073. La Niña De Los Grandes Ojos (The Girl With Big Eyes)
Illusions – Ilusiones
From Cuentos Populares en Chile (Chilean Folktales) – by Ramón A. Laval
Part 2 – Myths, Traditions, Things (Mitos, Tradiciones, Casos)
(D. Francisco Vásquez, 1911.)
One night two young men, a little tipsy, walked through Galán de la Burra street (now known as Erasmo Escala street in Santiago) and saw, about a half block away, a very beautiful girl, with eyes that shone like lights, and as they approached her, they saw her eyes getting bigger [and bigger]; and they grew so big that when they got to her they saw neither her face nor her body, but [only] two enormous eyes that stared fixedly at them. The young men frighteningly fled and prayed aloud [at the same time].
It is believed that everything was simply a hallucination, produced by drunkenness.
—– VOCABULARY —–
Chispo – (slightly drunk) tipsy
Actual – (of the present time) present, current, contemporary, present-day; (modern) up-to-date, fashionable; (relating to current events) topical
A medida que – (time) as
Despavorido – terrified
Rezar – (to worship) to pray; (to display as text) to read; (to say aloud) to recite
Embriaguez – (ebriety) drunkenness, intoxication, inebriation; (entrancement) elation, rapture, euphoria, intoxication