Passage in El Guayabo

Ernesto Amador

· 20 Jul 2021

Passage in El Guayabo

Second part. Every year, for Christmas, in El Guayabo they sent supplies to the tailor's house. Then, the tailor was satisfied, but it was not long before he said again:

- What else does it give!

The tailor's wife was always in a good mood, and she was never heard of saying, like her husband: Why!. The children grew up, went to distant lands. Ramon was the youngest.

But bad times came. The tailor had to stop working, because his hands were sick. - Don't get discouraged! - said his wife-. Since the hands of the father cannot help us, I will try to give mine more lightness. Little Ramon can also help.

The boy was already sitting at the sewing table. He was a very cheerful boy. But she didn't have to sit there all day, said the mother; she also had to play and jump.

Irnelda was his best playmate. His family was even poorer than Ramon's. He had great ideas; he wanted to be a good tailor and live in the city. Irnelda would go visit him, and if she knew how to cook, she would prepare food for both of us and have her own room. It seemed to Irnelda all that was somewhat unlikely, but Ramon did not doubt that everything would happen to the letter. And so they spent the hours under the old cocaguito tree, while the wind whistled through its branches and leaves.

In summer the leaves fell, and rain dripped from bare branches.

- They'll be greening! -said the woman.

- What else does it give! - replied the man.

“We have the pantry full,” she observed-. And we can thank the lady. I'm healthy and I don't lack energy. It would be a sin we complain.

Christmas was spent by the owners on their farm, but then they returned to the city. It's still missing..