The Child That Came To Stay | El niño que vino para quedarse

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Married 20 years, yet no child to show for it.
Husband and wife were declared medically fit to conceive babies.
Several failed IVFs,
Use of local herbs, all failed completely.
Nature seemed to be against the couple as there no explainable reason as to why child bearing was an issue to them.
Mrs Stephson could no longer bear the scorn especially from her husband's family. They regarded and on several occasions called her a man to her face. They also attempted marrying a new wife for their son. All these weighed the poor woman so much that she was ready to do anything just to conceive. She decided to pay a visit to the popular voodoo priest who lived in the most interior area of the city. Well, she didn't mind, all she wanted was to have a child.
News has it that the priestess, who was addressed as a fairy because she owned wings had never stepped outside on emergence. The sun was her aging factor, hence she remained indoors and never grew older. Walking into the property of the priestess, Mrs Stephson was asked to take off her shoes and enter the tabernacle walking faced back. Clad in white fabric from her breast down, her hair must have been the longest I had ever seen, she thought, with a ton of write paintings drawn from her face running down to her chest and hands, with broad white wings. She was truly pretty and looked very young.

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Llevan 20 años casados, pero no han tenido ningún hijo.
Marido y mujer fueron declarados médicamente aptos para concebir bebés.
Varias FIV fallidas,
El uso de hierbas locales, todo fracasó por completo.
La naturaleza parecía estar en contra de la pareja, ya que no había ninguna razón explicable para que la maternidad fuera un problema para ellos.
La Sra. Stephson ya no podía soportar el desprecio, especialmente de la familia de su marido. La miraron y en varias ocasiones la llamaron hombre en su cara. También intentaron casar a su hijo con una nueva esposa. Todo esto pesaba tanto a la pobre mujer que estaba dispuesta a hacer cualquier cosa con tal de concebir. Decidió hacer una visita al popular sacerdote vudú que vivía en la zona más interior de la ciudad. A ella no le importaba, lo único que quería era tener un hijo.
Según las noticias, la sacerdotisa, a la que se llamaba hada porque tenía alas, nunca había salido a la calle para emerger. El sol era su factor de envejecimiento, por lo que permanecía en el interior y nunca envejecía. Al entrar en la propiedad de la sacerdotisa, se le pidió a la señora Stephson que se quitara los zapatos y entrara en el tabernáculo caminando de espaldas. Vestida con una tela blanca desde el pecho hacia abajo, su pelo debía ser el más largo que había visto nunca, pensó, con una tonelada de pinturas escritas dibujadas desde la cara que bajaban hasta el pecho y las manos, con amplias alas blancas. Era realmente bonita y parecía muy joven.

Sitting on the white fabric which was spread out before the female winged priestess, Mrs Stephanson was asked her request.
I need a child of my own, she told the lady.
She spread out cowries while chanting things she alone could understand. She picked up an egg from the basket that sat at the east area of the dimly lit room.
"I represent the fairies of fertility, with this egg which you shall take of which must not get in contact with heat, your infertility issues would be solved, she said"
Taking the egg, Mrs Stephson simultaneously dropped a huge wad of notes in appreciation to the goddess and fairy.
Following the instructions given, she drank all of the egg and laid with husband. She was so eager for results as she kept running urine tests for pregnancy which usually turned out to be a negative result. She was downcast and broken as she had believed the goddess and her fairy.
She went about leaving her normal life, seeking for more help, when she began to observe a fever. Her husband took her to the clinic and she was tested positive to pregnancy. Her joy knew no bounds as she screamed in the hospital on hearing the news. The family began making plans for the arrival of a new baby.

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Sentada en la tela blanca que se extendía ante la sacerdotisa alada, la señora Stephanson fue preguntada por su petición.
Necesito un hijo propio, le dijo a la señora.
Extendió unas bayas mientras cantaba cosas que sólo ella podía entender. Cogió un huevo de la cesta que se encontraba en la zona este de la habitación poco iluminada.
"Represento a las hadas de la fertilidad, con este huevo que deberá tomar y que no debe entrar en contacto con el calor, sus problemas de infertilidad se resolverán, dijo"
Tomando el huevo, la señora Stephson dejó caer simultáneamente un enorme fajo de billetes en agradecimiento a la diosa y al hada.
Siguiendo las instrucciones dadas, se bebió todo el huevo y se acostó con su marido. Estaba muy ansiosa por los resultados, ya que seguía haciendo pruebas de orina para comprobar el embarazo, que normalmente daban un resultado negativo. Estaba abatida y destrozada porque había creído a la diosa y a su hada.
Se fue dejando su vida normal, buscando más ayuda, cuando empezó a observar fiebre. Su marido la llevó a la clínica y la prueba de embarazo dio positivo. Su alegría no tenía límites y gritó en el hospital al conocer la noticia. La familia empezó a hacer planes para la llegada de un nuevo bebé.

On the night of her birth, there was a heavy down pour accompanied by thunder and lighting. It was the dry season, so it was strange that there was a rain. Immediately she had her first cry, the rain stopped automatically. Well, the family didn't take keen notice of this in the mist of their celebration. When the child was 3 months, she began crawling which was quite abnormal although the parents saw it as a case of rapid growth. At 5 months she could stand on her own and take a few steps alone. At this point Mrs Stephson was quite worried. At 6 months, she began showcasing her full fledged magic powers. Stretching her hands, she could magnet anything across the room.

La noche de su nacimiento, cayó una fuerte lluvia acompañada de truenos y relámpagos. Era la estación seca, por lo que era extraño que lloviera. En cuanto dio su primer grito, la lluvia cesó automáticamente. La familia no se dio cuenta de esto en la niebla de su celebración. Cuando la niña tenía 3 meses, empezó a gatear, lo cual era bastante anormal, aunque los padres lo consideraron un caso de crecimiento rápido. A los 5 meses ya podía ponerse de pie y dar algunos pasos sola. La Sra. Stephson estaba muy preocupada. A los 6 meses, empezó a mostrar sus plenos poderes mágicos. Estirando las manos, podía imantar cualquier cosa en la habitación.

One day, Mrs Stephson left her in the sitting room to get something from the kitchen only to walk in on her taking steps in the empty space. She was walking but her feet's touch the ground and it seemed she was talking to someone. How does a 6 month old baby speak? She thought. Mrs Stephson was so scared, amazed yet shocked as she passed out at the sight of this. She was rushed off to the hospital by a neighbor who heard her scream before the incident. On recovery, she took her daughter back to the priestess demanding explanations to all the strange things happening. Once again the child spoke to the priestess. Mrs Stephson didn't even give it a second thought as she left the child with the priestess as she couldn't bear more of the strange happenings. She kept thinking all the way home about what she would tell her husband. On getting home, was her husband carrying the child.
How did she get here, she asked?
A neighbor brought her to me, saying you left the baby with her but she needed to go get something, so she had to bring the child when she realized I was back.
She could feel her legs shake in complete fear as the child turned and smiled at her, once again she passed out.
Indeed she has come to stay.

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Un día, la Sra. Stephson la dejó en el salón para coger algo de la cocina y la vio dando pasos en el espacio vacío. Caminaba pero sus pies tocaban el suelo y parecía que estaba hablando con alguien. ¿Cómo puede hablar un bebé de seis meses? pensó. La Sra. Stephson estaba muy asustada, asombrada y a la vez conmocionada, ya que se desmayó al ver esto. Un vecino que la oyó gritar antes del incidente la llevó rápidamente al hospital. Al recuperarse, llevó a su hija de nuevo a la sacerdotisa exigiendo explicaciones a todas las cosas extrañas que estaban sucediendo. Una vez más la niña habló con la sacerdotisa. La Sra. Stephson no se lo pensó dos veces y dejó a la niña con la sacerdotisa porque no podía soportar más sucesos extraños. No dejó de pensar durante todo el camino a casa en lo que le diría a su marido. Al llegar a casa, su marido llevaba al niño.
¿Cómo ha llegado hasta aquí, se preguntó?
Una vecina me la trajo, diciendo que había dejado al bebé con ella pero que necesitaba ir a buscar algo, así que tuvo que traer al niño cuando se dio cuenta de que había vuelto.
Podía sentir cómo le temblaban las piernas de puro miedo cuando la niña se giró y le sonrió, una vez más se desmayó.
Efectivamente, ha venido para quedarse.

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I read A-Z of this story, here is a lesson that we shouldn't go against the nature. But I can understand how a couple deal with relatives and society for having no child after such long time of marital life. Anyway it was horrible because behavior of a six month old child seems really abnormal.

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It was the rebirth of a spiritual being that had alot of powers
Thank you for visiting my post

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my pleasure, when I was read I was imagining it too

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Saludos, excelente escrito se puede ver la fantasia y ficción en tu historia, éxitos

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I like your take on the theme of reincarnation and magic, thanks for sharing, the ending was also a nice touch.

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Thank you for your nice words and for visiting dear

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It's really sad that she didn't allow nature to take it's course but what's been done has been done, she only has to accept her fate and live with it.
Great story

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una historia realmente excalofriante, todo un suceso, te deja pensando, que pasar con esta niña, si hace todo eso de pequeña, como sera cuando sea adulta, un buen relato, saludos

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I guess the priestess has a strict no return policy, lolz
At least her husband is happy..great story friend.

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