The tree full of imps

     "Ligia Prado is a young woman of 30 years old, but she still remembers as if it were today the experience she had when she was just 7 years old.

    Near Ligia's house, there was a beautiful tree, and she loved to play in that place because she didn't have any friends to have fun with. But one day something extraordinary happened: little children started coming out of a giant hole under the tree and invited her to play. 'Come, girl, this is fun!' those words are always present in her mind.

    When I first saw them, I thought they were toys or children who were born small, but I was surprised when they showed me some very large coins that had a unique shine, as if you were looking at gold nuggets," the young woman said.

    Ligia never approached them because the tricksters had offered her that money to get into the hole of the tree. At that moment, she felt a profound fear that shook her, but her mother helped her overcome the problem."

    Excerpt from "Here many people have seen them”. Written by Silvia Elena Carrillo/ El Nuevo Diario, November 27, 2003.