aatt~anie/would have preferred not to see the light of day， but the
sun tiltermg through the holes in the bi~ top was already splash-
ing down on him. The roaring laughter of his fellow workers，
especially that of I-tercules， still resounded in his head， and he
wondered if the morning would be a continuation of tlae night
Iwfi~re. lie rolled over a couple of times in his c()t befi~re gettin~
up. t It ，v:ls gl，ld to note he was alone. After what had happened
the previous night， he didn t feel like seeing anyone.
For the first time， lie had felt comfortable enough with the
group to tell them something about his life-- something per-
sonal， t It told them that one of his ancestors had been the Pres-
ident of the Republic， and tie also explained how he had lost
the sight in his left eye. \"My father got pissed off at me and he
picked up the ladle fi~r the beans so he could give me a thrash-
ing. And I， idi，~t that 1 was， curious to see how he was beating
me， left my eyes wide open until the ladle sank into my left eye，
slicing it just like a hard-boiled egg. We looked everywhere for
the piece of my eye and finally gave up. Then， at dinner， my
fi/ther asked my mother if the beans had bacon in theln. When
she replied no， he went straight t:o the kitchen sink and spit
out.\" And while no one had believed such a story， everyone
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