The Town Where It Was Forbidden to Die

In a small town in Italy, the people had a real problem. The old cemetery on the hill was completely full. There was no room left for anyone new. The town was small, the land was steep, and a new cemetery was not ready yet. The mayor had to do something, so he made a very strange decision.

V malom talianskom meste mali ľudia skutočný problém. Starý cintorín na kopci bol úplne plný. Nezostalo miesto pre nikoho nového. Mesto bolo malé, terén strmý a nový cintorín ešte nebol pripravený. Primátor musel niečo urobiť, tak urobil veľmi zvláštne rozhodnutie.

The mayor signed an official order. The order told the people of the town that, from that day on, it was forbidden to die. Of course, no one can really follow such a rule. The mayor knew that too. It was his way of showing how serious the problem had become, and his way of asking the town for patience.

Primátor podpísal oficiálne nariadenie. Nariadenie hovorilo obyvateľom mesta, že odo dňa jeho vydania je zakázané zomrieť. Samozrejme, nikto takéto pravidlo naozaj dodržať nemôže. Vedel to aj primátor. Bol to jeho spôsob, ako ukázať, aký vážny sa ten problém stal, a jeho spôsob, ako mesto požiadať o trpezlivosť.

When the people read the notice in the square, they laughed. They knew their mayor could not stop death, but they understood his message. The funny story did not stay in the town. Newspapers picked it up, and soon people all around the world were smiling at the little Italian town where, for a while, it was against the rules to die.

Keď si ľudia prečítali oznam na námestí, zasmiali sa. Vedeli, že ich primátor nedokáže zastaviť smrť, ale pochopili jeho odkaz. Smiešny príbeh nezostal len v meste. Prevzali ho noviny a čoskoro sa ľudia po celom svete usmievali nad malým talianskym mestom, kde bolo na chvíľu proti pravidlám zomrieť.