This translation apperared in International Short Stories 1900 The hamlet of Camoruco stands at one of the gateways to the Plains. The wagon-road cuts the little settlement squarely and neatly in two, like the parting of a dandy's hair. Stretched out upon the savanna, the village consists of two rows of houses which stand in a file along the edge of the road, and seem to peer furtively upon the passer-by. They look like a double row of sparrows upon two parallel telegraph wires. Close by flows the Guarico, an abundant stream that irrigates the pampas; in its sands slumbers the skate-fish and on its banks, with half -open jaws, the laey alligators take their noonday rest.