Stach short story contest #29: The Panela (Papelón)

in #stach6 years ago

The panela. (Papelón)
Before starting the story, I must clarify that the panela (papelon) is a traditional Venezuelan sweet that is made of sugar cane and is used to make homemade jams. My father told me that when he was a child he and his brothers liked to eat panela, and they liked it so much that they did it secretly from their mother (my grandmother), when she realized they were eating panela, she decided to put it in a place not visible, so they would not take it, but it was so much the desire to find it and eat it, that they always managed to do it, their mother tired of the boys eating the panela, one day punished them, kneeling them on some soda veneers, and such was the punishment for them that their knees were tanned and battered, since then they left the bad habit of eating the grandmother's papelón.