Written By: 

• Pedro Antonio de Alarcon, Spain (1833-1891)

CHARACTERS:

• Uncle Buscabeatas (60 Years old Farmer, Protagonist character)

• Uncle Fulano

Setting:

• This is a short story. The major event of the story begins in Rota, the smallest town in the bay of Cadiz.

Plot:

This story begins in a village. A laborious farmer, Uncle Buscabeatas is the leading character in this story. In his farmland, he grows fruits and vegetables and sells them on the market. He attends every day and takes care of the plants. He loves them too much and also gives them various names. In other words, he loves and looks after those vegetables and fruits like his own children.

He had grown many pumpkins. He took care of those pumpkins and also had planned to sell them in the market. he recognized all of those pumpkins by color, by size, and even by names. one day he planned to sell those pumpkins in the day to come, but 40 of those pumpkins got stolen and he becomes very sad. He knew those pumpkins were transported to the Cardiz market for sale. He reported this case to the market inspector, and on the investigation, they found a vendor selling Uncle Buscabeatas’s pumpkin. The Vendor told them that he bought the pumpkins form Uncle Fulano.

At the right time, Fulano came there. He was trying to get away but the inspector stopped him. He threatened Uncle Buscabetas to prove his claim. uncle Buscabetas brought these pumpkins' stems and start fitting those stems with the pumpkin. All those pumpkins are perfectly fitted with those stems.  All people and the police were persuaded of the ideas of Buscabeatas. Buscabeatas was given 15 pumpkins and Uncle Fulano was sent to jail for the crime he committed.

Message:

If the claim is concrete and based on the truth, then there must be many ways to prove those claims.