The Pig in Monico's Garden
as told by first cousin once removed Louisa Franco Madrid
Monico Garcia was the son of Julian Garcia
Before Monico and his family moved from Terlingua to New Mexico, he and his family lived in one of his Uncle Dolores Garcia’s houses. Dolores had three small houses across Terlingua Creek from his house, which was on the west side of the creek. The Federico Villalba family lived to the east of the three houses. The Catano brothers and their families occupied the other two small houses. They worked for Dolores Garcia and also for Federico Villalba.
Monico planted a nice vegetable garden, but had problems with the Villalba's pig. The pig would come and destroy the garden, and no matter how much Monico complained to the Villalbas about it, they refused to pen the animal. One day when no one was around, Monico dug a big hole, killed the pig, and buried it. He planted a nice garden on top of it and kept quite. Only the Garcias knew about it.
The Villalbas kept asking everyone about the pig and would show up around noon, when neighbors would be eating. It was the custom to invite your visitors to eat with you if they arrived around meal time. The Villalbas wanted to see if anyone was eating pork.
The secret of the pig was kept, until recently. I have confessed to Herminia and John Casas (granddaughter and great grandson of Federico Villalba). Of course they did not know about it.
as told by first cousin once removed Louisa Franco Madrid
Monico Garcia was the son of Julian Garcia
Before Monico and his family moved from Terlingua to New Mexico, he and his family lived in one of his Uncle Dolores Garcia’s houses. Dolores had three small houses across Terlingua Creek from his house, which was on the west side of the creek. The Federico Villalba family lived to the east of the three houses. The Catano brothers and their families occupied the other two small houses. They worked for Dolores Garcia and also for Federico Villalba.
Monico planted a nice vegetable garden, but had problems with the Villalba's pig. The pig would come and destroy the garden, and no matter how much Monico complained to the Villalbas about it, they refused to pen the animal. One day when no one was around, Monico dug a big hole, killed the pig, and buried it. He planted a nice garden on top of it and kept quite. Only the Garcias knew about it.
The Villalbas kept asking everyone about the pig and would show up around noon, when neighbors would be eating. It was the custom to invite your visitors to eat with you if they arrived around meal time. The Villalbas wanted to see if anyone was eating pork.
The secret of the pig was kept, until recently. I have confessed to Herminia and John Casas (granddaughter and great grandson of Federico Villalba). Of course they did not know about it.