Sometimes we hear stories and our only thoughts are: Oh, Lord! Should He Regret Going Out That Day? Was the anecdote worthwhile?
My entire family on my mother’s side comes from Ilhabela (a paradise island) that today is filled with fancy people but back in the day was frequented by nature lovers and eccentrics. And as we well know, every slight bit of craziness is accentuated with alcohol.
Baguera (who drank his family’s sugar cane farm to the last drop) loved to drink. What I mean is that Baguera had a bugie where he used to put a cooler (made out of styrofoam) filled half with ice and half with tequila and whisky.
He would open a semi-circle on the lead to stick the garden hose that would serve as a straw. And, through history’s very first camelback attempt, he spent his days drinking the satanic mixture and driving from one end to the other of the island.
That was his vibration, so it’s clear he attracted people, things, and experiences compatible with it.
When circus animals were still allowed, a very rustic circus arrived in Ilhabela with elephants, monkeys, birds, and all sorts of species. With it came a lion that (out of disgrace) spent his days locked in a tiny cage.
Baguera visited the lion and as soon as he arrived, a friend showed up. So Baguera leaned on the lion’s cage to chat a bit.
No one knows why (even though it’s not hard to think of a reason) but the lion bit Baguera’s finger hard enough so he was held hostage, but not hard enough to chop it off.
Stuck and at the lion’s mercy, he tried to calmly release his finger from the big cat’s mouth. His friend promised to sort things out, walked to the back of the cage, and pulled the lion’s tail. The lion got scared and closed his teeth eating the finger Baguera had protected so fiercely up to that point.
He was taken to the island’s old hospital we (island citizens) lovingly describe as the place where even aneurysm is treated with water and crackers. But Baguera miraculously survived and still lives happily with 9 of the 10 fingers he was born with, thanks to the speed and strategy of his friend.
Choose your friends wisely and have an excellent week you legend!!!!!
Big big kiss with big big love.
Yours,
Cá!
PS: Believe it or not, every story I tell here is 100% true. I don’t make anything up. I just have really crazy acquaintances. HAHAHAH