ClanDEStine
Cristina Ortega

I woke up. I didn’t sleep at all from the excitement. My mom, as usual, with the cake in her hands, sang the song with my sisters, although this time it was different.



I woke up. I didn’t sleep at all from the excitement. My mom, as usual, with the cake in her hands, sang the song with my sisters, although this time it was different.
At school they explained to us about the of going out in the evenings. Apparently, the doors of the houses did not open again until the next morning, and when we left risked not being able to go back inside. The keys were hidden from the locks
all night.
On the way home I went to see Mr. Miguel; I was waiting for my gift...
, wanted to go in for a walk there.
Don Miguel told me a long about a secret passageway that ran through all the houses on the block, through which one could look inside each one and find out what was happening and thus also get into mischief. I, who had always been curious That would be my gift.
Once inside, the only thing I could realize was that this secret corridor had a the dining rooms of the houses. My visit was quick, had already arrived and I had to return to my to stay out of the house all night, except for my birthday.
house. I didn’t want the time when the keys were hidden view of all
Mr. Miguel would assign me the mission tomorrow morning.
Manuel, this passage is yours alone, but mission will be to what Mr. Víctor, from house
before you start doing mischief, your investigate A-33, does every afternoon.
I had taken my role as an so seriously that I stopped playing soccer with Felipe.
investigator
Now my afternoons were dedicated to talking about on the radio with that woman.
observing and trying to decipher what Mr. Víctor was
I told Mr. Victor the whole story from beginning to end. At first he got a little angry, but then he looked at me, me on the back, a worried smile broke out on his face and he said
patted
“thank you, curious child”.
why he thanked me, I had never been thanked for doing mischief. I never heard from him again. The next day a man dressed in green accompanied by others just like him arrived at Mr. Víctor’s house. The door was locked, the door was never opened again, I think that perhaps the time had come when the keys were hidden and they never knew how to return to the lock and, therefore, Mr. Víctor never knew how to home.
© Cristina Ortega Lerdo de Tejada
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La primera edición de 500 ejemplares fue distribuida de manera gratuita en el mes de diciembre de 2011. La segunda edición se terminó de imprimir en el mes de enero de 2012, en los talleres de Maval S.A. con un tiraje de 500 ejemplares.
Registro de Propiedad Intelectual N° 211.961
ISBN 978-956-335-097-5
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Autor/Ilustrador: Cristina Ortega Lerdo de Tejada
Dirección creativa/Edición: Jennifer King
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