The Dark Side of the Book

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Once Upon a Time In… Europe
The Dark Side of the
Book
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The Dark side of the Book
This book is a final product from the “Once Upon a time…in Europe” Project.
After reading all the books, the European students made different alternative
endings that all joined became in this DARK SIDE OF THE BOOK…
The partners participants:
1.INSTITUTO DE ENSINO SECUNDARIO "CAMPO DE SAN ALBERTO" –
GALICIA- SPAIN
2.SECOND CHANCE SCHOOL OF VOLOS -GREECE
3.ISTITUTO STATALE DI ISTRUZIONE SUPERIORE "GALILEO FERRARIS” –
ITALY
4.AQUILONIS D.O.O. – CROATIA
5.ERENKOY ZIHNIPASA PRATIK KIZ SANAT OKULU - TURKEY
6.SLAGELSE SPROGCENTER (SLAGELSE LANGUAGE CENTER) - DENMARK
7.SOCIALGEST, CONSULTADORIA EM ECONOMIA SOCIAL LDA PORTUGAL
8.MIEDZYNARODOWE TOWARZYSTWO SWIADOMOSCI KRYSZNY POLAND
9. JAFNRETTISHUS – ICELAND
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the
Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the
information contained therein
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Once Upon a Time…In Europe!
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Index
Page
“The House of Bernarda Alba” – Frederico García Lorca
4
“Blank Gaze” – José Luís Peixoto
16
“The Leopard” - Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
24
“Zorba the Greek” – Kikos Kazantzakis
29
“The Ugly Duckling”- Hans Christian Handersen
38
“Mediterranean Breviary” – Predrag Matvejevitch
46
“Travels With Herodotus” – Rysszard Kapuściński
50
“Missing Rose” – Serdar Özkan
52
“The 13 Yule Lads of Iceland” – Brian Pilkington”
57
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Alternative Ending 1
I think the daughters should have found the strength to confront their mother and
leave the house one by one. Living under her roof and being oppressed for so many years
has caused them to lose their voice and their existence.
If they decided to make a change and leave, then there might be an opportunity for
a different ending and a better start of a new life, at least for some of them.
Bernarda went out of the house with a gun. A gunshot was heard inside of the
house. Everyone was wondering what had happened? Suddenly Bernarda came inside of
the house. It was obvious she was limping. Her foot was covered in blood. She shot
herself running for Pepe. Her face was pale, yet still angry. She didn't succeed in carrying
out her plan to kill Pepe...
Suddenly she remembered her youngest daughter and ran out to her room. She
noticed a window was wide open. Adela was able to run away. All of the sisters were
envious of the freedom she lived to feel.
Adela speaks with Pepe and
convinces him to run away with her,
somewhere far away, maybe in some
other village and they start their own
life. Angustias is full of disappointment
and resentment and decides to start
spending all of her money, without
leaving anything for the other sisters or
mother. Mother, completely loses her
senses and has a nervous breakdown,
can not bare the humiliation and the
village gossip, losing her good name
and she ends up in a room where her mother Maria-Josefa had been locked up.
Poncia stays in the house, but becomes more like a part of the family, she helps
daughters with taking care of their mother Bernarda, who isn't able to speak in the harsh
and rude manner with her anymore.
Martirio realizes that her love for Pepe will never be, but also sees that love is
possible, so she slowly learns to get over it and moves on with her life. In the future she
meets a man she falls in love with, who loves her back and they start a family together.
Magdalena and Amelia stay on the house land and take care of the land, they live their
own life, help each other out and their future seems brighter.
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Village is gossiping for some time, but the whole atmosphere in the house is no
longer depressing, a new energy is making the house a nice place to live in. Every
daughter finds her own path and live their own life, some of them happier, some of them
less happy, but the end is not negative, it is positive.
I love happy and cheerful endings so it would be nice to bring happiness to Adele - a
young, cheerful, joyful girl in love, to marry her to Pepe ...
Bring a new person to Angustius, maybe a character of a more serious, calm nature,
capable
of
changing
this
melancholy person to some
extent, to make her happy, if
possible!
Pepe has managed to
escape with Adele. After that,
nothing was as before. Bernarda
Alba could not stand the shame,
she went insane and didn't live
that long afterwards. Faithful
Pontius nursed her until she died. After Bernarda's death, maid Pontius returned to the
children in the house. She died peacefully at the age of 71. Angustius became a bitter and
angry lady of the house after her mother's death. That was what destroyed her eventually.
Being the one with a poor health, she died at the age of 45.
Magdalene inherited her and finally got what she wanted: she
left the domestic women's affairs to her sisters Amelia and Martirio
while she happily accepted the work around livestock in the field.
The old lady, the mother of Bernarda Alba, lived to be very old,
95 years of age, always remained cheerful and smiling, unaware of
the world around her.
I love happy endings: Adela escapes with Pepe, she marries him, things calm down
and fall into their place, everybody realize that it's for the best.
Oh, what a silly proposal - to write an alternative ending of the drama. It is a work of
superior poet Lorca - and every line is steady by his perfect expression. Life is - not just
for women - often hell - Lorca describes this so well. One should be expected to come up
with a happy ending?!!
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DENMARK
When Martirio tells Adela that she should stay away from Pepe, because he is
marrying Angustias, Adela does not want to give him up and she is not listening, because
she is in love with him. The day Angustias is marrying Pepe, he tells Angustias that he
cannot come that night because he is going to town on some business. But it is a lie. He is
going to meet Adela and they have agreed that he should pick her up that night. But it is a
secret and they want to make sure that nobody knows. When Pepe shows up to pick up
Adela, he whistles outside her house, but unfortunately the sister finds out, stops her, and
during this a fight breaks out. Subsequently their mother finds out that Adele has been
with Pepe and she tries to kill him. Fortunately he gets away. Pepe decides that he does
not want to marry Angustias. He wants to marry Adela since she is bearing his child. After
a few days Adela moves in with Pepe. They move far away from Bernada and start a
great, new life together. When the fact, that Adela has moved in with Pepe and never
wants to see her again, reaches Bernada, she gets very sad and advices the other
daughters to get married. But Angustias is very stressed and cries when she thinks of
Pepe, because it was her wish that she would marry him. This is something she cannot do
anything about and she decides on starting a new life.
Bernarda senses that something is wrong between Pepe and her daughters. She
swears that she will find out the truth. While Bernarda, her daughters and Poncia are
talking about Pepe, there is a lot of noise outside the house because of a woman in town,
who has given birth to a child with an unknown father. People decide to kill her. Adela
does not agree, because she is also pregnant with Pepe, but nobody knows it.
Pepe charms all of Bernarda´s daughters, but it is only Angustia, Martirio and Adela,
who fall in love with him.
One day before the wedding Adela tells Pepe,
that she is pregnant and that he is the father. As they
speak, Martirio hides and hears eveything.
She is really angry and hurries to tell Bernarda
what she heard. Bernarda gets angry and runs to the
yard. Adela and Pepe get very surprised, when they
see Bernarda. Bernarda hits Adela and Pepe hard
several times. While hitting, she tells Pepe, that he is
to leave her house straight away and that he is to
never come back. If she sees him in her house once
again, then she will kill him.
Adela would like to go with him, but her sisters
grab her. Bernarda tells her daughters to take Adela to
her room and lock the door. Adela is not allowed to get
out of there for the rest of her life.
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Angustia is very sad because the wedding is cancelled and she will not see Pepe
again. She commits suicide in her room. Adela also kills herself in her room. Bernarda is
very sad. She cries until her death. Martirio turns crazy and keeps telling herself, that it is
all her fault. The last two sisters live with a depression for the rest of their lives.
GREECE
Pepe rides one of the horses in the stable, runs fast towards Adela and pulls her on
the horseback. “Tonight we are changing things, we are leaving together because we love
each other and no one can stop us now. Let it be heard, let all people follow our steps,
let’s give an end to this situation that torments the lives of so many people!” Saying this,
the horse galloped away. Bernanda and her daughters
stayed there, still, frozen, speechless…
Poncia: At last!! The moment came! The moment,
our lives and the lives of our daughters are about to
change forever…
Adela: If I want something, I get it, I’m not afraid of you!
Martirio: Get back to your senses! Don’t talk like that!
(A whistle is heard from outside. Adela runs to the window)
Martirio: where do you think you’re going?
Adela: Get out of my way! My Pepe came for me!
Martirio: Over my dead body!
Adela: (with irony) Please sweetie! (she wakes them all up) Mother! My sisters!
Come here! I must talk to you.
Bernanda: What is going on here? Why did you wake us up? What is the matter?
Adela: Mother, my beloved sisters, listen to me carefully, I’m 20 years old, my life is
ahead of me, I decided to leave this house with the man I love.
Bernanda: You shameless…what do you say? (she loses her balance – the sisters
surprised, listen still and frozen)
Adela: Yes mother, I can’t stand this life any more, I’m leaving with the man I truly
love. Even if he doesn’t marry me, I don’t mind, at least we’ll live our love.
Martirio: And what if he fools you, take advantage of you and then abandon you?
Adela: At least, I won’t die virgin, like you.
(The whistle is heard again)
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Bernanda: If you dare and leave, don’t you ever come back again, do you
understand? You won’t be my child.
Adela: Mother, shall we tell him to come inside, he has good intentions.
Bernanda: You ashamed us! If you leave, I’ll tell everybody that you died.
Adela: Mother enough! I’m leaving and I’m taking my life on my own hands. And
you, my beloved sisters, take courage and do what I’m doing, otherwise you are going to
die in this jail. Our mother got married and lived her life, with the good and bad moments.
She has no right to deprive us from our life. (the sisters puzzled, wondering)
Martirio: Forgive me sister! Live happily and don’t forget us (all the sisters with tears
in their eyes say goodbye to Adela)
Adela: (she kisses her sisters and bends to kiss her mother’s hand) I’ll always think
of you and love you. (she opens the door, rides the white horse behind Pepe and leave)
Bernanda: God bless you, my child! (all are speechless)
Adela: (to Poncia) I’m leaving this house and nobody can stop me. I’m not going to
spend the rest of my life locked in this jail. I’m leaving, do you hear me?
Poncia: Don’t go, don’t do that! Wherever you go, your mother will find you and kill
you.
Adela: Pepe loves me and I’ll live with him free as a bird. Nobody can stop me and
kill my happiness. I’m leaving, Pepe is waiting for me. (she is running towards the door)
Poncia: (she raises her hands and starts shouting) Bernanda!! Wake up!!
Bernanda!! Adela is leaving with Pepe!! Wake up!! (they all come to the room)
Bernanda: (red with anger, shouting) I don’t have a daughter named Adela, do you
hear me? If anybody asks you, tell them that Adela died virgin (she closes all the doors
and says angrily to her daughters) You will never go out of this house again, you’ll never
see the sunlight again
Angustias: (in a corner, crying) I lost him, she stole my happiness. I wish he
abandons her and she suffers the same as I do.
Bernanda: Shut up stupid cow!
Martirio: She was “a snake in the grass”…
Adela: (running and leaving with Pepe’s horse)
Angustias: Oh God!!!
Bernanda: What is going on? Why are you
shouting?
Angustias: She’s gone with Pepe! She’s gone!
Magdalena: To hell! I hope we never see her
again!
Bernanda: Go and find them.
Martirio: They’ve gone with Pepe’s horse.
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Bernanda: It was my mistake, I didn’t understand what it was happening.
Poncia: The neighbours woke up.
Bernanda: What a shame! Everybody will laugh at us. Bernanda’s daughter left with
her lover…
(Bernanda enters the room and as soon as she sees Adela’s dead body, she bends
on her knees, crying)
Bernanda: What did I do? I am a monster! I killed my own child! I don’t deserve to be
your mother, lock me up in the stable with the mules and don’t give me anything to eat,
my place is with the mules!
(The daughters are very sad for the death of their sister and try to comfort their
mother)
Daughters: Mother, don’t cry! You are and you’ll be our mother and this doesn’t
change. Through this, let’s try to find love, compassion and understanding…
ITALY
When Adela comes back home after having been out with Pepe, she talks to her
sister Martirio and tells her she has decided to leave Pepe for ever and to move to another
country, where she will meet another man ready to start a new life with her. A life full of
colors and happiness, something she deserves for having always fight for her right of
independence and freedom.
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SPAIN
Adela (confronting her mother): the cries from the prison have come to an end!
(Adela takes the stick from her mother and breaks it ) that´s what I do with the stick of the
domain; don´t give a single step ahead. Pepe is the only one who rules over me now.
Mª Josefa: let´s join together to confront your mother.
Magdalena: let´s do it grandmother; let´s join together an prevent her from getting
her way.
Martirio: you are right; we must be together so as not to go on like this.
Bernarda: you´ll have to step over my dead body; yo won´t do anything I don´t want
you to do.
Mª Josefa: we will do what you have been forbidding to us all your life long.
Amelia: yes, mother, we will do whatever is necessary to leave this prison with or
without your permision.
(Bernarde feeling cornered by her mother and daughters suffers a breakdown, loses
her mind and begins to rave)
little lamb
bee, bee!
let´s go towards the branches
of the Nativity Scene...
je, je, je
Mª Josefa: Bernarda, throw your stick
through the window. In this house tyranny has
come to an end. Open doors and windows, put
your new dresses on and let´s go together to see
the sea, the fields, the flowers; let´s leave this deep well which has been drowning us...
let´s go together... we will find out the happiness.
Magdalena: yes, grandmother, let´s go. Time has come to see and to live outside
these walls; inside there is no more than sorrow and dampness.
(they leave singing together)
winds in the olive groves,
from this beloved land
help these young girls
whose life is so sad
(curtain falls)
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Bernarda (in great anger): go to each of your own bedrooms! As long as I live, you´ll
do what I told you to do (Adela remains impasible)
Magdalena: (leaving ):Adela!
Adela: (addressing her mother): I am his wife; listen you and all the rest; the one
who is there outside, Pepe el Romano and I will take all the decitions fron now on.
Bernarda: shameless person! Everything you say dishonours this house!
Adela: I am a woman and I am in love with Pepe. You won´t beat me and you would
not be able to prevent my leaving with him (she left running towards the yard). Pepe,
Pepe, my love, come in and from now on these gates and these windows will be the
witnesses of our love.
Bernarda: before, you will have to step over my dead body. These gates will never
be opened to Pepe el Romano. (Pepe, on hearing Adela´s call, come into ridding his
horse) Oh my God! What a missfortune has entered into this house (Bernarda beating her
chest, collapses).
Adela: Pepe! My love! At last our wishes will be
fulfilled. From now on, both poles and sticks will no
longer exist in this house. Everything will be filled
with light and life!
(the rest of the daughters with Mª Josefa
leading the way, come on stage singing)
the door will open
and on the beach we will go
into a coral cave.
All: silence, silence, love and freedom have won!
TURKEY
Bernarda: Rifle? Where is the rifle?
Servant:Don’t do that Bernarda. Don’t shoot Pepe.(She screamed)
Bernarda:What of it? Why you protected him. (She pushed the servant)
Servant:Please, I am begging you. He is my son. (She cried.)
Bernarda:What are you saying! Do you carry away with your temper? (She walked
up to servant)
Poncia:Cut the cackle.
Servant:He is Antonio Maria Benavides’s son too. Your husband slept with me. He
always drives me into the corner and sexually abused me.
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Bernarda:Enough cut it out! Lowness. You are crud. You betrayed to me like he did.
prostitute,. (She walked up the servant and slaped in her face.) Also, you shut your eyes
to all happened things between Adela and Pepe.
Servant:But I don’t know anything. Also, Pepe doesn’t know that Antonio is his real
father.
Adela:Lie! All are lie!
Bernarda:Then why he get engaged with
Angustias.
Servant:Your husband arranged all these things.
Aangustias:So, Antonio covet my heritage
mumy.In fact, you think that he protect my heritage.
Bernarda:Enough Angustias!
Martirio:I can’t believe you mum. Still, you can
protect my dad.
Bernarda:Stop talking! Enough! (Suddenly , a
thud is heared)
Poncia: Adela? Where is Adela?
Magdalena:She went her room.
Poncia:Adela? Adela? (She bang away at the
door)
Bernarda:Before I broke the door, open it.
(Poncia broke the door and she saw the Adela’s dead
body. She screamed.)
Bernarda:Anyone will not know these things.
Anyone! Church bells will ring two times Adela died as a virgin. Everyone will know this
like this. (She take the rifle, then she shoot the servant and Pepe.)
After 2 years of Adela escape.
In Bernarda Alba’s home:
Poncia sits Bernarda’s chair. Amelia, Magdalena and Martirio walk in the room
side by side.
The bells ring out of the room.They are happy alltogether.As though;they get out in
the dark pit.
Poncia: Miserable bernarda.she couldn’t realized she did the badness until
dead.
Magdalena: She lost her mind after Adela escaped.Always she was telling,
‘I am not mad like my mother.’
Poncia: I warned her for Pepe and Adela.She was trusting in her self too much.So
she didn’t accept.This reason Angustias dead early.
Amelia: This is not not pangs of conscience.She was mad because her daughters
didn’t listen to her.
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Magdalena:Fundamentaly the pangs of conscience collapsed Martirio.
(She hold herself the responsibility for Adela escaping.)
Poncia : After that there is no Bernarda and there is no cry.
All of you wear your new dresses and walk at the fresh air.
Our curse was lifted. We are free.
At Bernarda Alba’s home
Adela: Pepe loves me. He wants to marry to me.I belong to him.
Bernardo:Oh my God .Bring my rifle.
[ she is very angry] I am going to kill both of you.
Adela:No one can stop me.
Bernarda:You can not go, you can not leave me
The villagers will kill you
(Pepe enters in the room)
Pepe: Adela ! I am here to pick you up, come with me
The two lovers escape together.Bernarda, Servants and daughters were shocked
,even couldn’t move. A new life started for them. Happinees was for lovers, loneliness,
hatred,shame for the household.
Martirio: (pointing at Adela) She was with him. Look
at her skirt, it's full af straw.
Bernarda: The gun! where is the gun?. (They started
to search but Pepe was lost in the darkness of the night).
Bernarda gave a punishment to Adela.Bernarda
never let her go even backyard and see anybody.After two
weeks. Adela run away from home, was in pursuit of Pepe
but she couldn’t find him. She lost her way . she went to
another village where nobody knew her and she had to to
earn money to survive.she started to work in a brothel.
She was involuntary but she didn’t have any other
chance. All her life, she hoped that one day Pepe found
her and let her out.
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PORTUGAL
Bernarda declares 8 years mourning period for every one in the house and orders
that the windows must be enclosed. The daugthers regret this decision and the young one
decide to ignore it by flirt with the man engaged with her helder sister. Everyone knows
about it, and when Adela have a romantic encounter with Pepe, her mother shot him and
for revenge one of her sister said to Adele that Pepe is dead. Adela runs out the house
and hang herself.
Bernarda Alba kills Pepe Romano and Kills her daughter Adele.
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GREECE
But all of a sudden the world was reborn. It was
a new beginning, a new hope, a new world. A world
full of joyful children, happy people, warm feelings
and relaxed atmosphere. Every day was Saturday
and every month was August. The sun was brighter
than in the past and was shining for more hours, filling
everybody's soul with love, affection and optimism.
The nature itself was reborn, the trees, the rivers, the
streams, the leaves, the fields, the ground, the crops,
the birds, the animals, everything! Every second,
every minute, every day, every moment was a new
and pleasant experience and even death was not the
end but the beginning of a dream, of a new trip.
Everything was in a celestial harmony. Yes, it was
true, the world was reborn. Everything was new.
Stable. Clear. Alive. It was full of gestures, words, love, light, ideas. The world was reborn.
And everything was full. A full smile. A full thought. Full hope. A full gaze.
TURKEY
Even corpses got lost. P.253
Jose wake up from this nightmare.It was his worst nighmare. He felt very upset.He
looked his wife that slept near him. He thought that she wasn’t guilty. His wife didn’t
choose this life by herself. Why he cast out his wife and his son by giving in to temptation.
He thought the person that rape his wife and he realized that he isn’t different from that
person. What can she did against a person that has power like gaint. While even Moises
and Elias hold on the life why he ran away. He shamed from himself because he acted his
father and sister badly. He thought that I wish I saw that dream before my father died.
He prayed to God because he show the hell to him in his dream before he died.
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The world ended,and everything was a blank. A Blank Smile.A blank Thought. A
blank Hope. Blank Comfort.Blank Gaze.
After the world ended. Kronos was the son of Ouranos and Gaea, the youngest of
the Titans. Cronos overthrew his father, with the help of his mother, and became the
supreme ruler of the universe. He then married Rhea, his sister, who gave birth to the
great Gods. To prevent the reocurrence of his father's fate, he swallowed each of his
children as they were born,held a meeting, invited the other gods and titans on Olympos
mountain peak. Kronos held the floor. All gods and titans came to this meeting, were in
their positions.
Kronos started to talk:’ you know that I wasn’t in duty. for a long time. A 150 years
ago,we made a deal. according to this deal; If people lives without us, I will go to the
underworld by my own will. and If people had the courage to open the trunk that was old
and polished, they would realise the hope to survive. But they wouldn’’t. Apparently you
lost. But I hope each God and Titan understood that people needs us and we need their
pray. I will create a new world , a new universe. They will fight, make
peace,love,hate.regret, feel sorry But they will have hope.I’ll give them a most important
things,belief and doubt. And all of you
just will obey my rules. Now cut me
some slack. I need to get back my
power.’
A new life was started by
Kronos.but in the following days, he
woud need hope to survive.
After 150 years later, Zeus was
raised by nymphs and grew to
manhood
in
secrecy
of
his
father,Kronos. Eventually, he returned
home and became cup-bearer for
Cronus. After drinking poison mixed
into his drink by Zeus, Cronus vomited up his five children and the stone. This is how
Poseidon came to the world.
After releasing his brothers, Zeus led a war against Cronus and the other Titans.
The war went on for ten years when Zeus, Poseidon & Hades released the Cyclopes from
captivity. In gratitude, the Cyclopes gave each of the brothers a weapon. Poseidon
received a trident, Zeus a thunderbolt, and Hades a helmet of darkness. They used these
gifts to finally defeat Cronus and the rest of the titans. Now that the three brothers were
the rulers of all existence they decided to draw lots to determine their domains. Poseidon
drew water, Zeus drew the sky, and Hades drew the underworld.
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In the intensive care unit of an hospital in the city center.
A patient who is ready to wake up from a deep sleep. Jose’s son, Jose opens his
eyes. He sees the doctor and the nurses who are watching him by excitedly. He is very
tired. The last thing he remembers , the pain which was unbearable for him.
He’s in love with his cousins wife. It’s a platonic love. Without living her, he would
rather die. He gives his decision, choses to die, drinks all drugs in his palm.
Doctor: Welcome to life. How do you feel?
Jose: Bad. I’m in the darkness. It was almost end of the world. Everything was
disappeared. I have seen many painful people . My mother, father, relatives, they all
feeling sorrow. They were ending their pain with their death.
Younger Nurse looks at Jose : I hope this terrible nightmares gave you a lesson.
Whatever happens life worths to live.
Jose: I agree, living is good . Even it is better to know your beloveds’ living.
A happy smile shines on his face.
PORTUGAL
José listen to the wise Gabriel
and doesn`t return to the village and
sees his sun growing up with light in
his eyes.
The blind slut have a beautiful
daugher blind too, words are the bond
between them and old Gabriel with blank gaze.
The voice inside the chest starts screaming in a
violent way:maybe pain exists to show us a major
suffering.
And all listen to that voice, but it is so strident and
loud that all inhabitants leave the village...only Devil stays
with a smile on his lips
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What a terrible dream! Thought Joseph shoving the sweat-soaked sheet. In the
depths of the darkness surrounding him he felt the woman under his hands who was
breathing calmly with her back facing him. In that moment he heard a quiet breath from
the cradle placed along the woman's side of the bed. It's all right, it's all right he murmured
softly, embracing a woman around the waist while he was sinking in, what this time was,
arestorative sleep. Never ending pain!
"The world ended. And nothing remained. No certainties. No shadows. No ashes.
No gestures. No words. No love. No light. No sky. No roads. No past. No ideas. No
smoke. The world ended. And everything was a blank. A blank smile. A blank thought.
Blank hope. Blank comfort. Blank gaze."
But in the distance, the sun started to shine. It lurked between
the clouds. A flower rose it’s little head, feeling the warmth. One
could hear the children’s laughter. New era was being born.
I do not like to make up the alternative endings of books,
but here I would still like to see a happy ending, at least for
some of the characters. But that's impossible in a dark picture
like this. This book is the story of the existential experience of
defeat.
The evil would have to pull back so that a happy life of these characters could be
achieved, then the end would be happy, but there is no such thing as absolute happiness.
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DENMARK
" ... José went to the cork tree and there he met the Devil. José told him that he was
right. He had seen what she had done, and he was shocked. He had seen her in bed with
the Giant, and now he did not know what to do. The Devil said to Jose that he should kill
the Giant, and he had to kill his son, because his son was not his, it was the Giants.
José was very sad and said to himself that now he understood why she did not love
him. Afterwards he went home with his sheep. When José came home, he didn’t talk his
wife, and he could not sleep at night, he thought only of the Giant. The night became day
and José took a large knife and sat outside the Giants' home and waited for him. After a
long time came the Giant and José killed him. Afterward he walked home while he was
thinking that he should kill the son.
José was injured when he came home and his wife asked what had happened to
him. José told her everything, and the wife said that the Giant
had told her that if she told him anything, he would kill her.
Therefore, she had not said anything to him. José said that from
now on, there was no Giant, and then he killed his son.
José and his wife started a new life and God gave them
four children and their lives became lovely."
"... One day, he meets the Devil. The Devil asks him
teasingly what José's wife is doing right now. Do you think she is
at home? Do you think she takes good care of her child? Again
and again he asks the same questions.
You should go home and look, the Devil says to him. José
went home and looked through the window.
He gets a shock. The wife has sex with the Giant. José gets very upset. He goes
back to his sheep and thinks hard about what he should do.
In the evening he goes home and he talks to his wife. José says he wants to
divorce. He says that he has seen her in the bedroom with another man. He says he is
sorry, because he loves her very much, but she did not love him. And now he can’t live
with her - he has one last question: Who is the father to the son? "
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SPAIN
“And the world did not end....unaccountably, the village got filled with the smiles of
the children playing under the attentive glance of José and his mother who enjoyed
themselves watching them and talking with the cooker about how, eventually, things had
changed after the devil´s disappearance. The people got impregnated in the optimism
they needed to change things, so that nothing would remain the same, and so that
certainties, gestures, words and ideas recovered the importance needed to revive from
their ashes, so that death may be a synonym of life and it could be accepted as a mean to
rebuild what had remained unmovable for a long time as nobody had cast a glance upon
them.”
TURKEY
Jose wake up from this nightmare. It was his worst nightmare. He felt very upset. He
looked his wife that slept near him. He thought that she wasn’t guilty. His wife didn’t
choose this life by herself. Why he cast out his wife and his son by giving in to temptation.
He thought the person that rape his wife and he realized that he isn’t different from that
person. What can she did against a person that has power like a giant. While even Moisés
and Elias hold on the life why he ran away. He shamed from himself because he acted his
father and sister badly. He thought that I wish I saw that dream before my father died.
He prayed to God because he show the hell to him in his dream before he died.
The world ended, and everything was a blank. A
Blank Smile. A blank Thought. A blank Hope. Blank
Comfort. Blank Gaze.
After the world ended. Kronos was the son of
Ouranos and Gaea, the youngest of the Titans. Cronos
overthrew his father, with the help of his mother, and
became the supreme ruler of the universe. He then
married Rhea, his sister, who gave birth to the great Gods.
To prevent the reocurrence of his father's fate, he
swallowed each of his children as they were born, held a
meeting, invited the other gods and titans on Olympos
mountain peak. Kronos held the floor. All gods and titans
came to this meeting, were in their positions.
Kronos started to talk:’ you know that I wasn’t in duty. For a long time. A 150 years ago,
we made a deal. According to this deal; if people lives without us, I will go to the
underworld by my own will. And If people had the courage to open the trunk that was old
and polished, they would realise the hope to survive. But they wouldn’t. Apparently you
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lost. But I hope each God and Titan understood that people needs us and we need their
pray. I will create a new world, a new universe. They will fight, make peace, love, hate,
regret, feel sorry but they will have hope. I’ll give them a most important things, belief and
doubt. And all of you just will obey my rules. Now cut me some slack. I need to get back
my power.’
A new life was started by Kronos. But in the following days, he would need hope to
survive. After 150 years later, Zeus was raised by nymphs and grew to manhood in
secrecy of his father, Kronos. Eventually, he returned home and became cup-bearer for
Cronus. After drinking poison mixed into his drink by Zeus, Cronus vomited up his five
children and the stone. This is how Poseidon came to the world.
After releasing his brothers, Zeus led a war against Cronus and the other Titans. The war
went on for ten years when Zeus, Poseidon & Hades released the Cyclopes from
captivity. In gratitude, the Cyclopes gave each of the brothers a weapon. Poseidon
received a trident, Zeus a thunderbolt, and Hades a helmet of darkness. They used these
gifts to finally defeat Cronus and the rest of the titans. Now that the three brothers were
the rulers of all existence they decided to draw lots to determine their domains. Poseidon
drew water, Zeus drew the sky, and Hades drew the underworld.
In the intensive care unit of a
hospital in the city center.
A patient who is ready to wake up
from a deep sleep. Jose’s son, Jose
opens his eyes.
He sees the doctor and the nurses
who are watching him by excitedly.
He is very tired. The last thing he
remembers, the pain which was
unbearable for him.
He’s in love with his cousins wife. It’s a platonic love. Without living her, he would
rather die.
He gives his decision, choses to die, drinks all drugs in his palm.
1. Doctor: Welcome to life
2. Doctor: How do you feel?
Jose: Bad. I’m in the darkness. It was almost end of the world. Everything was
disappeared. I have seen many painful people. My mother, father, relatives, they all
feeling sorrow. They were ending their pain with their death.
Younger Nurse looks at Jose: I hope this terrible nightmares gave you a lesson.
Whatever happens life worth to live.
Jose: I agree, living is good. Even it is better to know your beloveds’ living.
A happy smile shines on his face.
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PORTUGAL
Injured in her pride, Concetta, with servants
support, caught fire to the chapel and its relics.
Assaulted by strong and painful memories of the past,
Concetta, meets with sisters and transmits her desire
to spend his last years of life in Donnafugata and thus
leave Falconeri town. After a few days, three sisters
gone out to their last address of their lives, where the
time is more sluggish and lazy and will prolong the life
of each one of them, forcing them to feel on the skin
the cold and melancholic weight of an announced
death...Angelica joined this group of women, tired of
dates and misdates, sees in that life, quiet and coy of
sisters, an ideal place to snuggle.
Prince dies surrounded by many grandchildren, and they continue to spread the joy
and insouciance in his house.
Actually, it is sad that all three sisters remained spinsters and that the end of relics is
the end of everything, end of the family of the Prince of Salina. In a better and happier end
of the novel at least one of the sisters would have had a family and children.
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"Then all found peace in a heap of livid dust."
But only briefly. From the window a figure of women soon
flew, naked, and in each of its compact fraction close
abstract picture in which women are human beings in the
head during the life informs. Her age was also
indeterminable, movements superseded. On the same axis
the scalp, the neck, the back, knees and heels, and the
arms completely straight and close to the hull. She was
falling for so long, as in the slow movie scenes a hundred
years later. Nobody saw falling nor collision with the
ground. Something must have happen because the
repeated calming of piles of dust could be observable and
maid saw it. But the truth about what happened has gone
missing in the usual short duration of every truth in Sicily: ‘’
a fact has scarcely happened five minutes before its genuine kernel has vanished, been
camouflaged, embellished, disfigured, squashed, annihilated by imagination and selfinterest.
Here and elsewhere: on the Adriatic coast in Croatia, Albania, on the shores of Greece,
Asia Minor, through Gibraltar and further, everywhere equally. "The truth no longer
existed."
GREECE
It was after eleven and everybody seemed to have a great time at the ball.
Everything was shiny and bright, under the light of the candles that illuminated the vast
ballroom of the palace. The gentlemen were sipping champagne from their crystal glasses
and the ladies with their colourful dresses were rolling around in the rhythm of the music.
The Salina family was of course in the spotlight of the night. Don Fabrizio ordered
the music to stop, as he wanted to make an announcement. Everybody stopped and
looked at him. He called Tancredi and Angelica to stand by him and after a very short
period of silence, he said:
- Don Calogero, with your permission, I would like to announce tonight the date of
Tancredi and Angelica’s wedding.
Angelica expressed her gratitude with a bow and a kiss to
the Prince, Tancredi thanked his beloved uncle, too and Don
Calogero, obviously pleased, wished them happiness and good
life. Only Concetta and Stella seemed sad and annoyed by their
father’s announcement.
Tancredi knew his uncle very well and was a bit puzzled by
his decision, so he talked with him about it, the very same night.
- Uncle, why are you in a hurry for the date of the wedding?
- My dear Tancredi, you know how much I care about you, I want
to see you get married and be happy with Angelica, you know,
lately,
I
don’t
feel
very
well…
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- I’m sure it’s nothing serious, you are just tired, everything is going to be all right.
- I hope so, my dear Tancredi…
In less than six months everything was ready for the big event. All the preparations
were under the supervision of the Prince that had the last word for everything. The
wedding was glamorous and unforgettable and all were happy. In the years to follow, Don
Fabrizio looked after his family. After many years, the Prince, old and tired after an
eventful life, was ready to say his last farewell. All his family was by his side and he
looked peaceful but always gracious. And as all things have a beginning and an end, so
this regal and handsome Prince died, having lived a life full of emotions, colours, dignity
and romanticism. It was a wonderful, sunny day and everybody would remember the
Prince who always had his right leg raised, that meant that he was always ready. That’s
the Leopard!!
After Don Pacchiotti's visit Concetta's soul was full of contrasting feelings: anger,
delusion, bitterness..... but in the very deep part of herself there was still a flame burning.
It was not the flame of her noble origin, but it was the flame of a person who still believed
in some values, who still thought things could be changed or, at least, even though they
could not be changed, she firmly promised herself to go on her way, without caring about
what was happening around.
She saw Bendicò in a corner and approached him. She caressed his fur and
exclaimed: " Annetta, please! Bendicò needs all the attention he deserves. He has been
the only trusty creature for the Salina's family! I'll take care of him myself! " Bendicò rose
his sweet eyes, there was still life in, and after few moments Carolina and Caterina joined
Concetta and the three sisters shared this intense moment and it seemed as they were
signing a silent agreement which would last forever!
TURKEY
Angelica, had beautiful face, irrestible attraction, met
Don Fabrizio at the old pace secretly. They talked their love,
daily routines, Tancredi, household, made love. Sometimes
they felt thet they were quilty. But the ambitious covered all
thier bodies. Don Fabrizio felt more younger than his real age
beside her. He believed that her youth gave him vivid life. She
was also beautiful he could not help thinking of her
After Angelica married Tancredi. She understood that he
would be never a good husband. After their honeymoon.
Tancredi came back parties, he was always looking for new
things. All women were in his hands he knew that. One day
Angelica saw Tancredi in Concetta’s bed, she was surprised,
terrified, she sensed there was something wrong beacuse of
the painful silence they shared between them for along time.
She said to herself ‘time will click for revenge.’ After that night
they never talked. He regularly spent some nights Concetta,
actully he didn’t fel anything towards her, but Concetta fell
love in with him. Angelica decided to seduce donFabrizio. Thier secret relationship
started. It went on many years until Princess figured out what hapened, after learning all
of these things, she killed herself. After this griever incident, Angelica decided to return
her small village, Concetta started to pray all the day never saw Tancredi again. Don
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Fabrizio was thinking his end, killing himself or waiting death? He couldn’t reserve his
judgement. Meanwhile he had to leave the palace because of lack of money. There was
no friend, no family members, no servants. He started to pack his luggage, after he quit.
He just took his old friend, his dog. While leaving home, he looked at it. And said good bye
forever, he disappeared as Sicilian dust and sand were dancing outside.
ITALY
After Don Pacchiotti's visit Concetta's soul was full of contrasting feelings: anger,
delusion, bitterness..... but in the very deep part of herself there was still a flame burning.
It was not the flame of her noble origin, but it was the flame of a person who still believed
in some values, who still thought things could be changed or, at least, even though they
could not be changed, she firmly promised herself to go on her way, without caring about
what was happening around.
She saw Bendicò in a corner and approached him. She caressed his fur and
exclaimed: " Annetta, please! Bendicò needs all the attention he deserves. He has been
the only trusty creature for the Salina's family! I'll take care of him myself! " Bendicò rose
his sweet eyes, there was still life in, and after few moments Carolina and Caterina joined
Concetta and the three sisters shared this intense moment and it seemed as they were
signing a silent agreement which would last forever!
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GREECE
After a lot of adventures, everything came to an end, the cable system failed…
Zorbas: Damn it!! Don’t worry boss, we’ll think
of something…
A crow flew over Zorba’s head and he threw
stones trying to hit it. I wanted to amuse Zorba and
make him not think about the disaster.
Boss: Let’s go Zorba, I want to dance!!!
Zorbas: The crow boss, this is a bad sign.
We started to drink; we were now both silent
for a moment, it was obvious that there was a
strange chemistry between us, a strange feeling and
I could see in Zorbas’ eyes the end, an end that God
Himself would not choose for our story.
Boss: Come on my friend! Dance! I’ll play the
santuri this time.
Zorbas stood up, I could see some teardrops in his eyes.
Zorbas: We’ll stay together boss, forever! You have to promise me that.
I felt that his soul was like a bird without wings, it wanted to fly up in the sky, he
started to sing and asking for the santouri. The sun has gone, the night came and Zorbas
still there, singing and dancing without stop. I start to worry, he’s an old man, what can I
do?
Boss: Zorba! Stop! That’s enough!
He couldn’t hear me, he was dancing and singing like this was the last time, full of
excitement and joy and suddenly he fell down on the beach holding the santuri tight in his
hands…I ran towards him, held him in my arms and Zorbas looked me deep in the eyes
and said, “Good night, boss”. Zorbas passed away and I, desperate, like an orphan, cried
and yelled, “Resurrect! Resurrect!” in the morning, I buried my friend, took the santuri and
left our beach…”I will remember you, my friend, forever.”
ICELAND
Many icelandic people saw the film in tv when I was a child. Also some old people,
they talked about Anthony Quinn a great actor, people can not forget. People seems to
remember the film very well. They did not like the end it were frustrating for them, it
reminded them of their owns friend deaths.
“They talked about that it is not good when religious customs are too strict.”
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“I saw a different ending when I was a child. Instead of the widow being killed by the
people in the village I saw her leave in beautiful white clothes with Basil on the Ferry, Basil
the main character who tell the story and did have a love affair with her.”
TURKEY
Zorba was a very good foreman.He made many benefits from running the lignite
mine.But he started to steal Boss by keeping some of the money for himself and spending
it with women.
When Boss realized what was going on,he was deeply
disappointed.The man he trusted so much,stabbed him in the
back.He then decided to take revenge.He imagined a plot to
unmask him.Boss said to Zorba that he had to leave the
village for few days for personal reasons. But he didn’t go,hid
and followed Zorba to be sure of his stealing. Zorba went to
the lignite mine to open the safe and take money as usual, but
this time things went wrong. Boss was there and he caught
him red-handed.They fought so violently that at the end Zorba
messed his face up.Without saying a word,they walked to the
seaside and sat down on the warm sand.Zorba said to Boss that he didn’t steal him,he
just took what belongs to him.He did the job,so he deserved more money than he paid
him. He was not a bookworm like him and trying to hide behind books.0n the contrary,he
faced life and made most of it.He said he didn’t have the guts,he couldn’t even protect his
beloved.He cowardly left her to her fate.On that word,their friendship came to an end.They
went their separate ways.Zorba left the island taking with him his only valuable
belonging,his santuri.
Monalakas and his fellows want to kill the widow woman and take revenge of
Marvandoni's son's death.But Boss does not let them do that. He fights against
Monolakas and he finally kills him !
Boss helps the widow woman and saves her life because of his passionately love for
her. They decide to leave everything behind them and start a new life in England where
they get married. Boss leaves the lignite mine to Zorba.
Zorba has to marry to Madam Ortans to repair the mistakes he has done before. He
operates the lignite mine and earns a lot of money of that.
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With this money, he restores Madam Hortans's hotel and helps people in the village
who suffer from poverty , laziness and ignorance.
For the first time Zorba lost control of the situation.There was no way to escape.He
couldn’t deny it any longer.He had to admit it : he blindly fell in love with Madam
Hortens.She was his destiny.He was ready to spend the rest of his life with her.One
day,he shared his intentions with Boss.He wanted to marry Hortens,and asked him to be
his best man.Boss wasn’t happy at all.He didn’t share his friend’s joy.He was afraid of
losing Zorba.He blamed Hortens for stealing his beloved friend.The only thought of it was
unbearable for him.He then decided to get rid of Madam Hortens.One dark night,he
kocked at her door.He said he came to congratulate her and gave her his marriage
present.She let him enter.She was glad to see him before the ceremony.She didn’t
suspect any second that he was there to kill her.He brought with him a phial of poison.He
poured the content of it in her cup of coffee when she went to the kitchen to get him some
milk. As they were chatting,she suddenly stopped drinking the deadly liquid.She first felt
dizzy and finally lost consciousness.Her heart stopped beating.She was now dead.He
dragged her to her bedroom and laid her on her bed to simulate a natural death.İn the
morning,Zorba knocked at her door but in vain.He saw a window open and passed
through it.When he finally reached the room,he found Hortens’s pale lifeless body lying on
the bed.His friend Boss came to comfort him,and helped him to organize her funerals.To
say good-bye to her beloved,he played his favourite instrument,the santuri.
Boss tried to stop the ruthless villagers
throwing stones at the poor widow woman but
in vain.She was lapidated on the public place
to serve as an example to other women. And
to hide her shame, they buried her underneath
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stones far away from the village. They were determined to kill all the sinners so as to
repair the village’s honor. Zorba said to Boss that he didn’t deserve going through even
one day mourning period of her dead beloved.He could have saved her life, married her
and escaped far away.Nothing could stop the rageful villagers on their way.The next
victim on the red list was Madam Hortens.She had to pay the wages of sin with her own
life.This was the sad fate of sinners.Meanwhile Mimiko tried to find an answer to the
following question:was the burden of forbidden love affair heavier than killing a woman by
throwing stones?
Boss was losing all his belief in men.What could justify so much violence and
hatred?Did all that blood shed wash away the sins of all mankind?
Boss was firmly determined to save Madam Hortens’s life even at the cost of his
own life.After nightfall,he sneaked into Hortens’s house and without getting caught they
managed to elope from the village.But quickly,the church’s bell rang and a hord of unruly
villagers sprung from nowhere and hunted down the fugitives the way criminals
were.Darkness and mist made their progression increasingly difficult.Fortune smiled on
the runaways at last.
They reached the port of Creta where they found a ship sailing into Athens and got
on board.
Behind them,they left all their belongings,hotel,mine and dear friends.
When Zorba heard the news,their friends were safe.He was now on his own.What
was he going to do? Leaving or staying?During that time the villagers took revenge on
Boss and Madam Hortens.As a last resort,they put the hotel on fire and blew up the
mine.Thus they symbolically killed them.Zorba didn’t have a place to stay anymore,nor a
mine to manage. Nothing could keep him there any
longer.
One day,he left secretly the village taking with
him his friend’s manuscript and his santuri.He was
going to join his friends : he was then overwhelmed
by a feeling of serenity
Zorba arrived at the scene, fought Manolakas
and prevented the murder momentarily, but Mavrandoni cut off the widow's head. Boss
and Zorba never talked along the road .When they got back to their hotel Zorba suggested
taking a walk before the sunset, and said to his friend that walking on the seaside would
sweep away the evil thoughts and ruthless villagers’s faces from his mind. As they were
walking along the magnificent beach,Boss suddenly stopped.He coudn’t take breathe,he
fell on his knees, saying something about loving the widow woman.He would have liked to
spend the rest of his life with her,he was still in some sort of weird shock .Zorba said to his
friend: ‘Life taught me a lot,things can sometimes be full of sorrow and pain but always full
of love. In this life you can’t find yourself, you create yourself and the same goes for love
you can’t find love, you create a road for love to travel and wait for it to come.’
Boss asked Zorba to leave him alone.He said he would meet later. Zorba thought
that his friend needed some time to heal his wounds.When he went back to the village,he
didn’t think at all that his dear friend would commit something irreparable.
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Boss kept looking at the horizon,lost in his thoughts.All of a sudden,he got back on
his feet ,took off his jacket and put it on the sand.He then started walking toward the sea
where life began until he completely disappeared.
As the tick-tock of the clock was ticking away,Zorba felt like a knife was stuck in his
heart.He ran as fast as he could to the seaside,but when he finally arrived he only found a
jacket lying on the sand.He started to dance.
While the group of furious men were
throwing stones to the poor and defendless
widow,Mimiko suddenly walked out through
the crowd and made a barrier with his body to
protect the woman.The villagers didn’like him
because he spent his time spouting random
wisdom.He saved her life but he needed help
to take her away.Then Boss found enough
strength to grab her hand and quickly ran
away from the place.They went to the harbour
and take one-way tickets on the first boat to Athens.All the way along they didn’t say a
word,they were lost int their thoughts,wondering what would happen after that.They
couldn’t go back there.When they arrived,Boss sent a telegraph to Zorba.He asked him
for money.He explaned what happened and why he had to flee away.The widow woman’s
life was between his hands.He didn’t know exactly what he felt for her,he just knew that he
had to help her.Zorba prepared the money and wrote a note:
" hope for nothing.
fear nothing.
Now,you are free."
When Boss got the message from his dear friend and read the lines,all his fears
blew away.He knew that he was ready to write a new chapter in his life.In a sordid hotel
room,he looked at the woman lying on the old bed and said to her: " Now join your hands
with mine, and with our hands our hearts."
As every Sunday morning,the widow woman left her house.She was very elegant as
usual.She was all in black,wearing a long silky dress with frou-frous and lace. Her black
brilliant hair was hidden under a black scarf.She was on her way to church where she
used to assiduously attend Sunday Mass since her husband’s death.She was in
mourning.
Boss decided to attend the mass that Sunday for the first time since his arrival.He
thought that it would be a good way to meet villagers.As he was talking with the priest in
the parish,the widow woman join them.She gave the priest a donation to commemorate
the anniversary of his husband’s disappearance.And she left.Immediately he questionned
the priest to learn more about this enigmatic and fascinating woman. He was in love.He
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confided in his friend Zorba.He was very happy for him.The widow woman was a friend of
Madam Hortens.That was a great chance for Boss.Zorba asked Hortens to invite the
widow woman for brunch on Sunday after the mass.It was an opportunity to introduce
Boss to Madam Hortens.When Boss heard the news,he was very excited.The day soon
arrived.He wore his best suit he bought from Harrods in London last year.Madame
Hortens had no knowledge of what was going on.When she came at her friend’s
house,she saw Boss sitting at the table.She had the feeling that she saw him
before.Suddenly she remembered.İt was last Sunday at the church.She found him very
attractive.They were both glad to know each other better throughout the day.Madame
Hortens and Zorba were glad to see how things were going between their friends.
As time passed by, Boss decided to ask Hortens to marry him.First she was a bit
frazzled and after a while a feeling of happiness overwhelmed her.
Zorba told his friend that he had also
the intention to marry Hortens.Boss was so
happy to hear that he suggested him to
have a double wedding ceremony.
They organized a great feast where
they invited all the villagers.Zorba played his
santuri and all the guests started to dance.
His wandering all over the world, searching for a job, working at mines and ports,
but all with a relentless optimism, would prove that it's all paid off. And in the end, that
would be lesson – the most important is to have a ''great'' heart and will, which hold the
man together, give him strength and make him go further, over all obstacles, to reach the
desired goal.
And Zorba's had it all, although sometimes he showed it in a somewhat crude way,
similar to his appearance. I would complete his roaming on Crete, by the lift, which would
be his greatest pride, besides the love of dancing and playing of santuri, and he could
confirm to himself that the biggest lesson is the ''school of life'' and that he did something
what he will be remembered for in his life.
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SPAIN
Once the golden legend of Zorba had ended - the shadow that till then had used to
go beside me- as if it were satisfied with what I had just finished to conclude- went on
being there, but we less insistence. After having finished reading the letter in which the
death of my friend was told to me, I knew that
he, by means of the desire expressed by the
presence of his shadow, compelled me to visit
his house, so that, in that way, I could meet his
widow, and at the same time, receive from her
hands the “santuri” that he had let to me so that
I could remember him. After some days of deep
thought, I left for the Serbian village where
Zorba had left this earthly world, and where his
widow, called Liuba, was living, and I
addressed myself to her. With her warm
embrace, she expressed all the knowledge she
had gathered of me, through what my friend had told her. After having spending some
days in her company, when she referred me all what Zorba had told her about the things
we had lived together, and after having visited his grave, I left her house with the “santuri”
in my hands. As if Zorba had been satisfied with my visit, the shadow stopped letting me
feel its presence.
It was Easter, everybody was enthusiastically dancing under the elm trees, when,
suddenly, the widow arrived with a bunch of flowers to go into the church and left them to
the the Virgin. The dance stopped, all the glances were cast in her direction, as if they
wanted to kill her. Everybody started shouting: Kill her! Two young men seized her and
pulled her hair, they torn her clothes; others, threw stones to her face and made her
bleed, all of them took out their knives. One of them shouted: “Stop that- she belongs to
me” and seized the woman´s throat, with the intention of killing her. Zorba, with a jump,
caught his hand and said: “Which crime has she made to deserve to be treated like this
and be killed?”He was not let it happen; he wanted to defend her. He knew that his friend,
the master liked her. He was very shy and didn´t dare to tell her, but Zorba wished he
were with her, in this way he could protect her as she was desired by every man and
envied by every woman. The three of them left. On the next day, everyone returned to his
job. Zorba in the mine, with the workers, trying to construct the cableway to carry the logs.
Some months passed by and everything was going all right. Zorba decided to leave, to
look for new horizons; his dear Bubulina had passed by, and his master had begun a new
life with the widow. It was time to leave. From time to time he received a letter from Zorba
telling him about the countries he had been to. He also told him he had another master
who had a mine as well and that he had married a beautiful young woman and they were
about to have a baby. His friend answered that he was very glad, that he missed him a
lot, and that he was looking forward to see him again soon.
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“Life, farewell and friendship” Basil and Zorba stood silently near the hearth till deep
at night. Zorba liked dancing independently from his state of mood. They were alone the
two of them, there was not any women. Only they two, and in this way they could enjoy
the sound of music and look into each other´s eyes till losing their breaths. After having
drunk a bottle of good wine and listening to the murmur from the sea, he took advantage
of the moment and asked him to not to leave. Basil, without a blink and with the taste of
wine in his mouth said: A good friendship is like the good wine. It may last for a minute
and will leave a pleasant taste for ever. He stood up and going away from Zorba
answered: -For the first time in my life I feel free and I wish to remain like this. Happiness
is not a discovery at the end of one´s existence, but something you find in the way. There
cannot be friendship if there is not freedom. With this sentence he left, losing his way in
the mist of the night.
POLAND
After this Zorba friend Basila lived in the land of Avanti. Although he was rich, he
was extremely miserly, and he would not spend even a penny for the pleasure of his
community; rather, he was always engaged in accumulating wealth. When his children
grew up, they became very perturbed by his behavior, and his neighbors, family members
and others in the community also became opposed to him. Because he did not pay his
taxes, even the royal servants opposed him. One day, due to ill fortune, his house burned
down, and his family and community members rejected him. However, due to some good
impressions from previous and the influence of the association of Zorba, he accepted the
Greek dress of one in the renounced order. On the instruction of his master, he engaged
in devotion to the Supreme Lord and began to see with equal vision friends and enemies,
happiness and misery, good and bad, and himself and others. He remained satisfied even
when the people from his own village mistreated him while he was begging. They would
call him an impostor and a cheater,
and they would throw stool and
urine into his begging bowl instead
of
foodstuffs.
Yet
with
an
undisturbed mind, he always
meditated on God and finally he
attained eternal service to Absolut Mukunda.
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After some time the swan and his new family were swimming and they came across
his mother and brothers and sisters with their families. He introduced himself and his
family to them and they did not believe him at first, but after a few minutes they realized
he was telling the truth. Since they now understood how wrongly they treated him, they
felt ashamed and apologized to him. He gave them his forgiveness and asked them to tell
the story about him and their meeting to everybody else so they could learn never to make
the same mistake again. They promised they would.
After some time a young duck, a great great granddaughter of ''The ugly duckling's''
mother was swimming by the coast where the young
boy was sitting and looking very sad and poor. The
young duck asked him what was wrong. He told her he
felt lonely and not good enough. The little duck told him
a story of her great great uncle and made him realize
how truly special he really was. He felt grateful and
asked her if there was anything he could do for her.
She smiled and asked him if could tell the story to
somebody else. And he did. To all of us!
The Ugly Duckling was persistently seeking a
warm corner where he would find a little love. He was
passing from lake to lake, from river to river, but
everywhere he was tortured by loneliness. Day after
day, he went to the darker parts of the forest. He was becoming increasingly sadder. His
heart was beating weaker. Completely unaccepted he disappeared in wilderness of life,
sad and misunderstood. And although he was transformed into a beautiful swan, he never
became aware of it.
In the end, the duckling comes back as a swan and as the one who has conquered
the prejudices of the society – all by himself. Everybody recognizes him (perhaps not all of
them, because there really is a difference between a chicken and the adult individual) and
now know that they had made a mistake. A new swan again shows his great soul, and
does not hold a grudge.
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DENMARK
"... The Ugly Duckling is sad. He wants to die, and when he sees the beautiful
swans, he thinks that he will die by their side. But when he comes near them, then he gets
new friends and the beautiful swans says he may stay with them, for he is a good
swimmer and he is beautiful. The Ugly Duckling becomes very fond of the beautiful swans
and suddenly he finds out that he is one of them. "
"... He swims against the swans. He swims
against them because he wants to marry a swan.
He asks and she says yes. They swim together
and they are happy."
GREECE
The time passed by and after a lot of roaming and many misfortunes the ugly
duckling grew up. Until then, nobody cared or looked for it, it must have been miles and
miles away from his home. Disappointed and tired, it found itself in a beautiful lake with
many trees and it went at once towards the water. From the other side, a herd of cows
was coming to the lake to drink water, the duckling got scared and unconsciously it
flapped its wings and flew off. When it realized what it did, it gained confidence and
started to make circles in the sky. Even the cows stopped to watch this beautiful, white
bird.
- Eh, mooo!!! Yelled a lively, white with black spots calf.
Then, the white bird went and stood on the calf’s back.
-Hello, beautiful swan! Said the calf.
- Are you talking to me? You mottled calf! Answered the bird. How did you call me?
Swan? Do I look like a swam to you?
- Haven’t you seen yourself lately? Come on, let’s go to the water to see how beautiful you
are!
And suddenly…
- I can’t believe it! Is this me? I was never like that… Thank you so much that you
helped me with that. And the white bird told his story to the mottled calf.
- My dear mottled calf, I would like very much to stay with you.
- We’d like that, too, but under a condition, said the calf.
- Tell me, whatever you want.
- You’ll stop to call me mottled, my name is Milky Moo.
- Nice to meet you Milky Moo and forgive me for before.
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- it’s OK, come, I want you to meet my mum and the herd. From now on, you’ll never be
alone again, don’t be afraid!
- Mum, can this beautiful swan be my friend and be part of our herd, too? Please mum!
- Of course, my Milky Moo, welcome to our family beautiful swam! You can feel like your
home here, said Milky Moo’s mum.
- Thank you so much, I’ll never forget that! And the
beautiful swan stood at his best friend’s back.
The two animals became the best friends,
they had good and bad moments together but they
remained two close and trusted friends, as real
friends should be.
The swan found a real family in a herd of
cows.
PORTUGAL
While he was walking in the happy side for no longer being a ugly duckling he
passed by the most beautiful female he had ever seen. He was so fascinated by her that
he dared himself to ask her name.
When asking the question he noticed that she shrunk like when we fear what one
would say or do!
Humm! She looked like him some months ago! Would the others think she was
ugly?
Trying to understand the beautiful duck’s reaction, he insisted by asking: “-What is
your name? What are you doing here alone?”
Although a bit scared the female answered: “-I am Matilde and everyone runs away
from me because I am very ugly and clumsy.”
“- Well I don’t find you ugly! You have an elegant neck, beautiful eyes and you slide
in the like as if you were dancing.” – The swan answered.
“- You are still young that is why your feathers aren’t white and shiny and your beak
isn’t orange. But soon you will be a beautiful white female adult.” – continues the swan
enthusiastic and knowing her despair.
The swan was so convincing that Matilde accepted him as her partner because she
was so tired of being alone.
One day, while day were going for a walk, the swan saw his brothers and went to
meet them and introduced his partner to them. Seeing him as a beautiful swan, his
brothers walked to him since they also missed him, specially his mother that recognized
the entire bad thing she did to him.
Enthusiastic they asked him if he wanted to live with them in his old house. The
beautiful swan accepted with the condition that Matilde would also go with him.
And just like that they lived happily together as a family.
Who loves the ugly, beautiful it seems.
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When winter arrived and the swans flew south, the young swan met a beautiful
partner and got married.
The following spring, when the swans returned home it was time to prepare the nest.
The swan and his wife built theirs and the beautiful wife started to put the eggs. Some
days after and during the night there was a big storm and all nests around the lake were in
such confusion that it was necessary to rebuild them.
After rebuilding their nest, the swan and his wife were happy to see that their eggs
were not lost or broken but… the swan was surprised to see that there was a new egg
next to theirs. With all the confusion the swan’s wife didn’t remember if she put another
egg, if it was premature or if it wasn’t hers.
The couple thought it was best to leave nature do its will and a child was a child
even if it was premature.
When the time of the eggs to hatch arrived, the first egg to brake was the premature
one. But instead of appearing a little grey baby swan, there was yellow one. Since this
was the first time the swans were parents they didn’t have much experience so they
thought it could be possible that baby swans could be yellow to. But as the eggs broke
little grey swans would appear being even more
noticeable the yellow one for being so different.
The parents cherish it as much as the other
ones but all the other birds that lived around the lake
would make fun of the little one and they would
question if the yellow one had the same father.
The comments influenced the way the swan
treated the little yellow sawn. And the worst was that
both parents started to act differently towards the
yellow swan as well as his siblings which made the
yellow swan feel left out.
But what made him really sad was to see his father teach his brothers how to swim
in the lake and show proudly to everyone his beautiful children leaving him behind as if he
didn’t exist.
One night, when the parents were talking, thinking that all their children were
sleeping, the little yellow swan heard his father say “I wish he would disappear!”
The little swan cried all night thinking what he would do because he couldn’t stay
there. So he decided that he would leave before everyone would wake up.
When the family woke they didn’t even notice that the little swan was missing so
they performed the daily routine, the mother went to feed her children and the father flew
around the lake.
While he was flying he noticed a yellow ball dragging itself through the road. And it
was then that he recognized that it was his son and remembered what he had said to his
wife the night before. The words he said echoed in his head but it wasn’t his voice but his
mother’s “I wish we would go far away!”… “I wish he would go far away!” He thought he
had forgotten those cruel words… but they were only hidden craved in his heart! And just
to think he had done the same to his son! How could he have done it?!
He flew towards his little son who thought his dad was coming to hurt him and lifted
his wing to protect himself. But the father hugged him with his big white wing and said “I
am sorry for what I said and for the way I have been treating you. I have forgotten that I to
was born in a different family and that I was also rejected and… I know how that hurts! A
son is a son, whatever his appearance is! Come, jump on my back. Let’s fly home!
And like that, the little swan that actually was a duck, never again was put aside by
the family because his dad, his protector, had a serious talk with all the family so that no
one would molest his child…
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… and when they would go swim in the lake he would happily show his family to
everyone, “but not proudly because no good heart is proud!”
During the morning a farmer arrived. Saw him and walked towards him, he hit the
ice with his shoe and broke it in little pieces and took him how to his wife. He continued
with his day.
When he arrived home the children
were clapping their hands in contentment by
seeing a different duckling to what they
were used to see… surprised, he felt scared
due to traumatizing life experience, what
would he expect? What would happen now?
But, the children’s enthusiasm was
infectious and quickly they took him to the
hen and there, one more, what a surprise!
The others looked at him admired but with
no alarm; it was one more that wasn’t the
same as the others. Those attitudes
enabled him to build some hope and little by
little his initial distrust was being overdue since it was heart-warming to savour those
moments, it was such a warm environment that was accepting him naturally. Was it true?
Or were they preparing themselves to run with him once more?
The children’s mom approached with food and all ran towards her and there also
was space for him, the children continued to caress him and incentive him to eat which
made him feel surprised and also the food was so good… he ate until he felt he was full.
Oh! It was so good this comfort feeling…
Finally he felt welcome, a part of a group, being able to share food, being able to
snuggle with someone…
The days passed and his satisfaction was greater, he would learn with the others
and teach what made his confidence grow and in the others that surrounded him. He
lived peacefully with his partners in a family that accepted them all, each one with a
different personality. Far away were those sad and lonely
days that he had lived, in which he wasn’t understood and
was banished. Sometimes he would think it was strange
to be so happy and that happiness lived in the fact that
someone had naturally accepted him and his difference
and allowed him to show that being different could make
everyone richer…
During his life, the difference, always being a
minority, were motives to put him aside, by everything and
everyone, starting with his own mother… No one came
close to know him, to enter in his intimacy, to know what
he felt; only his appearance counted, until the day that the
farmer found him and specially those children, that looked
at him in another way, that believed in him and that
allowed that all the other with whom he shared the hen
also would accept him. He learnt a great life lesson, in a
hard way but he was convinced that he would never forget it: the difference isn’t only
visible in the outside nor can it be a motive to marginalize thus because in life everyone
has a role so it is necessary to create the opportunity so they can demonstrate it…
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When the ugly duckling ran far away from everyone, he found a female duck nested
between bushes next to a lake. Since he was feeling so depressed and so ugly, he
decided to turn back so she wouldn’t notice him. He was so afraid of being criticized again
that he covered his eyes with his wing. Suddenly he heard the sound of leaves and old
branches as well as a melodious voice saying:
“- What are you hiding from, friend?”
“Friend?” – thought the duckling. Who could be so nice to say hello to an ugly
duckling, as ugly as the night?
“- Hello…” said the ugly duckling in fear.
“- Hello. My name is Cristal and I am alone. Would you like to keep me company?
-“But… no one ever wants to play with me. It is because I am ugly as the night.”
Cristal looked at him and said:
“- Wait until the night falls. You will see how beautiful the night is! Everything
depends on our point of view.”
As soon as the night fell a dazzling moon appeared in the horizon. Cristal drew the
ugly duckling’s attention to the moons beauty.
“- You see? We would never have this sight during the day!
Suddenly, and while the sky got darker, some
sparking points appeared and Cristal said:
“- You see? When can you see a sky full of
shimmering stars? It is during the night duckling! The night
as well as the day has good things and bad things as well
as beautiful things and ugly things! Everyone as good
things and bad things so don’t permit that others put you
down.”
The ugly duckling caressed his new friend’s beak
with his wing and they slept embraced in each other.
As the morning arrived, Cristal woke up and looked
at the ugly duckling that was still sleeping. First, she
jumped frighten then she was so happy that she shouted
until the ugly duckling woke up. She then said:
“-Duckling, go see your reflection in the lake and see
in what the night as transformed you…”
TURKEY
While the duck was swimming in the lake, a swan came duckling said that ‘’Hello, I
have never seen you before here’’ The duck replied ‘’you are right. This is my first time,
what such a beautiful swan, you are. ’’The swan said that‘’ Yeah, you can be sure that I
am the most beautiful bird you have ever seen. But unfortunately I can’t fly like the other
birds. Because I haven’t got any wings’’. The duckling was surprised and glanzed its
wings and felt sorry for the beautiful swan. Swan noticed how the duckling was sorry. After
the swan said that ‘’I quitted being sorry for that situation. Because I have friends and I
can swim. I am so healthy that enjoy life. What makes you beautiful is the love in your
heart, not your physical appearance the duckling thought that health was more important
that beauty. There are many things are important than beauty the swan said that.’’The
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best friend is the one who lighten your way, and brings out the best in you. Never make
friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendship will never give
you happiness.. Also everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.’’ They became
friends forever.
Once upon a time a prince and princess were living happily in a beautiful country. A
witch was jealous of them and enchanted them. She converted them into swan eggs and
put them in different farms. When a prince and princess see each other and fell in love
with. She will break the curse.
The little swans grew up in duck flock, the other ducks used to mock at them
because of their appearances. Many years later, they became beautiful swans and they
met in a spring day. The witch broke the curse. And they live happily in their kingdom
forever.
The ugly duckling escaped and start to swim in the small river, the farmer who lived
in a small village saw it, and caught it. The ugly duckling begged the farmer to spare him
‘’ please let me go’’ he pleaded. ‘’ I am very ugly, even my kind left me, what will you
do with me? ‘’
The farmer who called Jack started to laugh and added. ‘’If you were a duck why
would I catch you? You belong to Swan family who you know are the most beautiful and
elegant birds Are you mocking me?’’
He looked at the mirror which the farmer gave. The ugly duckling was shocked. He
felt quite ashamed and he did not know what to do, he was so happy. He had been
persecuted and despised for his ugliness, and now he heard him say he was the most
beautiful of all the birds’’ I never dreamed of such happiness as this, while I was an ugly
duckling’’
After a short time, he realized that now he was taken prisoner. The farmer said that
‘’I am a simple man. Beautiful creature When I was a kid my father told me that ‘’ If you
live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better
person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit,
never quit, never quit.’’ So I will let you go, fly and to be free is to have achieved your life.
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PORTUGAL
Mediterranean is not just a geographical sea (and is a disperse geography)!
It’s a mixture of smells of sea and sea plants, fisherman and lighthouses, foam,
sand seashells and sea urchin.
Sun, reflected white light on the walls of the ethereal, houses, a dry landscape. But
not so dry! Harbors in the cost and in land were one need to follow the rivers to arrive at a
“sea in the land”.
The Mediterranean is a state of spirit, are influences of literature, poetry and
romance, architecture, landscape, ocean currents (with a huge influence in the climate of
that region – with a sea inside).
The Mediterranean is a culture made by flavours: a fig and jam, olive and olive oil,
tomato, fresh sweet orange juice… the flavour of calm evenings, flavour of small boat
floating on the waves, flavour of a procession that carries the holy mother projecting the
sorrows in the faces and hope the hope of a better year with the help of the Holy Mother.
The Mediterranean is centuries of history, stories of civilizations and people that
rambled/ramble between the wind and the great trade roots, in the remains left by the
Egyptians, Canaanites, Hittites, Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Berbers,
Macedonians, Genoese, Venetians, that are some of the people who live in coast of the
Mediterranean. And The Mediterranean goes beyond theirs coasts.
The Mediterranean is a chest board of the political geostrategy that evolves a world
of diversity! It is a “beach” between the Meridional Europe, the western Asia and the
northern Africa. It used to be the entrance of the Ottoman influence in the west, it used to
be the Mare Nostrum of the roman civilization, now it is the Mediterranean of blue seas
and white sands where people dream to pass their holidays or… the door to shipwrecks of
those who wait for access to Europe with hope of a better chance in life. The
Mediterranean of dreams… broken dreams.
SPAIN
I am the granddaughter, daughter and wife of sailors, that’s why I always have
something to tell related to the sea. What I’ll never forget is what I went through when I
was young. I was about 14 or 15 when one morning everything at home was very sad; my
mother, my grandparents and my uncles cried desperately. My brother and I didn’t know
what was going on, nobody told us anything.
Days went by and everything was the same, we hardly ate and my mother thought
of dyeing all our clothes in black because we were told that there were rumours that my
father’s boat had shipwrecked and the crew was unheard of.
Those were very sad days, we didn’t have a phone, we could only communicate
with my father by ordinary mail; that is, the letters that the postman delivered home, but
this time, they never came.
Time went by very slowly, it was endless, I’ll never forget that feeling of sorrow and
eternity. After a few days, we got a wire from my father. It said that they had been adrift
because of the bad weather and they had no way to contact us; but suddenly, everything
changed. My mother made me go with the wire to a workmate of my father’s to give him
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the happy news but, unfortunately, the outcome is not always like that, the sea is not
always on our side.
TURKEY
The Mediterranean is that sanctified section of the globe
where life is simpler and more beautiful. Everyone knows many places , but from now on
you wil start to seek for the real Mediterranean, the place that was once an unspoiled
before reading this book you may not have heard of all these towns, but now you are
aware of the history of The Mediterranean you’ll see something from a different
perspective. Who knows you may hear the songs of mermaids
A MERMAIDS TALE
I have nobody for a conversation,
it might be pretty normal in my situation.
Im in the ocean, floating under burning sun,
completely alone and trying to find someone.
I hear a song, its like a prayer.
This melody shows me the way.
It carries me like the wind, a feather,
and in the nights its a shining ray.
Everytime louder, I can hear you sing your song.
I just hope Ill find you after so long.
Im nearly fainting, I go on the blink.
Its fun, so much water and not one drop to drink.
I hear a song
I still remember when I left the ship.
The ones I love, they were all asleep.
No-one believed me, cause they couldnt hear you,
they must be trying to find, where I was going to.
I heard a song, it was like a prayer.
This melody was sung for me.
It carried me like the wind, a feather,
and now I am drowning in the sea.
I hear a song, its like
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DENMARK
"... That is why the mother walks into Stribors Forest. She talks with Stribor about
her situation. She falls in love with him and he with her. They marry shortly after.
Son and daughter in law continue their lives and they forget their mother forever.
But one day the daughter in law turned into a python and eat her husband. The
python goes into Stribors Forest, she finds the mother in law and Stribor and eat them.
From that day the daughter in law is the boss in Stribors Forest. "
"... The Brownies take the mother with them to Stribors Forest, and she tells Stribor
about her son and daughter in law. Stribor reports that now the scales finally fall from the
young man's eyes, and he must realize that the daughter in law is a snake. This happens
and the son throws daughter in law out of the house and welcomes his mother when she
comes back.
A year after the young man meets a beautiful girl, and they now live together as
husband and wife and also with his mother. "
''The Mediterranean is such an inspirative part of the Earth, I am sure this is not the
last time somebody will write inspired by its' special character. It might be a novel or lyrics
to some of the most beautiful songs sung by the sea!''
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''After all of the traveling,
journalist came home, took a
piece of chalk, drew a circle
around his home and decided
that sometimes the boundaries
are there to be crossed, but
sometimes, only sometimes,
there are here to stay within
them!''
''When he was older, the
journalist became a mentor to
the young journalist and gave
her the same book, smiled and
asked her: ''Where do you want
to go?'' She was excited and named the first country that came to her mind. The old
journalist smiled and said: ''I had said long ago that I wanted to visit Czechoslovakia, so I
ended up in India. Let me know where you'll end up!''
TURKEY
Journey will change you,” people said to me,”There’s
something about it that affects us all.”. I’m not still the same old me,
it taught me many things or, should I say, reaffirmed a long felt feeling.
And as I sat there one night in İstambul, staring out at one of the most perfect
sunsets I’d seen in a while,. Sometimes the beauty of travel is not as beautiful when you
don’t have someone to share it with. And there I was, staring out at this gorgeous sunset,
and I was alone. I had no one to share that moment.
I think everyone should travel alone at some point in their life; you learn a lot about
yourself doing so. I never regret the solo travel I’ve done in the past and never felt alone
or bored during those years, but İstanbul
made it clear that it’s time to move on to
a new chapter of my life. I decided to
marry to my lovely wife Selin, turkish girl
who brought the essence of life into my
life.
I’ve always defined travel as an
adventure, exploring the unknown and
breaking out of your comfort zone. I
don’t look at this new move as giving up
on travel. Travel is my life. I don’t want
to stop, just find a better balance
between a home life and a road warrior
life.
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SPAIN
When Diana came back from her trip and saw the chauffeur of the hotel, she asked
him if anyone had gone asking for her, and he answered that nobody had.
She went home and asked the same question to all her employees, whose answer
was also a negative one.
As all of them knew she had gone on a trip, nobody paid much attention to her
question.
At that moment, she realised that it had been a mistake to have gone on a trip and
she kept wondering: “might I have passed my sister in the street without even realising?”
On the next day morning, she went to the graveyard to visit her mother´s tomb, and
she told her all the things she had done on her trip, that she had met a very important
person whose name was Zeinep Hanin who had taught her to listen to and to speak to the
roses.
On the next day, she was walking along the park when she met some friends, and
she stopped to talk to them; they were the painter and the beggar. She told them about
the trip, she said that her mother had left a letter written for her, that she had a twin sister
and that she had to look for her.
They were surprised on hearing the news
and knowing the things she had to do and
advised her to let time go by: “whatever will be,
it will be” they said.
A certain morning, when she was still in
bed, the bell rang. Felling a little afraid, she
went to open the door....she doesn´t know what
is happening....to her surprise, opposite her
there was a woman who looked exactly like her.
After being staring at each other for a
while, they introduced each other: at last, the
two sisters had met.
On the next day they went visiting the
graveyard. They talked to their mother and left a
letter on her tomb. They had written it together
on the night they had spent talking sitting one
opposite the other. The night they had realised
they had the same tastes, the same hobbies
and that they both loved their mother very
much.
When Diana had come back from her trip to Istanbul, the first thing she did was to
inquire if anyone had asked for her, and as the answer was that nobody had, without
giving it a second thought, she started writing.
Hello María,
Today I have come back from a long trip, I had hoped to meet you at home. It was
not this way, and this fact caused me a great sorrow, although, on the other hand, thanks
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this fact I found the necessary strength to be able to write to you and to tell you that I am
looking forward to meeting you and giving you a big hug after so many years.
María I had some bad news: our mother has died. I am aware of the fact that this
will hurt you a lot as you already know how much she loved you.
I hope to see you soon.
Your sister.
A week after this letter had been sent, when Diana was about to written the last
pages of her book, she heard the bell rang. He opened the door and found a girl that
looked exactly like her. Diana was not able to refrain tears of emotion, they embraced
tenderly and she asked her to come in. they spent the rest of the afternoon taking. They
told each other everything about their lives and they agreed on visiting their mother´s
tomb on the following day. On their way to the graveyard, María told her she had a
surprised for her.
They were carrying a beautiful bunch of red and white roses. On approaching the
tomb, Diana saw two people. One of them was Mrs. Honso holding a bunch of yellow
roses on her hand, they greeted each other, and then María went near that man and
kissing him, she addressed her sister and said: “Diana,
this is the surprise; he is our father”.
Father and daughters embraced each other.
“Thank you María”, and putting the roses into a
vase, Diana exclaimed: “thank you mother” and two big
tears dropped on the roses.
As soon as she saw the chauffeur from the hotel
that had gone to pick her up, Diana asked him:
-has anyone gone to the hotel asking about my
mother? Anyone who looked like me?
-As far as I know, it hasn´t, Miss Steward. Then
Diana decided to write to María what was supposed to be her last letter before turning the
page and going on with her life.
Dear María,
Time goes by and I, Diana, do not think about you anymore. As days and years are
spent, I have not also forgotten you,
but also Artemisa. I forgot as well
the painter that used to spent his
days by the sea, painting the waves
and the two seagulls that always
appeared on his pictures, and the
wanderer that to give me so much
advise.
All these things together with
other ones that time had forged into
my head, and that nowadays are of
not importance to me.
But I will never forget our
mother that, even dead, remains
alive in my heart, as nobody leaves
totally as far as it can be often
remembered by another person. In
that way, mum lives still in me.
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As you can see, my life is not like it used to be. Loneliness does not longer exist at
my home. Some time ago, I met a handsome and wealthy man and I felt deeply in love
with him. With him, I set up a beautiful family.
In the garden, at home, I had a lot of rosebushes with flowers of every colour: some
are white, other yellow, red....their perfume fill every corner.
And now I will tell you the best: at this very moment, two precious girls are playing in
this marvellous garden; one of them is called María, the other one is Diana. They are my
greatest treasure. As you can imagine, I am very happy. They and my husband make my
life be what I have always wished for.
In this time of my life, I have realized what important is to believe in myself and to be
able to fulfil my dreams. I won´t tell you anymore; I am going to go on with my life, I hope
to be able to remain like this for a long time.
Yours for ever,
Diana
PORTUGAL
One day, many years later, Diana finds her
great love in a writers’ conference. When
pregnent, discovers that she will have no tone but
two girls… the really twins! All her life, when she
observe her daughters, she will remembre the
great lesson of her mother. Love will endure!
TURKEY
Diana, (Artemis), and Mary, (Apollon), were twins. Letona was their mother, Zeus
was their father Diana was the goddess of the hunting and the moon. She was elegant,
virgin goddess. Diana was born before Mary and she helped her mother during the birth of
her twin sister. Once she saw the pain her mother was going through, she decided not to
get married.
Mary, (Apollon), was Sun Goddess and was the God of music and poetry. She
never lied. The two twins were very good archers. They didn’t used to live in Olympos but
in the city.
Diana used to walk every evening. One evening, she met the young, handsome and
attractive painter Mathiasan she fell in love. She decided to marry to him. Once Mary
learned this situation, she got very jealous and tried to convince his sister not to marry to
him. However, instead of giving up, the feelings that Diana had for Matthias became more
and more stronger than the past. For that reason, Mary settled up a trap in order to get rid
of Mathias.
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One day, while the painter was walking near the seaside, Mary took Diana to a
place far away from him until she couldn’t recognize his silhouette. As a challenge, Mary
then asked Diana if she could aim the head of the person who was far away near the
seaside. As Diana was good at archer and she didn’t know that the target was in fact her
lover, she aimed him and killed him with her bow and arrows. Once she realized that the
person she killed was the man she loved, she was devastated. So, she asked her father,
Zeus, not to see him, to forget him and even not to have him as a sister anymore. Zeus
accepted her request and casted a spell. The spell converted them into two strangers.
After the spell was casted, Mary was living with Zeus in Olympos and Diana was living
with her mother in the city. Their love became a legend all over the world.
''Diana went back home, wrote a book about her life and started to grow roses on
her balcony to remind her of her mother and the dear friend who helped her through the
grief, but also to remind her she has to be true to herself to be truly happy.''
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''One day Gryla decided she had had enough and that it was time her for boys and
their dad to do more housework. Some of the boys helped, some did not. In time they
learned to help their mother and they lived a more happy life.''
DENMARK
The yule lads want to give present for the kids and Gryla is thinking of dinner,
because the don’t have anything to eat.
They have a cat. Bamse is the name. Bamse is also hungry and wants to eat small
children. But the yule lads say ‘no’ to Bamse, because if Bamse eats all the kids, who can
the yule lads give all the presents to?
Bamse looks at the children and says: ‘You all look so delicious and I’m very
hungry!’ The kids get scared and start crying.
Gryla says: Let us eat Bamse for dinner, because we are all hungry and the kids are
afraid of him!’ Bamse became angry and said ‘no’ in english. But in the end of the day, the
ate Bamse for dinner.
Some people are very scared when the day becomes night and everything turns
dark. The youngest of the yule lads is very addicted to light and that is his name;
Addicted-to-Light. He doesn’t like the dark, because he have been living all of his life in a
small cave with his parents and 12 brothers.
When Addicted-to-Light comes to the city it is in the middle of the night and it is all
dark. There is no light at all and he is afraid of walking alone in the street. But he has no
choice.
All of a sudden he sees a huge house. He looks at it and sees an open window. He
walks to the house, opens the window and finds a candle light. He leaves a present in the
house.
When he walks home, he is so happy, that he found a candle light.
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SPAIN
Summer tale
The Green Foxes On June the 21st, summer arrives at our land, and along with it, it
comes good weather, and according to what our ancestors used to tell, on this day, a
pack of foxes of green colour travelled from the Iroite Mountain to the Moura Cave; they
were very beautiful and showy, and also plentiful, as they used to turn up carrying a lot of
good things for us who were looking forward to their visit; they would bring sardines to be
eaten grilled with boiled potatoes, corn bread and nought and also cherries and they
made merry with bagpipers and fireworks. It was such a big party, that it was always
remembered year after year. The beasts were so affectionate that everybody loved them,
both young and old, and also children who remembered them as one of the best things to
happen along the year. We were so thankful to them that we waited for them as a blind
mind waits for his sight to return again, and we allowed them to eat as many hens as they
liked to, till they were satiated and left happily, longing to come back again. I no longer
remember it, but the tale is said to be like that.
Summer solstice
Summers begins on June, 21st, and for this reason it also begins the time of
dwarves, witches and sorceries. In the little village where I was born, there is a fountain
that is called “A Fonte das Avoas” (the grandmothers´ fountain). It is said that on the night
of June, 21st, a hen with twelve chickens always comes through the fountain at dawn.
Just before the sunrise, she goes inside the fountain pipe and there also go the chickens,
one by one after her. We don´t have trolls, but people tell that, on Saint Johns´s night, on
this magic night, a young woman laid an egg on a glass, and in the morning when she
was looking at it....poor thing!, it is said that there appeared a form: it was a plough....that
meant that she was going to marry a ploughman; time went by and so it happened: the
one who told the story is still alive......
TURKEY
HURDASKELLIR
1.
On December 18th, Hurdaskellir was again visiting the town and that one
night changed it all. He was walking along the street until he noticed a half open door. He
immediately wanted to slam it and hear the loud bang. However, when he reached out for
the door, someone else suddenly shut the door and his fingers got crushed by the door. It
was very painful so he decided not to bang the doors anymore.
2.
In time Hurdaskellir got so obsessed with doors that one day he eventually
managed to convince Gryla to get a small door for their cave. He is now the happiest
person in the world.
SKYRGAMUR
1.
One day on his way into town, Skyrgamur was again sliding down the
mountainsides. He lost control, fell and his head on a rock. It knocked him out for a while.
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Luckily he had no serious injuries and was feeling better the next day. So he decided not
to slide again and Gryla was happy she doesn't have to mend his trousers again.
2.
Having missed the old style of dairy products, one day Skyrgamur decided to
try doing home-made skyr. After a week of efforts, he managed to do it as he always knew
it; thick and sharper tasting. He was so proud of himself and loved the skyr he did.
BJUGNAKRAKIR
1.
One day on his way into town, Bjugnakrakır felt really hungry. He was longing
for bjuga. He went into a café and had the best bjuga ever. He asked the chef for the
recipe and gave it to his mum. Gryla used this recipe from that day on and all the boys
loved it.
2.
One day on his way into town, Bjugnakrakır felt really hungry. He was longing
for bjuga. He went into a café and had the worst bjuga. It was really disgusting. It was a lot
worse than the one his mum does. He felt bad and decided not to complain about his
mum’s food ever again.
HEEP WORRIER
After the long and painfull walk with his creaky legs he stubbornly climbed the stairs
to house.He was dreaming a piece of cheese on the way but he was so surprised and
disappointed when he saw there was nothing by the window most probably a crow had
stolen it!
GULLY GAWK
Unfortunately,Gully forgot to feed the cat on Christmas Eve.The hungry cat went
down town to eat a child luckily Gully was in town and saw the cat caught a child.He
jumped on cat and save the child.
STUBBY
He couldn't find the chair when he arrived at home where he had to visit.He felt
himself bad because of his size, he couldn't reach the window to leave his present.He
looked around and noticed a piece of wood and took it.He jumped on it and left the
present.
SPOON LICKER
He was again sucking his thumb behind the tree.He was thinking that nobody could
see him but his mother.In the night,she put some hot pepper on thumbs.When he woke
up,he met with big surprise!
POT LICKER
One night after the meal,Pot Licker left the table,run to the kitchen to lick the pots
but unfortunately the cat was quicker than him licking the pots.
BOWL LICKER
His mother threw the waste meterials away and his askur too by mistake.Since Bowl
Lıcker couldn't find his askur,his alternative was only to lick his lip.
DOOR SLAMMER
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One night he found a door and started slamming it as much as he could but a while
later the door was broken and fell on his head!
SKYR GLUTTON
He went directly to the town from the mountain sides with his torn trousers.A child
noticed his torn trousers put the new trousers instead of snack.
SAUSAGE STEALER
Most people in town knew that Sausage Stealer has used to eat fatty meal because
of this they always put fatty food by the window for him.
WINDOW PEEPER
He saw Christmas Tree covered with colorful lights while he was peeping next
house window.It was so fascinating to him.
DOOR SNIFFER
When Door Sniffer arrived at town he noticed that some people were searching for a
lost little girl.He wanted to help them and he started sniffing the environment. A while later
he got the smell of chocolate he followed the smell and found the girl who was holding a
piece of chocolate in her hand.
MEAT HOOK
One day he used his hook to get the lamb but surprisingly he received another hook
instead of lamb.It was a joke of family in that house.
CANDLE BEGGAR
A man opened a shop to sell teeth marks candles as a gift to celebrate birthday and
Christmas parties.
PORTUGAL
Grýla is in good mood! Leppalúdi is not snoring so laud as he used too, she manage
to clean up the cave, beds are made, no clothes to iron or wash (not today anyway) and a
delicious smell came out of the pot soup that she had put on fire earlier in the morning.
For sure her children should be entering the cave any minute now! Yes children, although
they have centuries on their back, Grýla still´s a mother and on this special day
Stekkjaustaur, Giljagaur, Stúfur, Pvörusleikir, Pottasleikir, Askasleikir, Hurdaskellir,
Skyrgámur, Bjúnakraekir, Gluggagaegir, Gáttapefur, Ketkrókur and Kertasníkir are her
beloved children!
She had put the big wood round table in the center of the room, a big fire illuminate
the dark shadow of the cave, the air is warm and all sort of their son´s favourite food is on
the table.
Clock tic, and it´s now almost 13h, the floor tremble a bit, a kind of song start is way
to Grýla ears and she sensed her sons coming in, the quiet (well, if we ignore the snoring)
of the cave knows it´s end. As soon as the 13 yule lads enter the cave the sound of their
voices fill the air with laughs and pieces of their stories of the walks and treats they have
experienced this days!
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All sounds stop abruptly when they meet Grýlas eyes, and then… the shock slowly
gives place to shy smiles that turn into laughs and giggles, Grýla was in good mood! And
as they sat down around the table to enjoy the wonderful food, all speaking to their
mother, tell her about their adventures and how it goes for last Christmas, Grýla enjoy the
moment, tomorrow maybe she would became grumpy, disgruntled and annoyed, but for
now it is still today, and a family is having lunch together!
The alternatives endings were made by the following students:
Maja Uzelac, Stella Židan Pehnec, Sonja Fištrek, Mirjana Res Koritić, Radojka
Živković, Marija Živković, Yodjaj Mantharika, Dimitra Thanou, Eleni Markandona, Georgia
Koumbarouli, Jadranka Lefkelis Tashkova, Anna Nadirashvili, Sara Sanmartín, Mercedes
Trillo, Loli Nieto, Carmen Rial, Miguel Carreira, Saturnino Castro, María Teresa Couto,
Nélida Pouso e Juan Rego, Neslihan Gür, Hasena Gürtan, Ayşe Uğursoy, Céu Jacob
Martins, Serpil Çoker, Arda Tuna, Nilgün Kansak, Fatma Gul Elmas, Mário Martins, Maria
João Casimiro, Ria Olić, Aleksandra Cesarik, Nada Cesarik Zupanc, Waewdao, Sayed,
Arda Tuna Aktoğu, VlastaŽižak-Tocauer, Marija Ajša Penc, Maja Baće-Dumančić, Nada
Bosiljevac, Banu Öndeş, Ömür Gedik, Sati Tufan-France, Charo Barreiro, Awas, Xeng,
Joaquim Martins, Maria do Rosário, Cristina Armstrong, Conceição Durão, Dariusz,
Manola Barreiro, Carmela Róo, Guòbjörg Eggertsdóttir, Eliza Ashkan, Marzena, Wedad,
Layla, Ashkan, Eliza, Bilgin Sarica, Nilgün Kansak.
Belong to all partners:
Spain
Denmark
Greece
Iceland
Italy
Poland
Portugal
Croatia
Turkey
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