Ján Karafiát: Chrobáčikovia

Pekný príbeh o svätojánskych muškách, napísaný ešte v 19. storočí. Ako sa im žije? Večer pred západom slnka vstanú, pri modlitbe zopnú nožičky a naraňajkujú sa... V noci svietia ľuďom. Čítame o ich príhodách, o živote - svatbách, narodení malých chrobáčikov aj o smrti. Keď zomrie svätojánska muška, po troch dňoch tam vyrastie stokráska.

Aj malý Svätojanko sa učil lietať, neskôr začal aj on chodiť svietiť, ale často bol neposlušný a to mu spôsobilo aj problémy, keď doňho hodil chlapec klobúk alebo ho zbil Lienik. Ale ako hovorila Janka, priateľka rodiny, on bude poslúchať, keď ho to Pán Boh naučí. Aj sa tak stalo, keď sa neskôr oženil a mal deti, Lienik im povedal, že oni určite poslúchajú, veď aj ich otecko veľmi poslúcha.

Koho poslúcha? Takto sa aj Svätojanko pýtal ako malý - koho to poslúcha jeho otecko? No predsa Boha, vysvetlila mu mamička. Každú noc ide svietiť a svieti, aj keď ho už bolia krídelká a ďalší deň ide znovu svietiť, aby bol poslušný. Pán Boh chce, aby sme ľuďom svietili, tak im svietime, vysvetľuje mu aj otecko. A tak robia, čo od nich Boh chce a prijímajú to, čo sa stane ako Božiu vôľu.

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A nice story about the fireflies, written back in the 19th century. How do they live? In the evening before the sunset they get up, at prayer they hold their legs and they eat the breakfast. In the night they light the people. We read about their stories, their life - wedding, births of little fireflies, about the death. When a firefly dies, after three days a daisy grows there.

Also little Svätojanko ("svätojánska muška" is a "firefly", literally "fly of St. John") was learning to fly and later also he was going to light, but he was often diobedient which causes him also problems, when a boy throwed a hat to him or when a bug beated him. But as Janka, a family friend, was saying, he will obey when God teaches him. And so it happened, when he later got married and had children, they were told they they certainly are obedient, since also their father is obedient.

Whom does he obey? Also Svätojanko was asking this as a little - whom does his father obey? God, explained him Mum. Every night he goes to light and he light and lightes, even though his wings are already aching and the next day he goes again, to be obedient. God wants us to light to people, so we do so, explains him also his Dad. And so they do what God wants and they accept what happens as God's will.