Edison Vera

Renato Gomez

Short story

”The goblin of entrerios” 

Entrerios is a village across the river in front of one of the biggest cities that ever exist, call

“Guayaquil”. This village had hard worker people that work in fishing and farming. They

were specially known for their big Montubios parties every October. Their people was

mostly children and women, because of the big war between coast and mountain region.

The war between regions begin long time ago and took every man that could fight to the

 battlefield. Even in war, this village was peaceful and hard worker, until the black night.

Some people said that was a night without stars and not a single cloud in the sky, was a

night than even the “light of the world” was afraid. With no man in the village to protect,

the underworld feel that was, time to play or that is what most of the people said.

Even with hardworking people, the villagers were afraid of the night and work until the

sunset, but especially in this night one of them missed the sunset. His name was Kiko Dorin

a very known kid because his devotion to his mother, he help her out every time that he

could, but unfortunately this time his good heart bring him to his last night. His mother

Florinda Silla asked him to take out the trash with fish guts and waste from the fish that he

caught that same day, to avoid any animal approach near to the house because of the smell.

He always walk to the “avenida principal” that was a mile of distance, usually he do this

walk before sunset but this time was busy setting the fishing webs to the next day. Nobody

know exactly what happen when Kiko went to avenida principal but it’s a great deal of

speculation. Some say that the devil always corrupt the innocent and that is why he was

choose, others say that he mentally break down because all the work that he made and the

missing figure of his father but the truth is that after this trip to the avenida principal Kiko

was never the same.

After his return to the house, his mother tells him “you got a strange look in your eyes”.

Also that the colors of his eyes change from black to red, and appear to have longer feet

and without shoes because of that. This worried Florinda and asked him it’s everything was

 

ok, but the boy said nothing, then she asked him if he want something to eat to this she said

that responded “rice and chicken, women”. This strange behavior worried Florinda and

immediately call a doctor. When doctor Girafales arrived, made Kiko very upset,

immediately Kiko start to shout “get out of my house insolent human”, to this the doctor

asked to Kiko to let him take his pressure and check him out, but Kiko became more

aggressive and start to throw things to the doctor. Finally, the doctor lost his patience, hold

him down to the grown but Kiko grab the doctor, and throw him out of the window with

not effort at all. In addition, Kiko before leave from the house forever, said to his mother “I

can’t stay with you anymore, women”. 

Until today, some people claim to see him in the mangrove swamp hunting flies and frogs

with the same tall as a kid of 8 years old.