A story by Žan

OLD SLAVIC PEOPLE

Long long ago, on the territory of Slovenia, there lived old Slavic people. Žitomir, one of the tribe leaders, who came with his tribe over the Carpathians, had a young son. His name was Samoslav. He had two friends, Pribigoj and Gojmir. They were very curious and brave. They had to know everything. But this characteristic was fatal for them. One day, they went to the forest. They caught a big roebuck. They were returning home happily. But suddenly, they saw a light that was coming from a small cottage. They hurried towards it, because it was getting dark. They came to the small door and knocked. For some time nothing happened, but then the doors opened. Small old woman was standing behind the door. She sad: “Who are you?” They answered: “We are young Slavic hunters. The night caught us in the forest, so we needed a shelter.” Old woman sad: “Come in, come in.” And three hunters entered. She gave them hot tea and some pork steaks. After they have eaten, they sat in front of fireplace. Then the old woman said: “Do you want me to make you a prophecy?” They sad: “Yes, yes please!” Old woman started to sing: “Three white ravens, seven black cats, and nine evil centaurs, give me a prophesy for this young men.” Suddenly the room darkened. Scary images appeared on the ceiling of the small cottage. Deep voice said: “Pribigoj, you will become an ironsmith. You will make the best weapons in all the world. Gojmir, you will become the best doctor in the world. You will heal all diseases. And you, Samoslav. You will become the best warrior in the world. You will rule all of the Slavic people.” Then, the voice suddenly disappeared and there was deep silence. Young men were happy and scared. In the morning, they thanked her and intended to go out, when old woman sad again: “Richness will destroy you”. They were too loud to hear her. So they went. They walked in silence for some time, but then they started to talk. They talked about old woman and her prophesy. But suddenly, they saw a chariot. It was filled with gold and silver coins, diamonds and expensive jewelry. They became greedy. They started to drag it to their village. They were almost in the village, but they had to cross an old bridge. When they were in the middle of the bridge, ropes tore apart, because treasure was too heavy. Together with treasure they fell in the river and sank. Old woman’s words became true.
Žan Križnar, 8.b