La mujer desconocida
_¿Quién es, mamá? - dijo la mujer deteniendo el cuchillo sobre la tabla de madera.
_Es una señora que no conozco - expresó la madre y siguió hablando. La mujer en la cocina retomó su trabajo de picar: seguramente su madre hablaba con alguien a través de la ventana.
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_¿Qué quiere la señora, mamá? Dile que si es para vendernos algo, que no tenemos dinero o si son testigos de Jehová que pasen luego - aseguró la joven mujer echando los condimentos en la olla que estaba sobre la hornilla.
_No quiere nada. Ya le he preguntado. ¿Usted quiere algo, señora? - preguntó la anciana. La joven mujer no escuchó la voz de la otra persona, así que decidió lavarse las manos para averiguar con quién hablaba su madre.
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_Yo también estoy esperando que pase mi madre. Ella sale a trabajar y luego por la noche me recoge. Ya debe estar por venir - dijo la anciana tranquilamente.
La joven mujer se acercó a la anciana por la espalda y con delicadeza le preguntó, abrazándola por los hombros:
_¿Con quién hablas, mamá? Si aquí no hay nadie.
_Claro que sí. Yo no estoy loca. Hablo con esa señora que está allí - dijo la anciana señalando su propia imagen en el espejo.
Gracias por vuestra lectura y comentario, amigo. Hasta una próxima oportunidad
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The unknown woman
The woman was in the kitchen when she heard her mother get up from her seat. She remembered that the door was locked, so she continued chopping the seasoning for the soup. Then she heard her mother talking to someone:
_Who is it, Mom? - said the woman, stopping the knife on the wooden board.
_It's a lady I don't know," said the mother and continued talking. The woman in the kitchen resumed her chopping work: surely her mother was talking to someone through the window.
_When she finished chopping everything, she heard her mother continue talking:
_What does the lady want, Mom? Tell her if it's to sell us something, we don't have any money or if they are Jehovah's Witnesses to come in later," the young woman assured, pouring the condiments into the pot on the stove.
She doesn't want anything. I have already asked her. Do you want anything, ma'am? - asked the old woman. The young woman didn't hear the other person's voice, so she decided to wash her hands to find out who her mother was talking to.
When she entered the living room, she heard her mother say:
_I am also waiting for my mother to come in. She goes out to work and then in the evening she picks me up. She should be coming by now," said the old woman quietly.
The young woman approached the old woman and gently asked her, hugging her by the shoulders:
_Who are you talking to, mom? There is no one here.
Of course there is. I'm not crazy. I'm talking to that lady over there," said the old woman, pointing to her own image.