As children, they scared us with the story of Pisjanik, a creature that comes out of the water. No one saw him, but we believed he existed. We imagined him as a scary creature with one eye. That forced us not to stay out long and to come home before dark. Similar stories existed about forests where someone supposedly follows you constantly or about cemeteries that caused fear. Such stories were a way for the elders to protect us. Today, people talk less about that, but I pass on these stories and the way of life we had to my children and grandchildren. Nature was something completely normal then, with lots of forests, water, and fields. We children fantasised more about the city than about nature. Today we all run to nature and admire its beauty. This shows how times have changed.