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La campaneó tantito y, arreándola, con
el palo enarbolado, la siguió hasta el
platanar.
—¡No cierre, animala, espere que salgan
las yeguas!: ¿no ve que están allá?...
Tres yeguas secas estaban olisqueando
en la huerta. Sobre las eras de nardos se
veían los hoyos de los cascos. Se fueron
aculando despacio contra la cerca;
y, cuando la Cande les cortó el paso,
saliendo del breñal con un chirrión en
alto, las tres bestias dieron un respingo
nervioso y huyeron por la puerta hacia
el potrero. A lo lejos, seguía oyéndose
el galope con su patacón, patacón,
patacón...
Había amanecido. El viento madruguero
había ido cogiendo cada estrella con
dos dedos, soplándolas como mota
de ángel, hasta desaparecerlas. Por un
descascarado de nubes, se miraba la
paré del cielo, ricién untada de azul. Los
volcanes bostezaban, en camisón de
dormir. Pringaba.
—Traiga el canasto, Cande: vamos a
pepenar los nances y los limones.
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He tugged her ears like a bell, and
drove her ahead with his cane raised,
following her all the way to the
banana161 plantation.
“Don’t close it, you dumb animal! Wait
‘til the horses leave. Can’t you see they
still der?”
Three skinny mares were sniffing in
the orchard. Hoof prints could be seen
throughout the beds of lilies. They
slowly backed up towards the fence,
and when Cande blocked their way
with a raised stick, the three beasts
jerked nervously and fled through the
gate to the pasture. Their gallop could
be heard in the distance their clickityclack!
clickity-clack! 162
The day had dawned. The earliest wind
had plucked every star with two fingers,
blowing them like cottonwood seeds
until they disappeared. In between
the clouds you could see the wall of
the sky freshly painted of blue. The
volcanoes were yawning in their misty
nightgowns. It was drizzling.
“Bring the baskets, Cande. We have
to pick up the locust berries and the
lemons.”
161. Plantain plantation.
162. The onomaetopeia for galloping in Salvadoran Spanish contains 9 sounds /pa-ta-cán/; syllabification
in English: /cli-cki-ty-clack/ (8 sounds).