CLOUDLET

e evil men passed by it and never saw it. With the foes gone, the women and children kneaded some clay, made bricks which they baked in the sun and built a chapel. Since then, Mary has been helping the people from our village. Men have gone to war, have not miss a single one, and mothers and wifes came together to pray to God’s Mother to protect their children and men. You all came back, to the last one, didn’t you? And now Entcho came back.

KOSTA: Entcho, what about Entcho, he had not gone to war? He said it was work. You the womenfolk get scared of everything, mourning something or other all the time! Why did you put those two glasses there?

The pub door opens and two women come in. One is old, leans on a cane. The young one is supporting her and carrying a tray with small twisted breads. A semi transparent icon of the God’s Mother ascending in a cloud comes down from the ceiling. The icon is between the women and the table where Kosta and Tsvetan sit. The third table is like an altar in front of the icon. The young woman puts the tray in front on the table and stands next to the old woman. Tsranka makes the sign of the cross. Stavri and Valko close the backgammon, stand behind the icon and make the sign of the cross. The light fades until the only thing lit is the icon of Mary on a cloud.

Scene VI

OldMac’s parlor. The table is bare, next to it there is an old worn out knapsack. OldMac sits on his chair and reads some documents. Enters Enyo.

ENYO: I closed the top gate and barred it. Is this all your luggage?

OLDMAC: Where I am going they will be waiting for me. (puts the documents in the kanpsack) We still have time. Take a sit here, I hate hanging around airports.

ENYO: Then you should call when you are coming back and I will pick you up.

OLDMAC: I will never return here.

ENYO: I thought you liked it. You just fixed up the house.

OLDMAC: The house was fixed by you, I just did not stand in your way.

ENYO: And now you don’t need it. Sell it to me!

OLDMAC: I did not say I don’t need it. Just the opposite.

ENYO: That means that you want to sell it for more. Tell me how much it is worth, I may be able to afford your price.

OLDMAC: As a storyteller once said the people now know the price of everything but have no idea of the value of anything. Here you have served for three years to gather the money for this castle.

ENYO: I served, I gathered.

OLDMAC: So what, I came here a little bit before you and paid the price that those two young lads asked for. Their eyes were shining at the prospect of getting rid of their grandpa’s hut. For them the equivalent of this house is few ringing coins, for them it has a price but does not have a value. Now you come and want to give me few coins. For me they have no value. But we may come to an agreement…

ENYO: I doubt I can give you something else. I am not famous, I will not be co