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Zarceaba el viento en la palazón de
los conacastes, como en una guitarra
destemplada; el sol entraba ya en la
hindidura dialcancía del horizonte.
En el cielo, las nubes mostraban
choyones desangrados. Las golondrinas
inspeccionaban el velamen166 recién
izado de la tarde; en el callar, la tierra
daba bordazos de sombra.
Por el camino venía Don Nayo, lento
y tosigoso. La Lupe lo esperaba en la
palanquera.
—¿Qué lihubo, Nayó?...
—Los casaron. Los juí a dejar al terreno.
Tan contentos.
—¿Le arvertiste a Nicho de lo que te
dije?...
—Más valiera no me bieras dicho jota,
miás azorrado con el yerno.
—¿Eh?... ¿Por qué?...
—Cuando lo llamé aparte y le
recomendé que la tratara con primor,
no fuera ser que se asustara, se echó a
rír y me dijo: «No siaflija por babosadas,
esa yés cosa antigua: asigún colijo167 , la
tengo ya empreñada dende hace un
mes».
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The wind moved the elephant ear trees
to and fro, roughly like a guitar out of
tune. The sun was ready to slide into
what looked like a slot in the piggy
bank at the horizon. The sky ran red and
the clouds showed bleeding lines. The
swallows inspected the newly hoisted
sail of clouds in the afternoon. In the
silence, the land was blessed with a
generous shade.
Señor Nayo was walking along the way,
slowly and with his usual cough. Lupe
waited for him at the fence
“What’s up, Nayó?”
“They got married. I took them to their
lot. 168 They happy.
“Did you warn Nicho about what I
said?” “You’d have better not told me
anything, now he’s mad at me.”
“Huh? Why?”
“When I talked to him in private and
told him that he treat her tenderly so
she don’t get scared, he began laughin’
and said, ’”Don’t ya worry for little things,
that’s an old story: according to my
calculations, she’s been knocked up for
about a month now.’”
166. Conjunto de velas
167. RAE: colegir. (Del lat. colligĕre). 2. tr. inferir (‖ sacar consecuencia de otra cosa).
168. It is customary for parents to give their just-married children a plot of land