""THE PONGO'S DREAM"" "I'm Hernan, and I will tell you The Pongo's Dream." "This is the story of a little man who is filthy, tattered, and frightened like a beaten dog who started to work as a pongo, or servant, for food in the house of a great man from Peru." "When he stood before the man he felt so insignificant that he had no strength to talk." "The man was big, fat, almost white, rich, and powerful." "The pongo was tiny, skinny, an Indian, and as poor as a church mouse." "'Are you truly a person?" "You don't look like one,' said the man." "'I must be someting, sir." "'That's why I was sent here to serve as a pongo'." "'Maybe you're nothing, miserable pongo, not a even a man." "'You must be a dog." "'That's it!" "You're a dog." "'Let's see." "Look at me like a dog'." "The pongo looked at him with frightened and watery eyes." "'Bark like a dog'." "Finally, his voice was heard." "But his voice was a weak and pathetic bark." "'Go over there and come back quickly." "'Quickly, damm it'." "And the pongo hurried and hurried until he ran out of breath and bowed before the man's feet." "He made fun of him every day." "One night when the man went to the hall where the Indians prayed he heard a voice he never heard before." "'Grant me permission, great lord." "'it is I. Your permission to speack to you'." "The man lowered his eyes and saw the pongo, smaller than ever, curled up instead of kneeling, trembling with fear." "'What do you want?" "'What could you possibly want?" "'" "'A dream, dear master." "'I dreamt of you." "'Gime me permission to tell you'." "Out of curiosity the man nodded and gestured to the pongo to beguin." "'I dreamt that the two of us had died." "'Together we had died." "'Naked like the dead." "'Naked we appeared before our great Farther St. Francis." "'He ordered: 'May the greatest of all angels como forth'." "'All of a sudden a large shining angel appeared 'with golden wings and white and blue garments, 'holding a golden chalice 'filled with honey, sweet and fragrant." "'Golden honey." "'Our great Father ordered: 'Great angel, cover the body of this gentleman 'with honey from the golden chalice, 'cover him gently os if your hands were feathers'." "'And so, the great angel with fingers as soft as petals 'covered you with honey from head to toe." "'And you shined in the splendor of heaven." "'Then, another archangel appeared." "'But this one was the color of smoke 'with drooping wings 'and his hands seemed to be made of mud." "'He was a holding an old and cracked pot." "'It reeked of dead flames 'because the pot was filled with human shit." "'Father St. Francis ordered: 'Cover this poor little man with the shit in the pot." "'Smear it all over him." "Cover his entire body'." "'That angel obeyed and with his harsh hands 'covered my entire body with shit like you would a wall infested with termites." "'And so my body was packed with muck, all over, 'entirely covered with human shit'." "'Just as it should be!" "' crowed the master." "'Just as it should be, even in dreams." "'Even in death." "The man has to be covered in honey, 'and the pongo covered in shit'." "'Of course, of course'." "'Then, master, a third archangel appeared 'bigger and brighter than the first, 'but more severe than the second one." "'And, raising a large sword over our heads 'and with a thunderous voice, said that we had sinned." "'That we were sinners when living'." "'Of course, pongo, or course." "'It's true we are sinners." "'I've sinned, you've sinned." "We're all sinners." "'But continue, pongo." "'What happened next?" "'" "'While swinging his sword high above, the archangel said loudly:" "'Since you have sinned, 'you have to pay for your sins for all eternity." "'Therefore, by virtue of the heavens 'and as an irrevocable witness 'you must lick each other." "'You lick your master." "You, master, lick your servant." "'You must lick each other to the end of time." "For all eternity'."