Atheo

Six animals lived on one farm – a dog, a cat, a goat, a lamb, a duck and a hen. Everyone did their job and so it took many years. Only once did the animals quarrel and started blaming themselves for the other having an easier job. In the end, they decided to test which of them would be right.

The godfather fox Eliška was cunning. After all, the way foxes are. A sow also lived on the farm not far from her burrow. She didn’t dare to face her, because it would be a big bite for her, but Eliška heard that the sow Květuška has four piglets – three girls and one boy. And it was them who she wanted.

An abandoned house stood in one county far from the people. It was a haunted house, from the look of it. People didn’t even go there. When they had to pass this way, they stayed as far away from the house as possible. Everyone knew that ghosts lived in it. There was a rumor that they are evil. But that was not true.

Dr. Woodpecker lived in the forest and he was frequently visited by animals with various ailments. Although he mainly treated trees, he was always able to deal with sick forest animals. One day, the Kráčmerka jay fly to him. There was nothing missing, but she was out of breath and had to exhale before she was able to get the word out. Then she began begging Dr. Woodpecker to fly quickly to Mrs. Pine with her. Something is bothering her and no one knows what to do. The Woodpecker was their hope that Pine would recover. So he packed his medical case and flew with the jay to that place.

Ghosts are loners. They keep friendships with their species but that’s all. One of them, the ghost Cecílek wanted to get married. The problem was that he couldn’t find a bride. It makes sense that a ghost can only marry a ghost – with a girl. And there were desperately few of them. So he didn’t know any girl. He confided in it to his friend the ghost Florian. He thought for a moment, then told him that he would bring him three haunting girls to choose from. Cecílek rejoiced and waited for what Florian will come up with.

There was a shelter on one of the hills. And it was very successful. Unfortunately, the animals came here in large numbers, but after a few days they went to new families, where they had a beautiful time.

There were two mosquitoes. All their lives they just hung out in the big meadow and did nothing. Only once a mosquito told the other one mosquito that he no longer enjoys the way people are still chasing him and want to hit him with a slap, for example. The mosquito echoed the truth. People really do not love these buzzing animals. The mosquito continued to sigh and set out to continue his rest. The second mosquito hadn’t slept all night, wondering what he could do to change people’s minds a little. And he figured it out. He decided to roam the world with mosquito, and he still had a surprise in reserve. Now it was time to persuade the mosquito.

He explained his intention to him in the morning, but he did not even want to hear that he should go somewhere unknown. Finally, after long hours, he let himself be persuaded. But that was not all. During the night, the mosquito made up a plan for how they would earn for a living – they would sing. The mosquito stared wordlessly for a moment, and after the initial shock, as soon as he recovered, he began to curse the mosquito that he must have gone completely insane. How can they sing when, firstly, they can’t do it and, secondly, they don’t even have a musical ear. Plus, they can only buzz. The mosquito had a clear answer to that. This buzz is their motto. They just rehearse the songs together in the form of a buzz and that’s it.

The mosquito didn’t look convinced, but eventually nodded. So they started training. First at home in the meadow. When the other animals heard it for the first time, they were so surprised that they even forgot to chew food. Birds from the forest flew in, and even the roe deer and the fawn arrived at the clearing to see what the others were seeing. When they had practiced it, at least in the opinion of the second mosquito, it was decided that they would try it in front of people. The first mosquito was terrified – he probably had stage fright. But the mosquito reassured him that they manage to fly away, if something bad would happen.

So they flew to one fair. They flew carefully between the stalls. Finally, they stood on a wooden post and exhaled first. They waited until there was complete silence. And then they started buzzing – singing. After a while, the people fell silent and literally watched the revelation with their mouths open. After all, who has ever seen mosquitoes sing. When they finished, there was a moment of complete silence. They were preparing to escape. When suddenly people started clapping and the earth shook. So it all turned out well. Mosquitoes started to perform, thus changed people’s view of themselves.

There was a ghost named Žmůrek and he had a big problem. From the headquarters of all the ghosts, he was sent to an abandoned mill, where he should have spooked. But he didn’t want to do that at all. He was the one who wanted to be friends with people and not scare them. He was checked several times, as he was reported that he did not scare people at all. His superiors threatened to punish him if he did not do his job. Žmůrek still refused to spook. People knew that he was in the mill, but everyone was afraid of him. And Žmůrek was very sorry. He was terribly sad.

Bělinka was a very finicky young cat. She had a brother, Mourek, who was exemplary. His parents Micinka and Macík were proud of him. They also liked Bělinka, but it bothered them how finicky their daughter was. They didn’t know what to do, so they asked a grandmother, Micinka’s mother.

There was once an ostrich Quido. His greatest passion was babysitting and running. But none of the animal inhabitants of the bush were interested in his services. They said to each other – nobody steals from us, nobody hurts anyone, so why would we need a security guard?