In 1993, an old man picked up a female white stork covered in blood. But more than a decade later, the story of this white stork has touched hundreds of millions of people.
A scarred white stork broke through the sky and landed in the nest, and at this moment, thunderous applause erupted in the square, and everyone hugged and cried because Ake had returned.
The old Croatian Vic picked up a wounded white stork, which was covered in blood and dying, as if it had been shot by a hunter. Although the old man had tried his best to save him, he could no longer fly because of her wing injury.
Storks are migratory birds that are good at flying, and they fly to South Africa every year for the winter.
This white stork can't fly, and if it is released, it will not survive this winter.
So Old Man Vic left the white storks around to feed.
Vic named the White Stork Marina and took care of it like his own daughter.
The birds are not willing to be trapped under the cage, but the white stork is very well-behaved and obedient.
So Vic often took Marina for a drive and ate with Marina and watched TV.
But soon after, Marina was in the nest on the roof, and suddenly a female white stork came, which hovered here and refused to leave, and always gave Marina fish and food.
Vic understood that they were in love.
So Vic named the male white stork "Ak".
The two big birds were inseparable and soon had children.
In the nest on the roof of the house, there were several more small white storks.
However, there are not many such beautiful days, because winter has arrived.
By biological instinct, Acker had to fly to South Africa.
Marina rubbed Ake's head, and it didn't want Ak to leave.
Day after day, day after day, it was getting colder, and Ake was still on the roof.
The other white storks here have already flown to South Africa.
Vic often looked up at them and muttered, "Is Ak going to stay here?" ”
Finally, Ak was gone, and he flew to South Africa with their children.
After that, Marina often stood on a high place, looking into the distance. For a while, Marina didn't eat or drink. Vic didn't want to watch Marina grow depressed, so he began to force her to feed it.
Under Vic's care, Marina's spirit improved, but she completely lost her previous vitality.
But what no one expected was that at the beginning of the next year, when spring had not yet fully arrived, Ak flew back!
It landed inside Marina's nest and rubbed its head against Marina's feathers, as if to express its own miss.
Marina also spread her wings and kept chirping.
The neighbors and Vic were shocked, they did not expect that the white stork had flown back.
What they didn't expect was that for the next dozen years, Ak would fly every year.
It was the last white stork to fly to South Africa, and it was also the white stork that left South Africa early.
There were 16,000 kilometers back and forth between north and south, and Ark did not fly alone for ten years without following the stork swarm.
Moving south is the white stork instinct, but love can cross everything.
However, in the year of 2017, Acker did not fly back as promised.
Vic tensed up, Acker sounded punctual, could it be some accident?
Vic immediately checked the route of Acker's flight back, which would pass through Lebanon, where countless white storks were hunted every year.
"Will Ake be hunted and killed by birdmen?"
Looking at the hunting pictures in front of him, Vic's heart was flustered, and then he calmed down and decided what to do.
So he made Ake's feathers into a pen and wrote down the story of Ake and Marina. The letter and the pen were then sent to the President of Lebanon, hoping that he would stop poaching. Vic also posted their stories online.
After the story was published, there was an uproar, and the world's headlines were occupied by two storks.
The President of Lebanon has also pledged to take this matter seriously.
Some media set up a 24-hour live broadcast device in front of Marina's nest and broadcast it in real time on Lebanon Square to call for the protection of wild birds.
But seeing that autumn was over and the white stork was about to fly back to South Africa, Acker still did not return.
People think that Acker may not be back.
However, a white figure broke through the long sky and landed on the nest.
Ak is back!
He was covered in scars, but he still flew to Marina's side.
Thunderous applause erupted in the square, and everyone embraced and wept. The love of the two white storks touched everyone.
Watching and waiting, they bring these two words to life.
Animals rarely have a companion in life, but they can overcome their nature and span thousands of miles.
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