Federico Stories

After the independence of El Salvador, new farmers started to build incredible fortunes in El Salvador. However, some of them were not as successful as others, and they decided to reach a deal with the devil. The devil would give them all the gold and silver they wished for but at a high price for their souls. The weak farmers agreed to the devil’s terms and their souls started to corrupt fast with all the “free” gold and silver they were getting. They started to mint new coins that they had to protect at every cost since they were their treasure. After they minted the coins, they stored them in jars (figure 1) and buried them in secret places that only they knew. Figure 1. A jar that was full of gold.  ¹ These weak farmers didn’t trust anyone and even less any banker who could reuse their treasure in bad ways. This was theirs and only theirs, and only they or their descendants had to know their locations. Years passed, and some of these farmers died without any descendants leaving...

Long ago, a young man called Serapio used to live next to a borehole in Santa Elena, Honduras. He was the richest man there and possessed uncountable goods that graved everyone’s attention. Everyone said that one day he appeared with a table, the next one with a bed, later with a new mattress, and many more things every day. Who knew what the next thing on his list would be! Serapio was a very peculiar person. Every night he came to the town with his black mule (figure 1), and they did some unusual business with chosen people. Only a few people were aware of what these businesses were, but as soon as they concluded, they vanished, and, suddenly, they were in El Salvador. No one could understand how it was possible to move from Honduras to El Salvador in less than 5 minutes! Figure 1. The young and the black mule.   ¹ Over the years, everyone was more and more concerned; his wealth and goods were unmeasurable! Hence, a couple of them investigated his trick and they d...