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Formula

by Gacina Bozidar


The road to the wonderland has been good and the road to the sea has been difficult because the rain and wind never stopped. The friends who landed on earth like the birds were together from the childhood and they were feeling as the babies now but the rain and wind never stopped. The next step was to stay at the best hotel of this world or to find very small house to rent to stay and live there for some time and the strange giant was visible because they were lost in the zone where many imagined wonderland are waiting for the lost people and for the uncertain people because the aim of all this travel was not clear. The history started about the reason to travel and about reason to move and the first lesson for the children would be about the possible travel and about possible move but about uncertain reason to move anywhere from calm and good and peaceful house. Now the lost people in this wonderland where a giant was master and where a giant was ruling started thinking about the return to the normal world and to find a way how to return to theirs cities. It was not realistic that some of them will like to stay in this uncertain 'country' and the imagined lives were on the prospect. To love the life or not it was danger who would be all around until the escape. Giant proposed the welfare in his land and in his kingdom and proposed the eternal flux and eternal freedom but they wanted to know what happened to the other inhabitants of this kingdom and the Giant was silent but he said that it would have been dangerous to try to leave as the attempt to leave has its consequence and it is yet another drop into yet another unknown land from where it will be more difficult to leave. The attempt was denied but these heroes attempted to leave and they said as the form of pray: "Help us good divinity" Indeed there appeared something and it was mermaid of golden crown who said that in very short space of time they must say the formula of salvation and they will found themselves home. The end of the adventure? No. The first day of the adventure it was, as they had to drop to another kingdom and to another and to another until coming back home because the formula was said and the destiny was accomplished. This was formula for hundred kingdoms and number 101 would be called 'home' At the return they spoke to the 'parliament of mystery' what they went through and the response was incredible: "Do not avoid the zone where the wonderland will absorb you but learn the formula of salvation". It was only the first proposition. The second was 'avoid' This legend for decades presented the alternatives in living and the ways to accomplish anything or most clearly the ways to encounter a risk in life. One response present the proposition of 'encounter' of the world's adventures and dangers and the other 'avoiding' them. This legend was based on the fear of what is uncertain. But does this legend present the certain salvation from certain adventure because the supposed outcome as it was said would be to 'encounter' danger but certainly to meet mermaid who will be asking to follow her and to say formula. All this, having encountered the giant who is not good. The other possible symbol is the balance of what to decide and interpreted. You have moral to go to wonderland and you may have moral to avoid all that leads to wonderland. This was very difficult attempt of this legend to resolve those doubts and to try to be the guide for some level of moral. Moral who is sometimes unique.

Copyright © 2005 Gacina Bozidar



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