First, let's focus on the victim, in this case the duck. She was sleeping rough when the guy broke into her coop. A first infraction. Then he kidnapped her. Second infraction. Caught red handed, the perp swore falsely. Third infraction. Unfortunately, television has accustomed to advantage criminals. In this case, the guy is a handsome young man with wavy hair and big, innocent eyes. It's not fair. Soon, every child will come to school with a duck leg in their lunchbox.
Nicolae Popescu
Hey Ursu[1], hey doggy, hey. Mitru buries his face in the dog's fur. The sheep ruminated in the sheepfold. They were sitting, man and dog, in front of the oak beam house. Mitru put his head down. His wife had run away to the valley, in the city. With their child, Văsălie and his friend Ion, and all Mitru's possessions. The thought of the child made his eyes water. He strokes the dog's head, the ear mauled and the leg still crippled. Ursu had fought the bear and saved his life a month ago in the woods. Why had he given up? He got up: Come on, Ursu, let's go down to the valley.
[1] The word ursu translates as bear. In the text, it is used as a dog name.
Ana Maria Dobre-Nir
On the streets of the drone-hit village, Leo, an abandoned puppy, was straying, looking for a home and a heart to give him hope again. In the same world of grief, little Lua was crying the loss of her parents in the attack. One day, they met. Leo, with his wise eyes, felt the pain in the little girl's broken heart and, with his larks, he brought a smile to her face. Together they had incredible adventures and with every touch, magic emerged, banishing the darkness that had taken over their universe.
(Translated by Florina Georgiana Țîncu / University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, MTTLC, year I / Corrected by Silvia Petrescu, coordinator of the translations)
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