Un balón arrastraba, como si de un gran tesoro se tratara, con esmero lo llevaba y sin miedo a nada, por el borde de la roca lo pasaba. Era un ser sin rostro marcado, eso sí, bien acuerpado, aunque de lado se veía delgado, de frente su cuerpo estaba bien proporcionado.
He was dragging a ball, as if it were a great treasure, carefully carrying it and without fear of anything, he passed it along the edge of the rock. It was a being without a marked face, although he was well built, although from the side he looked thin, from the front his body was well proportioned.
Un día sin decir porque, y yo, sin nada entender, observé que él su balón desde lo alto lanzó y el pobre en dos pedazos se partió, sí en mitades quedó. El hombre que era muy hábil, fue bajando de la roca de manera ágil y cuando al suelo llegó, miró la bola partida en dos y ni una lagrima soltó, parece que poco le importó.
One day, without saying why, and I, without understanding anything, I observed that he threw his ball from the top and the poor thing broke in two pieces, yes, in halves. The man who was very skillful, went down from the rock in an agile way and when he reached the ground, he looked at the ball split in two and not even a tear was released, it seems that he did not care.
Tras un rato observando cada mitad, el hombre se acerca y las junta sin titubear, luego las vuelve a separar y decide que entre ellas se guardará, así, dentro de aquella pelota vivirá. En una mitad se guardo, tomó la otra y las dos juntó, una bola perfecta quedó y ahí vivirá mejor.
After a while observing each half, the man approaches and puts them together without hesitation, then he separates them again and decides that he will keep them together, so that he will live inside that ball. In one half he kept himself, took the other and put the two together, a perfect ball was left and there he will live better.
Un día la pelota apareció, iba sola andando sin control, eso sí, manejaba con agilidad, estoy segura que eso es, porque dentro de ella alguien va y seguramente un día una sonrisa nos regalará.
One day the ball appeared, it was walking alone without control, but it was driving with agility, I'm sure that's because inside it someone is going and surely one day it will give us a smile.
Stopmotion y cuento original de
Margarita Palomino.
Original para Hive
