| In the courtyards of the post-war, in those fabulous courtyards,
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| Where children hunted among prisoners of war,
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| Where is tastier than caramel porridge with horseradish in half,
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| We unbelievably grew up not by the day, but by deeds.
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| From a non-childish fairy tale of our yard
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| Joiners, professors came out.
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| Someone became an officer, someone became a beekeeper.
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| And very, very few are storytellers.
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| In the courtyards of the sixties, where the spring winds
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| The boys and girls were not allowed to sleep until the morning,
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| Where unkempt distances, stadiums and bridges,
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| We unbelievably grew into these adult dreams.
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| From the spring fairy tale of our yard,
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| Where ideas were given out on the mountain,
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| Someone became a diplomat, someone became a stoker.
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| And very, very few are storytellers.
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| In the rebuilt quarters of perestroika yards,
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| Where so often there was a lack of kindness and doctors,
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| Where freedom is viscous air and decrees are not decrees,
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| All of us were not up to fairy tales or fairy tales were not up to us.
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| From the last fairy tale of our yard,
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| Where the reeds rustled, the tinsel rustled,
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| Someone became a merchant, someone became a supplier.
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| And very, very few are storytellers.
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| We carry these fairy tales in ourselves all our lives
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| We need fairy tales always, everywhere, in everything,
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| And without them, we are like temporary workers without time...
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| That is why storytellers are most important to us. |