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Dream 4
New Priest (science fiction, part2/3)

...So, the village is waiting. And the longer it takes the more some become aware how insignificant we are.

But one day, the news spread. “We get a new priest! He is coming!” My friend tells me that the priest plans to come by the local bus. As we have only one bus stop and two dates per day, it is not too difficult to estimate when he will arrive.

So, I walk down the street, a bit late maybe but he won't run away so quickly for he probably needs to greet all the people waiting at the bus stop to see him. From the distance I already notice how the crowd dissolves and something strange comes into my direction at the other side of the street rolling on the pavement. I stop and stare at it. 

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Dream 4

New Priest (science fiction, part1/3)

I live in a small picturesque village in the countryside. Here, each village has its tiny church and with its church there comes the local Roman Catholic priest, the central person for community feelings and social gatherings. 

Our former priest moved away and so, his place became vacant for a new one. But nobody comes. The mayor sent a letter to church but there was only the answer that they are working on it. Church has a shortage on personnel. First, they invited priests from Poland to take the vacant seats. And they did. And now, not even priests from Poland want to come. 

I am not part of the church and therefore I am never obliged to go to the services. Yet, I was friendly to the priest and I also had the patience to listen to his broken words in my language. I think he was sad that I was a heathen to his paradigm. Well, and now he is gone after struggling in vain to find acceptance here. Because particularly, the old group of hunters was not to thrilled about his Polish accent. They never can be convinced, no matter how friendly one is. 

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