Real or unreal storks?

Stork's nest in Hungary. Photo Torun Ekstrand Stork's nest in Hungary. Photo Torun Ekstrand

When living in Poland I almost drove off the road when seeing my first white stork live. It was exotic for me, who came from the north.

 

When driving further southeast this summer, we came into a small village in Hungary and saw a classical picturesque view – a stork’s nest on top of a telephone pole. Five storks standing in formation.

 

 We disagreed in the car.

- It was just an advertising sign!

- No! I saw feathers moving!

- They looked to good, they must be made of plastic!

- A sculpture!

 

We went back and parked outside the sleepy village bar to look at the storks. Suddenly one of them took a gliding flight I the hot still air. Their wing span was as wide as I am long.

Not plastic.

 

Came to think about an Aesop’s fable about the fox and the stork. How the fox invited the stork for dinner and served soup on a flat plate so that the stork couldn’t eat, and the stork invited back in the same nice atmosphere – serving the food in a long-necked jar with a narrow opening so that the fox could just smell the dinner. I always wondered why the stork came to visit someone who actually could eat her instead. And, why on earth she bothered to invite the fox back.

 

Lost in a fairy-tale? Caught by a sign for tourists? Trapped by an advertising sign in 3D? Seen a painting from somewhere in art history? What company uses storks in a nest for their advertising? (Maybe this sign exist only in my imagination? Tried to google it but could not find the picture that seems to be visible only before my eyes).

 

Real?

Etiketter: storks' nest; signs

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