In 1993, there was an old man living alone in Slavonia Brod, Croatia, who was a school janitor, and one day he found a white stork with a broken wing and carried it back to help it heal. The old man's wife died early, usually alone, very lonely and lonely. It was a female white stork, and the old man named it Marina.
Now the appearance of The White Stork Marina has comforted his life, and one person and one bird depend on each other. The White Stork Marina recovered quickly under the care of the elderly. However, Marina had lost the ability to fly, and if she was sent away, it would not survive, so the old man decided to leave it behind and live with him.
In order to find suitable food for the white storks, the old man often took Marina to the river to fish, and then fed the fish to Marina, Who quietly waited for her father, and the old man built a comfortable nest for Marina.
Whenever she went for a walk in the countryside, Marina the White Stork always looked up to the sky and chirped, that was the sky it longed for, that was its destination, but now it could not do anything. The old man understood Marina, and whenever this happened, the old man always took Marina in his arms and gently stroked her head to soothe her restless mood.
One person a year, living together peacefully, this is a whole decade.
One day in 2002, the old man got up very early, and suddenly found that there was a strong male white stork next to Marina, and looking at the intimate appearance of the two of them, the old man knew that his daughter Marina was in love.
The old man named the male white stork Ake, the two birds loved each other, and Marina's mood became more cheerful than before, but the good times did not last long, one day, Ak did not return, Marina stood on the roof without eating or drinking, but Ak still did not return.
Within a few days, Marina became dying, unable to stand, the old man watched his daughter suffer, cursing the negative and fortunate Ak in his heart, the old man tried everything to restore Marina to her previous carefree appearance, but Marina's happiness was gone, all day long sullen, the old man looked in his eyes and was angry, whenever he saw this, the old man sighed.
A long winter passed, and in March of the following year, a huge white stork appeared in the air and landed in the old man's yard, and Marina greeted him happily, and when the old man saw that it was Ak back. The white stork is a migratory bird that migrates every year, winter to South Africa for winter, spring back to Croatia, in order to meet Marina as soon as possible, a round trip Ak flew over a long distance of 16,000 kilometers.
Experts calculate that Acker left the latest time, the time to come back is the earliest, when he left, it was an instinctive need, and now he comes back to be his little wife who cares about himself.
Looking at the tired Ak, the old man could not bear to blame him, quickly prepared food for the two birds, Ak was also very friendly, took the initiative to run to the old man, let the old man touch his head, comb and comb the feathers.
Soon, Marina became pregnant and gave birth to a litter of small white storks, and the old man's task was heavier, in addition to taking care of Marina, he also had to take care of a litter of small white storks.
In August, Acker was leaving again, and as he was leaving, he took some of his flying children with him.
In March of the following year, Acker returned, but the children did not return, they grew up and had their own lives.
Such a day has passed for 15 years, but March 2017, quite a long, because Ak did not return on time, not only Marina seemed a little anxious, the old man was also anxious, until the beginning of April, Ak did not return. The old man went to inquire about the migration route of the white stork, the original white stork's route passed through Lebanon, where the poaching phenomenon was serious, many white storks died tragically, hearing this news, the old man's heart sank, Ak was not also killed, the old man did not dare to think down.
The old man wrote to the president of Lebanon, telling him his thoughts, hoping that the president would give care to the white storks and not let the people poach migratory birds.
On April 12, 2017, Acker finally appeared in the old man's yard, but he was covered in blood, and after Ak and Marina's love was reported, it was called the greatest love of the 21st century.
In July 2020, Marina passed away, will the lonely Acker be back in March next year?
Love is noble, it is pure, it exists not only in humans, but also in other animals.
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