The Weeping Woman

BY ALEXANDRA SALAZAR
The Weeping woman, the woman ghost that crosses the streets of the cities in search of his children. This personage of legend, which presence frightens not only the children, but also to the major persons, is known in the whole world. In our land, the fable counts that a woman of company, young woman and beautiful, I marry a major, good, responsible and affectionate man, who was consenting her as a girl, his only fault ... that not tape-worm fortune.

But he knowing that his young woman he liked to alternate woman in the company and " to climb heights ", to work without rest to be able to satisfy the economic needs of his wife, that feeling spoiled to squander everything what his husband was giving him and demanding him every day mas, to be able to be at a height of his friends, which he was dedicating tim

Marisa Lopez de Figueroa, had several children; these were educated by the servitude; whereas the mother was devoting herself to trivial things. This way several years happened, the marriage Figueroa Lopez, it had four children and a difficult life, for the lady of the house, who was rejecting the home and I never occupy of the children. The years happened and the husband it fell ill seriously, to a little time died, taking to him " the key of the pantry ", the widow remained without a cent, and at the head of his children who were asking him that to eat. In a time the lady of Figueroa began to sell his furniture. His jewelry; with what was spending it.e to holidays and constant walks

Few ones were the resources that already he still had, and on having felt useless to work, and without a cent to support his children, he thought it very much, but one day assembled them saying to them that it was going to take them of walk to the river. The children were jumping of happiness, since it was the first time that his mother was taking them of walk to the field. It raised them to the carriage and went out from his house to demolished, as if it was bringing great he treads for coming. It came to the river, which at the time was mighty, down the car, which she itself was guiding and was fanning one to one to the small ones, which with the skilful persons were doing to him signs of which they were suffocating.

But she, tendentious and cold, saw the current was taking them to him, doing warbles the water, up to remaining still. To his children I them take the current, in this moment already they would be dead. As automaton I withdraw local, take the carriage, there went out as " soul that the devil takes ", but the remorses made it return to the place of the crime. Useless age the creatures had gone on to better life.

When it realized of what it had done, I throw she also to the river and soon there could be seen four children's corpses and that of a woman who were floating in the river.

He says the legend that from this date, at twelve o'clock in the night, the lady Marisa permission of ultratomb to weeping for his misfortune: it was going out of the cemetery (where they gave to them Christian grave) and it was crossing the city in a carriage, giving screams and shouting Aaaaay my children where my children will be and this way up to coming to the river in Where it was disappearing. All the persons who saw her to go on to midnight for the streets were crossing themselves with reverence on having listened to his groans and shouts. They were swearing that with the moonlight they saw his carriage that there was leading a lady of black who with screams was looking for his children.