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What comes around…goes around
He never did plant what he wouldn’t wouldn’t serve at his own table “I agree, Camila. It’s too bad, but I think you have a point there. I also felt she was on the point of tears and very scared. It’s just very silly. She should know she’ll never lose me.” “The way I see it,…
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Abandoned nests
Though the nest may be so comfortable, it is hopelessly left behind, in the moment when wings reach out for flight… Camila was the first to break the silence. Her voice reflected a meditative state of mind. “You know something?” “Excuse me?” was Magnifico’s reply. He was also lost in his own thoughts. “It seems it was…
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The trials of growing up
A new life is invariably begins with labor pains Outside, holding hands and deeply pensive, Magnifico and Camila walked. Without having heard the conversation between the parents, they too were totally engrossed in their own reflections concerning the morning’s events. Juana, the shepherd, if only in performing her job, though not by breeding, was attentively…
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Live and let live
He lived his own life as he saw it, and let the world live their own as they saw fit Later, that morning… a long time later, while they enjoyed the calm feeling of each other, as they lay together in bed at that unusual noon hour, Father readdressed his wife’s earlier concerns. Mariscal’s streets …
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Morning celebration
And, how many times he decided that the best thing to do do… was to not do anything at all “So, what are we going to do?” the young mother asked, placing her head on the also young farmer’s strong shoulder, whom she had loved so much, since way back, as far as she could…
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Father… a wild card
On occasions, he had to manipulate the people and things around him, but always with elegance and respect. “And you defended yourself like a real trooper. Cool and relaxed, but absolutely firm, if I don’t remember wrong…” At that moment, in the quiet of the early morning, the silence in the shed was broken, as she…
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A prefab life
In his life, he always preferred to make his own way, as to following the paths he encountered on the way “But, that story already went through, at least, a full turn. Could be there’s more to it, but as far as I know, it goes back to your Mom’s plans for us, may her…
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Stuck in a gulley
Problems, they constantly rained upon his life, sometimes in downpours and sometimes in drizzles, but they always arrived with the right answer, tucked neatly in the arm. “What do you mean by that? Right now, you’ve completely lost me and left me stuck somewhere, in the middle of a gully. Do me a favour and explain…
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A retrospective oulook
As he contemplated his future, he never lost sight of his past The father set his gaze upon her, with a look that overfilled with tenderness. When he answered, it was in his softest and most endearing voice. “Let’s consider this carefully, my love. Life isn’t easy, nor is there any reason at all to…
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A mother’s heartbrake
There had been moments of doubt in her mind and quite a few at that, but there was never one to vanquish her, for even the darkest nights, inevitably ended in a new dawn with its own light… Mother looked exhausted. It seemed she had fought a storm that with sudden violence had assaulted her world,…
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