VelkokneznaMaria

Hush, my darling, for tonight The Lord has called your name. The Moon has risen white and bright, died out the candle flame. Before the dawn that comes in red, your hair will embrace grass, there will be no more tears to shed when you will meet the stars.

The girl held her breath, when she heard the steps, and was trying to ignore a buzzing fly, that was stubbornly tangling into her hair. Hidden behind a long red velvet curtain she couldn´t see what was going on in the room, and so she was listening to every sound very carefully. The steps were too heavy to belong to her elder sister, and they were soon gone. The girl breathed again freely. She heard a far-away whoop, signaling that someone had just lost in this hide-and-seek. Then there was another moment, when the curtain moved a little, and small fingers grasped her skirt. Marie breathed out with incredible relief, when she saw the