Category: 09 The girl and the mango tree

  • Legends and rum

    Legends and rum ….. Chapter IX: The girl and the mango tree      “Grandfather, did you know about the poor little girl and what happened to her in this mango tree?” I just had to ask when I saw him arrive.      “Manuela, now my dear sweet Manuela, how can you be telling…

  • The fragrance of the flowers

    A terrible fall ….. Chapter IX: The girl and the mango tree      “Grandmother, what happened to the little girl?” I had to ask, even though, I wasn’t too sure I wanted her to answer.      “She died, my dear…” Grandmother answered with a deep sadness in her voice.      “It is said…

  • A terrible fall

    A terrible fall ….. Chapter IX: The girl and the mango tree      “They say that the house was built by a general. That may or may not be so, for as you know, people love to waggle their tongues. The thing is that the foreman in charge of the construction had a daughter.…

  • A five-generation house

    A five-generation house ….. Chapter IX: The girl and the mango tree      Finding no way out the salesman ended up explaining that: more than eighty years before when they built this house (more than seventy years have gone by since that day, can you imagine that?), the mango tree already existed, but not…

  • The little girl and the mango tree

    The little girl and the mango tree. ….. Chapter IX: The girl and the mango tree      “Well, it’s certainly a strange situation, no doubt about it. That salesman was not at all impressed when she told him about the fragrance. Not even in the least bit. Seems it was quite the contrary. He…

  • A ghost story…

    A ghost story… ….. Chapter IX: The girl and the mango tree      “It seemed that on various occasions, people had felt that aroma, the fragrance of flowers, if you will, unexpectedly and always here, on this patio and at this time of the day.”      “Now, as it happened, when her mother…

  • A silent presence

    A silent presence ….. Chapter IX: The girl and the mango tree      Grandmother quietly interpreted my laughter and immediately answered:      That´s the way it was in those times, my darling young one. I had to treat your great-grandmother with the utmost of respect as if she were my own mother. Kids,…

  • Scolding the naughty little girls

    Scolding the naughty little girls. ….. Chapter IX: The girl and the mango tree      “In the patio, the aroma began to intensify, reaching out, pervasive and pungent and saturating the space with a presence that almost had become tangible. I was starting to feel a bit unsteady. My grandmother’s words seemed to reach…

  • Fragrances from those remote and long lost times

    Fragrances from those remote and long lost times ….. Chapter IX: The girl and the mango tree      “Suddenly and out of nowhere, the air was invaded with this strong aroma. I felt I had been transported back to Honduras; to Choluteca, the city where I was born. I had gone back to the…

  • Full time jobs

    Full time jobs ….. Chapter IX: The girl and the mango tree       “Well then, where were we? Yes, we had just bought this house from Jairo’s mother, your great-grandmother Leonor. She was going about her plans and getting ready to move to the States. She went to live in Dakota, but came…