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MEXICAN TALES
"A' 'sta listo," said he. "Now we are ready and we shall see
what happens."
We are all well aware what happened. When a man first
begins drinking he feels the effects of the bird's blood and sings.
He continues to drink until fired by the lion's blood; then he
fights. His thirst increases until he has drunk as deep as the
swine's blood, and the next thing we know he is in the gutter.
Ay, qu6 mala suertel What ill fatel
Blanca Flor
Juan was a gambler and had lost everything he possessed. One
day of so many he strolled from the town grumbling to the
effect that for some money and a bit of luck he would sell
himself to the devil. Immediately there reined up before him
a man on a large black mount.
"I am the devil," said he; "state your contract."
"Some money to start and five years of unbroken luck,"
said Juan.
"Granted," replied the devil. "Within five years you are to
come to me and perform three commands. You will find me on
the Plains of Berlin at the Hacienda of Qui-quiri-qui."
Juan began gambling again, and his devil's luck performed
miracles for him. He won money, land, houses, and stock until
there was nothing else to be won.
At the end of the plazo of five years he set out for the Plains
of Berlin and the Hacienda of Qui-quiri-qui, and within a
month reached a hermitage. The hermit greeted him and said,
"What are you doing in these parts, good man?"
"I'm looking for the Plains of Berlin and the Hacienda of
Qui-quiri-qui," said Juan.
"I have lived hereabouts for one hundred years," said the
hermit, "and I have never heard of the place. However, I am
the ruler of the fishes of the sea. I shall call them and ask them
the way to the Plains of Berlin and the Hacienda of Qui-
quiri-qui."
Thereupon he whistled three times and the fishes from all
depths came to the shore.61
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Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964. Puro Mexicano, book, 1969; Dallas, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc77209/m1/73/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.