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Ondrej pásol ovce na vysokej lúke nad dedinou.
Ondrej was grazing sheep in a high meadow above the village.
Chodil hore v máji a schádzal dole v septembri.
He went up in May and went down in September.
Celé leto býval v malej drevenej chatrči.
He lived in a small wooden hut all summer.
Nemal rádio ani hodinky, len psa menom Bača.
He didn't have a radio or a watch, just a dog named Bača.
Čas poznal podľa slnka a podľa hladu oviec.
He knew the time by the sun and by the hunger of the sheep.
Raz v auguste prišla búrka, akú nikto nepamätal.
One day in August, a storm came that no one remembered.
Ondrej zahnal celé stádo do skalnej priehlbiny.
Ondrej drove the whole herd into a rock hollow.
Ráno našiel dedinčanov, ako ho hľadajú s lampášmi.
In the morning, he found the villagers looking for him with lanterns.