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Los niños de la Urbanización La Soledad siempre salen a pasear, en bicicleta, luego de terminar sus tareas escolares. Para ellos es sinónimo de rapidez y puntualidad. El primero que se asoma a la puerta de la casa RocÃo es Juancho. Es indicativo que los demás tienen que apurarse, en terminar las labores escolares. Lo recibe Pedrito:
-Entra, no hagas bulla, la abuela Carmelina todavÃa está dormida. Termino mi cuento sobre la lluvia y salimos.-
-Ojalá que no se despierte.- contesta Juancho.
-Sh Sh Sh. Hoy no salió el sol y a mi abuela no le gusta que estemos en la calle.
-No entiendo por qué. ¿Me puedes explicar ese misterio?- comenta Juancho
-Está bien te explico pero, prométeme que guardarás el secreto. Responde Pedrito.
-SÃ, lo prometo.-
-Mi abuela en los dÃas nublados se pone nostálgica. Esos dÃas a ella le recuerdan el fuerte aguacero que cayó en el Parque Nacional Mirabal, ese al que siempre iba con mi abuelo SerafÃn. Allà se bañaban en los pozos de agua helada, después almorzaban con los amigos. Entre todos preparaban la parrilla. Siempre regresaban a la ciudad al atardecer. Un dÃa, estando en el parque, llovÃa muy fuerte pareciese que no escamparÃa nunca. Decidieron esperar, la carretera era peligrosa en época de lluvia. Mi abuelo prendió la radio pero, la radio dejó de funcionar, no lograban sintonizar ninguna emisora….estaban entre montañas……. Las montañas lloraron mucho, como describe mi abuela.-
¿Qué significa que lloraron mucho?-
Pedrito continúa la explicación:
-Esa tarde vieron deslizamientos de tierra. Unos de los amigos de mis abuelos, la familia Luján, deciden irse. Les dio miedo permanecer allÃ. La otra familia, los Berroterán, decidió quedarse. Mi abuelo tenÃa que tomarse unas pastillas. Fue al carro a buscarlas. De repente vino una avalancha. Cada uno trató de salvarse como pudo…..los carros se los llevó el rÃo de lodo que, venÃa a toda velocidad, bajando de la montaña. Después, que se recuperaron del susto, se reunieron nuevamente pero mi abuelo no apareció´…..se lo llevó la avalancha. Los rescatistas revisaron la zona pero nunca consiguieron nada. Mucha gente quedó sepultada por el lodo. Nunca consiguieron los cuerpos. Mi abuela tardó en recuperarse. A raÃz de esa experiencia no le gusta la lluvia, le recuerda ese nefasto dÃa….-
-Lo siento debió ser muy duro. En un instante pasó de un momento feliz a otro de dolor….¿y la otra familia?- indaga curiosamente Juancho
-Ellos quedaron varados en la carretera junto a otros carros. Vieron que venÃa una avalancha y advirtieron a los demás que se salieran de los carros. Unos decidieron quedarse, tenÃan miedo de dejar los carros. Los que se quedaron en los carros los sepultó el lodo. La familia Luján se salvó milagrosamente.- acota Pedrito.
-Vámonos rápido, antes de que despierte, porque después cierra la puerta y no nos deja salir.- dice Juancho.
La hermana de Pedrito, MarÃa Laura, estaba muy ilusionada terminando un dibujo sobre la lluvia. VestÃa un impecable vestido azul cielo y, zapatos blancos, saldrÃa con su mamá al supermercado. Pero, como su mamá no estaba lista, decidió salir con ellos para disfrutar y dar una vuelta, de esa manera se mantendrÃa impecable y su mamá no se darÃa cuenta…..
De repente el cielo se vistió con enormes nubarrones, la temperatura del aire habÃa bajado considerablemente y, la fresca brisa vespertina acariciaba las caras sonrientes y felices de los niños. SabÃan que se aproximaba la lluvia….esa lluvia que tanto les gusta. Comenzó la suave llovizna, esa que humedece la tierra. ¡Ah! Ese olor caracterÃstico a tierra mojada que tanto le gusta a MarÃa Laura.
MarÃa Laura, emocionada, se olvidó que tenÃa puestos sus zapatos nuevos, de color blanco. Simplemente comenzó a correr con la bicicleta. La lluvia arreció y ella, con la inspiración de su alma infantil, empezó la competencia de bicicletas diciendo:
-El que logre frenar con los zapatos gana-
Todos obedecieron…..
Ella estaba feliz, cada vez que se mojaba creÃa que su cuerpo era más liviano, la sensación que sentÃa era que flotaba como una pluma en el aire. Esa sensación la hacÃa maravillosamente feliz…Se sentÃa transformada, diferente, más perceptiva con la naturaleza….hasta que….
-MarÃa Laura adentro inmediatamente. Está lloviendo. ¿Cómo se te ocurre ir con vestido y zapatos a pasear en bicicleta? Y ustedes también- dice Doña Patricia, la mamá de MarÃa Laura y Pedrito.
ENGLISH VERSION
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The children of Urbanización La Soledad always go for a bike ride after finishing their homework. For them it is synonymous with speed and punctuality. The first one to show up at the door of the RocÃo house is Juancho. It is an indication that the others have to hurry, to finish their school work. He is greeted by Pedrito:
-Come in, don't make a fuss, Grandma Carmelina is still asleep. I finish my story about the rain and we go out.
-I hope she doesn't wake up," answers Juancho.
-Sh Sh Sh. The sun didn't come out today and my grandmother doesn't like us to be outside.
-I don't understand why, can you explain this mystery to me," comments Juancho.
-All right, I'll explain it to you, but promise me that you will keep it a secret. Pedrito answers.
-Yes, I promise.
-My grandmother gets nostalgic on cloudy days. Those days remind her of the heavy downpour that fell in Mirabal National Park, the one she always went to with my grandfather Serafin. There they would bathe in the icy water wells, then have lunch with friends. Together they would prepare the barbecue. They always returned to the city at sunset. One day, while they were in the park, it was raining very hard and it seemed as if it would never stop. They decided to wait, the road was dangerous during the rainy season. My grandfather turned on the radio but, the radio stopped working, they could not tune in to any station.... they were in the mountains....... The mountains cried a lot, as my grandmother described.
What does it mean that they cried a lot?
Pedrito continues the explanation:
-That afternoon they saw landslides. Some of my grandparents' friends, the Lujan family, decided to leave. They were afraid to stay there. The other family, the Berroterans, decided to stay. My grandfather had to take some pills. He went to the car to get them. Suddenly there was an avalanche. Each one tried to save themselves as best they could..... the cars were carried away by the river of mud that was coming down the mountain at full speed. After they recovered from the scare, they gathered again but my grandfather did not appear'.....he was carried away by the avalanche. The rescuers searched the area but never found anything. Many people were buried by the mud. They never found the bodies. My grandmother took a long time to recover. As a result of that experience she doesn't like the rain, it reminds her of that fateful day. ....-
-I'm sorry it must have been so hard. In an instant she went from a moment of happiness to a moment of pain....- What about the other family?
-They were stranded on the road along with other cars. They saw an avalanche coming and warned the others to get out of the cars. Some decided to stay, they were afraid to leave the cars. Those who stayed in the cars were buried in the mud. The Luján family was miraculously saved," said Pedrito.
-Let's go quickly, before he wakes up, because then he closes the door and won't let us leave," says Juancho.
Pedrito's sister, MarÃa Laura, was very excited finishing a drawing about the rain. She was wearing an impeccable sky blue dress and white shoes, she was going out with her mother to the supermarket. But, as her mom wasn't ready, she decided to go out with them to enjoy herself and take a walk, that way she would stay impeccable and her mom wouldn't notice......
Suddenly the sky was dressed with huge overcast clouds, the air temperature had dropped considerably and, the cool evening breeze caressed the smiling and happy faces of the children. They knew the rain was coming....esa rain that they love so much. The soft drizzle began, the one that moistens the earth. Ah, that characteristic smell of wet earth that MarÃa Laura likes so much.
Maria Laura, excited, forgot she was wearing her new white shoes. She simply started to run with her bicycle. The rain started to pour down and she, with the inspiration of her childish soul, started the bicycle competition saying:
-Whoever manages to brake with the shoes wins-.
Everyone obeyed .....
She was happy, every time she got wet she thought her body was lighter, the sensation she felt was that she was floating like a feather in the air. That sensation made her wonderfully happy...She felt transformed, different, more perceptive with nature....until....
-Maria Laura went inside immediately. It's raining, how can you think of going for a bike ride in a dress and shoes? And you too," says Doña Patricia, MarÃa Laura and Pedrito's mother.