Teresa in the Magic Garden

Teresa in the Magic Garden

And this story begins...


-Teresa, do again you've left all the vegetables? - said Elena very angry with Teresa. Then again I leave you for lunch tomorrow and today you will go to bed without supper.


Teresa is ten years old and lives in her house on the outskirts of a village in Girona. Today is the third day that will go to bed without supper. She does not like eating vegetables and her mother always tries to let them eat because she knows that they are very rich in minerals and vitamins important for her growth.

But Teresa prefers to eat other foods more tasty and appetizing that not the vegetable or fruit.

-Since it is well - Teresa answered angry. I'm going to my room.

And having said that departed so accelerated to her room leaving all the dishes without being picked up on the table.

Since it is already well with so many vegetable. That I am not a rabbit. I like the macaroons (macaroni), the chips and the strawberry ice cream. I do not understand the mania that my mother has of wanting to make me eat green vegetables that do not have practically any flavour
Teresa picked up a book of her room and decided to read. Suddenly she heard strange noises coming from the outer garden of her house.

So very quietly so that her mother does not realize that she had left the room, came out through the window of her room that gave to the garden of the House. And very slowly it came to him. It was a little dark and lit a small torch and from there she could check that had a tunnel dug into the earth and he appeared a small head of a strange animal brown colour.

- But who are you? And what do you do in my garden?-Teresa asked alarmed.

-As you'll see. I am a mole. My name is Tejón - said the little Mole.

- And you do in my garden? - asked Teresa somewhat amazed.


-I have come to him looking for something with what you feed me - said the Mole. In the country where I come from the food begins to dwindle and we have to leave to other places in search of food - Continued explaining the mole

- And how is called your country? - asked Teresa.

-I come from the Magic Garden of the enchanted beings of nature country. In my small country got all beings of forests and gardens in cooperation in harmony. The ones we helped each other, organized all our work according to the characteristics of every being that he lived there caring for and respecting nature. We know that if we take care of our plants and our gardens with love and respect they will provide us protection, security and food always.


-The harmony of our small country was perfect. The goblins, elves and dwarves were responsible for the cleaning of the gardens. Us mole helped them to dig the Earth and remove it so that it is always ready for cultivation. The birds were responsible for distributing seeds for all the meadows and valleys. The butterflies were making happy with its colours the whole garden. Cows and grazing animals helped us to fertilize the land.


-Everything was in balance. The Earth in this manner was healthy and clean and generated food with which most herbivorous animals we eat. It was never missing anything. The goblins and elves planted potatoes, cabbages, tomatoes and beans. Each animal is provided of what needed respecting the rhythms and natural growth of the different vegetables.

- But now everything has changed. Mr Bacterio settled in our beautiful country and set out to destroy him.

-Mr bacterio? - asked estranged Teresa.

-Yes. Mr bacterio installed a large laboratory beside our beautiful garden. This laboratory is responsible for producing food and vegetables in an artificial manner. We don't know how create them but the truth is that it breeds them in greenhouses outside the scope of the beings of nature and then sells them at affordable prices for the rest of the world. And not only that, but also, he throws its garbage on the grounds of our small country to do that our ground does not produce and he to be done under control of the food production of all the countries.

These products of waste that he throws on our ground it does that every time more plants and animals die. The ground increasingly loses force, the vegetables and vegetables do not grow already and the animals die for lack of food with which to be able to survive. Not even the power of the poltergeists and fairies of the nature can face(challenge) to the nastiness with which Bacterio floods our beautiful garden - was explaining sadly Tejón to Teresa who was remaining very attentive listening to the history that was explaining the small mole to him.

- And you can do nothing to curb the production of Bacterio - asked hopeful Teresa.


-It is very difficult. Bacterio is very powerful. In his large laboratory he has many instruments it uses to create and create plants artificially. He creates new and different products. Many of the fruits and vegetables that grow in your greenhouse do not appear naturally in our garden. And each day creates thousands and thousands of them. We do not know why but these products he creates are growing very quickly and in this way then accumulates a large quantity of them for later distribution by other countries - said Tejón.

This is why we are now forced to scroll through different countries in search of plants with which to feed us. Every day we are less in our beautiful country. If there was someone who could help us to find a solution to our big problem - said sadly Tejón.
Perhaps I could help you to liberate you of him - said Teresa recalling what little she liked the vegetables.

But on that occasion, she was willing to make a major effort by the animals and beings of nature. She didn't have to face Bacterio, his laboratory and the vegetable if this could prevent thousands of plants and animals died in the hands of that odious human.
Very well, I do not know - answered Tejón. It will be better that the first you accompany me to my country and that you see in the situation in which we are. Later you will value if you can help or not us – he said a little more animated.

And that this picked up Teresa's hand and introduced through the tunnel that the same had been wrought by the inside of the garden.


Teresa and Tejón toured many passageways bored into the Earth to reach the entrance of the Magic Garden. There they received them other beings of nature.

-Hello Tejón. You've been able to bring some feed from the lands where you come from? –said Perlite a cute Bunny who was waiting anxious for the Tejón arrival.


-Well, not exactly - he said. I have brought you a girl. She is Teresa - said Tejón.


– And that assumes that we have to do with it? - said in a tone somewhat angry Lino a beautiful blue bird.




-Because it says that you can perhaps help us to free ourselves of Bacterio – Tejón said.

-So it is - replied Teresa. I have escorted Tejón because I believe that I can help you to liberate you of Bacterio and can return to recover the harmony and beauty of your beautiful garden.

- But you're very small and Bacterio is very powerful - said alarmed the bee Otilia that was around in the surrounding area.

-Well, but could try it. We have nothing to lose - replied Teresa.


And all together met to finish of explaining to Teresa the history of Bacterio and of its laboratory


Later they all came to the garden and Teresa remained frankly disappointed on having verified the state in which it was. Hundreds of plants were remaining sad and without vitality in the garden. There was already staying neither track of vegetables nor vegetables sowed in the ground. And just nearby there was rising a big building which sewer pipes were giving to stop there.

-From these pipes the production waste which performs Bacterio come to us. All organic waste from their evil deeds not arrives through these channels and makes our land and our vegetables are sick and with them thousands of animals die - Tejón told Teresa.


-Well, we will have to introduce ourselves by inside these pipes to gain access to the interior of the laboratory. We need to know exactly the mechanism that uses Bacterio and destabilize the system - said thrilled Teresa.


-Then who are willing to enter with Teresa in the laboratory? - Asked Lino

-I will go with Teresa - said Otilia. As I fly perhaps will be of some help.


-I will also go with Teresa- exclaimed Tejón. I'm used to walk through tunnels and pipes. I will go to.


I'd like to be able to accompany you too - exclaimed the small turtle Lisa. Perhaps I may not be very fast but sure that i will be able to help you in any way.


Well done!-said Perlita. I'll be watching me through the window and will be pending if you need any other help.

The four friends were introduced on the inside of the pipe that reached inside the laboratory.


And very quietly came to end up in a kind of loft. In him they could see the multitude of product boxes that Bacterio had accumulated to subsequently distribute.

They very slowly opened the door of the loft and climbed through a flight of stairs.




From the entrance of stairs they could see Bacterio, all dressed in white, laughing and saying clean out loud:


-Soon the production of fruits and vegetables will be mine - said Bacterio great pipette in hand. With my wonderful invention and thanks to my bacteria I will become the most powerful being of the entire planet.

And said that he continued with his work in the laboratory.


Have you  listened to that? - Teresa said. It seems that Bacterio uses these strange bacteria to create new vegetables and fruits. The bacteria must alter the interior of the plants that produce the food and that way there increase the rhythms of growth of the vegetables and fruits that they produce. Like that it is as it accelerates its production. The bacteria also must be persons in charge of provoking the genetic changes that do that there are created products different from those who normally grow in the nature of a natural way - Teresa said.


- Look there! - Teresa kept on explaining.
It seems that in that species of refrigerating room it has retained to the bacteria.


- Yes. Possibly it has to raise them and care for him for later use to his malevolent plan - said Tejón.

-Otilia. You are the more agile and small all should be able to immerse yourself in the cold storage room and observe carefully how it is designed and where the bacteria for subsequently cultivating a plan to be able to introduce us inside without us see Bacterio - said Teresa.



So Otilia very slowly and without virtually making noise, she reached the cold storage room and thence introduced through an overture in its doors.


Otilia memorized as the cold storage room was organized and she could see that the bacteria were in a kind of fridge. When she had inspected all the land, went out by the Overture to the room and went to where were her friends to explain in detail where the bacteria were located.



-Finally you've become. We were afraid you'd not able to enter the room. Tell us how it is distributed so that we can develop a plan and organize ourselves to get rid of the bacteria. -Teresa said.


Teresa thanks to the explanations of Otilia, designed a plane. This plane would serve them to be able to trace a hole through the interior of the soil with the help of Tejón. Through this tunnel they be inside the Hall. They had to act fast and avoid Bacterio could discover them on the inside of the cold room. They take advantage when Bacterio came out of the laboratory to begin to implement their plan.



Listen boys, I have an idea - Teresa said. I remember to have read in an occasion in my nature book that the bacteria to be able to grow and be reproduced need a suitable temperature. If we can gain access to the interior of the room and change the temperature of the icebox where the bacteria are, we will achieve that they die and that Bacterio could not alter the plants with them - Teresa said.

-The bacteria die when subjected to extreme heat temperatures - said very convinced Teresa.


So when Bacterio goes out out of the laboratory,  Tejón  and me,  we will get in the refrigerating room and once let's be there we will increase the temperature of the icebox where the bacteria are - Teresa said.

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Otilia and Lino you will go to the hothouse and once there you will open all its doors and windows to do that the plants manipulated by the bacteria stop growing before the sudden  change of temperature - Teresa kept on explaining. This way Bacterio will turn out to be forced to stop the production.



Four friends waited the appropriate time to launch his attack against bacteria.



At that time, Bacterio began dressing to go out outside the laboratory. Surely he would go to the attic to initiate the distribution of food which he had inclines of distributing.


-Now is the time! - said Teresa.


Tejón began to excavate the soil and opened an underground tunnel in direction to the cold storage room. Teresa was introduced in it and gave to stop inside the Hall. Once there Teresa raised the temperature in the cooler that housed the bacteria inside.

Tejón began to excavate the soil and opened an underground tunnel in direction to the cold storage room. Teresa was introduced in it and gave to stop inside the Hall. Once there Teresa raised the temperature in the cooler that housed the bacteria inside.



- Look Tejón - Teresa said. The bacteria begin to self-destruct and to disappear - she said much endorsement foreign to which Bacterio had returned from the attic and was turning to direct to the laboratory in search of the keys of the van that he had forgotten On the table.



At that time, Perlita, which was observing and controlling the situation, she realized the danger that Teresa and Tejón ran if Bacterio realized that they were on the inside of the room.

So she decided to go in search of help.

In that moment Bacterio arranged to enter the cold storage room. Teresa gave no time to react and suddenly was stunned at the watchful eye of Bacterio.


- But you can tell that you do here? - Queried Bacterio  How do you come here?-said Bacterio grabbing an arm to Teresa and making her out of the cold storage room.


- You already will see what is good, girl of the demon - said Bacterio that was throwing thunders and lightnings for its mouth.


But in that moment there appeared Perlita accompanied by an army of bees that rushed forward towards Bacterio and began to fix its stings to him.

-Oh my God! -screaming Bacterio. It may not be. I'm allergic to bee stings.



And bacterio it began to jump and to cover pulled down by the whole laboratory with so bad luck that there him fell down above the pipette with which it realized the inoculation of a bacterium on one of the plants.


In that moment Bacterio began to fill with blisters as a result from its allergy to the bees and as been the result of the bacterium having got in its organism he began to feel sick and with need to go urgently to the bathroom.



Teresa, along with the rest of the animals, they took the situation to run out of the laboratory. They turned to go through the interior of the tunnel and came to the garden where they hoped their beings of nature wishing to bring them pleasant news.


They all met in the garden hoping that Bacterio devoid of its bacteria and of its production should to close the laboratory


And surprisingly it was.


Bacterio after receiving multiple stings and due to the effect of the bacteria inside your body had to stay in bed for a month. Every few minutes I had to go to the bathroom since the bacteria was causing him heavy diarrhea and bites of bees made it unbearable. It went really wrong and being in bed gave him time to reflect and to realise how dangerous that could be the bacterium and its manipulation if it failed due to some control mechanism. In this way you removed the desire to continue the production of artificial food and when recovered from the wounds so decided to close the laboratory and devote himself to other less dangerous for health and the environment work.


All beings of nature and Magic Garden held together with Teresa closure of the laboratory.


As a sign of gratitude the animals gave Teresa a large plant with pink flowers and several packets of seeds of different species of vegetables so always agreed them when she returned home.



When Teresa said goodbye to them and was back at home realized the importance of caring for and protecting the nature of attacks from people like Bacterio.





With her packet of seeds, she went to her room, got into her bed and when she woke up the next day ran the stairs in direction to the kitchen where her mother prepared her breakfast down.



-Good morning, MOM - said Teresa. What you plan today do to eat? -asked Teresa


-I had thought make you today...


And until her mother had just pronounce the phrase Teresa replied.



I would like you were doing a big vegetables plate to me today to eat


And saying this Teresa went very cheerfully to the garden to sow the different seeds that the beings of the nature had delivered her making much surprised its mother who was following her  with the look wondering what type of sleep she would have had that night that had made her change opinion with regard to its habit of not eating vegetables.


-How strange! - said's Mother Teresa. I can't believe it - said Elena for herself.


And that day Teresa ate the entire plate of vegetables that her mother had prepared. And while she ate realized that they did not know that bad .In truth she had never tested and could now check that had a different flavor to a dish of macaroni or to an ice cream but that could be equally tasty.


From this day Teresa devoted herself to take care of its garden and began to sow plants of numerous vegetables and vegetables it. It created a small orchard in it

All the children of the surroundings were remaining fascinated by how beautiful Teresa's garden was since it had plants of all the colors that were giving place to different fruits and types of vegetables. The beauty of its orchard was such that the children wanted to do the same that she(it) and they began to realize in its gardens the sowing of other plants. This way multitude of ecological orchards was constructed in the small town of Gerona.






And the fact is that really every time more persons as Bacterio exist in our world who try to control the productions by means of genetically called transgénicos create altered products and in ours hand is the power to help to that the nature does not falter and keeps on being so beautiful as till now.


So all hands to the work and to make such as Teresa to cultivate our small ecological orchard in the inside of our hearts.



Y colorin, colorado..este cuento se ha acabado.

Monica Zambrano. los wikicuentos multiculturales






Monica Zambrano. The multicultural wikicuentos.