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Popa Tanda

by Ioan Slavici

1873•Ion Creangă•EN
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Popa Tanda by Ioan Slavici

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“Sătenii însă tot sârbă-n piatră!”

Father Trandafir gets sent to a village where the houses are literally falling apart. He tries to preach change, but nobody listens until he fixes his own roof.

“Vorba e deșartă, dacă nu e însoțită de faptă.”

Talking about work is just noise to people who are struggling. They only started paying attention when they saw his garden actually growing.

“Popa e omul dracului!”

He spent years being angry at his neighbors for being lazy. Then he realized a little bit of honey works way better than a lot of vinegar.

The village changed because one person decided to stop complaining about the mud. He just started paving his own path.

Details
Published
1873
Publisher
Ion Creangă
ISBN
9789735911898
Language
EN

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