La Casa Perdida (FINAL) | Lost House (END)
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Pasaron los días y las pocas semanas que restaban para los exámenes y finalizar el año escolar; mis visitas se hicieron casi a diario. Al tiempo que me preparaba para la prueba final construía lo debía ser un proyecto de ciencias para presentarlo en un certamen ante un jurado que seleccionaría los tres mejores. Juan y Marta fueron testigos de cómo preparé este proyecto, ellos escuchaban atentos, Juan de vez en cuando me pedía que le explicara algún procedimiento.
Todo mi esfuerzo fue recompensado con el primer premio lo que significó un estímulo en libros y la exposición del mismo en un evento en la capital que reuniría a los mejores de casi todas las escuelas del país así que me fui a representar mi escuela y mi estado.
The days went by and the few weeks left before the exams and the end of the school year; my visits became almost daily. While I was preparing for the final test, I was building what should be a science project to be presented in a contest before a jury that would select the three best ones. Juan and Marta were witnesses of how I prepared this project, they listened attentively, Juan from time to time asked me to explain some procedure.
All my effort was rewarded with the first prize, which meant an incentive in books and the exhibition of the same in an event in the capital that would gather the best of almost all the schools in the country, so I went to represent my school and my state.
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Lo que debió ser una estadía de dos días se transformó en unas vacaciones de tres semanas, pues mi tío, el hermano mayor de mi madre, una vez hecho la presentación de los proyectos y concluido el evento, me llevó a su casa con el pretexto de que pasara unos días con mis primos. Todo hubiese transcurrido sin novedad a no ser que una noche estando la familia reunida después de la cena en el estudio de la casa, me percaté de una vieja foto colocada en un estante al lado de unos libros. ¡Sorpresa!, vi las imágenes de Juan y Marta junto a sus tres hijos y según me aclararon de inmediato era los bisabuelos de mi madre y mi tío. Pasé el resto de la reunión familiar sin decir palabras, esperando el momento de irme a la cama para procesar lo que me acababa de ocurrir.
Juan y Marta eran mis antepasados y mis padres buscando mejoras laborales y una casa propia, cosa que se les hiso más fácil yéndose a la provincia, se encontraron con su historia particular sin darse cuenta; nunca supe cómo decirles lo que me había sucedido. Hasta que se me ocurrió escribir este relato, claro, todo lo atribuyeron a mi imaginación.
What should have been a two-day stay turned into a three-week vacation, because my uncle, my mother's older brother, once the presentation of the projects was done and the event was over, took me to his house with the pretext of spending a few days with my cousins. Everything would have gone smoothly except that one night when the family was gathered after dinner in the study of the house, I noticed an old photo on a shelf next to some books. Surprise! , I saw the pictures of Juan and Marta with their three children and according to what was immediately made clear to me, they were the great-grandparents of my mother and uncle. I spent the rest of the family reunion speechless, waiting for bedtime to process what had just happened to me.
Juan and Marta were my ancestors and my parents, looking for better jobs and a house of their own, which was made easier by moving to the province, came across their particular story without realizing it; I never knew how to tell them what had happened to me. Until it occurred to me to write this story, of course, they attributed it all to my imagination.
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Regresé a casa después de unas sorprendentes vacaciones, mas, nunca dejé de pensar en mis viejos de la casa escondida. No hallaba el momento de llegar y hablarles de mi descubrimiento, sería una gran sorpresa, pero todo había cambiado y yo no lo sabía.
A la mañana siguiente tuve que esperar que mis padres se fueran a sus respectivos trabajos para poder salir de la casa y apenas me percaté que ya no regresarían, corrí durísimo hasta una cuadra antes de mi objetivo, luego caminé despacito para ir tomando las medidas de seguridad habituales, pero al llegar, ¡coño, no había nada! Todo había desaparecido; la casa, los árboles, todo había sido borrado, como si nunca hubiesen estado allí. Todo el lugar estaba siendo preparado para construir un centro comercial.
I returned home after an amazing vacation, but I never stopped thinking about my old folks in the hidden house. I could not find the time to come and tell them about my discovery, it would be a great surprise, but everything had changed and I did not know it.
The next morning I had to wait for my parents to go to their respective jobs so I could leave the house and as soon as I realized they were not coming back, I ran very hard until one block before my goal, then I walked slowly to take the usual security measures, but when I arrived, hell, there was nothing! Everything had disappeared; the house, the trees, everything had been erased, as if they had never been there. The whole place was being prepared to build a shopping mall.
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De la animación y la actividad casi eufórica de los meses anteriores pasé al decaimiento y el duelo; ¿a quién podía contarle? No tenía más que mi pena y el silencio. Mis padres se preocuparon al punto de querer llevarme a un médico para que me orientara, no entendían lo que pasaba y yo tampoco. A las pocas semanas de mi regreso mi madre tocó la puerta de mi cuarto, del que salía muy poco, para avisarme que habían unas personas en casa solicitándome para entregarme personalmente un reconocimiento por mi participación exitosa en el evento de proyectos de ciencias y otra vez: ¡sorpresa!, me quedé paralizado, mudo, haciendo esfuerzos por contener la orina. Las personas que tenía en frente eran idénticos a Juan y Marta. Mis padres fueron los que hablaron, por más que quise no encontraba forma de articular palabra, mis ojos desorbitados estaban fijos en ellos. A lo mejor si hubiésemos estado solos les habría hablado de mi circunstancia, de la casa, de los viejos, de la fotografía pero no, estaba sitiado; luego de muchas felicitaciones y de una larga despedida, ya en el umbral de la puerta se voltearon los dos y al mismo tiempo una mirada inteligente, una sonrisa cómplice y un guiño pícaro bastó.
From the liveliness and almost euphoric activity of the previous months I went into decay and mourning; who could I tell? I had nothing but my grief and silence. My parents were worried to the point of wanting to take me to a doctor for guidance, they didn't understand what was going on and neither did I. I had no one to tell. A few weeks after my return, my mother knocked on the door of my room, from which I rarely left, to tell me that there were some people at home asking me to personally give me an award for my successful participation in the science project event and again: surprise!, I was paralyzed, mute, making efforts to hold back my urine. The people in front of me were identical to John and Martha. My parents were the ones who spoke, as much as I wanted to, I could not find a way to articulate a word, my wild eyes were fixed on them. Maybe if we had been alone I would have told them about my circumstances, the house, the old people, the photograph, but no, I was under siege; after many congratulations and a long goodbye, already at the threshold of the door they both turned around and at the same time an intelligent look, an accomplice smile and a mischievous wink was enough.
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