The Tale of Stork

If Crease was the star, then Stork was the soul of the show. The master created him as an old man with a disgruntled face, sewn from burlap. Stork had a heavy bag full of dried herbs hanging behind his back, and during performances he always came out closer to the finale, grumbled, scolded the main character for stupidity and pulled out a healing root from the bag, which saved all the heroes of the performances. The children loved Stork's grumbling and shouted to him: " Grandpa, don't get mad!". And the adults smiled: too plausibly the old man grunted and was dissatisfied.
 
After the Master's death, Stork disappeared along with some other dolls. After a while, the hunters who went into the deep forests beyond the swamp began to return with amazing stories. They swore that they had met an old man in the thicket — short, stooped, in baggy clothes, with a bag on his shoulders. He always appeared suddenly when the traveler lost his way, and, cursing, pointed the way back. " Get out of here," he grumbled in a raspy voice, "there's nothing for you to wander around here!". And the traveler obediently left, and after an hour he found himself in the village.
 
Some tried to thank the old man or treat him, but he just waved and disappeared into the bushes. They say he still wanders through those forests and helps the lost, but not out of kindness, but because he hates it when someone breaks his solitude. And every time he sees a person off, he mutters softly to himself: " What kind of people... As my Master, everyone climbs where they don't ask ...".