Creative Association "EKRAN" (Screen)
SWANS Based on L.N. Tolstoy's stories
People gathered to watch me take off.
I said goodbye to my village, got in the gondola,
looked around to see if everything was in place and shouted: "Set her free!"
For a moment I was terrified and ice ran through my veins.
But then I forgot to be afraid,
I felt like a tsar ruling over cities and peoples.
I quickly rose high in the atmosphere.
Only the gondola's ropes quivered mildly.
And once, the wind blew me around.
I was enjoying myself, the air was nice to breathe
and it made me want to sing.
At sunset, a cloud gathered,
and suddenly covered the sun.
Again I was terrified.
I flew up like an arrow.
Breathing became harder and harder,
I pulled the rope to release some gas and sink,
but either because I was weak, or because something had broken,
the valve did not open.
If I cannot stop the balloon, I thought,
it will burst and I'll be a goner.
Below I still could not see anything.
Then the wind started to carry me somewhere
And suddenly...
the sun came out.
I had flown for only three hours,
But in this time...
I had lived a complete lifetime.
I dreamed of the extraordinary and sought it out.
But because it constantly surrounded me,
I had not the slightest idea of it...
Scriptwriter - A.Timofeyevskiy Director - M. Novogrudskaya Subs - Bornik, Eus (2016) ed. Niffiwan (2021)