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this had happened to me just after I'd gone through some unavoidable upsets. I don't know either if it was surprisin

ime had he said his world was beautiful, he hadn't needed to. Beautiful but dang

arious dreams in my life, but th

id, his existence, that seemed forever torn betwee

eartbreak that would follow, no regret crossed my mind, nor did I have

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ched to the horizon. The green foliage glistened with moisture and countless animal calls echoed in every corner of

ir and disturbed the harmony of nature. It was a road construction site, where some twenty workers were busy building a road that

moustache, went here and there to give orders

felling trees with his electric saw, disturbing and chasing awa

e," the foreman reminded him, amused despite himself by the vindicti

onkeys' angry glare. "And I'm sure these

when a huge metal clamp grabbed it and carried it away in a hu

ed the Irishman. "Yo

apology was his

ays in a taciturn mood. You got the impression he'd never laughed in

aced in the back of his truck

il

the f

, bo

your delivery, we'll have

he replied

et off a

freshly compacted road, the worker driving the c

to him, a worker named Mateo, who had come straight from the slums

what you're say

burst ou

ugh the tone of his voice showed that

nother envelope, still yellow, but this time containing their wages for the week, which was laughable given that they were still working on Saturdays. However, the road authorities, in their almost non-existent goodness, had decided to give them a day off, as every human being deserves, and that of course was Sunday. The pay was, of course, commensura

r-employed and forgotten workers had a little so

aimed Cory, his ungraceful face almost handsome

e worker nicknamed Old Clown. "Ala

ng to have a nice e

world when one of the priests who had visited his village unwittingly dangled the beauty o

Dream pub? I thought yo

the reason for my

t a mocki

ied people must be faithful. You have to let yourself go discreetly from time to time to feel good, and come home wit

our evening with Loreta, how much

answer, and in any case, th

l," Bill said, with a face e

Look at your marriage," he a

divor

what I

uldn't help but b

ast I was married, n

to run off here in the middle of the forest, build

for trouble," said the unhappy clown as he wal

that's hard to maintain, laying a hand on his che

hey all exclai

he Unfaithful, driver of the bulldozer leading the procession of construction machinery, seemed to

the..." he asked himself as he opened the car door

his worker stop and get out of his machine, he in turn got out and joi

u've got a good reason for..." But he finally sto

idth of the crevasse. But not only that. It was

d the Irishman in a low, fearfu

ething they hadn't noticed a few seconds earlier, and didn't eve

ed by all the life that reigned there. And all that life-giving noise ha

also sunk into

to break the oppressive si

y to destroy thi

yes wide with fear. "It's a sacred obje

kidd

e symbols mean, but I'm sure they originated in my

may come from the land of wizards, but you're

almost shouting. "It's not for nothi

elf, and I don't believe in wi

f the so-called first lung of the earth, filled with al

all right, and so are

but sporting faces expressing fierce fur

going

now and I

give us an answer," Bill advanc

as no pushover, and h

last person who coul

inned i

did yo

said the boss, ta

no choice. Nobody has a choice since we all chose to do this job. S

rrounded the roc

nds!" they shouted as they

ng the monkeys to screech and, without waiting, h