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Josefa, se había venido de la ciudad a vivir con su abuelita María, recordaba, que había ido al pequeño pueblo de su abuela, casi siempre, por las temporadas vacacionales, de la escuela, navideñas o por la Semana Santa o la Semana Mayor, por estos últimos días no le gustaba ir, pues su abuela no le permitía hacer muchas cosas, por esos días santos. Creencias de ella, Josefa no se atrevía a llevarle la contraria, pero no creía que algo de eso fuese cierto.
Pero por cuestiones de la vida, Josefa, tuvo que recurrir a su abuela, pues quedó en embarazo de su novio y este se había desaparecido, a su madre esto le cayó pésimo y sus convivencias se hicieron insoportable, entonces, por el bien de ambas, la abuela decidió intervenir y Josefa no lo pensó dos veces y se fue al pueblito de ella. Cuando llegó al pueblo, ya su abuela María le tenía todo preparado, un cuarto y todas sus comodidades para que ella estuviera tranquila.
Al principio, la vida fue tranquila, acostumbrándose a las nuevas rutinas de su abuela, a sus extrañas prevenciones, pues ella decía que a una mujer embarazada había que cuidarla y a su bebé, ya que había personas bien malas. Josefa opinaba, "mi abuela y sus cosas"; sin embargo, trataba de no llevarle la contraria. Una de las cosas que le prevenía era que no se dejara tocar la barriga y que nunca dijera, la fecha exacta de parto.
Josefa, cada vez que esta le decía alguna de estas cosas, le preguntaba el porqué, pero, María solo le decía que eran cosas de viejos..., pero que hiciera caso. Un día, una extraña mujer, como de unos 40 años, se mudó al pueblo, sola, supuestamente viuda, aún se podía observar ciertos vestigios de hermosura, aunque su presencia era algo pesada, para el gusto de María, había algo que no le gustaba de esta mujer, tenía un no sé que, que no le terminaba de agradar.
Un sábado por la mañana, Josefa y María iban hacia el centro del pueblo a realizar unas compras, ya Josefa estaba avanzada en el embarazo, tendría unos 7 meses. Cuando de repente, se toparon con la enigmática vecina, está al ver a María, de una vez se le acercó a saludar; a María esto se le hizo muy raro, pues desde que se conocieron solamente se saludaban a lo lejos tras la primera impresión y esta vez casi que corrió a su encuentro.
María, para no parecer mal educada, la saludo cortésmente, esta le contestó, pero la mirada no la despegaba de Josefa y de una vez trató de acercársele, preguntándole a María de una vez, quien era ella, María con cierta suspicacia, se la presentó como su nieta, está de una vez, al ver su estado, trató de tocarle la barriga a Josefa, pero María sagazmente se le atravesó en el acto y le dijo que tenían que irse y tomó a Josefa de la mano como a una niña y se la llevo del lugar.
Esta mujer, tenía una mirada muy rara, como de alguien que ve algo que le provoca, esto alertó a María, pero a Josefa esto le parecía exagerado, solo era una vecina algo loca, que la había tratado de tocar y ya, tampoco era para tanto; pero María al llegar a casa, le advirtió a Josefa, que si se llegaba a encontrar a esta mujer no se dejara tocar el vientre y mucho menos le dijera ninguna información más de la que ya sabia, que era su nieta y punto. Josefa se quedó de una pieza, por la seriedad de su abuela al advertirle esto, pero no se atrevió a llevarle la contraria.
Pero a partir de ese día, Josefa empezó a tener extraños sueños, donde veía a una mujer a la cual no le veía el rostro, esta llegaba donde ella y de una vez le empezaba a acariciar la barriga, le susurraba palabras ininteligibles, que trataba de entender, pero en esos momentos, ella no podía moverse extrañamente, hasta que esa mujer se iba, entonces se despertaba empapada de sudor, viendo para todos lados, sentía como si alguien aun estuviera con ella en la habitación.
Al principio no le dijo nada a María, pero a los pocos días sus ojeras y perdida de peso, cansancio, la delatarían. María era muy observadora y vio todos estos indicios, de que algo no iba bien con su nieta, así que una tarde, a la hora de la merienda, decidió preguntarle que le sucedía, entonces Josefa, presa de los nervios, le empezó a contar sus extraños sueños y que temía que le pasara algo a ella o a su hijo. María, en el acto, supo lo que podía ser y quien sería esa extraña mujer…
De una vez, tomó cartas en el asunto, se fue al pueblo y compró sal en granos, mostaza en pepitas, se fue a la iglesia y busco agua bendita. Al llegar a casa, alrededor de esta, regó la sal, también por las puertas ventanas del hogar, en el cuarto de Josefa, regó agua bendita recitando la oración de la Magnífica con sus respectivos Padres Nuestros mientras, movía los muebles y limpiaba, al terminar coloco debajo de la cama de Josefa una tijera abierta y por último dijo, "esa se va a mostrar, esta muy ansiosa y yo la voy a esperar".
Esa noche, Josefa se fue a acostar con el alma en un vilo, no quería sentir a esa horrible mujer cerca de ella, María le dijo que todo estaría bien, pero esa noche ella se dispuso a pasarla en vela, para estar pendiente de su querida nieta. Como a las 2:30 de la madrugada, María empezó a oír unos alaridos en su patio, era como un animal que no podía distinguir si era perro, lobo o que, lo cierto era que estaba herido al acercarse, se dio cuenta de que era su vecina ya completamente desnuda, quemada por los pies, las manos, por todo su cuerpo.
En ese momento, María recordó lo que tenía que hacer y armada con su sal gruesa y con sus pepitas de mostaza se volteó y de espaldas le tiro estas cosas a esa mujer, esta grito en el acto, maldiciéndola; María aprovecho que esta ya no se podía mover y le dijo: "O te vas del pueblo y lejos de mi nieta, o te descubro ante el pueblo y sabes lo que te pasara, si aceptas te dejo ir, si no, yo sé que mañana vas a tener que volver a pedir sal, si no hacemos este trato y será mi momento, no puedes decirme que no"
La bruja, que era lo que esta mujer en realidad era, sabía que había caído completamente en la trampa de esta anciana y acepto el trato, se fue cojeando silenciosamente del lugar. Esta mujer quería al bebé de Josefa para satisfacerse y mantener sus pactos, pero María le había truncado sus planes, ya que ella resultó ser una bruja blanca que conocía de estos males y sabía enfrentarlos. Josefa despertó tarde como a las 10 de la mañana, descansada, con buenos colores en el rostro, relajada. Nunca llego a imaginar a lo que había estado expuesta... Para su tranquilidad, María solo le sonreía...
English
Josefa had come from the city to live with her grandmother Maria, she remembered that she had gone to the small town of her grandmother, almost always, for the holiday seasons, school, Christmas or Easter or Holy Week, for these last days she did not like to go, because her grandmother did not allow her to do many things, for those holy days. Josefa did not dare to contradict her, but she did not believe that any of this was true.
But for life's sake, Josefa had to turn to her grandmother, because she was pregnant by her boyfriend and he had disappeared, her mother didn't like this and their coexistence became unbearable, then, for the good of both, her grandmother decided to intervene and Josefa didn't think twice and went to her small town. When she arrived in the village, her grandmother Maria had everything ready for her, a room and all her comforts so that she would have peace of mind.
At the beginning, life was quiet, getting used to her grandmother's new routines, to her strange precautions, because she said that a pregnant woman had to take care of herself and her baby, since there were some very bad people. Josefa thought, "my grandmother and her things"; however, she tried not to contradict her. One of the things she warned her about was not to let her touch her belly and never to tell her the exact due date.
Josefa, every time she said any of these things, asked her why, but Maria only told her that they were old people's things..., but that she should pay attention. One day, a strange woman, about 40 years old, moved to the village, alone, supposedly a widow, she still had some traces of beauty, although her presence was a little heavy, for Maria's taste, there was something she did not like about this woman, she had a certain something that she did not like.
One Saturday morning, Josefa and Maria were on their way to the center of town to do some shopping, Josefa was already 7 months pregnant. When suddenly, they ran into the enigmatic neighbor, who upon seeing Maria, at once approached her to say hello; this was very strange to Maria, because since they met, they only greeted each other from afar after the first impression, and this time she almost ran to meet her.
Maria, in order not to seem rude, greeted her politely, she answered her, but her gaze did not take her away from Josefa and at once tried to approach her, asking Maria at once, who she was, Maria with some suspicion, introduced her as her granddaughter, she at once, seeing her state, tried to touch Josefa's belly, but Maria shrewdly crossed her in the act and told her that they had to leave and took Josefa by the hand like a child and took her away from the place.
This woman had a very strange look, like someone who sees something that provokes her, this alerted Maria, but to Josefa this seemed exaggerated, she was just a crazy neighbor, who had tried to touch her and that was all, it was not that big of a deal; but Maria when she got home, warned Josefa, that if she met this woman she should not let her touch her belly and much less tell her any more information than what she already knew, that she was her granddaughter and that was it. Josefa was shocked by the seriousness of her grandmother's warning, but she did not dare to contradict her.
But from that day on, Josefa began to have strange dreams, where she saw a woman whose face she could not see, she came to her and at once began to caress her belly, whispering unintelligible words, which she tried to understand, but in those moments, she could not move strangely, until that woman left, then she woke up drenched in sweat, looking everywhere, she felt as if someone was still with her in the room.
At first she didn't say anything to Maria, but a few days later her dark circles under her eyes, weight loss and tiredness would give her away. Maria was very observant and saw all these signs that something was not right with her granddaughter, so one afternoon, at snack time, she decided to ask her what was happening to her, and then Josefa, in a state of nervousness, began to tell her about her strange dreams and that she feared that something was happening to her or her son. Maria, on the spot, knew what it could be and who that strange woman was....
At once, she took matters into her own hands, went to town and bought salt in grains, mustard seeds, went to the church and looked for holy water. When he arrived home, he sprinkled the salt around the house, also through the doors and windows of the home, in Josefa's room, he sprinkled holy water reciting the prayer of the Magnificent with their respective Our Fathers while he moved the furniture and cleaned, when he finished he placed under Josefa's bed an open scissors and finally he said, "that one is going to show herself, she is very anxious and I am going to wait for her".
That night, Josefa went to bed with her soul on edge, she did not want to feel that horrible woman near her, Maria told her that everything would be all right, but that night she decided to stay awake, to keep an eye on her beloved granddaughter. At about 2:30 in the morning, Maria began to hear some screams in her yard, it was like an animal that she could not distinguish if it was a dog, a wolf or what, the truth was that it was wounded when she got closer, she realized that it was her neighbor already completely naked, burned by her feet, her hands, all over her body.
At that moment, Maria remembered what she had to do and armed with her coarse salt and her mustard seeds, she turned around and with her back turned she threw these things to that woman, she screamed on the spot, cursing her; Maria took advantage of the fact that she could no longer move and said to her: "Either you leave town and away from my granddaughter, or I discover you before the people and you know what will happen to you, if you accept I let you go, if not, I know that tomorrow you will have to ask for salt again, if we do not make this deal and it will be my time, you can not tell me no".
The witch, which was what this woman really was, knew she had completely fallen into this old woman's trap and accepted the deal, she silently limped out of the place. This woman wanted Josefa's baby to satisfy herself and to keep her pacts, but Maria had truncated her plans, since she turned out to be a white witch who knew about these evils and knew how to deal with them. Josefa woke up late at about 10 a.m., rested, with good colors in her face, relaxed. She could never have imagined what she had been exposed to... For her peace of mind, Maria only smiled at her...
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