Сто лет одиночества

           ButOrsulawasinsensibletohisclairvoyance."Insteadofgoingaroundthinkingaboutyourcrazyinventions,youshouldbeworryingaboutyoursons,"shereplied."Lookatthestatethey’rein,runningwildjustlikedonkeys."

           JoseArcadioBuendfatookhiswife’swordsliterally.Helookedoutthewindowandsawthebarefootchildreninthesunnygardenandhehadtheimpressionthatonlyatthatinstanthadtheybeguntoexist,conceivedbyOrsula’sspell,Somethingoccurredinsideofhimthen,somethingmysteriousanddefinitivethatuprootedhimfromhisowntimeandcarriedhimadriftthroughanunexploredregionofhismemory.WhileOrsulacontinuedsweepingthehouse,whichwassafenowfrombeingabandonedfortherestofherlife,hestoodtherewithanabsorbedlook,contemplatingthechildrenuntilhiseyesbecamemoistandhedriedthemwiththebackofhishand,exhalingadeepsighofresignation.

           "Allright,"hesaid."Tellthemtocomehelpmetakethethingsoutoftheboxes."

           JoseArcadio,theolderofthechildren,wasfourteen.Hehadasquarehead,thickhair,andhisfather’scharacter.Althoughhehadthesameimpulseforgrowthandphysicalstrength,itwasearlyevidentthathelackedimagination.Hehadbeenconceivedandbornduringthedifficultcrossingofthemountains,beforethefoundingofMacondo,andhisparentsgavethankstoheavenwhentheysawhehadnoanimalfeatures.Aureliano,thefirsthumanbeingtobeborninMacondo,wouldbesixyearsoldinMarch.Hewassilentandwithdrawn.Hehadweptinhismother’swombandhadbeenbornwithhiseyesopen.