I am walking home. The sky is low. It is Sunday afternoon, but it is getting dark already. Usually busy, the streets and squares of central Zagreb look deserted. In the distance, I see a teenage girl walking as fast as she could. She must be rushing to meet someone dear. And then she starts running. When she disappears behind a corner, I look around, and then I start running, too. For no reason. Just like that. Thrilled, I am running and running. And then I start laughing. Ah, what a splendid Sunday afternoon!

Addendum (January 15, 2016)

This is a wonderful story about the animal in us. Unhindered, it started running for no reason. Just like that. And then it laughed and laughed for the joy of it. Plain running. Running as such. Oh, I love this story! It is about life without thinking. Plain life worth living. And laughing, laughing.