Tale about Crying Angel

There is an island on Svisloch River, where a monument to the soldiers who didn't return from Afghanistan is mounted. Here people commemorate those who perished, and just married couples bring fresh flowers. Firmly closed locks with engraved inscriptions like "Constantine + Svetlana = love forever" hang on the forged gates which protect the island from intruders at night. 

Photo of Dmitri Dzerzhinski, 2006

It stays here, at the island, closing its face with hands and showing by its entire look that there is nothing eternal on the earth. But fiancées don't know about it and day after day they come to the Angel to hold its genitals and believe that certainly will give birth to a boy. Because in case love won't keep a husband then a son will hold him tightly. And the Angel realizes wishes of common people. That's why its genitals are brilliant polished. Not only residents of Minsk but also guests of the capital have heard much about magical Angel's abilities. 

Translated by Ekaterina Ludvigovna Prokopovich, Odessa