The Three Marranos Analysis

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The Three “Marranos”
Once upon a time there was a little old lady that lived a simple house right in the middle of the city. everyone knew about this old lady because of how kind and caring she is, everyone knows her as Doña Maria. The one thing that all the people of the city will never forget is the story of The Three “Marranos”. It all started when Doña Maria found three baby pigs in a box on the corner of her street. Doña Maria was fell in love with the baby pigs and took them with her to her house, she named them Pablo, Hugo, and Juan and 5 years went by and Doña Maria raised them like they were her kids. The cause of this was that now there were there were three walking, talking pigs in the city. Of course word got out about Pablo, Hugo,
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Surely enough the Pigs were famous, the pigs found it to be great to be famous and loved the attention. Doña Maria never stopped warning the pigs about what could happen. Once again the pigs did not mind the warning and went to talk on radio stations and talking about their life. Time went on and the pigs were now making lots of money and was now know in the whole country and decided to move into a huge house. Doña Maria once again warned the Pablo, Hugo, and Juan about what could happen in the future, the pigs Did not even respond. A month went by and while the pigs were dining in the best restaurant in Colombia, when one the employees told the pigs that the top chief of their rival restaurant was going to pay for a team of trained hunters and hunt and kill the pigs for the upcoming Christmas feast. The pigs almost jumped out of their tuxedoes when they heard the news. The pigs left the restaurant running to Doña Maria’s and ask for forgiveness and also for some help to get out this problem. Doña Maria told them that they should have listened and to promise to after this to always listen. The pigs agreed with delight and asked her what the plane was. It turns out Doña Maria knew this was going to happen and had a

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