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—¡Na<strong>de</strong> juerte, chero, hay que salir!...<br />

—Voy nadando, oyó. ¿Quién babosos<br />

será ése que vino a jo<strong>de</strong>rnos?<br />

Una voz cercana se <strong>de</strong>jó oír tranquila y<br />

orientera:<br />

—Van nadando al contra, hijós. Laguna<br />

a<strong>de</strong>ntro siogan; síganme a yo.<br />

Aquella seguridá les dio confianza; y a<br />

nado e chucho buscaron el braciado <strong>de</strong>l<br />

<strong>de</strong>sconocido, que los guió, los guió, los<br />

guió hasta que asentaron ja<strong>de</strong>antes en<br />

el lodito mechudo <strong>de</strong> la orilla. Al tanteyo<br />

buscaron el monte y se tendieron a<br />

<strong>de</strong>scansar. El negro Calistro estaba<br />

casi acalambrado por el yelo <strong>de</strong>l agua.<br />

Quería preguntar al <strong>de</strong>sconocido quién<br />

era, y darle las gracias; pero el juelgo se<br />

le atorzonaba en la garganta como un<br />

tapón y no podía hablar.<br />

Dejó al fin <strong>de</strong> pringar. Un vientecito<br />

brincador empezó a barrer el cielo.<br />

El sol logró meter un rayo dioro en<br />

la laguna, como carrizo en jícara, y<br />

empezó a beberse la cebada espumosa<br />

<strong>de</strong> aquella ñeblina. A las tres se vido<br />

clarito las dos rodillas prietas <strong>de</strong>l volcán<br />

acurrucado allá en Oriente. Como<br />

enormes esponjas oscuras, fueron<br />

apareciendo las ramazones <strong>de</strong> los<br />

palos asomados a la playa. En el patio<br />

<strong>de</strong>l rancho cercano, la tarraya colgada<br />

<strong>de</strong> una pértiga parecía la telaraña <strong>de</strong>l<br />

callar, para coger moscas <strong>de</strong> ruido.<br />

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“Swim hard, buddy! We gotta get out!<br />

“I’m swimming’, man. What the hell<br />

came to fuck us up?”<br />

Nearby a voice was heard, quiet and<br />

orienting:<br />

“You’re swimmin’ against the ti<strong>de</strong>, sons.<br />

If you keep goin’ you will drown, follow<br />

me.”<br />

The rescuer gave them confi<strong>de</strong>nce.<br />

And paddling doggy-style they sought<br />

the arm of the stranger, who gui<strong>de</strong>d<br />

them, gui<strong>de</strong>d them, gui<strong>de</strong>d them until<br />

they were settled, panting, on the mud<br />

of the shore. Blindly they had to feel<br />

their way around through the bushes<br />

and lay to rest. Calistro, the black man,<br />

felt cramped from the coldness of<br />

the water. He wanted to ask who the<br />

stranger was and thank him, but his<br />

breath was stuck in his throat like a<br />

stopper and he could not speak.<br />

It finally stopped raining. A jumpy<br />

wind began to sweep the sky. The sun<br />

managed to project a gol<strong>de</strong>n glimmer<br />

onto the pond, like reeds in a gourdtree,<br />

and started to drink up the frothy barley<br />

of that haze. At three o’clock they clearly<br />

saw the two black knees of the volcano<br />

nestled in the East. Looking onto the<br />

beach the branches of the trees, like<br />

enormous dark sponges, appeared. In<br />

the yard of the nearest shack, a castout<br />

net hung from a pole looked like a web<br />

of silence to catch flies of noise.

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