Teodoro and the three ingredients.

Tales of Portugal: Teodoro and the three ingredients.


One was once, long ago, they were living in a Portuguese small town through a very close (united) marriage that was waiting for the birth of its first daughter.
Teodoro was lumberjack and worked all day away from home looking for logs to distribute throughout the village. He did not like very much its work but how of youngster I cannot study; he did not have any more remedy than to dedicate to it to be able to help its parents to maintain its seven brothers. Adelaide its wife was devoting herself with a lot of devotion to realize the house works and was doing some works as seamstress. It was a poor marriage but they were very satisfied and enjoyed everything what they could of its time together.
Unfortunately, Adelaide had some problems during childbirth and when she gave birth to her small Fatima a few days died because of an infection.


From that moment, Teodoro changed. It was no longer vital, energetic and courageous boy who had been. Now without Adelaide felt empty and looked with great sorrow in his heart despite the presence of Fatima, after which as well as it was possible.


Fatima grew up alongside her father and often went to the forest to help him with the task of transporting firewood and distribute it through the town. They were never speaking about its mother although Fátima frequently had asked him for her.


After a time, the small Fátima fell ill. The different doctors to whom Teodoro came (turned) it did not offer a lot of possibilities that the small could survive

Teodoro at that time cried heartbroken seeing that I went back to repeat the same story as with Adelaide. But this time, it was too much. It could not bear the loss also of their small Fatima.
So after receiving the news he directed at the edge of a river and began to weep and mourn heartbroken, seeing that luck was not with him. His heart was filled with anger and resentment by life. I thought that nothing was worth and that Fatima would not recover are never of her illness.

At that moment an old man accompanied by a large cane appeared and sat beside him.


-Hello, Teodoro - said the old man.

-Hello - answered Teodoro. How do you know my name? -Teodoro asked amazed that did not remember having seen previously to the elderly.


-As you see, I know everything - said the old man touching again and again his long white beard.


-I felt that your daughter Fatima has fallen ill - said the Sage.


-So it is- answered Teodoro.


- And what do you think to do about it? -said the old man.


-For nothing. I don't expect already anything of life. All has left me very badly. I was now very happy with my wife and looks at the situation in which I find myself. So I'm going to keep fighting. My life has no meaning. I will go away from here so no one finds me - said at the same time sad and furious Teodoro.


-I believe that you can still do something for your daughter - said the old man. I don't think you should discourage you as soon. Perhaps the loss of your wife was written, but that doesn't mean that also the same thing happen to Fatima. Don't think?-said the old man.

-Perhaps I could help Fatima whom one recovers but I need a thing of you - the elder said.

-Ah yes! Tell me. I am willing to do anything for my little. -Teodoro exclaimed startled.



-Well. I will explain a secret. I know an ointment that can heal to Fatima but the ingredients are very difficult to obtain - said the old man.


-To create the ointment you will need to find clover of truth in the lost souls enchanted garden, pen of the Hawk that is located at the top of the mountain of the tempest and the Red stone that you will find in the cave of the dinosaur. With these three ingredients you will form a mass that every day and every night one you applied to her for your small chest. A week can see how improves - continued explaining the elder before the surprised Theodore gaze.


-Do not think that you can get it - said Teodoro. I will not be able to do so. Also do not know or where to start to look for - Teodoro said very discouraged.


-Well then not you will manage heal your small - said the old man.

And saying this disappeared as rapidly as it had come.

When Teodoro realized what he had said, was trying to look for the elder again, but it already did not find it.


With a lot of sorrow in its heart it left to house where Fátima was waiting for him very happy.


-Hello Papa, have already returned home. It is too early today - said the girl smiling and stroking fist.

-Hello Fatima. I have to leave a few days. But don't worry; one of your cousins will come to be with you a few days while I is absent - said Teodoro.


And where are you going dad?-asked amazed the girl knowing that her father had never been more than one day outside the home.


-I'll do some shopping out of town. I need to buy new instruments in order to fell trees better and more easily collect the firewood - lied Teodoro.



The following day departed without further delay to find the three ingredients that the old man had told him in order to make the ointment.


While I was walking and I remembered the words of the old man, thought maybe it wasn't any Sage, possibly it was a fake and perhaps what had him saying was not true and that when you applied the ointment to Fatima prove the falsity of his words that she would not recover is ever.


But even so, decided to continue the journey in search of the first ingredient.


The first site where would go would be delighted to lost souls garden. There you should find clover of the truth.


He walked and walked tirelessly through different valleys and mountains with unique compass of his intuition. Certainly didn't the he walked but was guided by the stars and by the hope in your heart.


Suddenly he came to a lush forest. Thousands and thousands of trees forest did a very gloomy and dark space to which Theodore was afraid of entering.



But very determined broke in the undergrowth and went a long way accompanied by a multitude of voices and whispers that talked about him to hatred.




Thousands of lost souls began to whisper strange words in your ear and based on hypnotic prayers began to poison its value with the feeling of a dreadful fear. The fear began to invade him and had wishes of running out. These souls were dark beings that lived in the forest and had a mission not pass to any foreigner because they were responsible for protecting the clover of the truth. They could not allow certain people are taking him and conducted an improper use.


Teodoro shook panic and was on the verge of surrender to the power of domination that souls hovered over him. Suddenly he felt that the voice of his beloved Adelaide it resonated inside. And I said:


-Teodoro. Fight. You can do it.

Adelaide phrase resounded again and again in its interior and the love with which were spoken made Teodoro out of his hypnotic state. Theodore began to remember the affection with which Adelaide had him care and loved during the time that stayed together and this made him build value. The souls before the immensity of the love that Teodoro was dismissing for the memory of Adelaide, fled scared in the search of another being easiest to be able to control and dominate. They realized that Teodoro was a being brave and decided internally and that the love of its heart was real. So they decided to leave and allow Teodoro to be able to gain access to the trefoil of the truth.

Teodoro when the souls were gone, he sat on a rock and realized that all this time had not wanted remember Adelaide, because his memory put him very sad. But had now realized that remember it and return love his recollection, it had done him well. Perhaps he had never buried in his heart the great love that I had felt for her and forget it in that way. This had caused only more suffering.


More lively and happy then departed in search of truth clover. He immediately found it inside a large garden surrounded by Roses of different colors.


He very delicately picked it soil, giving thanks to Adelaide for helping to find it.

That night Teodoro rest more peacefully than ever. I wanted to be able to return home together with Fatima to explain carefully as was her mother and what a wonderful time they had had together. He had done wrong in having hidden for so long that information to your small. But now it was time to remedy it.


The next day he went in search of his second ingredient. On the following day it set off in search of its second ingredient. The pen of the hawk that was in the big mountain of the storms.

It was not easy to achieve. I had to climb a long cliff to reach the great Hawk nest. Once you were there, you would boot him one of its feathers without falling out and without Hawk give account of their presence.


With great effort he climbed and climbed down the mountain to get to the top.


Once he was there he hid alongside a few small falcon eggs that were coming to birth. Along with them he sheltered with leaves and herbs that made up the nest to expect a mother Falcon return and be able to take any of their feathers.


While I was in the nest and looked next Falcon chicks at birth, he recalled the birth of Fatima and the illusions with which had celebrated its birth. But his thoughts were interrupted by the appearance of the great Hawk that opened and closed her wings ready to land at the nest.

Teodoro proved the greatness of the great Hawk but even so, fast and agile, engaged in one of its feathers and succeeded in getting one of them. Once he had it in his hands, he had to descend down the mountain but suddenly began to blow an atrocious wind and a great storm made its appearance at the top of the mountain. Theodore could not resist more and yielded to the force of the wind, falling to the vacuum. Thanks to the strength he had acquired during his work as a lumberjack, he could cling to some rocks where you'd expect to the storm ended. The situation in which Teodoro found was alarming. If rock that held him it appeared, he would fall inexorably to the bottom of the cliff.


Teodoro clung firmly to the rock but it seemed that storm was not ready to leave. Theodore had to mourn and recalled the tears that had caused you find out that your small Fatima had fallen ill. But at that moment and almost intuitively, instead of mourn, he began to pray and ask God to give the storm, to allow him to continue in his path in search of the ointment to cure her small. And suddenly, and as if by magic, the storm began to subside and gave way to a bright, sunny day as he had never before appeared in the mountains of the storms. And with it, a beautiful Rainbow appeared across all the small Portuguese town.


Theodore could then carefully down the mountains and continue on your way. While walking he realized long ago that he had forgotten to ask and pray to God. Now his heart was much more quiet and serene, he was hoping that a new opportunity could manifest itself in your life.



With the pen and the clover of truth Teodoro went on his way. He was very proud of himself for having failed to get the two ingredients and everything what he had learned during his search. Now the third needed him.


Then he found the cave that housed the Red stone. I was thinking about what new challenge would be on this occasion.



When he arrived at the entrance of the cave he found that she was protected by a pair of dinosaurs and a baby dinosaur that was lying in his little nest. Teodoro was set at the nest was formed by rocks and stones of red colour and assumed that these would be rocks to which should give scope.



So put hands to work and very slowly ventured into the cave. He remained still observing a pair of dinosaurs as they cared to your little baby that you seemed not to move. The dinosaurs did more tumbling around the small.


-Perhaps you are sick - thought for himself Teodoro. And with this thought again to remember Fatima now more convinced that the ointment could cure it.


Teodoro more approached the nest and found that the dinosaur had a broken leg.


-Surely this is why not you can walk - he continued thinking of Theodore.

it was not thought two times and it went towards the dinosaurs with a pair of slats in the hand. Two dinosaurs, seeing that Teodoro was taking with him the trefoil of the truth and the pen of the hawk, surprisingly allowed him to approach its child. The dinosaurs internally were hoping that Teodoro should treat its baby.


Teodoro very carefully, took place in the leg of the dinosaur, a bandage and arranged slats in such way that would allow the dinosaur able to move while his leg heals.


Then the dinosaur could lift and started walking before the gaze of astonishment and admiration of the Popes dinosaurs.


Token of appreciation, the dinosaurs left Teodoro carry one of the red stones that were part of the small dinosaur nest.


Teodoro departed very happy now that he had three ingredients in your hand. Teodoro set off very satisfied now when it already had three ingredients in its hand. Only it was lacking to come to house and power to make the ointment that the elder had advised him to realize.

Teodoro made the return journey almost without stopping to rest, wanted to reach as quickly as possible to be able to cure to Fatima.


While he walked the path of return, he realized that was lighter when it was a purpose that reach, when his life was some greater sense that made him go ahead and by which fight. He realized that now walked with illusion, an illusion that had returned to recover. Teodoro whistling through forests and meadows with a speed up to the same birds were amazed when they saw him appear.


During his way he appreciated again and again the presence of trees, mountains, birds, the sky and the stars that had been always supporting him throughout his tour and gave thanks to God for allowing him to enjoy the wonders of his creation.

In this way Teodoro arrived quickly to your home. At home Fatima was waiting for him wake up snuggled in his large sofa.


- But Fatima what you do awake still at this hour?-said Teodoro stroking the hair of Fatima.


It is that I have to give you a news .I really wanted to tell you that the doctor came to visit me yesterday and told me that I was cured. - Said Fatima with a big smile on your face.

- But cannot be! Don't tell me that it is that true? -said Teodoro now with tears in eyes but of pure joy for the received news.


- Yes. It is true - said his cousin who stood next to Fátima.

And both three slept calmer than never with the happiness of seeing completely convalescent Fatima.

The day following Teodoro went in search of the elderly that days earlier had found on the shore of the River, to explain what had happened.
He wanted to tell to him that it had three ingredients of the ointment but that it had not been necessary to apply them to Fátima, since miraculously she had recovered. One wanted to be able to offer them also to someone who needed them, someone who like Fatima was sick to be able to apply them to him.
Suddenly the great old man made his appearance.

-Hello. I came in your search because I want to explain to you that...

-Don't follow appreciated Teodoro. I know everything. And I am very happy that Fatima has healed is - said the old man.

-I'd be able to give them to someone who as Fatima may need them - went on to explain Teodoro.



-Dear Theodore, I think that still not you've realized that what really to curing to Fatima has been your faith in that it was possible. The courage and perseverance you've shown the way. What truly heals a sick heart is faith and gratitude before God and the wonders of his creation. And that's what you've shown and I congratulate you for this. These ingredients by it alone will not heal. It is necessary to individually make the journey and learn these things by oneself - explained the old man to Teodoro.

And having said this he disappeared without leaving any trace or sign.

And that was how Fátima regained her health.


Thereafter Fatima and Teodoro enjoyed each day together as if it were the last. They were going to cut firewood pleased and very happy to do so. All the Portuguese people held together the recovery of Fatima and since then celebrate each year a big party in honor of her and her father Theodore.


Really for this reason at present many pilgrims cover the Portuguese way that Teodoro realized, with the hope to be able to cure its hearts by means of the recovery of the faith and of the lost illusions.

 

Y colorin, Colorado …este cuento se ha acabado.
Mónica Zambrano. Los wikicuentos Multiculturales

Teresa in the Magic Garden

Teresa in the Magic Garden

And this story begins...


-Teresa, do again you've left all the vegetables? - said Elena very angry with Teresa. Then again I leave you for lunch tomorrow and today you will go to bed without supper.


Teresa is ten years old and lives in her house on the outskirts of a village in Girona. Today is the third day that will go to bed without supper. She does not like eating vegetables and her mother always tries to let them eat because she knows that they are very rich in minerals and vitamins important for her growth.

But Teresa prefers to eat other foods more tasty and appetizing that not the vegetable or fruit.

-Since it is well - Teresa answered angry. I'm going to my room.

And having said that departed so accelerated to her room leaving all the dishes without being picked up on the table.

Since it is already well with so many vegetable. That I am not a rabbit. I like the macaroons (macaroni), the chips and the strawberry ice cream. I do not understand the mania that my mother has of wanting to make me eat green vegetables that do not have practically any flavour
Teresa picked up a book of her room and decided to read. Suddenly she heard strange noises coming from the outer garden of her house.

So very quietly so that her mother does not realize that she had left the room, came out through the window of her room that gave to the garden of the House. And very slowly it came to him. It was a little dark and lit a small torch and from there she could check that had a tunnel dug into the earth and he appeared a small head of a strange animal brown colour.

- But who are you? And what do you do in my garden?-Teresa asked alarmed.

-As you'll see. I am a mole. My name is Tejón - said the little Mole.

- And you do in my garden? - asked Teresa somewhat amazed.


-I have come to him looking for something with what you feed me - said the Mole. In the country where I come from the food begins to dwindle and we have to leave to other places in search of food - Continued explaining the mole

- And how is called your country? - asked Teresa.

-I come from the Magic Garden of the enchanted beings of nature country. In my small country got all beings of forests and gardens in cooperation in harmony. The ones we helped each other, organized all our work according to the characteristics of every being that he lived there caring for and respecting nature. We know that if we take care of our plants and our gardens with love and respect they will provide us protection, security and food always.


-The harmony of our small country was perfect. The goblins, elves and dwarves were responsible for the cleaning of the gardens. Us mole helped them to dig the Earth and remove it so that it is always ready for cultivation. The birds were responsible for distributing seeds for all the meadows and valleys. The butterflies were making happy with its colours the whole garden. Cows and grazing animals helped us to fertilize the land.


-Everything was in balance. The Earth in this manner was healthy and clean and generated food with which most herbivorous animals we eat. It was never missing anything. The goblins and elves planted potatoes, cabbages, tomatoes and beans. Each animal is provided of what needed respecting the rhythms and natural growth of the different vegetables.

- But now everything has changed. Mr Bacterio settled in our beautiful country and set out to destroy him.

-Mr bacterio? - asked estranged Teresa.

-Yes. Mr bacterio installed a large laboratory beside our beautiful garden. This laboratory is responsible for producing food and vegetables in an artificial manner. We don't know how create them but the truth is that it breeds them in greenhouses outside the scope of the beings of nature and then sells them at affordable prices for the rest of the world. And not only that, but also, he throws its garbage on the grounds of our small country to do that our ground does not produce and he to be done under control of the food production of all the countries.

These products of waste that he throws on our ground it does that every time more plants and animals die. The ground increasingly loses force, the vegetables and vegetables do not grow already and the animals die for lack of food with which to be able to survive. Not even the power of the poltergeists and fairies of the nature can face(challenge) to the nastiness with which Bacterio floods our beautiful garden - was explaining sadly Tejón to Teresa who was remaining very attentive listening to the history that was explaining the small mole to him.

- And you can do nothing to curb the production of Bacterio - asked hopeful Teresa.


-It is very difficult. Bacterio is very powerful. In his large laboratory he has many instruments it uses to create and create plants artificially. He creates new and different products. Many of the fruits and vegetables that grow in your greenhouse do not appear naturally in our garden. And each day creates thousands and thousands of them. We do not know why but these products he creates are growing very quickly and in this way then accumulates a large quantity of them for later distribution by other countries - said Tejón.

This is why we are now forced to scroll through different countries in search of plants with which to feed us. Every day we are less in our beautiful country. If there was someone who could help us to find a solution to our big problem - said sadly Tejón.
Perhaps I could help you to liberate you of him - said Teresa recalling what little she liked the vegetables.

But on that occasion, she was willing to make a major effort by the animals and beings of nature. She didn't have to face Bacterio, his laboratory and the vegetable if this could prevent thousands of plants and animals died in the hands of that odious human.
Very well, I do not know - answered Tejón. It will be better that the first you accompany me to my country and that you see in the situation in which we are. Later you will value if you can help or not us – he said a little more animated.

And that this picked up Teresa's hand and introduced through the tunnel that the same had been wrought by the inside of the garden.


Teresa and Tejón toured many passageways bored into the Earth to reach the entrance of the Magic Garden. There they received them other beings of nature.

-Hello Tejón. You've been able to bring some feed from the lands where you come from? –said Perlite a cute Bunny who was waiting anxious for the Tejón arrival.


-Well, not exactly - he said. I have brought you a girl. She is Teresa - said Tejón.


– And that assumes that we have to do with it? - said in a tone somewhat angry Lino a beautiful blue bird.




-Because it says that you can perhaps help us to free ourselves of Bacterio – Tejón said.

-So it is - replied Teresa. I have escorted Tejón because I believe that I can help you to liberate you of Bacterio and can return to recover the harmony and beauty of your beautiful garden.

- But you're very small and Bacterio is very powerful - said alarmed the bee Otilia that was around in the surrounding area.

-Well, but could try it. We have nothing to lose - replied Teresa.


And all together met to finish of explaining to Teresa the history of Bacterio and of its laboratory


Later they all came to the garden and Teresa remained frankly disappointed on having verified the state in which it was. Hundreds of plants were remaining sad and without vitality in the garden. There was already staying neither track of vegetables nor vegetables sowed in the ground. And just nearby there was rising a big building which sewer pipes were giving to stop there.

-From these pipes the production waste which performs Bacterio come to us. All organic waste from their evil deeds not arrives through these channels and makes our land and our vegetables are sick and with them thousands of animals die - Tejón told Teresa.


-Well, we will have to introduce ourselves by inside these pipes to gain access to the interior of the laboratory. We need to know exactly the mechanism that uses Bacterio and destabilize the system - said thrilled Teresa.


-Then who are willing to enter with Teresa in the laboratory? - Asked Lino

-I will go with Teresa - said Otilia. As I fly perhaps will be of some help.


-I will also go with Teresa- exclaimed Tejón. I'm used to walk through tunnels and pipes. I will go to.


I'd like to be able to accompany you too - exclaimed the small turtle Lisa. Perhaps I may not be very fast but sure that i will be able to help you in any way.


Well done!-said Perlita. I'll be watching me through the window and will be pending if you need any other help.

The four friends were introduced on the inside of the pipe that reached inside the laboratory.


And very quietly came to end up in a kind of loft. In him they could see the multitude of product boxes that Bacterio had accumulated to subsequently distribute.

They very slowly opened the door of the loft and climbed through a flight of stairs.




From the entrance of stairs they could see Bacterio, all dressed in white, laughing and saying clean out loud:


-Soon the production of fruits and vegetables will be mine - said Bacterio great pipette in hand. With my wonderful invention and thanks to my bacteria I will become the most powerful being of the entire planet.

And said that he continued with his work in the laboratory.


Have you  listened to that? - Teresa said. It seems that Bacterio uses these strange bacteria to create new vegetables and fruits. The bacteria must alter the interior of the plants that produce the food and that way there increase the rhythms of growth of the vegetables and fruits that they produce. Like that it is as it accelerates its production. The bacteria also must be persons in charge of provoking the genetic changes that do that there are created products different from those who normally grow in the nature of a natural way - Teresa said.


- Look there! - Teresa kept on explaining.
It seems that in that species of refrigerating room it has retained to the bacteria.


- Yes. Possibly it has to raise them and care for him for later use to his malevolent plan - said Tejón.

-Otilia. You are the more agile and small all should be able to immerse yourself in the cold storage room and observe carefully how it is designed and where the bacteria for subsequently cultivating a plan to be able to introduce us inside without us see Bacterio - said Teresa.



So Otilia very slowly and without virtually making noise, she reached the cold storage room and thence introduced through an overture in its doors.


Otilia memorized as the cold storage room was organized and she could see that the bacteria were in a kind of fridge. When she had inspected all the land, went out by the Overture to the room and went to where were her friends to explain in detail where the bacteria were located.



-Finally you've become. We were afraid you'd not able to enter the room. Tell us how it is distributed so that we can develop a plan and organize ourselves to get rid of the bacteria. -Teresa said.


Teresa thanks to the explanations of Otilia, designed a plane. This plane would serve them to be able to trace a hole through the interior of the soil with the help of Tejón. Through this tunnel they be inside the Hall. They had to act fast and avoid Bacterio could discover them on the inside of the cold room. They take advantage when Bacterio came out of the laboratory to begin to implement their plan.



Listen boys, I have an idea - Teresa said. I remember to have read in an occasion in my nature book that the bacteria to be able to grow and be reproduced need a suitable temperature. If we can gain access to the interior of the room and change the temperature of the icebox where the bacteria are, we will achieve that they die and that Bacterio could not alter the plants with them - Teresa said.

-The bacteria die when subjected to extreme heat temperatures - said very convinced Teresa.


So when Bacterio goes out out of the laboratory,  Tejón  and me,  we will get in the refrigerating room and once let's be there we will increase the temperature of the icebox where the bacteria are - Teresa said.

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Otilia and Lino you will go to the hothouse and once there you will open all its doors and windows to do that the plants manipulated by the bacteria stop growing before the sudden  change of temperature - Teresa kept on explaining. This way Bacterio will turn out to be forced to stop the production.



Four friends waited the appropriate time to launch his attack against bacteria.



At that time, Bacterio began dressing to go out outside the laboratory. Surely he would go to the attic to initiate the distribution of food which he had inclines of distributing.


-Now is the time! - said Teresa.


Tejón began to excavate the soil and opened an underground tunnel in direction to the cold storage room. Teresa was introduced in it and gave to stop inside the Hall. Once there Teresa raised the temperature in the cooler that housed the bacteria inside.

Tejón began to excavate the soil and opened an underground tunnel in direction to the cold storage room. Teresa was introduced in it and gave to stop inside the Hall. Once there Teresa raised the temperature in the cooler that housed the bacteria inside.



- Look Tejón - Teresa said. The bacteria begin to self-destruct and to disappear - she said much endorsement foreign to which Bacterio had returned from the attic and was turning to direct to the laboratory in search of the keys of the van that he had forgotten On the table.



At that time, Perlita, which was observing and controlling the situation, she realized the danger that Teresa and Tejón ran if Bacterio realized that they were on the inside of the room.

So she decided to go in search of help.

In that moment Bacterio arranged to enter the cold storage room. Teresa gave no time to react and suddenly was stunned at the watchful eye of Bacterio.


- But you can tell that you do here? - Queried Bacterio  How do you come here?-said Bacterio grabbing an arm to Teresa and making her out of the cold storage room.


- You already will see what is good, girl of the demon - said Bacterio that was throwing thunders and lightnings for its mouth.


But in that moment there appeared Perlita accompanied by an army of bees that rushed forward towards Bacterio and began to fix its stings to him.

-Oh my God! -screaming Bacterio. It may not be. I'm allergic to bee stings.



And bacterio it began to jump and to cover pulled down by the whole laboratory with so bad luck that there him fell down above the pipette with which it realized the inoculation of a bacterium on one of the plants.


In that moment Bacterio began to fill with blisters as a result from its allergy to the bees and as been the result of the bacterium having got in its organism he began to feel sick and with need to go urgently to the bathroom.



Teresa, along with the rest of the animals, they took the situation to run out of the laboratory. They turned to go through the interior of the tunnel and came to the garden where they hoped their beings of nature wishing to bring them pleasant news.


They all met in the garden hoping that Bacterio devoid of its bacteria and of its production should to close the laboratory


And surprisingly it was.


Bacterio after receiving multiple stings and due to the effect of the bacteria inside your body had to stay in bed for a month. Every few minutes I had to go to the bathroom since the bacteria was causing him heavy diarrhea and bites of bees made it unbearable. It went really wrong and being in bed gave him time to reflect and to realise how dangerous that could be the bacterium and its manipulation if it failed due to some control mechanism. In this way you removed the desire to continue the production of artificial food and when recovered from the wounds so decided to close the laboratory and devote himself to other less dangerous for health and the environment work.


All beings of nature and Magic Garden held together with Teresa closure of the laboratory.


As a sign of gratitude the animals gave Teresa a large plant with pink flowers and several packets of seeds of different species of vegetables so always agreed them when she returned home.



When Teresa said goodbye to them and was back at home realized the importance of caring for and protecting the nature of attacks from people like Bacterio.





With her packet of seeds, she went to her room, got into her bed and when she woke up the next day ran the stairs in direction to the kitchen where her mother prepared her breakfast down.



-Good morning, MOM - said Teresa. What you plan today do to eat? -asked Teresa


-I had thought make you today...


And until her mother had just pronounce the phrase Teresa replied.



I would like you were doing a big vegetables plate to me today to eat


And saying this Teresa went very cheerfully to the garden to sow the different seeds that the beings of the nature had delivered her making much surprised its mother who was following her  with the look wondering what type of sleep she would have had that night that had made her change opinion with regard to its habit of not eating vegetables.


-How strange! - said's Mother Teresa. I can't believe it - said Elena for herself.


And that day Teresa ate the entire plate of vegetables that her mother had prepared. And while she ate realized that they did not know that bad .In truth she had never tested and could now check that had a different flavor to a dish of macaroni or to an ice cream but that could be equally tasty.


From this day Teresa devoted herself to take care of its garden and began to sow plants of numerous vegetables and vegetables it. It created a small orchard in it

All the children of the surroundings were remaining fascinated by how beautiful Teresa's garden was since it had plants of all the colors that were giving place to different fruits and types of vegetables. The beauty of its orchard was such that the children wanted to do the same that she(it) and they began to realize in its gardens the sowing of other plants. This way multitude of ecological orchards was constructed in the small town of Gerona.






And the fact is that really every time more persons as Bacterio exist in our world who try to control the productions by means of genetically called transgénicos create altered products and in ours hand is the power to help to that the nature does not falter and keeps on being so beautiful as till now.


So all hands to the work and to make such as Teresa to cultivate our small ecological orchard in the inside of our hearts.



Y colorin, colorado..este cuento se ha acabado.

Monica Zambrano. los wikicuentos multiculturales






Monica Zambrano. The multicultural wikicuentos.

 

Letters, numbers, and Natalia

 
Letters, numbers, and Natalia:


Natalia is a seven year old. She lives in a small village in Granada.

It is a very obedient little girl and loves reading. At home it has a large library with many books and fairy tales that always reads with great enthusiasm.

Today you are going to perform as usual math homework, so goes to her room to pick up the backpack and its case with pencils and pens normally used at school.

Once she took her case, she had to open your notebook's duties. In it she began writing an essay and performed the first math homework calculations when suddenly:

-Up!. Taken care, that you squash me - said a voice that was coming from the interior of its notebook.

When Natalia stared into his notebook she was perceived as one of the numbers jumped screed on line and row on row with angry look.

- But it is the seven who has spoken to me - said Natalia frowning.

Yes, of course - said bad-tempered the seven. Are you also going to correct me? – said sadly the number 0.

No. You were already well where I had put you. So do the favor of returning to the line that corresponds to you. Three more four do seven - Natalia said.

-Well, at least you don't me studded as the rest of children who hate mathematics - said the seven returning to your site.

Natalia continued to write in her notebook and suddenly more letters and numbers appeared and disappeared from sight.

- But that is happening here? – said Teresa very surprised. It looks like the numbers and the letters that they are going crazy - Natalia said.

-It is that we have very afraid - said the letter a.

Lately the children correct us and correct non-stop and every time we stay less letters and numbers in the country of the books - kept on saying the or. If this continues this way soon all the children will stop studying and the books of accounts and of reading will begin to disappear – said the three sadly.

- But, how is this possible? - Natalia said.

As you’ll see. Enemy number one mathematics and duties, Mr Stud, has invented a plan to get rid of us.-one said. It is that he never has liked studying and hates math.

- And why he hates you? And what plan is this that has devised to eliminate you? -said Natalia.

-As you'll see. It has created an imaginary ink with which transmits through writing the hatred and resentment that he has towards the numbers and letters. So when children begin to perform their duties does it cost them to finish them and who wish to drop out of school by the tiredness and the difficulty that implies them to write and calculate. Thus more children are those who do not want to continue studying. For each child who begins to hate the math’s and study a great Stud invades our world and it carries with it to one of us. You leave it retained in its great castle of oblivion and there is left alone and helpless without anyone to remember him. Soon, everyone will be going to stop there and then the calculation and reading books will disappear due to lack of numbers and letters that write-said very shocked zero.

- But that is not possible. I like much read and do homework. Any Stud Lord will I prevent to continue it - said Natalia very convinced.

-I wish all children think like you!-said the letter i. But it is not. The power of great stud is very high and the strength of its evil ink is even higher. With her he hypnotizes them and leaves them without forces to continue the duties and calculations - continued explaining the u.

-Because we have to do something to prevent that appear more studs, and you carried the dark castle of oblivion - said Natalia.

-This would only be possible if children returned to love us. If they return to regain the illusion and desire to study and that only could be achieved if we did disappear to the big stud and its ink - said the six.

-We can try - said Natalia. If we could counteract the effect of the ink from the oblivion that use the studs with anything that will prevent that children heard Mr Stud malefic messages when they write in their notebooks, perhaps we would get that they would not stop studying - said Natalia.

-It is true. But how we could counteract its effects? -said the O.

I do not know. We will have to think about it. To me I cost nothing to finish my homework since I make them not me represents a great effort - said Natalia. For my mean something special and while I write them and drawing in my notebook singing songs and melodies. So it costs me less finish them because I am very happy doing them - said Natalia.

Perhaps if you transmit music from your country towards the notebooks of the children, they would enjoy just as I doing the duties and they would keep on studying.

And saying this Natalia turned out to be transported to the interior of its notebook and with big surprise it began to be part of the country of the books.

- But what has happened? – Natalia said. Where am I? – She said with big surprise.

- I believe that now you are part of us. Perhaps in being able to solve our problem, the happiness and the interest that you have demonstrated has done that you were turning into one of us to be able to help us - said the e

- Very well, I hope that since I am here it should serve to you as help and that later it could to house continue again with my duties - Natalia said.

In that moment thousands of studs appeared in the country of the books and began to look for another number to take to the castle of the negligence.

- Taken care Natalia. Over there more studs come - said the o.

And quickly without realizing the number seven was watched by one of the studs that raised it for the airs towards its big castle.

- But do not be able to be! - They were weeping for all the numbers and the letters. Our friend seven has disappeared also.

-We need to act quickly - said Natalia.

To neutralize the harmful effect of great Stud ink, Natalia was thought to perhaps the best way of doing that children perceive not discouraging messages from Stud through the relaxing and therapeutic effect of music. If getting the numbers and letters to learn songs and sing them when the children were recorded in his notebooks, children would feel more relaxed and happy performing their duties and oblivion ink would make effect on the mind of every one of them. Thus the duties would not mean the great effort that until now was assuming in them due to the plan of the great alcove.

So in this way Natalia began to be the teacher of music of the small letters and numbers.

Together began to produce songs and music to get avoid that you world of books soon disappeared.

At once that Natalia was designing a song, the letters and the numbers were memorizing them and were reciting them non-stop, cheerfully for all the notebooks of the children when these were preparing to do its duties to them.

When the children began to write, the great alcove ink began to make effect but soon the letters and the numbers began to sing the following song:

“María, María que llega la “a”

Tan contenta y risueña como está

Con su gran barriguita te saluda al pasar

María, María que yo soy la “ a”.

Pepe , Pepe que viene la “e”

Divertida y risueña quiere saber

letras y números para poder leer

Enséñale Pepe porque ella es la “e”

Pili, Pili que viene la “i”

Con su gran sombrero blanco sobre su nariz

Ilusiones, ingenio, ideales te muestro a ti

Y con sigilo respondo al nombre de “ i”

Pol, Pol que llega la “o”

Con su boca abierta te responde con desazón

Dibújame con gran devoción

Porque yo soy redonda y me llaman la “o”.

¡UHH ¡Cuidado que viene la “u”!

Como un susurro al oído sabe que eres tú

Y se muestra asustada

Porque ella es la “uuuu”.

The mind of the children when they were feeling the melody that was coming from the world of the books, quickly they were recovering the desire of finishing its tasks and learning with the numbers the mathematics.

By every child who was finishing its task there was appearing in the world of the books a rubber with which the numbers could be erasing each of the studs that the big Stud was sending to take to the castle of the negligence.

Thanks to the melody of numbers, in the world of books began to carry out a cleaning of studs and erasures.

Natalia thought that when they had more erasers, they would have to go in search of the numbers and letters that great Stud had retained in his castle.

Meanwhile, great stud began to suspect that something strange was happening when the studs that was sending to the world of numbers not returning to appear.

-Something strange is happening - I thought for himself great Stud. Perhaps the power of my ink is not sufficient and children continue to do and ending their duties - still thinking big Stud. I'll have to invent another plan to make the kids stop studying - thought great Stud.

But the children increasingly were happier doing their duties and numbers and letters were still singing the songs that had been developed with Natalia. And thus more erasers appeared in the world of books.

-When faced with the large stud to come - said Natalia. We now have a very large number of erasers with which to go to the castle of oblivion and erase all the studs that have retained to your peers - said Natalia.

Natalia, numbers and letters, accompanied by the army of erasers that appeared in the country of the books thanks to the children recovered the love by Studio, approached the castle of oblivion without further delay.

They hoped that great Stud had not discovered that ink had ceased to have effect and that it had not made any other malevolent plan.

So suddenly, Natalia and thousands of rubber bands went to the castle of oblivion flying.

When big stud saw the sky covered with erasers released alarmed in search of their studs to deal with them.

An army of studs made his appearance. Natalia guided the army of gums climb in one of them and the great alcove controlled all the studs and directed the counter-attack.

Meanwhile, Natalia and numbers were still singing and singing the songs that had been written and more children ended of doing her homework with the number of erasers is multiplied by moments.

After the hard battle, the country of the books remained clean of studs. The big stud was retained forever in its big castle of the negligence supervised now by a big army of rubbers that they would control that he never again was planning no other plan against the children and its studies

In this way was as Natalia helped your friend’s numbers and letters that you not reinstated books.

Natalia returned to his home more content and happy than ever before because now I knew that if a stud appeared in some notebook of children, there would always be a great eraser with which eliminate it from their duties.

Y colorin, colorado, estee cuento se ha acabado.

By Monica Zambrano. The multicultural wikicuentos

Nacho and the flying vacuum cleaner

Nacho and the flying vacuum cleaner:


Nacho is a twelve year old boy who lives in Barcelona. Today it's a pretty sunny day and Nacho doesn't want to go to his room to do homework, so he has decided to leave to walk to the Park and take advantage of the small Sun highlighted.


While walking towards to the Park, seemed you to hear a small little voice that came from a tree that stood next to the side walk.


Suddenly, on top of the glass of the tree he could verify the picture card of a small one to be that it was fighting not to fall down to the soil from the top of the tree.

-Sorry could you lend me a hand? -He said the strange little voice speaking to Nacho.


Nacho without leaving his astonishment turned into a tree and going up in a bank that was near the tree, with a quick gesture gave scope to the small being.

- Uf!! Thank goodness that I've picked up before falling - said the little dwarf.


- But who are you? -asked Nacho.


-Hello. Sorry. Let me to clean me a little boots and I stand. I'm Talin and I'm a dwarf dendrito - he said outlining a big smile.


-A denwhat? -said Nacho that not had just emerged from his astonishment.


- A dendrito. I Come from the planet of two moons, to approximately 10 000 kilometers light from here - Talín said. To what strange planet have I come?

-Hello. I'm Nacho and you've come to planet Earth. Here we are not dwarf dendritos, we are human.


-Well, gives equal. Already me well. You have many trees like this here on your planet?-said hopeful Talin.


-Because the truth is that not many. Increasingly there are fewer trees and plants on the Earth since humans are very concerned in constructing and constructing large high-rises and little respected the nature - explained Nacho to Talin.


-Then go. If you're good. I leave a planet close to the destruction to put me in another like - very sad Talin said.


-You want to say near the destruction? - Nacho asked curious.


-As you'll see. On my planet, the dendritos lived very happy and calm to occupying us our trees and our forests we are beings that we need to breathe the pure air of the fields and the mountains. But our tranquility was altered due to the attacks the green dragon that lives in the Hill of fire frequently on our forests.


-Long time ago our ancestors dendritos managed to make a pact with the green dragon. To change that does not attack them and that respected its forests and its habitat of life, wore him every day food. We the dendritos cultivate many vegetables and fruits in our lands and reserve a part of the harvest for the dragon. In this way, generation after generation we have lived in peace with the tranquillity that the dragon would never us attack thanks to the agreement that we had arrived with him.


- But now our calm days are over. While we do our agreement and we continue bringing him food to their large cave, he seems to have forgotten. Every day are more frequent attacks of fire toward our forest and our homes. We are forced to have to protect ourselves and to leave our houses that are destroyed due to atrocious fire bouncing through his mouth.


-One day after another dragon attacking us and already practically our great forest has disappeared and our small houses with him.


-Now we are forced to look for another planet that inhabit that we cannot continue life in our. -Talin explained in detail.


But it is not possible that you have to leave your planet for this reason. Cannot you look for another solution to prevent the dragon from following you attacking? - Nacho asked



We have tried everything, but the dragon does not listen to reasons. Suddenly it comes to the forest and in a desperate way it begins to throw fire for its mouth - Talín said.

-Well, since you've gone to fall to a planet not much better than yours, since here, although we have no dragons bouncing fire through his mouth that we have certain unconcerned and harmful humans who destroy our forests deliberately - said Nacho sadly.


- But here when there is a fire in the forests we can notify fire-fighters that they are the people responsible for eliminating fire that may occur in the forests as a result of human action or when they occur by accident - Nacho explained. Do not you have dendritos fire?

Do not. When the fire appears we are trying to stop it-based small cubes of water that we have reserved in a part of the forest, but are insufficient to be able to defeat the dragon fire, so we can only do one thing. Flee to the other side of the forest and wait for the fire of the dragon to lose strength. We then try to clean all the shrubs and bushes that are fully calcined and began to repopulate it again the forest. But this is time consuming and there is growing less forest dwelling - said Talin. Do you could explain me exactly how to eliminate fire the fire-fighters '.-said Talin.?
I can do something better. If you want I can accompany you to your planet and can tell how to be able to counter-attack the dragoon. I know many tricks - quite proud Nacho said to try to convince Talín who allowed him to accompany it to its country.


-Ok, but before you have to pick up my small ship of the tree - said Talin.


Having said that Nacho climbed through the trunk of the tree and grabbed there an object resembling a small-sized vacuum cleaner.


-Is this your ship? - asked curious.


-So-answered Talin.


-Because we have a problem. I can not upload me in it, I'm too big - Nacho said sadly.


-This is not a problem - said Talin. I have brought the shaman of the mountain mushroom. With it you can belittle you during the time it takes for its effect. When the effect is gone you will return to your size but for when that happens we already we will be my beloved planet - said very convinced Talin


Nacho looked not just of convinced that Tallin and with slight doubts he was introduced the mushroom in his mouth.
Suddenly it began to diminish of size up to reaching one that it was allowed him to be able to mount with Talín in its flying hoover.

Suddenly Nacho was transported through the air above the vacuum cleaner that began to reach speed and before that Nacho could realize, was surrounded by stars and satellites for all your around.


After a few minutes, the cleaner began to descend and approached ever closer to the planet of Talin.


From atop the planet looked devoid of joy and colour due to the attacks of the green dragon fury.


-We have already arrived - he said Talin to Nacho.


-Together they descended from the vacuum cleaner. Nacho was astonished to see that the planet was fully calcined. Had only survived a small forest in the most secluded of the planet part.


-It is a pity - said Nacho. We have to act quickly before the forest disappears completely and be impossible to repopulate it - Nacho told a Tallin that was something more hope ful.





When they arrived at the Nacho forest he saw gathered all the dendritos that sigh and sigh very sad and shocked by everything that was happening.

Talin presented to Nacho.


-Look, I present to Nacho - said Talin.


-He is a human being of the Earth that comes to us to tell how they do in its planet to counter-attack the fire and to brake it on time before it bothers(calcines) completely the forests - Talín said.


-AHH yes!!-Do your can help us put out the fire of the green dragon?-said the dendritos choir.


-Well, we can try to do one thing but I need your help - said Nacho. We have to realize together a big hose for which it is possible to shoot strongly water and to direct it to the mouth of the dragon when he the cove to throw its fire. This way, before the dragon could liberate the fire we will extinguish it and he will have to leave without hurting more to your forests - Nacho said.


- This way whenever he appears we will counter-attack with our hose its fire - it ended up specifying Nacho



After the explanations that Nacho gave to the dendritos they all began hands to the work. By means of different materials of the forest and guided by Nacho they prepared a big hose that they arranged at the beginning of the forests and as soon as the green dragon was appearing the dendritos were attacking him with the force of the water that was going out across the hose .He dragoon was fleeing frightened and with the mouth fuming as a result of the action of the hose that the dendritos had faced towards him.


And in this way, each time that the dragon appeared, the dendritos acted. But there came a moment in which the dendritos proved that this was not the right solution since they always had to be expectant and fearing that the dragon could appear at any time.


So they met again and together with Nacho, they decided that the best solution would be to investigate which it was the cause of that the dragon had these fury's attacks and that began to throw fire everywhere.

They decided that the next day they contained to the top of the hill where the green dragon lived in order to find the cause of his tantrums.

Talin, Nacho and some dendritos, arrived to the cave of the dragon. From there they could see the Dragon and study their behaviour. They were aware that temper tantrums of the dragon used to begin after ingested some food which they prepared. They thought that it was perhaps due to some food sat him badly. So they decided to change their diet by checking which foods were who could cause his attacks of rage.

They realized that food that did increase their tantrums were those that contained more sugar so they replaced the sugar cane, the mushrooms of starch and seeds of rice by other less sugary foods.


But the dragon was still having tantrums and often did not coincide with the hours of meals. Sometimes he got up early in the morning and began to give returns throughout the cave, groaning and banging rocks and stones on the inside of the Grotto.


-Perhaps you are sick - said Nacho


- Or you may have nightmares - said Talin.


At that time the dragon seemed to have them heard and abruptly turned towards them trapping Nacho with one of its claws.



Oh my God, no!!: It release evil dragon, allow it to set off! - desperado Talín was shouting


But the dragon kept on waving between its claws to the poor person Nacho that was afraid to turn into meal for dragon.


But suddenly the dragon with a gesture of pain and of surprise simultaneously liberated Nacho of its claws.

And the fact is that Talín with a big hedgehog spike had punctured the dragoon in its enormous bottom and this way it could have managed to liberate Nacho.

-Many thanks Talin. Let's go running into the forest. I have something to tell you - said Nacho.


The two ran the cave in direction to the forest and once there Nacho made them a revelation. While subject between the claws of the dragon, one of the occasions that this opened the mouth, Nacho could see a large caries in one of its wheels.


Decay was perhaps responsible for the tantrums of the dragon. Perhaps that is why he moved so hectic and showed so choleric. If they could get to eliminate your tooth decay it would stop producing the attacks so fierce that it performed on the forest.


So Nacho designed another plan again to try to liberate the dragoon of the pain that of course was provoking the caries. If it was stopping having pain, of course it would stop attacking the dendritos and the forests would stop being devastated by its atrocious fire.


Finally the dendritos thought that they would be useful when the dragoon was sleeping to get in its haunt. Once inside they would look for the moment to interfere carefully for its mouth and to tie the millstone with abig rope. The rope would go fastened to another end of the cave, of such a way, which was tense so that when the dragoon was waking up and doing the most minimal movement, it will stretch with the sufficient force as to do that the millstone was jumping over the airs and to liberate this way the dragoon of its torture.


As they had planned it the dendritos together with Nacho they started working and carefully they tied the rope to the millstone of the dragon. When this one woke up and got up sudden, the pull of the rope on the millstone did that its extraction and the dragon was taking place with a pain gesture, turned out to be finally liberated of its big caries.



From that moment the dragon returned to feel relaxed and happy and ceased to have temper tantrums that was causing your toothache pain.


The dendritos returned again to be calm and unafraid to be devastated by the fury of the dragon attacks.


Everyone thanked Nacho for the aid received.


-In all ways, we still have to do one last thing - said Nacho.


-So what? -They asked all the dendritos choir.


So that the situation does not turn(become) to reproduce, we have to prevent the dragon from having more caries again. So we will make use of the hose and will use to wash the mouth of the dragon after each of the meals that it realizes. Also it will be necessary to keep on taking care of its feeding - Nacho told in detail to the dendritos that they were listening attentively to its explanations. This way we will do double prevention, on the one hand we will avoid the caries of the dragon and with it also we will prepare(anticipate) that more fires appear - Nacho said laughing.



Like that it was as Nacho liberated the dendritos of the fury's attacks of the dragon. The dendritos as a token of gratitude gave a small hoover to Nacho, which although it was not capable of flying like the Talín hoover, would be a way of reminding its experience to him in its planet.


Next, Talín accompanied again Nacho to its house where its mom was waiting for him to have dinner.


After this experience Nacho it realized the importance that has the prevention, since it is better to avoid the causes of the problem before this one appears as they did with the green dragon, its caries and the fires.


And as he was thinking that he had liked very much the experience of extinguishing fires and of directing the hose, Nacho began to consider to study for fireman. One would turn into a big dragon fire extinguishers although in this occasion instead of being dressed in green as the dragon of the country of the dendritos the red one it would be its color.


Y colorin, colorado ..este cuento se ha acabado.

Mónica Zambrano. Los wikicuentos multiculturales.