Catrina the Grumpy
Catrina la Gruñona
was an alien: very wicked, mischievous, had big eyes, changed colours according
to the occasion of another dimension which was: very warm, full of colour and
lots of light.
Catrina la Gruñona
spent the whole day screaming at her galactic neighbours and other souls
crossing her path.
Since she did not
have anyone who frequented her, she would hang around and bother a whole solar
half day and a half moon day, looking for someone to shout at. They did not
care if they had authority, prestige and recognition in this planetary sector
so they had to put up with it every time they will cross you.
Everyone got upset
when she showed up. But that made her feel very angry, so she shouted more
loudly at whoever showed up.
One day, while
walking through the borders of other dimensions, she realized that there were
inhabitants with whom she had never met with characteristics similar to her;
But instead of shouting they smiled and celebrated, they seemed immensely happy
they had: musical instruments with which they played happy melodies, decorated
the three-dimensional routes with colored lights, shared jokes, anecdotes and
stories of their ancestors which once a year as they said, they visited them
and vanished.
Catrina Gruñona
went stealing little by little until that mysterious place hitting a frightful
scream that made everyone astonish:
-They are invading my space! Said her, it is better that they stop celebrating or start screaming. -I think that I will continue doing it to get respect and know who the owner of these territories is anyway is my specialty. Continued saying
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And warming his
vocal cords, he pulled back and prepared to give them his well-deserved shout.
But neither was amazed, nor did he leave. But if everyone laughed so much that
Catrina la Gruñona fainted with tremendous scream that hit.
After a while he
woke up and with a loud voice said -"they are going to find out".
Catrina the Grunt and wriggling of great value ran to the center of the great
congregation and prepared to merge the feast.
But they went away and continued celebration. Catrina la Gruñona lost her mind and rose without control with such bad luck that she reached the planet Uranium absorbed by her frustration and there they held her for a long time.
When Catrina la
Gruñona calmed down, she felt so sad and lonely that she reflected, promising
that she would never bother again, and begged the gods of regression to return
her to her place from where she never should have left.
And so, very tired,
they returned her to her house without anyone daring to ask her if she needs
help for not feeling her frustration
From that day,
Catrina la Gruñona no longer messes with anyone. And not only because he does
not want to scream and annoy, but because he has realized that when you are
nobody wants to help you, or share or celebrate, much less give gifts. Saying
from that day and many more the neighbouring aliens lived quietly and happy
forever.
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