Ua pouli kekahi ʻaoʻao o ka hale pule, ua nalowale nā ʻaleʻa a wehe ʻo Mr. Cesáreo i ka puka o ka hale kūʻai. ʻO kahi keiki, makaʻu, nīnau i kahi i hele ai ka mālamalama a pau i ke kakahiaka, ma Paseo del Tránsito, i makapō iā ia i ke ola. Ma kahi lōʻihi aku e neʻe mai ana kahi ʻili hina hina i ke kaiāulu a ʻōwili i nā puka makani me ka hina. ʻO ka paʻipaʻi ʻana o ka hekili e hōʻike mai ana i ka hiki ʻana mai o ka uila e holo ana i ke kaʻa ahi a hemo ke alanui, me he mea lā ua hoʻopilikia ʻia mākou. Ua pani koʻu makuahine i ka lāʻau, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka pule a 'Blessed Saint Barbara, /ka mea i kākau ʻia ma ka lani/ me ka pepa a me ka wai hoʻāno...' a hoʻā i ke kukui Easter. Nānā ke keiki ma hope o ke aniani i ka wā i kākau ai ka wai i ka moʻolelo o ka makemake me nā laina kekee a manaʻo ʻo ia e ulu mai ana kekahi ʻino i loko o kona puʻuwai.
Ma ke kaiāulu i ka ua ua kahe ka wai e like me kahi muliwai liʻiliʻi ma waena o ke alahele a me ke alanui. Ua like ia me ka mea kolo e wili ana me ka ʻona o ka wā kamaliʻi e ʻā ana ma ko mākou mau lima. ʻO ka ʻala o ka ʻāina hānau hou, me kahi kukui lime ma waena o nā ʻēheu o nā ʻeheu, e makaʻu mau ana i ka uila a me ka hekili, hele nā keiki i waho e hoʻopaʻa i ka wai me kahi pā palupalu i hana ʻia i ka lepo, nā pōhaku a me nā ʻiliʻili e hoʻolohi i ka holomua ʻana, e hana ana i kahi. lepo lepo. .
ʻO ka poʻe akamai loa o ka hui, ua kūkulu ʻo ia i kahi ʻauwai āna i uhi ai me kahi pani pani. I ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana o ka puʻu e hoʻopau i ka pā, ua huki ʻo ia i ka pahu a me kahi kahawai wai mālie, ka mea ma lalo, ua hū aʻe e like me ke kaula kālā mahuka.
Ua emi iki ka hekili, ua malamalama ka aoao pouli o ka halekiai, ua hoi mai na ale, wehe ae la o Mr. Cesáreo i ka puka, kahe ka wai lepo ma ke alanui a puka mai la ke keiki, me na keiki e ae o ke kaiāulu. ma hope ona, mālama i ka wai, mālama i ke ola. No laila, ʻaʻole ʻike ke keiki a me kona mau hoa i kekahi mea e pili ana i ka make. A laila, ʻaʻohe mea i nīnau i kona wahi i hele mai ai, he aha nā hāmau, nā make, nā aloha a me nā pōʻino āna i hūnā ai no kēlā me kēia o mākou, ʻaʻohe mea i manaʻo, ma kahi kaiāulu me ke kai ʻole, kahi e hele ai e make.
Ua hūnā kekahi i ka puddle i loko o kona kahawai huna, ua paʻa kekahi i kahi i ua ʻole ai a hele i nā kula a ʻike kekahi e make pū ana nā muliwai. A ʻo ka mea ʻino loa: ʻaʻohe o mākou i manaʻo i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka ʻino o ke kauwela a me ke kū ʻana o ka wai e hoʻopilikia iā mākou i ka wā ʻelemakule.
ʻO nā kauwela ʻē aʻe i hele mai a hele. Ke loli nei ke kaiāulu, make ʻo Mercedes, nāna i hana ice cream me ka lima i ke kauwela, make ʻo Mrs. Cecilia, nāna i peʻa iā ia iho me kahi paipay nui i ke kauwela, pani ʻia ka hale inu ʻo Mr. ʻO nā meaʻono i hahai i nā eels marzipan pohihihi me nā maka opua,ʻaʻole i wela hou ka Iuda a hoʻomaka e like me nā mea mākaʻikaʻi mua ... Ua hoʻomau ka hale kiaʻi i ka lama kukui a me ka hoʻomanaʻo o ka manawa o ke kauwela, nā kakahiaka nani ma ka Paseo o Transit a me kahi kamaliʻi i noho i kahi kaiāulu kahi hiki ʻole ke hauʻoli.
