de Mowglis est d&#039;accompagner les gar\u00e7ons dans leur passage \u00e0 l&#039;\u00e2ge adulte en leur offrant un s\u00e9jour estival en pleine nature, sous la supervision et l&#039;encadrement d&#039;une \u00e9quipe exp\u00e9riment\u00e9e. Mowglis constitue un rite de passage, donnant aux gar\u00e7ons l&#039;opportunit\u00e9 de devenir de jeunes hommes, d&#039;apprendre le leadership, la responsabilit\u00e9, l&#039;int\u00e9grit\u00e9, leur r\u00f4le dans la communaut\u00e9 et le respect de la nature.\u00a0\u2018<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cMerci pour ce souvenir.\u201d<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le texte suivant a paru dans la rubrique \u201c\u00a0De mon point de vue\u00a0\u201d du journal The Sun, paru le 12 mai 2016 dans le comt\u00e9 de Lower Dauphin en Pennsylvanie, qui comprend les villes de Hershey et Hummelstown. Cette chronique a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9dig\u00e9e par M. William S. 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