There once was a Mother and her son
they lived next to some red ants
in really small village
that was dusty
and green
The Mother and her son
had a farm that yielded
corn, beans, squash
and chiles
The ants also had a farm
that yielded the same plants
Really what do you expect
people without a local
Wal Mart to buy food
and Facebook to surf
and find out rumors
about the Gods
One summer
The Gods got bored with the small
villages and sent a drought
the stopped the rain from pouring
the ground being fertile
and plants from growing food
the plants instead turned brown and died
Now having no Wal Mart
most people either traded what
they saved
or starved to death
But the red ants that lived next to the Mother and her son
still had plenty of corn
each morning the had more corn the last
One day the Mother asked the ants
for help, for her and her son, were dying
of hunger
and the ants answered her woe by exclaiming
that they knew of a farm that had fertile corn stalks
that they got corn from everyday
they told her to send her son with them
and they’d lead him to the farm
On the following morning
when the it was the first light of the dawn
The Mother sent her son with the ants
to travel to the farm with corn
It took all day long and when they got there
to the farm
the son saw lots of corn stalks
but no farmer or any signs human life
but surely the ants knew better
than to still
The boy wandered off into the cornfield
and went about here and about there
and found red brick house
After seeing the house the boy
went back to the ants and told them about
the house and asked them to stop stealing the corn
The ants were stubborn and kept one
with their criminality
the boy started to attack them
and they being red ants started to bite him
and from that day on red ants bite people when
they’re angry
The boy had never been bitten
and screamed in pain
and the scream brought
the Goddess of the red brick house
out to inspect what was happening
At the sight of the Goddess the ants left the corn and
headed back to their anthill next to The Mother
The boy explained to The Goddess what had happened
and about the drought, starving people, and the ants.
The Goddess took pity on the boy
and she took him into her red brick house
and introduced him to her daughters
one was dressed in red, one in green, and the third one in white
The Goddess asked him to take one as a bride
and promised him that his family farm would never
ever suffer from drought
as long her daughter never worked
there would be plenty of corn on his farm
And so the boy stayed the night
and chose the third sister in white
and when the sun rose
the two young boy and maid
walked home with a basket of corn
Within weeks from the arrival of the
Son to his Mother’s house
their corn stalks grew nonstop
giving up so much corn
that Mother and Son
worked all day long
from sunrise to moon fall
While the white bride
never lifted a finger
around the house
she did not cook
she did not wash clothe
she did not sweep the dust
around the house
and least of all
she did not harvest the corn
The mother was aching all over her bones
her back was sore
and feet tired and worst of all
her hands were bruised and red
her son likewise
was tired
he never slept
and went from his house to
the town square to sale
off the corn
They had so much yellow
corn they became so rich
the could make tortillas
and chepos
tamales and toqueres
all with the corn dough
that only son and mother made
And meanwhile the ants next door
grew resentful
they steal and get punished for it
and he tells on them
gets a bride and lots of corn
The ants one fine morning talked to the Mother
and told her that her daughter in law was lazy
and a brat
and that she did not have to suffer
they told her to to make the bride
clean the house
dust the floor
to make some food and
to work in the fields
And for some time the ants
and the mother talked
and the same topic came up
It did not help
when the mother went around town
the people would bring up her daughter in law
and tell her to put her to work
those red ants only know how to spread rumors and steal
but ever since those days Mothers and Daughters in law
have been sworn enemies
The Mother tired of hearing complains about her daughter in law
made her work one fine summer day
while her son was out about town
The Wife ....the son’s bride
worked in the field
under the sun
and she did not stop till the moon and stars
covered the sky
When the Son came back to his wife
she showed him bleeding hands and
crying wife told him she would abandon
him and his mother
and the farm
and return back home
to her mother
And the next day the corn died
and there was no more them to eat
or bake into food
That is what happens
when your best friends are red ants
never listen to them...they only know how
to make your life hell
they lived next to some red ants
in really small village
that was dusty
and green
The Mother and her son
had a farm that yielded
corn, beans, squash
and chiles
The ants also had a farm
that yielded the same plants
Really what do you expect
people without a local
Wal Mart to buy food
and Facebook to surf
and find out rumors
about the Gods
One summer
The Gods got bored with the small
villages and sent a drought
the stopped the rain from pouring
the ground being fertile
and plants from growing food
the plants instead turned brown and died
Now having no Wal Mart
most people either traded what
they saved
or starved to death
But the red ants that lived next to the Mother and her son
still had plenty of corn
each morning the had more corn the last
One day the Mother asked the ants
for help, for her and her son, were dying
of hunger
and the ants answered her woe by exclaiming
that they knew of a farm that had fertile corn stalks
that they got corn from everyday
they told her to send her son with them
and they’d lead him to the farm
On the following morning
when the it was the first light of the dawn
The Mother sent her son with the ants
to travel to the farm with corn
It took all day long and when they got there
to the farm
the son saw lots of corn stalks
but no farmer or any signs human life
but surely the ants knew better
than to still
The boy wandered off into the cornfield
and went about here and about there
and found red brick house
After seeing the house the boy
went back to the ants and told them about
the house and asked them to stop stealing the corn
The ants were stubborn and kept one
with their criminality
the boy started to attack them
and they being red ants started to bite him
and from that day on red ants bite people when
they’re angry
The boy had never been bitten
and screamed in pain
and the scream brought
the Goddess of the red brick house
out to inspect what was happening
At the sight of the Goddess the ants left the corn and
headed back to their anthill next to The Mother
The boy explained to The Goddess what had happened
and about the drought, starving people, and the ants.
The Goddess took pity on the boy
and she took him into her red brick house
and introduced him to her daughters
one was dressed in red, one in green, and the third one in white
The Goddess asked him to take one as a bride
and promised him that his family farm would never
ever suffer from drought
as long her daughter never worked
there would be plenty of corn on his farm
And so the boy stayed the night
and chose the third sister in white
and when the sun rose
the two young boy and maid
walked home with a basket of corn
Within weeks from the arrival of the
Son to his Mother’s house
their corn stalks grew nonstop
giving up so much corn
that Mother and Son
worked all day long
from sunrise to moon fall
While the white bride
never lifted a finger
around the house
she did not cook
she did not wash clothe
she did not sweep the dust
around the house
and least of all
she did not harvest the corn
The mother was aching all over her bones
her back was sore
and feet tired and worst of all
her hands were bruised and red
her son likewise
was tired
he never slept
and went from his house to
the town square to sale
off the corn
They had so much yellow
corn they became so rich
the could make tortillas
and chepos
tamales and toqueres
all with the corn dough
that only son and mother made
And meanwhile the ants next door
grew resentful
they steal and get punished for it
and he tells on them
gets a bride and lots of corn
The ants one fine morning talked to the Mother
and told her that her daughter in law was lazy
and a brat
and that she did not have to suffer
they told her to to make the bride
clean the house
dust the floor
to make some food and
to work in the fields
And for some time the ants
and the mother talked
and the same topic came up
It did not help
when the mother went around town
the people would bring up her daughter in law
and tell her to put her to work
those red ants only know how to spread rumors and steal
but ever since those days Mothers and Daughters in law
have been sworn enemies
The Mother tired of hearing complains about her daughter in law
made her work one fine summer day
while her son was out about town
The Wife ....the son’s bride
worked in the field
under the sun
and she did not stop till the moon and stars
covered the sky
When the Son came back to his wife
she showed him bleeding hands and
crying wife told him she would abandon
him and his mother
and the farm
and return back home
to her mother
And the next day the corn died
and there was no more them to eat
or bake into food
That is what happens
when your best friends are red ants
never listen to them...they only know how
to make your life hell
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