Month: September 2016

  • On the final stretch

    On the final stretch

    On occasions, he wondered where he obtained the strength to keep on going        A little bit before entering the curve, he had already caught up with Danilo, and gradually, he began to get ahead. The two boys ran as fast as they could, as if their life depended on it. Half way up…

  • Three for the champ

    Three for the champ

    Nothing like childhood, when you can still fly without wings      “Ready! One, for the fox. Two, for the rabbit. And three, for the Champ…!” Danilo shouted as he started to run on the count of one, as fast as he could. But on this occasion, Magnifico was on his own turf.    …

  • Waiting on the road

    Waiting on the road

    He enjoyed running barefoot down the roads, as he felt the dirt crumble beneath his feet.      “Let’s wait for everyone to arrive at the farm, so they can watch how I beat you once more, or what?”, Danilo remarked calmly to Magnifico, who, at the moment, was concentrated on carefully taking off his…

  • A brave dare

    A brave dare

    Gallant acts of chivalry are not lost; they may be found in the anonymous everyday life of the world’s unsung heroes.        It was on the straight stretch of the road, just before the curve that comes out to the clearing with the pine tree. On the same spot where the family gathered…

  • The popular songs

    The popular songs

    And what of life, if it were for the music, for it to be properly enjoyed     On the second uncovered wagon, and sitting next to each other, Magnífico and Camila were carrying on this lively conversation, totally engrossed in their own separate world.     To their side and surrounding them, as well as…

  • Leaving from the park

    Leaving from the park

    In a good life, there should always be time for a bit of rumba with friends The hill          Zapatoca, Santander, Colombia     Their departure from the central park was, without any doubt, tainted with the overtones that came from a long gone past. The serious part of the celebration, The…

  • On the way to the farm

    On the way to the farm

    Among the most distinctive characteristics of the human race, is the propensity to celebrate their happiness      The bells had rung eleven times, and his parents began to organize the short journey to the farm. It was a big group. Even though his classmates and neighbours were but eleven, each was present with the family. Since most of…

  • The young farm workers

    The young farm workers

    Since they were quite young, they had learned to pay their way, and their passing through childhood was brief at its best     Two years had gone by already, since they stopped attending school, for there was only first and second grade to pursue, and when they had finished, they were barely seven years old.…

  • Just… to get it to start boiling

    Just… to get it to start boiling

    And in the bleak skies of his old age, the warm skies of his childhood shined once again     The morning was still young. Both of the spectacular races were over: the horse race, which Danilo’s father had won, riding his new horse; as well as, the five laps around the park, won by…

  • A young man

    A young man

    When he was a boy, he wanted so much to be a grown-up…. when he was grown-up, how he missed being a boy!      Y así, en su ensueño regresó al domingo, contento pues, la fiesta de cumpleaños era su despedida de la infancia.      Para el próximo cumple tendría diez años y…