The Danube is alive. It is a river that is alive, that has a soul, that knows how to think, and that sometimes knows how to get stubborn. Many injustices are done to it, especially this pollution and so on. … The Danube used to flow where the Theological Seminary is now, through Karlovci; that’s where the bank was. Then the bank began to crumble, meaning the main current shifted to our side. And what happened? It started to fall; the whole town could have been lost, because Karlovci is an amphitheater in this market part. And then the citizens of Karlovci bought four old boats, ‘šajke’ (riverboats), loaded them with stones and earth, and sank them along the bank. And only when they sank them did the main current hit and move to the other side.