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“We got him! Cover me, Jochi! Ete é un
penco pájaro!”
¨Aquí toy, Mimillo!¨ said Jochi.
“Fafifo, make him come to me! If he moves, tú lo ataja and slice ei maidito's cocote!” Lugarú? Zángano? Mimillo can´t remember the type of beast, in the midst of this reburujú.
¨Guay mi mai, Guaaaaay
mi mai!” The little girl
screams again, the galipote’s iron grip hurting her arm.
Mimillo's limbs are still shaking with exertion from killing the other monster not an hour ago. So
Davisote brought a torch! Did he bring the saint's portrait? The previous monster stared at it for half a second, and that was all Mimillo needed to make its head roll
free on the ground… Who brought a chair?
“Show that maidito the
cross of palo de cruz, Dani!” Juama shouts, a bloody bag heavy on his shoulder. “Jaimote, you, read the ensalmo! Carajo, open the book!” Juama points an urgent
finger to Dani´s brother.
Sensing the end, the galipote fixes his glassy eyes on Mimillo and crunches lower. What a horrendous set of teeth! The galipote´s shrieks
crowl up their spines and turn their blood into ice, but they will never admit
that to one another!
¨Mimillo, did you hear? I will be carrying the salt and holy
water. Mimillo!¨ Fafifo poses his fingers for a roqui-toqui right between
Mimillo´s eyes. It is 6:00 p.m. and Mimillo had already planned it all in his head. They were already famous for hunting down monsters, and a terrified village near San Juan de La Maguana had called for their help. They had never hunted galipotes before, but that was unimportant. Mimillo had
his brothers, cousin and friends by his side.
Read more about galipotes and their different types, like
Lugarús or Zánganos, here:
http://www.cuco.com.ar/galipote.htm
(Spanish source of info)
Éte é un penco pájaro: this is a huge animal (translation of
the idea; "pájaro" really means bird, but this word may refer to different creatures)
Ataja: to catch
Ei maidito: that damned thing
Reburujú: mess, disaster
Mi mai: my mother
Ensalmo: incantation
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