cuentos de barro - DSpace Universidad Don Bosco
cuentos de barro - DSpace Universidad Don Bosco
cuentos de barro - DSpace Universidad Don Bosco
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Clavó una cruz <strong>de</strong> palo en un pilar<br />
y or<strong>de</strong>nó que se <strong>de</strong>jaran abiertas<br />
las puertas para que oreara, que se<br />
<strong>de</strong>senmontaran los contornos, que se<br />
cogieran las goteras, se plantaran flores<br />
en el suelo y se colgaran macetas <strong>de</strong> las<br />
vigas.<br />
Días <strong>de</strong>spués, el cura pudo ver la casa<br />
resucitada. El patio liso y barrido,<br />
las enreda<strong>de</strong>ras trepándose por las<br />
pare<strong>de</strong>s y las macetas colgadas <strong>de</strong> las<br />
vigas. Sonriente y gordo, palmeó en la<br />
espalda <strong>de</strong> Ulalio y le dijo:<br />
—¿Conque, embrujada, eh?...<br />
—¡No creya Padre, entuavía sioye un<br />
bisbiseyo!...<br />
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He nailed a woo<strong>de</strong>n cross on a pillar,<br />
and or<strong>de</strong>red that the doors be left open<br />
so that the air would come in, and that<br />
the moldings be removed, the leaks<br />
be fixed, and flowers be planted in the<br />
flowerpots that hung from the beams.<br />
Days later, the priest was finally able to<br />
see the house resurrected. The patio<br />
cleared and swept, the ivy climbing on<br />
the walls, and flowerpots hanging from<br />
the beams. The smiling and chubby<br />
priest gave Ulalio a pat on the back as<br />
he said:<br />
“I thought you said it was haunted...”<br />
“Just you wait, Father. I can still hear<br />
bumps in the night...”