They named me so long, long ago. at the time of the tsars I was
close to the heart of the land. and then ruin – we lost everything in
the Kosovo battle. We

Suffered in slavery for several centuries. all that time the dream
was of the return and revenge. finally, the return took place a
century ago.

Now I am being claimed by those who grew in numbers while I was
enslaved. They did not even change my name, because they had
none of their own for it.

Do we have to wait again for returning to what I was before – the
land of the blackbirds?

Sharats

Marko and Sharats.

If there hadn't been Marko, there would not have been Sharats.
If there hadn't been Sharats, there hadn’t been Marko. The two
together entered the folk poetry.

That wondrous dappled horse flew over mountains, jumped cliffs,
saved his rider in distress, not expecting reward save for tapping on
the neck. When the time

came for the eternal departure in three hundred years, Marko
promised that Sharats would return alive when the people get their
freedom.

Because his wondrous strength is the symbol of people's freedom.
as it was then, it still remains ‘till now.

Flute

Large orchestra playes in the park. The sounds of several instruments
thunder in the clear air of the early spring. Big horns drowned out
smaller instruments.

Among them a small flute, it can’t be heard, but it plays persistently.
The player skillfully moves his fingers on it and listens to his music.
He alone.

Even though the flute can’t be heard , it still continues to play with its
sisters.

Big things are measured not so much by their size but by their com-
munal spirit.

A dolphin and man

A dolphin loved a man very much. He played with him and cheered
him up with tricks. and helped him when needed.

One day, in his childish curiosity, the dolphin pulled on his head a
large plastic bag thrown carelessly into the sea. He began to choke

And his friendly grayish face turned bluish completely. Then, all
confused, he swam to the beach, to die there by his friend.

But his "friend" did not even look at him when he threw another
bunch of plastic bags by dolphin’s unmoving body.