The Hectors
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Ricardo Mariño –
The dead with the worst temper in the entire cemetery was Ana Maidana de Quintana. In life, Ana had been a teacher and
school principal. She had only arrived at the cemetery a month ago, and the problems with her began that very day.
After a brief walk among the tombstones, Ana had an unexpected reaction: she started shouting angrily. Her anger was due to
to a legend that he saw on a bronze plaque:
José, you have gone, but you live on in our hearts!
"Were you?" Ana pronounced, exaggerating the 's', "corasssones?"
He continued walking and a few meters further another legend caught his attention:
Cristina: your husband, sons, and grandchildren remember you
-Figs? Do the figs remind you of Cristina? -Ana said, full of anger- What fig tree produces figs with feelings?
She was immediately frightened by the text on another gravestone:
Dear wife: we will reunite in the beyond and we will be happy like we are here!
But what finally drove her frantic was her own grave, which had several bronze plaques. On one of them,
he/she said:
In memory of Ana de Quintana, exemplary teacher, who taught us everything we know. Her former students who care so much
the lioran.
Ahhhh -it was Ana's endless scream, which made the skin crawl and raised the hair on the dead and the living.
ten kilometers around.
It was seven in the morning. At that moment, the cemetery manager, Mr. Héctor Funes, was having mate with
the gravedigger, Mr. Héctor Pozos, and the flower seller, Mr. Héctor Clavel. They were the only living human beings.
present in the cemetery and, although they could not hear the scream of a dead person, they did experience a profound
shiver. The heat of the small heater went out, the birds fled from the trees, and a tomb-like silence covered the
scene.
A dead man has entered into a rage - announced a somber Héctor Funes, who after thirty years of practicing as
The cemetery caretaker knew everything that could be known about the dead.
Héctor Pozos turned pale like a marble tombstone, and his gaze fixed on the now non-existent flame of the
little heater.
Héctor Clavel jumped on his bicycle and didn't stop pedaling until he got home.
A lot was said that day about the unpleasant sensation experienced by everyone in the city, but much more was
he said in the following days, when strange events began to be recorded:
A complete fifth grade was chased by a grammar book that tried to bite its head off.
small.
A girl had the phrase "words ending in aba are written with b" written on her belly.
A butcher, who had just written a sign announcing "Special Roast," was attacked by a strip of sausages that
She wrapped her neck like a boa constrictor and tried to suffocate him.
A man whose house had a sign that said 'Electricity' was chased two blocks by a flying iron.
who tried to burn his butt.
The city was under the effects of panic. No one understood the reasons for the paranormal attacks.
The only ones who had a plan to try to remedy that were the Hectors.
Héctor Funes, Héctor Pozos, and Héctor Clavel were worried because almost no one was visiting the cemetery.
few who did, passed quickly by their relative's grave and did not buy flowers or leave tips. There was
deceased who were buried in cemeteries located 50 to 100 km away. The cemetery of the
Héctor was falling into economic and moral ruin.
One day the Hectors bought brushes, paints, and a used edition of 'Frequent Doubts and Errors of the Language'
Spanish", a small manual. During a full day, they dedicated themselves to correcting the errors on the gravestones and a
at night, without anyone seeing them, they carried buckets and a ladder all over the city to fix all the signs with
errors.
At first, people looked at the corrections on the posters with curiosity, but reacted with more fear when a
retired teacher, said:
It's the ghost of Ana Maidana de Quintana! Only she could do something like this.
The three Hectors swore never to tell the truth.
Ana returned to her grave and remained at peace. Over time, people forgot the ghostly attacks and returned to visit.
Activities
1- ACCORDING TO THE DEGREE OF APPROXIMATION BETWEEN THE REAL WORLD AND THAT OF FICTION, ONE CAN
ESTABLISH DIFFERENT TYPES OF STORIES. WHICH TYPE DOES THIS STORY BELONG TO AND WHY?
2- INDICATE IN WHICH SPACES THE ACTION OF THE STORY TAKES PLACE.
3- FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE MAIN CHARACTER, ANA MAIDANA DE QUINTANA,
INDICATE WHO YOUR OPPONENTS ARE, WHAT OBJECTIVE YOU PURSUE AND WHO IS YOUR
HELPER.
4- MAKE A LIST OF THE 'VICTIMS' OF THE PROTAGONIST. YOU CAN CREATE A TABLE LIKE
THE OF THE MODEL:
VICTIM REASON FOR THE ATTACK MODE OF ATTACK
5- IN THE TEXT THERE ARE WORDS THAT APPEAR WITH SPELLING ERRORS (WRITTEN INCORRECTLY).
TRANSCRIBE THEM AND WRITE THEM CORRECTLY.
6-SEARCH FOR THE STORY, THE EPISODE THAT YOU FIND FUNNIEST AND TRANSCRIBE IT.
Imagine that you have spelling mistakes and that Ana's ghost is chasing you.
HOW DO YOU THINK IT WOULD ATTACK YOU? DESCRIBE THE EXPERIENCE.