Dalija Aćin Thelander: Buridan (2000)

THE GOLDEN SISTERS
Due to natural disasters and the anger of the Gods, cities were sinking. She swallowed it
the earth was swallowed up by the sea. A city famous far and wide for its famous goldsmiths also sank, not far from Goat Island. Years have passed. Centuries. The city has completely disappeared under the sand, delicate algae
and small rocks that were carried by strong and changing currents, in the valley of the undersea mountain ranges. Only the tops of the forts and temples, from which the sharp cliffs were formed, remained. In moments of tenderness and rest, smiling sharks played and made love around the rocks, until one morning, at dawn, she sank
lada. Angry sharks and some other nemans, who had a adoring relationship with the rocks and the valley, devoured all the drowned. Because for the sea monster it was a valley of love whose harmony was disturbed by an uninvited ship. Captain Nott and the three sisters Kimo, Kimodoka and Kimotoya remained trapped forever in the ship's cabin only, to whom Captain Nott revealed the secrets of the winds, the signs of prediction, the mechanics of the compass and love that is special at dawn. Lada was followed by a miad of the female dolphin Desire of Love. Every girl wanted to have the heart of that sailor. And each of them, in the dark heart of the sea, did not want to have the heart of a sailor who devotedly continued to write down on the wet pages of the diary the events from the rocky cabin /homo-aquarium, whose exterior and interior were covered with gold by the ghosts of the vanished city at night, while Captain Nott, Kimo, Kimodoka and Kimotoya slept.
so that the boat could withstand the blows of predatory sea monsters. Years passed. Centuries. There, under the sea, sharks and other nemani kept
guard, passing on the vow of revenge to the generations, because the captain and the undecided sisters remained undisguised. None of the sisters were evil, and their eyes, like Captain Nott's, had turned glassy purple and the salt had corroded their vision. Since they could not see and it is known that you cannot speak underwater, they invented the language of underwater waves, pushing the water in different directions and with different strength. Thus, a small movement of a finger could mean "come", a quick wave of the hands "wonder" or a slight lift
heads up "longing". Of course, in that valley of love, where they could not cut their blue-green hair, they could only use the language of love. Therefore, they could neither be thirsty nor hungry, nor did they know about the time that was passing above them. They forgot that you sank a long time ago.
However, one night Captain Nott did not sleep. The spirits from the vanished city whispered that he must choose one of the three and then He and She will be introduced to the city as their deities, after which the city, according to an old prophecy, will emerge on the shore as a wave of light.
He decided, Captain Nott, to offer them his heart the next morning. She who extends her hand will be his and he will be hers. For all that long time, he knew very well that Kimo, Kimodoka and Kimotoi loved each other and that the two left without his heart would die at the same time. He understood them, but he also wanted salvation, and he liked the idea of ​​the city kneeling down and shouting his name with admiration. And it dawned. Hungry seagulls screamed above the water, and high above them a supersonic plane left behind a foggy trail. Ana du mora, Captain Nott stretched out his hands to the sisters, his big golden heart was pulsating in his pockets, which was reached by the mild sunlight. The sisters were petrified and silently cried. Not one of them was allowed to take it, each one wanted to take it and did not want to take the golden heart. The wise sea was reconciled and absorbed the heat and pain of their tears. And everything on the ship stopped being golden. The heart was getting redder and redder. Gold was separated in tanks. It was quite
obviously the heart will go through that small crack. And it went. Kimo, Kimodoka, Kimotoya followed him and none of them could move. The seagulls screamed, the sharks, no one was confused by the speed of events, they saw how the young female dolphin came along eager for love and how quickly she disappeared with her heart in her mouth. And also, Captain Nott turned all gold. The Lada disintegrated with a great bang into restless dust that drowned in sand, shells and delicate algae above the vanished city. Nemani was eaten by the sisters. And the golden Not remained all alone among the sharp rocks, in the valley of love, a disappointed Iz pointing upwards, in appreciation for his beautiful sisters. Because the city didn't want a heartless deity.