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"Stories from the Past" (1916) contains the stories: Sunce Djever and Neva Nevičica, Bratac Jaglenac and little sister Rutvica, Šuma Striborova, How Potjeh searched for the truth, Fisherman Polunko and his wife, Lutonjica Toporko and nine župančići, Jagor
Among Krklec's children's poems, Telegraphic Fables stand out because with them he introduced a completely new form to Croatian children's poetry.
Siljan, the hero of this story, is sometimes a boy, sometimes a stork, so it is no wonder that we meet people who have something animal in them and animals who think, speak and act like people - wise men and fools, warriors and cowards.
Dad explains everything to the children from the beginning, from the differences between the sexes to how young people get married and become parents. Conception is explained in great detail in order to make it as easy as possible for the children to unde
The story was originally published in the collection of Croatian folk stories from Vojvodina "To the sky", which was collected and edited by Balint Vujkov, under the title Wise Shepherd, and narrated by Miško Zelić Kaćmar.