Chapter 36

To the pool

We were sitting cross-legged by the pool. "It looks like a big emerald," I said looking at the water. 

"If it were an emerald I would immediately say: 'Es tuyo*.'" 

"Too big to take away. Better to stay at the swimming pool" I laughed, reaching out one leg and touching the water with my foot. "How fresh it is." I said.

"Often when the wind comes from the north, the pool is as cool as a brook in the mountains. After the storm the light is as if it had been completely washed out. Sometimes I wonder how many greens and smoky blues and different grays are there..." 

"It's all so beautiful."

"Yes, but not as beautiful as you are, my beauty." 

"Stop it Papa." I laughed. 

"Now we turn back to back, you towards the pergola, I towards the tower and we lean against each other." 

"At your orders, general." 

"Are you comfortable?" I asked him when we were turned and bending my head back I touched his.

"Never been so comfortable in my life." 

"You're always over the top," I laughed again. 

"You know, the roosters... they really have a special beauty with those bright feathers, the proud movements, the spurs that spin fast. But towards the end of every fight I always closed my eyes not to see. Perhaps even more terrible...

* "It's yours" in Spanish.