March

A little while later, I made Quail in Rose Petal Sauce. When I served it for dinner, something very strange happened. My sister, Gertrudis, got really hot. See ran to the shower to cool down, but the water came out hot, only making her hotter. All of a sudden, she caught fire!!! She ran out of the fire into the fields of the ranch naked, smelling strongly of the roses that she ate. A young man, Juan, who was captain of a Revolutionary troop that was in the middle of fighting, smelled Gertrudis’ rosy smell, and was mesmerized by it. He knew that he needed to find the source of the smell, so he galloped towards it on his horse. Without meaning to, he left his men fighting in battle behind, and the men had to surrender. When he came to he source of the smell, he found my sister Gertrudis. Being at battle for so long, he had not seen a women probably for some time. When he saw how beautiful and heated Gertrudis was, he picked her up onto his horse, and rode away making love with her. My sister Gertrudis was finally free of the ranch and could finally be with any man she wanted to. Several days later, we found out that she was working in a brothel on the border. She probably got good business from all the soldiers fighting there. I was sad that my sister had to leave, but I was happy for her liberation from the ranch and Mama Elena’s strict and heartless traditional ways. Mama Elena, on the other hand, was so mad at Gertrudis that she destroyed all pictures of her and told people that she was dead. How could my mother be so heartless and put her image as head of a descent family over love for her missing daughter!!!