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Santa Justa y Rufina. Zacarito and magic chalk. Corpus Christi special (III)

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By AndaluNet on 13/06/2017

Tales of Corpus… Santa Justa y Rufina

(Stories donated by José Antonio Colinet for AndaluNet)

Chen the Magi visited Jesus in the Portal, They have not had much experience on children's preferences, in fact it was the first time I chose gifts for a baby. Once delivered gold, frankincense and myrrh, the youngest paje Melchor discreetly approached and gently pulling her beautiful cloak whispered in her ear that escapes you think something Majesty, What will play this child who you worship? The three wizards looked at each other dumbfounded, the little pageboy was right, But they had chosen so excited those gifts!, They had spent so much time looking for them. Baltasar then took from his pocket a small chalk and laid it at the feet of the small, of course it was a magical chalk, because everything was painted with her came alive immediately.

The first drawing he made the young Jesus was a small minnow, which he named Zacarito; Zacarito soon became his best friend and ended up knowing everything fingerling small nazareno.

Jesus grew up and became a man, It was time to return to his Father. That day near the celebration of Passover, He cut his chalk into twelve pieces and distributed them among his friends, but Judas….good, Judas shortly after he lost among some olive trees.

Friends of Jesus taught many to paint this little minnow and Zacarito was reaching all corners of the world. One day she came Híspalis, the city where they lived, Justa and Rufina, two sisters potters known in the neighborhood for her love for Jesus, and its strong character.

That morning the sisters, who could not stay calladitas, They had a dangerous encounter with the Romans who were walking proud blessed their goddess Salambó through the streets of Triana, and the tragedy occurred.

– What you have to worship our goddess!

– What we do not want!

– Well, I'll break the pots!

– Well, I'll break Salammbo!

Total were apprehended and taken to a dark dungeon.

Not treated well the Romans and Justa and Rufina began to waver. One night, out of the shadows, He appeared before his cell a strange character hidden behind a huge layer. I come from Santiago, -said the stranger encapuchado-, Take this little chalk and Grafitti on the wall a small pececito, He will help.

The sisters obeyed and one day after another, Zacarito told stories of Jesus so that his faith was strengthened.

This growing angrier the Romans, so that one day they decided to take them to the circus, good a circus without clowns in which the lions had the nasty habit of eating Christians.

When Justa and Rufina were before the jaws of those beasts, quickly they took his magic chalk from his pocket and was painted in the sand Zacarito, (nobody knows who spoke little fish and lion), but the fact is that lions shut their mouths and were meowing like cuddly kittens, so that the Romans had no choice but to spare their lives.

Time passed and followed Justa and Rufina erre que erre talking to everyone from Jesus, Diocletian, honcho of the Romans could take no more, more punishing and punishing those women, they did not cease to paint minnows everywhere, so sick of both pescadito again sent the sisters to the arena.

This time they made sure that the animals had hungry enough to eat a regiment and the circus ran out of tickets to see the sisters, which they were already famous in the city. The Romans knew lions expected to behave and once the zamparan, Christians expected the save Zacarito.

Trumpets sounded and Justa and Rufina jumped into the ring, but they were very tired, It had been too long since that encounter with Salambó. Then, as knowing each thoughts of her sister kneeled, eyes closed, and they began to pray - Jesus, If you think you, Take us to your House-, They took from his pocket his magic chalk, but this time instead of painting on the floor Zacarito made some strokes in the air and soaring like a huge rainbow in the clouds, He appeared a minnow chalk that could be seen from every corner of the city. Justa and Rufina then closed his eyes and Zacarito, in a fast moving flap, the rose on his back and disappeared, the audience could barely see them flying over the blue sky Híspalis that someday cease to be Roman, but all suddenly fell silent.

Long after the memory of those potters remained firm in the city, and every year, the day of Corpus, Justa and Rufina precede the Great Custody, between both the Giralda and plants, Seville, the city does not forget.

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