Once upon a time there was an enchanted place in Burgas. It appeared fifty summers ago in the most magical part of the city - at the lake with cool water under the branches of an old willow tree. There was a wonderful curved stone wall. There came to live our most favourite fairy tales - "The golden girl," "Cinderella," "Grandpa and turnip", "The three brothers and the Golden apple," "The Fox and the stork," "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and many others. Statue of a storyteller with an old harp guarded the secrets of the fairy creatures. Mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers walked along the wall and told the tales to their children. When the last of them ended, they continued their way to the big glass flower house and the nearby zoo with everyone's favourite monkey Pesho.

The years passed, the dusty sandy paths were paved, the zoo was moved, the flower house disappeared forever, but laughter was still heard from the wall. For the Children from the nearby neighbourhood that was the yard they played every day, but there were others for which the road to the wall was a long adventure across town. In the hot summer days on the lake with the lilies appeared pedal boats. Often the boys catch tadpoles and were chasing the girls with them. The games continued carefree until the evening. Sometimes a child stalked its parents and secretly plopped into the water, but then quickly had his ears pulled and came back home just in time for the next episode of "Shogun."

Thus were born the fond memories of the erstwhile happy kids. Some more years passed and the fairy tales faded amid the noise of the new amusement park. Captivated by the lights and the music of the Gondola, the Ballerina, the carts and the other attractions, the children quickly forgot the fairy wall and it slowly began to crumble away. However, just before disappearing, some managed to collect some of the fallen tile mosaics and stored the memory of the lost days of their childhood. And so we come to nowadays. There is a wall again - and even fairy tales. Yes, it’s not exactly the same, but so it is with children's games. I guarantee you, however, that after years these children will remember the new wall, just as we remember the old one now.

Text: Lina Slavova

Magazine “Vij! Burgas”, vol. 8