Cuento Corto | La Caverna sin fin | [ESP/ENG] | The Endless Cavern

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La caverna sin fin

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Las personas que vivían alrededor de aquel bosque, trataban en lo posible, de nunca hablar de los números incidentes que allí habían sucedido. Era un tema tabú, que pretendía ser escondido de las nuevas generaciones, aun así, los rumores nunca desaparecían, y entre los jóvenes se hablaba siempre de leyendas y mitos en torno a este bosque y su enigmática caverna. No había más nada que hacer, esconder su existencia, significaba exterminar a todas las personas que vivieran cerca de ella, la información que se tenía se transmitía irremediablemente de generación en generación, y los peligros que escondían eran prácticamente inevitables.

Entre una de las leyendas más conocidas, se encuentra la fatídica descripción de la desaparición de una joven pareja recién casado. A pocos días de su matrimonio, decidieron dar un pequeño paseo por el bosque, hasta que divisaron a lo lejos la gran e imponente caverna a lo lejos. A modo de aventura y distracción de la nueva rutina matrimonial, se retaron el uno al otro a entrar a la caverna y explorarla. Finalmente decidieron entrar juntos y ver con sus propios ojos las maravillas geológicas que pudieran estar allí. Al parecer esa fue la última decisión que tomaron, porque desde ese entonces nadie jamás volvió a saber nada de ellos.

A pesar de que había habido una gran cantidad de expediciones de rescatistas para la cavernas, la mayoría de las veces eran incapaces de encontrar aunque sea el mas mínimo rastro de los desaparecidos, en otros cosos, los mismo rescatistas terminaban siendo víctimas, y no se volvía a saber nada de ellos. Este tipo de expediciones se intentaron unas cuantas veces, hasta que las mismas personas de los pueblos adyacentes, entendieron que no había nada que hacer, que era mejor dejar la caverna con su soledad, y más bien tratar de impedir a como diera lugar, que otra persona intente adentrarse en ella.

Transcurrieron aproximadamente unos 100 años. Las costumbres de la población eran muchas veces muy conservadoras, algunas otras cambiaban en función de las modas de la época, pero lo que nunca cambio, era la prohibición absoluta e irrevocable que le hacían los padres a sus hijos, con relación a no acercase jamás al bosque, y mucho menos adentrarse a la caverna que había cobrado tantas vidas en el pasado. Todos los niños de la época seguían cada una de estas indicaciones, y por varios años, no se tuvo noticia alguna de nuevas víctimas de la famosa caverna.

Paso tanto tiempo sin hablarse de dichos incidentes, que cada una de las historias que sus antepasados contaban con tantos detalles, se convirtieron en historias basadas en leyendas, en mitos, unos simples cuentos que se terminaron usando para asustar a los niños cuando no querían terminar su almuerzo, o no querían acostarse tarde. La caverna paso de ser un lugar extremadamente peligroso, a ser la protagonista de muchas leyendas locales que entretenían a las personas de todas las edades, sin importar sus creencias religiosas.

Fue tanta la disposición de la información, que pocos años después de abrió el bosque, ya no era la zona de peligro que había sido cerrada para siempre, ahora era una zona con un gran potencial económica si se convertía en el parque central de la ciudad, dotaría al paisaje de un aire moderno, y contribuiría al crecimiento económico de la zona. Las familias paseaban los fines de semana, los niños jugaban con sus mascotas, y los adolescentes aprovechaban de descansar de su rutina académica todas las tardes, caminando un rato por el nuevo parque. Algunas personas sentían cierto respeto por la gran caverna, pero solo era un hecho atribuido a las historias que sus padres le contaban, nada más que eso…

Uno de esos calurosos días de verano, Robert le prometió a sus compañeros de la secundaria, que el entraría a la caverna, creía ser lo suficientemente valiente, y necesitaba demostrárselo a la clase entera, en especial a Sandra, la chica de su sueños, la que lo atraía desde hace unos cuantos años. Gran parte de los compañeros de Robert lo acompañaron al bosque ese día, tenía que haber testigos del hecho, así que esperaron desde afuera a que Robert entrara y saliera con alguna piedra interesante que encontrara allí dentro.

Al entrar, Robert vio justo lo que esperaba ver, un montón de piedras, algunas bastante comunes, otras mucho mas llamativas, habían algunos minerales, pozos pequeños y bastantes insectos. Robert no entendía muy bien cuál era el origen de todas las leyendas que escucho de niño, si la caverna de la que hablaban no era más que una simple cueva, sin peligros ni seres extraordinarios. De un momento a otro Robert sintió caer, como si el piso que sostenía sus pies, había desaparecido de un momento a otro. Era una sensación de caída libre que nunca terminaba, Robert en su interior estaba muy asustado, pero esperaba impacientemente el golpe que sentiría al llegar al suelo, dándole fin a su caída, sin embargo esto nunca sucedió.

Las sensaciones experimentadas, escapaban del raciocinio de Robert, era difícil entender lo que allí sucedía, pero estaba seguro que lo estaba viviendo y que no era ninguna alucinación. A lo lejos, podía escuchar los gritos de sus compañeros que le pedían encarecidamente que saliera de la cueva, que ya había pasado mucho tiempo dentro y que la demostración de su valentía ya había quedado clara.

Robert termino en una gran sala, tenia baldosas gris azuladas bastante grandes. Al frente podía observar una gran puerta de madera. Lo primero que pensó es que esta puerta seguramente sería la salida a su perdición, pero no se percató de que no estaba solo en la sala. Había junto a él un especie de ser inmaterial, un ser sin forma ni contorno, simplemente se propagaba a lo largo de la sala, sin dejarse ver propiamente, pero manifestando violentamente su presencia en los sentidos de Robert, quien intento luchar con todas sus fuerzas contra esta creatura, sin éxito y ya bastante agotado de pelear con algo que nunca derrotaría, Robert cayó en el piso, y sin energía alguna, emitió su último suspiro. En el pueblo más nunca se supo nada de Robert, y el parque fue clausurado.

Gracias por leer.


English Version:

The Endless Cavern

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The people who lived around that forest, tried as much as possible, never to talk about the incident numbers that had happened there. It was a taboo subject, which pretended to be hidden from the new generations, even so, the rumors never disappeared, and among the young people there was always talk of legends and myths about this forest and its enigmatic cavern. There was nothing else to do, to hide their existence, it meant exterminating all the people who lived close to it, the information that they had was irremediably transmitted from generation to generation, and the dangers they hid were practically inevitable.

Among one of the best known legends is the fateful description of the disappearance of a young newly married couple. A few days after their marriage, they decided to take a short walk through the forest, until they spotted in the distance the great and imposing cavern in the distance. As an adventure and distraction from the new marriage routine, they challenged each other to enter the cave and explore it. Finally they decided to enter together and see with their own eyes the geological wonders that might be there. Apparently that was the last decision they made, because since then no one ever heard from them again.

Although there had been a large number of expeditions of rescuers for the caverns, most of the time they were unable to find even the slightest trace of the disappeared, in other things, the same rescuers ended up being victims, and nothing was ever heard from them again. This type of expeditions were tried a few times, until the same people of the adjacent towns, understood that there was nothing to do, that it was better to leave the cave with its solitude, and rather to try to prevent as it gave place, that another person tries to enter it.

Approximately 100 years passed. The customs of the population were often very conservative, some others changed according to the fashions of the time, but what never changed, was the absolute and irrevocable prohibition that made the parents to their children, in relation to never approach the forest, much less enter the cave that had claimed so many lives in the past. All the children of the time followed each of these indications, and for several years, no new victims of the famous cave were heard of.

So much time went by without talking about these incidents, that each of the stories that their ancestors told in so many details became stories based on legends, myths, simple stories that ended up being used to scare the children when they didn't want to finish their lunch, or didn't want to go to bed late. The cave went from being an extremely dangerous place to being the protagonist of many local legends that entertained people of all ages, regardless of their religious beliefs.

It was such a disposition of information that a few years after opening the forest, it was no longer the danger zone that had been closed forever, now it was an area with great economic potential if it became the city's central park, would give the landscape a modern air, and would contribute to the economic growth of the area. Families strolled on weekends, children played with their pets, and teenagers took advantage of the opportunity to rest from their academic routine every afternoon, walking for a while in the new park. Some people had a certain respect for the great cave, but it was only a fact attributed to the stories their parents told them, nothing more than that...

One of those hot summer days, Robert promised his high school classmates that he would enter the cave, he thought he was brave enough, and needed to show it to the whole class, especially Sandra, the girl of his dreams, the one he had been attracted to for a few years. Most of Robert's classmates accompanied him to the woods that day, there had to be witnesses to the fact, so they waited from the outside for Robert to come in and come out with some interesting stone that he found in there.

Upon entering, Robert saw just what he expected to see, a pile of stones, some quite common, others much more eye-catching, there were some minerals, small wells and quite a few insects. Robert did not understand very well what was the origin of all the legends he heard as a child, if the cave they were talking about was nothing more than a simple cave, without dangers or extraordinary beings. Suddenly Robert felt as if the floor supporting his feet had disappeared from one moment to the next. It was a sensation of free fall that never ended, Robert inside was very scared, but impatiently awaited the blow he would feel when he reached the ground, giving an end to his fall, however this never happened.

The sensations experienced, escaped from Robert's reasoning, it was difficult to understand what was happening there, but he was sure that he was living it and that it was no hallucination. In the distance, he could hear the cries of his companions who urged him to come out of the cave, that he had already spent a lot of time inside and that the demonstration of his bravery had already become clear.

Robert ended up in a large room, with quite large blue-gray tiles. In front he could see a large wooden door. The first thing he thought was that this door would surely be the way out of his perdition, but he did not realize that he was not alone in the room. There was next to him a kind of immaterial being, a being without form or outline, it simply spread throughout the room, without letting itself be seen properly, but violently manifesting its presence in the senses of Robert, who tried to fight with all his forces against this creature, without success and already exhausted enough to fight with something that he would never defeat, Robert fell to the floor, and without any energy, he emitted his last sigh. In the village Robert was never heard from again, and the park was shut down.

Thank you for reading.


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