/ world today news/ So many years have passed, and when I hear Dupnitsa I think of her. And leek, as they say to me – it is again in front of my eyes. A large leek, you say, and you wouldn’t be wrong. I am glad to remember this story! I have told her so many times to colleagues and friends that I almost couldn’t come up with a name – Tanko Praza…
…It was still in Bai Tosh’s time, I am a militiaman, 35 years old, stretched, tight, measuring steps – who is like me. Especially when I’m in the village – by the time I get home, I get chest pains from bloating. But some grains of sand got loose in the kidneys, so the official doctor sent me to Hisarya for two weeks.
And there’s a job: I drink water, swing my legs around the park and stare at the asses of the resort girls. And I got lucky after the first week. I was warmed by the smile of a curvy woman who is my weight – and she was brought by grains of sand from Stanke Dimitrov – now Dupnitsa, then in Hisarya…
And when we drove her – every evening with her at the Orpheus restaurant. We didn’t feel like music, our souls were singing, but we folded chicken on the grill and poured it with chilled white wine… And when we came home in the dark – tsuni – guni on the most pushed benches in the city garden.
Yes, but the number of days is quickly running out. My treatment is over, we part, and she invites me: in three days I’ll be in Stanketo, come! But I heard that there are nice leeks in your area, you can bring me some for the winter…
Well, no problem, I think, leek if you want!
Kisses good-bye and I begin ticking away the sluggish hours of the three days. And I keep thinking about her: how I’m going to walk into Stanketo, grinning, with a sack of leeks in one hand, a grilled chicken and a bottle of white wine in the other…
And the day came…I – shiny, clean-shaven, tight in the uniform, the Muscovite shining from washing and running on the Tekezesar block for leeks. The guard is a good acquaintance of mine, a man from our village, but when he heard that we would have to fill a sack with leeks, he cut me off straight away:
– Well, Tanko, how come – this is a national leek, should we interfere with it, and you are also a person in power…
Bray, he spoke to me like that, beating me to the core and shame, I blushed with embarrassment, sweat poured down my back, and to blur the matter, I turned it into a joke:
– No, man, I’m joking, I’m trying you, what do I need leeks for, at home the yard is full…
I don’t know if he believed me, but I haven’t heard anywhere that he accused me of asking for leeks…
Time is running out, the road is waiting for me to Dupnitsa, therefore, without hesitation, I run home, mom and dad are at work, and I hastily plucked a bed of leeks, filled the plastic bag, threw it in the trunk and – let’s go to my beloved ! I turn the steering wheel, and she is always in front of my eyes, as if she is sitting on the front hood of the Muscovite – she looks at me with her colorful eyes, shakes her head to blow her long hair, and bares her teeth aligned like a thread…
Shortly before Stanketo, I stopped at a small restaurant, bought a grilled chicken and a bottle of white wine – our trademark, she gave me the address and with a little asking – right outside her gate. In one hand she had a bag of leeks, in the other the chicken and the wine, grinning , I call playfully… And she comes out, but does not rush to hug me, but looks down and as if forced to speak:
– Oh, you didn’t forget about the leek, Tanko…come in…
I go in and I’m surprised – someone comes out of the bathroom on a towel, but at least thirty centimeters above me – a woman. He nodded at me, looked at me – a man in a uniform, I inspire confidence, there is no doubt about gambling, he brought leeks to his acquaintance from Hisarya… Since he had work in Blagoevgrad, she stopped by…
I curled them like this, I swear in my mind for the shallow mind, and she breaks the chicken, pours the glasses and:
– Ha, you are welcome Tanko, a faithful friend turned out to be…
That’s what he tells the crowd…
We drink, they talk, I count the flies in the room…
I turned around for about half an hour, looked at the clock and felt embarrassed that I had to go, I had work to do…
– Have a good trip, Tanko, says my housekeeper, and before he has taken two steps, he slams the door behind me…
Is it an easy way, for me to make my way from Plovdiv to Stanketo with a sack of leeks and grilled chicken, and you with this one… But being a fool… I blame myself and push the gas on the Muscovite – back!
In the evening, I was just watching “Around the world and in our country” and dad said:
– Tanko, some idiot stole our leeks, it can’t be like that, he’s looking for a dog…
Well, I’ll find a dog, but the idiot is in front of you, I say, but in mind…
Already in the morning, I call our dog handler in the militia, an old friend – not only on the official side, but also on the thin side… I know that when a dog starts making mistakes, they just bang him, put a new one…
– Having a dog is unnecessary, I tell him, and he:
– You’re lucky, Tanko, we just ordered him to shake it, I’ll give it to you…
– Take him to the village, I’m waiting for you, I’ll add that Dad and I are in the yard to meet man’s best friend and a real watchman who will protect the leek from thieves…
When the dog came – but let your eye see a dog: as big as a donkey, trained, fed on portions, and the village watchers piled up by the fence. Tati leads the dog to the wet bed, she says something to the dog, whispers his incantations in his ear and at one point sends a command:
– Trace!
Bro, this dog pokes its nose into the bed, breathes, breathes and walks towards me… I turn pale and red, and the dog barks and rushes towards me… The dogs giggle, the dog and he gets nervous and mutters: De shaking, de… Who will you believe that I have peeled leeks! Again he returns the dog to the bed, speaks to him again and strokes his head, and again a new command:
– Trace!
This time the huge dog lunged and bit my hand! The friend runs, gets rid of me, scolds him, the spectators roll up with laughter, crack each other, some even throw in: Fuck you, that was my tracker…
And only I know that the dog has no fault, but how can I explain to them? Once in Stanketo I became a laughingstock and a pity with this leek, a second time is not good. After all, I’m a man in a uniform, that’s power, it would be a big shame if they found out in the village that I plucked my father’s leeks for a woman from Dupnitsa… They would crack me up with taunts, and when they see me, they’ll shout from afar:
– Big leek for Dupnitsa, Tanko!
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