The Garbancito

Once upon a time a long time ago, a child so small that it fit in the palm of one hand. Everyone called him Garbancito, even his parents who adored him because he was a loving son and very smart. Size matters little when you have a big heart.

He was so tiny that nobody saw him when he went out. Of course, what they could do was hear him singing his favorite song:

- "Pachín, pachín, pachín!

Be careful what you do!

Pachín, pachín, pachín!

Do not step on Garbancito! "

Garbancito liked to accompany his father when he went to the countryside to work and although he was afraid of what might happen to him, he let him accompany him. On one occasion Garbancito was enjoying the beautiful, because his father had allowed him to guide the horse.

- "You'll see how I can do it too!" He had told his father. Then he asked her to place it on the animal's ear and began to give orders, that the horse still did not know where they came from.

"See, dad? It does not matter if I'm small, if I can also think. " Garbancito said to his father that he looked at him proudly. When they arrived at the cabbage field, while his father collected all the vegetables and then took them to the market, Garbancito played and scampered inside the plants.

The child was so amused that he did not realize that he was getting farther and farther away from his father. Suddenly one of the cartwheels was trapped inside a cabbage, catching the attention of a huge ox that was very close to there.

The brownish-colored animal went to where Garbancito was and swallowed the cabbage in a single bite, with the child inside. When it was time to return the father looked for Garbancito everywhere, without success. Desperate, he went to tell his wife, who helped him through all the fields and roads until almost nightfall. They shouted with one voice: - Garbancito! Where are you son? But nobody answered.

The parents could hardly sleep that night with the fear of not seeing their son again. The next morning they resumed their search, without being able to find Garbancito yet.

The rainy season passed and then the snowfalls, and the parents kept looking: - Garbancito! Garbancito! Until one day they crossed paths with the huge brownish ox and felt a voice that seemed to come from inside. Mom! Dad! I'm here! ! In the gut of the ox, where it neither rains nor snows!

Unable to believe that they had found him and he was still alive, the parents approached the ox and tried to tickle him to let him out. The animal could not resist and with a big sneeze threw Garbancito out, who hugged his parents with immense joy.

After the hugs and kisses, the three returned to the house celebrating and singing in unison:

- "Pachín, pachín, pachín!

Be careful with what you do!
Pachín, pachín, pachín!
Garbancito do not tread! "

The story of El Garbancito was translated from Spanish and this is its original source