17 years of rain or shine, 16,000 kilometers round trip every year, abandoning life and death to run to his beloved wife
In 1993, in a small town in Croatia, the old man Vikci lived alone and peacefully in the town, and one day, a white stork with a broken wing stayed on the roof of the old man's yard
The old man helped it treat the wound and carefully took care of the white stork for a while, and the original timid and cautious white stork became no longer afraid of people
Its white feathers and slender body were so beautiful that the old man gave it a nice name, called Marlena
Considering that Marlene's wings could no longer fly, and she was alone again, the old man decided to adopt Marlena
Since then, Marlena has been spoiled by the old man as a "daughter", no matter what they do, they are inseparable, one before and one after, one person and one stork, like a father and daughter
The old man used branches to make a nest for Marlena on the roof, so that it could look into the distance, a small wooden bridge, convenient for Marlena to walk from the ground to the roof, the old man also intimately wrapped the wooden strips to prevent the wooden strips from scratching Marlena's feet
In this way, after ten years of living together, in 2002, one day in March, a male white stork suddenly broke in, and the old man was afraid that the male white stork would bully Marlena and stayed in the yard
However, unexpectedly, the two white storks are in the nest, playing with each other, and it is obvious that they are in love with each other and fall in love
The male white stork did not feel that Marilyn was injured by her wings that could not fly, and would go fishing in the distance every day to bring it back
The old man made a bigger nest for the "new couple" as their new house, and named the male white stork Ak
Fast forward to a certain day in August, but the old man did not see Ak again, thinking that he had gone fishing and had not returned
The neighbor said that he saw Acker and a group of white storks flying away, and the old man was instantly dizzy and dizzy, and he was very resentful of this "scumbag" who had always been chaotic and abandoned.
After Ake left, Marlena was severely devastated, became sad and depressed, and even went on a hunger strike, becoming weaker and weaker
The old man used many ways to comfort Marlena, but Marlena still did not eat food, the old man had to use the hard irrigation method, forced the fish into Marlena's mouth, and slowly, Marlena gradually recovered
The spring of the next year came again, and suddenly, the black and athletic figure flew into the nest, and it was Ak! It returned, and the lovers who had not been seen for a long time were finally reunited
They snuggled up to each other, bowed their heads, and seemed to be telling the infinite thoughts of the heart after separation
After a while, the old man found that Marlena's movements became slow, the old man was worried that Marlena's health was wrong, asked the veterinarian to diagnose Marlena, the results came out, people were very excited, Marlena was pregnant, it was going to be a mother
After a few weeks, Marlena's children are all out of their shells, and the old man will bring small fish to feed Marlena's children and supplement the little white storks
Happiness is always short-lived, and in August, Acker is leaving again, and this time not only Acker is leaving, but the children will also leave
Experts explain that white storks are migratory birds, and in August, when the weather turns cooler, they will fly in groups to South Africa for the winter and fly back the following year
Ake and the children migrated south, leaving Marlena alone, and the old man would play a video of Ake and the children every day to make Marlena less lonely
And Ak, it is reluctant to Marlena, every year is the last to leave, the first to fly back to the white stork
While the straight-line distance from South Africa to Croatia is 8,000 kilometers, Ak needs to fly 16,000 kilometers back and forth every day
In this way, 17 years, parting and reuniting, in parting, their children also raised a batch and migrated a batch and did not come back, year after year, Ak silently kept his promise, and returned to Marlena in the spring
By April 2017, Acker had not yet returned, the old man and Marlena were anxiously waiting, and a long time had passed, and Ak still had not returned
The old man inquired about Acker's migration route and found that Acker was bound to pass through Lebanon, and hunting in Lebanon was rampant, and Marlena was also unable to fly because of a gun on her wing
And Acker is likely to have suffered an accident
The old man could no longer wait so quietly, and he picked up a feather that had fallen from Ak, made it into a pen, and wrote a letter to the president of Lebanon
The letter expounded the elderly's views on the conservation of biodiversity, called for a ban on poaching, protected wildlife, and told the love story of Marlena and Acker
Unexpectedly, the major media in Lebanon boiled over, and the Croatian media also boiled, and front-page headlines everywhere rushed to report the love story of the white storks
A camera was placed in the upper left of The Marlena's Nest and the footage was dropped on a large screen in the center of the town, playing live 24 hours a day
Ake and Marlena touch the hearts of the townspeople all the time, and many stop in front of the big screen to pray that Ake will appear again
I don't know how long later, just when everyone was no longer hoping for Ake, a familiar figure appeared again, that is Ake! It's finally back!
The couple and couples in front of the screen were crying, laughing, jumping, screaming, hugging each other, and at this moment, the girls all agreed to the boys' marriage proposals, and this moment was so unforgettable!
Flying back Ak, covered in scars and blood on his feathers, no one knows what he has experienced, what beliefs have supported him to leap thousands of miles, life and death without fear, but also to return to his lover's side
Maybe this is love, straight to life and death!
Not only do people have feelings and love, but there is also love between animals, especially the love between such birds is stronger than that of people
During the Song and Jin dynasties, the literary scholar Yuan Haoqing, on the way to Beijing, happened to meet a farmer who shot a big goose, and soon after, another big goose actually hit a cliff and was martyred
Yuan Haoqing spent a lot of money to buy the bodies of two geese, buried them, called the graves of the geese "Yanqiu", and wrote a "Yanqiu Word" that has been passed down through the ages.
Ask what is the world's love, and the Orthodox Religion promises life and death?
The sky south and north double flyer, the old wings several times cold and hot!
Joy and fun, parting from suffering, is more idiotic children.
