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After many years, my friend Stacy came to see me. So, to be exact, Stáňa's friend came. But the time before the revolution, when we met, Stacy sounded much better, somehow more "American." And that was just the point. So this Stacy visited me years later, and we couldn't think of anything but to repeat the climb to the Truth after many years. Well, it might sound more realistic to repeat the walk, but I won't be a little first. A bit of history for those who have no idea what I'm talking about here. The Gothic castle Pravda was probably built in the second half of the 14th century, but the first written mention of it dates back to 1523. And under the next seventy years, ie in 1593, it is written about as a deserted castle. The ruins stand on a limestone promontory between the villages of Pnětluky and Domoušice in the Louny district.

It is also interesting that, apart from the unknown year of its foundation, no historical sources mention why or according to which the castle got its name, ie Pravda. And since I'm not a historian, I'm not going to speculate on any of the unclear facts.

So I'd rather go back to our hike, which I went on with Stacy. After a peaceful walk of about a kilometer and a half, we arrived at a place where two roads lead to the ruins. The one we fought in peace as children leads to a very steep hill, the second one, which we despised as a child, leads around, but it is pleasant, comfortable and, most importantly, gradual. I did not hesitate for a moment and decided on the second option.

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But somehow I didn't expect Stacy to want to prove anything. After all, we are not so old, impossible and incompetent, so I will not leave her in the lurch and go with her on a steep, but shorter path of our childhood.

I didn't expect it, but I couldn't be ashamed. That makes sense. So we set off on a steep path up to the Truth. After a few tens of meters, when the narrow path turned into an almost invisible path full of roots, stones and potholes, I began to regret my decision. But I had to do it, because Stacy didn't look so tired, so we crawled on to the top with a loud sigh.

But what the hell didn't want, Stacy broke a rock under her feet, staggered, waved her hands in the air, and flew down. She cried out heartily and rolled unstoppably down the hill. I was trying to catch her as she flew past me. But I didn't do very well. It wasn't until a few more feet later that Stacy caught on to the trunk of a young tree. He bent hard under her weight, but held on.

When I asked if she was whole, Stacy tapped her forehead, scrambled to her feet, stretched out all her limbs, and even though she looked really shaken, she didn't hesitate for a moment and pounded again toward the top.

I looked at her admiringly and shuddered at her own pace. To be objective, the journey upstairs took us three times longer than when we did it as children, but we both managed to do it. God, how proud of me!

Stacy won, of course, she was a little better off than me. We both blew like historic steam locomotives. And when we looked at each other, it was clear to us that at that moment we were both thinking of a race in the run to the top of the piste, which we had at high school in Desná. At that time, we all reached the finish line totally recharged, but with the difference that we were after a hearty breakfast, which many of us involuntarily left on the hill after sports performance.

This didn't happen to us today, but unfortunately Stacy wasn't satisfied with this sporting performance. All she had to do was breathe a little, walk through the castle courtyard and come up with another idea. But about that again next time…

 

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