The Tale of Bad Guts and Bad Blood: El Cuento De Mala Entrañita Y Mala Sangre

By Edia L. Velez

This tale is a legend that takes place in Aguadas, Colombia. The eighteen-year-old only child of a wealthy family was found dead by a maid of the family. Great commotion was felt in the mansion. They called their doctor, and he certified their son was dead.
They took the funeral to their church. The priest took a white dove in a cage to the cemetery. As soon as the coffin was buried, the priest opened the cage and the dove flew away to the sky.
Bad Guts and Bad Blood, a pair of thieves who were spying behind a mausoleum, changed the mood of the story from tragedy to comedy. Later on, they entered the cemetery and unburied the coffin and grabbed the dead mans finger to pull out his gold ring. His finger was swollen, and the thieves pulled and pulled the ring until his finger bled. The dead man sat in his coffin and screamed, Ayyyy! At that moment, the white dove came back and sat on the casket. Bad Guts and Bad Blood were so scared that they ran one after the other to get out of the graveyard. When they got out, they found a police officer, but they immediately jumped the fence and fell in a hole. The young man was caught by the policeman who was an enigmatic, funny person. Now the story got more humorous. The cop took him to his home and there the sadness ended. It was discovered that he had a catalepsy attack. When his mother heard that his son and their young maid were having a baby, she fainted. The young couple got married and moved to Bogota, where he studied medicine.
Este cuento es una leyenda que se desarrolla en Aguadas, Colombia. El nico hijo de 18 aos de una familia prominente de este pueblo fue encontrado muerto por una criada de la familia. Se forma tremendo escndalo en la mansin. Llaman al doctor y ste certifica que ha fallecido.
Llevan el fretro a la iglesia y el sacerdote lleva al sepelio una paloma blanca en una jaulita. Cuando meten el atad en hoyo, el cura abri la jaulita y la paloma vol al cielo.
Mala Entraita y Mala Sangre, un par de maleantes que andaban de espas detrs de un mausoleo, cambian el ambiente de tristeza por una de comedia humorosa. Ms tarde ellos entran al cementerio y descubren el atad y tratan de sacarle el anillo del dedo al muertito, pero su dedo estaba hinchado y el anillo no sala. Su dedo sangr y el muchacho se sent y grit, ayyyyy! En ese momento la paloma blanca regres y se par en el atad. Del susto los maleantes corrieron para salirse del cementerio. El muertito revivido los sigui. Al salir de all haba un polica y Mala Entraita y Mala Sangre brincaron la empalizada y cayeron en un hoyo. El muchacho fue atrapado por la polica que era otro personaje enigmtico. Ahora el cuento se torna ms gracioso. El polica lo lleva a su casa y all se termina la tristeza de la familia. Descubrieron que el joven tena un ataque de catalepsia. Cuando la madre escuch que su hijo y la sirvienta esperaban un beb se desmay. Los jvenes se casaron y se fueron con su beb a una escuela de medicina en Bogot donde l se gradu de mdico.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Palibrio
• Release date: Nov 12, 2015
• ISBN: 9781506509419

Edia L. Velez

Edia L. Velez was born in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico. She moved to the United States during 1960, graduated from Houston Baptist University, and taught elementary bilingual education at Houston Independent School District (HISD). She graduated from the Institute of Children’s Literature in Connecticut. In 2001 she retired from the US Department of Education in Washington, DC, where she worked for eleven years. She has published four bilingual books for children: Jessica’s Summer Vacation (Las vacaciones de verano de Jéssica), The Tale of Bad Guts and Bad Blood (El cuento de Mala Entrañita y de Mala Sangre), and Zoe Meets Pierre (Zoé conoce a Pierre). Edia has two daughters, Edia Zoe Lugo Husband and Lynette Lugo Petrie; a son, David Lugo, married to Mónica; and five grandchildren. Her hobbies are writing for children, gardening, and reading. She lives in Buda, Texas. Edia L. Velez nació en San Sebastian, Puerto Rico. Ella se mudó a los Estados Unidos durante los 1960. Se graduó de Houston Baptist University. Enseñó escuela elemental bilingue en Houston Independent School District (HISD). Se graduó del “Institute of Children’s Literature” en Connecticut. En 2001, se retiró del Departamento de Educación de los Estados Unidos de America en Washington, DC, en donde trabajó por once años. Ella ha publicado cuatro libros bilingues para niños: Jessica’s Summer Vacation, (Las vacaciones de verano de Jéssica), segundo, The Tale of Bad Guts and Bad Blood (El cuento de Mala Entrañita y de Mala Sangre), tercero, Lynette’s Untouchable Bubble (Lynette y su Burbuja Intocable), y cuarto, Zoe Meets Pierre (Zoé Conoce a Pierre). Ella tiene dos hijas, Edia Zoé Lugo Husband y Lynette Lugo Petrie, y su hijo David Lugo, casado con Mónica, y cinco nietos. Su entretenimiento favorito es escribir para niños, trabajar en su jardín, y leer. Ella vive en Buda, Texas.

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Contents

The Tale of Bad Guts and Bad Blood

El cuento de Mala Entrañita y Mala Sangre

The Tale

of

Bad Guts

and

Bad Blood

Jean Paul told his mother he had a strange dream the night before. He explained his body felt heavy and clumsy. In his dream he saw himself trapped in a tunnel and saw a dim light around him. "Mom, it is not easy to explain, but I feel kind a lethargic right now. I’m taking a nap to forget this