Παρασκευή 22 Ιανουαρίου 2010

A WHILE HAD PAST

After a long while the locals had become used to the tyrany , as the months and years past things were getting harder for everyone .No food was avalable and the entire family had arrived from Athens so? my Grandfather had to produce more food but nothing was growing .Luckily for him right before the war he had produced enough grain for several years cause he had heard the dictator Metaxas on the radio telling people that difficult days are to come . Every day his Mother was making a small package with food and my Grandfather or another member of the family would take it across the mountain to the Newzealenders that were hiding in the caves, along with the family members that had arrived from Athens were two guys that you could refer to them as mangies a mangas is something like a small time gangster who really enjoys his life by spending every evening what he earned in the day .These two were musicians one played violin and the other baglama a small kind of bouzouki ,all day long they were making my Grandafather mad they would not stop banging their instruments .For them it was joy time and not time of war,for my Grandfather on the other hand ,was a huge responseability to take care of so many people. For that reason he was out in the field every day working puting his life on the line ,today I will tell you two of those situations where he was captured, by the Germans, the first time he was outside Azogires cutting wood and cleaning a field by the area we call Avoratos .As a possy was coming by he did not take notice they saw him with the axe for some reason he was asked to put the axe down and walk towards them and he did.He slowed down to pick up the sharpening stone but they thought he was reaching for a weapon so they shot towards him he put his hands up and continued to walk .They roped his hands and took him down the road towards Paleochora then turned and stoped as other German officers were coming by .The highest officer asked my Grandfather how old he was he lied and told them he was 16 they believed him since he was skin and bones .Then the officer asked him what he was doing out on the curfew hour he said he has a family to feed for some reason the officer felt sympathy and released him .The following situation took place some months later, as he was above the village in an area called Pakeliana .He went there to cut figs ,in order to change the diet back home. He placed his rifle under the fig tree ,put his basket in his arm and climbed up as he was cutting them off the branches .He hears the German possy coming down the path from the village Ahladiakes . Jumps down from the tree and then makes a terrible mistake instead of running down hill he starts running uphill and they saw him as he was coming on the breech to the top. In that moment he hears a voice of good friend of his that they had captured from the village Temenia ,and he shouts to him Eftihi stop they are aiming to kill you.He froze imediately and turned around two soldiers walked towards him ,searched him and led him down the mountain.One of them spoke Greek and said to him who are you and why are you running ,he replied I wasnt my Goats ran away and I was trying reach the top . In order to see where they are. then the man said to him when we reach headquarters ill make you talk .He started a small conversation with his friend from Temenia and proposed to him that they escape but he refused ,as they went over the mountain they turned for Kandanos to ,and once more a miracle ocured,?The officer in charge was the same officer that reaesed him the time before ,he said to him,esi pali edo,you again here.And my Grandfather replied ii was chasing after my Goats and they stopped me .The officer asked the others if this was true and they said they dint see any Goats but they took him in cause he was running uphill.When asked my Grandfather replied cleverly if I was running I would run down hill not up .The officer thought for a minute then said to him I will release you for the last time,and i dont know why there is something about you that makes me feel guilty to arrest you.And my Grandfather said thank you but please let my friend go too. He did nothing wrong they only found him walking on the road he had no identity and they took him.The officer went mad ,with the German soldiers and then said to my Grandfather they are useless,they cannot make a proper arrest .He released both of them gave them cigarretes and a note each and told them if you are ever arrested again just show this note ,they thanked him and went away.as they were back to were all this started my grandfather said to his friend come lets cut some figs you can take some home with you.While approaching the tree he picked up his rifle and checked it ?and his friend went mad you had a gun they could have killed us ,and my Grandfather said i go nowhere without it you are crazy Eftihis but clever at the same time you saved my life thank you once more.To be continued ,no one has the right to copy write or duplicate this story without the written permission of the author