1. Regional Mexican Legends
THE SOMBRERO.
Stars were everywhere in the night. In silence were the dirty streets in
Guatemala City.
All in silence. No noise.Tthe walls looked like wasted paper, paste
to the old ruins of the city near Sagrario Streets.
All were dyeing because of coldness In the Portal of Señor.
Matching 8 o’clock was the Cathedral clock, time for spirits come
out from somewhere.
Near the Old Cathedral Streets, on the sandy streets, time passed
and passed.
Then, a little noise was listened, even loader when time passed.
After, some steps where listened.
Then, the noisy steps, didn’t listened anymore. At
the corner of the street, a man of town was
watched. He stopped, he saw to everywhere very
slowly. With a mysterious appearance, he turned
to the next corner and he continues walking, very
slowly.
He seemed to be a miner.
When he approached to the houses the
cried of dogs was listened. He was very little, with
a belt which covered all his body, but with a beautiful pair of boots. He carried a
guitar; those whom are in sell, Thursdays morning in the Cathedral. And finally
in his head an enormous hat, which covered from his head to his foot.
He carried four mules with him; it seemed they had no direction to follow.
He quickly crossed Nuestra Señora de Candelaria Church. Near a post
he stopped, he got his guitar and happily started to sing with no fear. And his
voice entered to all the houses of the town. All nights, including a little hit he
made with his shoes on the ground.
When he finally stopped, he guarded his guitar and took his mules.
Suddenly he disappeared, exactly when the first rooster song was
listened.
Everybody in town commented. Two women complained, that they could
not sleep on no time last night. They both, thought was some boyfriend of some
of the ladies of the town, that everybody went and song to them in front of their
house.
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2. Regional Mexican Legends
Everybody describe this lady, thinking that some boy had come.
“She is poor, that is why everybody come here and sing to her” they said.
“But she is very beautiful, always” they commented.
A shame would be that some of this guy would ruin this girl.
Nina was very beautiful. The woman of the store did not understood how
a humble woman, could had such a pretty girl.
Nina was wonderful.
In her hair, and specially, in her eyes was reflected her grace.
Her mother wanted for her a good husband; she cared her girl a lot, for
that time.
But not only her mother took care of her, all the people of the town
appreciated her. Everybody was proud for having her in town. People thought
they had to the most beautiful girl of the New Guatemala of the Asuncion.
Every day the serenade repeated and repeated every day. He sang Nina
new romantic poems. Meanwhile Nina in her house listened carefully to the
songs commotion.
Hearing the voice, of the man in love.
Finally opened the window of the room, after a lot of days. She imagined
him, big and with muscles.
That mysterious man entered in Nina’s house, since then.
The persistence of the serenades was causing a mess in town.
Everybody wanted to know the man who was in love with Nina.
An old woman in the Candelaria Old Church, after the Holly hour,
commented to other woman, that they both had to know the guy who was
singing to Nina.
That night the old woman could view the little man entered with his guitar
and a big hat also boots, to one window into Nina’s house.
“Oh, my God! Do you know who is Nina’s boyfriend?” she told, “Is the
Sombreron, that’s why she is so skinny. Yesterday I saw her eyes, and they
look like if worms were eating them.” She said.
“We have to do something, poor Nina” she continued “the goblin” she
exclaimed.
We have to talk with Chayo first to do something.
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3. Regional Mexican Legends
“She will get ill said Chayo. “Take her away from here, take her to other
town quickly, the goblin won’t let her, take her from here” people advised to
Chayo.
Nia Chayo took Nina from Candelaria town to Santa Catarina Convent.
The first night that the Sombreron came to seek Nina, and he didn’t find her, he
scared to much, at the point that came back rapidly from the same street with
the guitar. He loose rapidly scared and dusty.
In front of the altar of Santa Catarina Nina prayed. But she felt his
presence.After doing her duties, she could listened the clicking of his boots and
the voice in love singing songs.
Since the day Nina crossed the Convent doors, near the convent were
two mules drinking water
Old people of Candelaria said. Nina, the beautiful girl with big eyes and
golden hair was depressing slowly in front of the nuns. Until Santa Cecilia’s
night she slept for ever.
In sunrise she was death.
The nuns kept vigil on her in the Señor Sepultado Chapel. After they
gave the death body to her mother, a Street seller of the Amargura Street they
kept vigil on her.
Her mother took the body to keep vigil. The house was full of friends who
wanted to see for last time to the girl who was admired by everyone.
By the street, at eight o’clock, appeared a little man with his guitar and
his mules walking rapidly, The Sombreron.
Running he entered where people was keeping vigil. He strapped the
mules and began to sing a sad song.
Tears were coming out all around his big hat. Pain tears. His crying was
listened in the entire house. All started to cry also hurt also by the Sombreron`s
pain.
No one remembers in town now when stopped that crying.
Everybody viewed next day in the street a crying rosary around the entire
town. Nina, the beautiful girl the Sombreron love in San Juan de Dios
Cemetery, every Santa Cecilia nights appeared some mules, near the thumbs,
the hearing of a guitar and a song is listen. In a thumb a flower with alb drops.
Because as old people said the goblin never forgets the ladies he had love.
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4. Regional Mexican Legends
Inglés Español Inglés Español
Everybody Todos guitar guitarra
Next day El próximo dia flower flores
Cementery Cementerio had tener
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