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La bía buscado entre lagua, en los
matorrales, en los hoyos de los palos y
hasta le bía dado güelta a la arena cerca
del ojo, y ¡nada!
—Lonra e la Juana, dende que tata la
penquiado —se decía—, ha de ser
grande.
Por fin, al pie de un chaparro57 , entre
hojas de sombra y hojas de sol, vido
brillar un objeto extraño. Tacho
sintió que la alegría le iba subiendo
por el cuerpo, en espumarajos
cosquilleantes.
—¡Yastuvo! —gritó.
Levantó el objeto brilloso y se quedó
asombrado.
—¡Achís! —se dijo—No sabía yo que
lonra juera ansina59 ...
Corrió con toda la fuerza de su alegría.
Cuando llegó al rancho, el tata estaba
pensativo, sentado en la piladera60 . En
la arruga de las cejas se le bía metido
una estaca de noche.
—¡Tata! —gritó el cipote jadeante—: ¡Ei
ido al ojo diagua y ei incontrado lonra e
la Juana; ya no le pegue, tome!...
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He had looked for it in the water, in the
bushes, in the hollows of the trees and
deep in the sand by the spring, and
nothing!
“Since Father had beaten her
unmercifully, Juana’s honor must be
something big” he said to himself.
Finally, at the foot of a chaparro58 bush,
between patches of leaves and patches
of sun, he saw a strange object shine.
Tacho felt a wave of happiness pass
through his body.
“That’s it!” –he shouted.
He picked up the shiny object and was
astonished.
“Darn!” –he said. “I didn’t know that the
honor was like that…”
He ran with all the strength of his
happiness. When he came to his house,
his father, seated by the washboard,
was far away in thought, his brow,
furrowed with wrinkles. 61
“Pa!” shouted the panting child: “I went
to the water pond and I found Juana’s
honor. Don’t beat her anymore, here,
take it!”
57. Chaparral, gobernadora.
58. Larrea tridentata. Or “chaparral bush” A shrub that can take over other plants.
59. Arcaismo. “Ansina” suena como “así no”.
60. Donde se les da agua a los animales.
61. Or literally “He had a stake in the wrinkles of his brows”