Leyenda

THE SOMBRERON

Stars were everywhere in the night. In silence were the dirty streets in Guatemala City.
All in silence. No noise.Tthe walls looked like wasted paper, paste to the old ruins of the city near Sagrario Streets.

All were dyeing because of coldness In the Portal of Señor.
Matching 8 o’clock was the Cathedral clock, time for spirits come out from somewhere.
Near the OldCathedral Streets, on the sandy streets, time passed and passed.
Then, a little noise was listened, even loader when time passed. After, some steps where listened.

Then, the noisy steps, didn’t listened anymore. At the corner of the street, a man of town was watched. He stopped, he saw to everywhere very slowly. With a mysterious appearance, he turned to the next corner and he continues walking, veryslowly.
He seemed to be a miner.
When he approached to the houses the cried of dogs was listened. He was very little, with a belt which covered all his body, but with a beautiful pair of boots. He carried a guitar; those whom are in sell, Thursdays morning in the Cathedral. And finally in his head an enormous hat, which covered from his head to his foot.

He carried four mules with him; itseemed they had no direction to follow.
He quickly crossed Nuestra Señora de Candelaria Church. Near a post he stopped, he got his guitar and happily started to sing with no fear. And his voice entered to all the houses of the town. All nights, including a little hit he made with his shoes on the ground.
When he finally stopped, he guarded his guitar and took his mules. Suddenly he disappeared,exactly when the first rooster song was listened.
Everybody in town commented. Two women complained, that they could not sleep on no time last night. They both, thought was some boyfriend of some of the ladies of the town, that everybody went and song to them in front of their house.

Everybody describe this lady, thinking that some boy had come.
“She is poor, that is why everybody come here andsing to her” they said. “But she is very beautiful, always” they commented.
A shame would be that some of this guy would ruin this girl.

Nina was very beautiful. The woman of the store did not understood how a humble woman, could had such a pretty girl.
Nina was wonderful.
In her hair, and specially, in her eyes was reflected her grace.
Her mother wanted for her a good husband; she caredher girl a lot, for that time.

But not only her mother took care of her, all the people of the town appreciated her. Everybody was proud for having her in town. People thought they had to the most beautiful girl of the New Guatemala of the Asuncion.

Every day the serenade repeated and repeated every day. He sang Nina new romantic poems. Meanwhile Nina in her house listened carefully to thesongs commotion.
Hearing the voice, of the man in love.
Finally opened the window of the room, after a lot of days. She imagined him, big and with muscles.
That mysterious man entered in Nina’s house, since then.
The persistence of the serenades was causing a mess in town. Everybody wanted to know the man who was in love with Nina.

An old woman in the Candelaria Old Church, after the Hollyhour, commented to other woman, that they both had to know the guy who was singing to Nina.
That night the old woman could view the little man entered with his guitar and a big hat also boots, to one window into Nina’s house.

“Oh, my God! Do you know who is Nina’s boyfriend?” she told, “Is the Sombreron, that’s why she is so skinny. Yesterday I saw her eyes, and they look like if worms wereeating them.” She said.
“We have to do something, poor Nina” she continued “the goblin” she exclaimed.
We have to talk with Chayo first to do something.

“She will get ill said Chayo. “Take her away from here, take her to other town quickly, the goblin won’t let her, take her from here” people advised to Chayo.
Nia Chayo took Nina from Candelaria town to Santa Catarina Convent. The first night...