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Don Facundo lived in a small town in the city, a respectful farmer, cheerful and hard-working, humble but a faithful believer in God. Some of his neighbors used to say life is unfair. If poor Facundo were a landowner, he would be the best boss.

What a pity he is poor. The pastor was a peasant worthy of being called good people because he was the only one who remembered the local elders who had nothing. He shared the little food he had with the homeless of that town, despite being poor, he had managed.

to build his own house where he lived with his beloved Rosalía, a lady from that place just like him, of humble and poor condition, the farmer did not have much land like his neighbors, not even Corrales because they did not have animals, only a few sheep that he had inherited from his grandfather, that's why they worked for a landowner in the area but even so they went hungry because the bosses paid them 13 pounds of barley or wheat per day Don Facundo the shepherd used to help himself by looking for the eggs of wild birds catching small fish that were in the drought and when he got home he celebrated as if he had won a fortune jumping and singing along with his beloved Rosalía Father God I need help I want to have cattle land sheep but for now Thanks for the food Don Facundo and his wife prayed before eating and when they went out to work they said Thank you, sir, with your permission, we will go to graze, they were walking puffing up their chests, Father God, thank you for the good day we had. Now we want to dream good things and wake up ready to go to work tomorrow. We also know that you will send us help, so they prayed before going to sleep, the days, months, and years shepherding for the farmer and asking God for help until Facundo's first child had already been born and Rosalía thanked the arrival of the new member of the family and said our little angel has arrived the Savior arrived one morning Rosalía losing faith a little asked her Husband when will the Lord send help period Don Facundo answered without hesitation you are ready to graze your own sheep And cattle look there will be many first we must be prepared to receive what we ask for and God knows then Rosalía said we will have to build Corrals and reserve pastures period You are very right, Rosalía, that was missing, shouted Don Facundo.

Since that morning the peasant shepherd and his wife began to build large corrals, even larger than those of the same landowner where they worked, there was not much time, but there was the night to take advantage of because they were sure that everything would be missing. rooms for the shepherds, a large kitchen and even a house for dogs, they did it with such care and joy that they didn't even feel tired. They had spent three weeks working all night and in the small piece of land you could already see the corrals under construction so their neighbors began to mark the crazy, saying Facundo and his wife, crazy Rosa, such good people they were but they had to go crazy With what cattle do they plan to fill those Corrals, also if they had them, they don't have land, some neighbors said But Doña Rosalía only laughed and said, we only know how to pay attention as to Don Zacarías the farmer we listen to God but more and more neighbors including Don Zacarías the couple's boss joined in to make fun of them they even went to his house to yell at them out loud crazy Facundo landlord lady in those ghost cattle you even have dogs but they don't bark they laughed Seeing the Little Dog House you forgot the one with the chickens they said you're right Don Teodoro that was missing what fools we are Thank you for helping responded Doña Rosalía encouraging her husband to build a little house for the chickens the humiliation and mockery were every day it seemed that their neighbors hated them, even the parents of the couple had moved away, assuming that their children had gone crazy, but Don Facundo and Doña Rosalía, far from feeling bad and far from losing faith, especially since their parents no longer spoke to them, continued in their work to build what was missing after three years on the small piece of land belonging to Don Facundo and Doña Rosalía, where recently there were only small shacks, a small stone citadel was built, mansions, corrals for different livestock, a small house for the dogs for the chickens and a giant patio Don Facundo and doña Rosalía were already treated as extremely strange and mentally ill for which they had been fired from the farm where they worked and were in trouble Rosalía cried because her little one would go hungry again losing faith.

Then the farmer took his son and his wife and smiling thanked God saying Thank you God Father, because now I can spend more time at home to finish some details. I also think that we are ready to raise our own cattle . that you will give us because in the end they will be yours we will only work and live on the earnings Don Facundo spoke while Rosa looked at him desperately to the point that the little one was surprised because there was no one else in the corrals night was coming the sky was covered with Reddish clouds that looked like cotton when Facundo and his family were preparing for dinner brought three men and two women a couple of dogs and two cats were people and animals they had never seen in the town Good evening boss we are the workers you asked for Which one is The strangers asked the room for us while the women said Doña Rosa which of these beautiful houses is the kitchen we will prepare dinner Don Facundo and Doña Rosal and they were surprised but as if someone ordered them they took the men to the house for shepherds and the women To the kitchen, the four strangers between the ages of 45 and 50 entered the rooms and seemed to make themselves comfortable while Facundo and Doña Rosalía ran out of the patio to wonder if any of them had hired such people but they did not know how to explain so they silently asked God understood what was happening when the smell of food was felt, even more surprised, they ran to the kitchen, which by the way, had no utensils or groceries, there was only The new stove, but when they entered they were amazed The stove was burning and the sound of food was heard boiling in the Pots That gave off a delicious smell again they ran out and Facundo exclaimed Thank you Father God we are waiting and we will dine like landowners he smiled while Doña Rosalía opened her mouth because she was more desperate than her son to try dinner that night the dinner was from landowners As Don Facundo had said, they were treated like bosses, of course, they prayed and thanked God and went to bed with full bellies and full of questions before going to sleep, Don Facundo smiled and said, "Sir, we are ready, ready," Rosalía asked, calm down.

Beloved woman Go to sleep because only God knows what awaits us tomorrow, answered Don Facundo at 4 in the morning, when the couple was sleeping peacefully, the crowing of a rooster woke them up, but as if they had no roosters, noises like animals were immediately heard, so the couple ran out wrapped up and barefoot their eyes reflected and they couldn't believe what they were seeing The corrals were full of cattle, llamas, alpacas and sheep, there was not enough space and outside there were a couple of pigs Doña Rosalía stood with her mouth open while Don Facundo said thank you sir we will take care of your animals as if they were our own and we will live off the profits the couple had delayed until 6 in the morning admiring and marveling at seeing hundreds and hundreds of cattle at the same time Thanking God for how lucky they were after breakfast the The shepherds came out ready to lead the cattle. Don Facundo asked where the grazing would be. Guille, the name of one of the shepherds, answered, it will be on your father's land.

Don Facundo and Doña Rosalía were surprised because their parents did not have land, in fact they were far apart, but they were sure that this was also the work of God while they were talking the dogs barked and when they came out the neighbors were there, those who had made fun of them for three years crazy Facundo confess where you have stolen so many cattle that is why they were building Corrales they had it well planned but you'll see no more in high sideburn thieves must be banished One of them said thank you for coming to visit my employers the father sent us to take care of his cattle replied the second shepherd named Justino but envy was visible on the face of the group of neighbors their eyes were malicious Don Facundo looked at them he sighed and told them neighbors whenever they want they can come to my house there will always be food and coat wanted to shake hands But they denied it leaving angry the shepherds herded the cattle but strangely they passed by the hillside that was not their land so Don Facundo ran to catch up with them when he was about to catch up with them a grandfather stopped him Facundo looked and it was the old man who he lived behind the mountain owner of hectares and hectares of land whom Don Facundo had only seen a few times those lands are mine I give them to you to graze your cattle from now on you are the owner forever said the old man while they are Facundo thanked and wanted to ask why he was giving him the land the grandfather began to walk very fast it seemed that he was flying and soon disappeared into the mountain Don Facundo caught up with the shepherds and they said that they were workers of the old man who had died months ago he was aware of how good it was with the grandparents and especially from the mockery of the bad neighbors for that reason He had decided to give his land and few cattle to the poor couple but boss we did not have so many cattle or dogs or cats less sheep it is very strange said the shepherds Don Facundo once She thanked God more and returned home crying, but her tears were of joy and of faith that she had never lost. They said that Don Facundo and Doña Rosalía had become richer than the landowners in the area. They said that their goodness had not changed.

They had magnified themselves, they treated their workers very well, helping grandparents and those most in need, and they had never stopped thanking God. This story reminds us that our dreams are not always achieved in the way we imagine, sometimes the road to blessing is full.