Realization that somewhere in the Serbian remote areas still exists the herd of the black Karakačan sheep that has not been mentioned even in the professional literature for more than half of the century was more than an intrigue that one can hardly resist. In the Crna Trava mountains a distrustful old woman and her a little bit younger sister tend sheep that were bequeathed to them by their ancestors who told them not to mix them with other herds. Therefore the old woman has been persistently trying to change a conversation to another topic.