Guskin oglas

iz knjige Zekina sreća (1990.)

The Goose's Ad

from the book Bunny's Luck (1990)

Ilustracija iz knjige Zekina sreća (2007.), ilustrirali Jadranka Berak i Ivan Francuz · Illustration from Bunny's Luck (2007), by Jadranka Berak and Ivan Francuz

Dajem svoja dva otpala peraza tri zrna kukuruza zrelai još jedno iz desnoga krilada bih što veća i deblja bila.

Two feathers that I've shed I'll give awayfor three ripe grains of maize, and I will payone more besides, out of my own right wing,to grow as big and plump as anything.

Šifra - fer trampa!

Code word: fair swap!

Translator's note. Croatian small ads ask for replies under a šifra, a code word; his verse ads were read out on local radio.