ady Zenira was a nurse assistant very efficient and respected at her work place. There are several years she worked at that pediatric clinic, situated in the district of Lapa, São Paulo and she was loved for the doctors, bosses and patients. In spite of your 72 years of age well conserved and at least 30 of profession, she didn't want retirement knowledge, nor of hearing to speak.

She was very been irritated when somebody insinuated that she should retire, that she must to rest and take advantage of a little the life, because the years pass and we are going approximating, more and more, of the our eternal rest. People talked her about the good things of the life, when we retired and have free time to walk, to make long trips, other cheerful things and entertaining people's company, finally, to accomplish dreams that there are many years rocked.

The old lady closed the ears for not hearing.. She answered that was still very strong to stop working and your efficiency could be proven for any one, there in the clinic. Zenira said that she was very lucid and therefore very far the day that somebody would call her of "old decrepit woman". The retirement could wait. It would not be now that she would abandon everything, mainly knowing that the owners of the clinic needed your excellent services, they liked her, because she was assiduous – Zenira had never come later in her job and she had not missed the service, since she had been negotiated the work contract and the most important: she had never received not even some warning, that could dishonour your professional reputation.

Zenira was a honest lady, very responsible, however, as human being doesn't totally exist perfect person, Lady Zenira had a serious problem, that disturbed and, sometimes, it complicated her life. The problem was the... Distraction!

Really this it was the old lady's only and more serious defect and once in a while the distraction forced her to face difficult situations.

Certain time, her friend Clotilde called her house and she was an enormous time hoping Zenira attended the telephone, when her friend almost giving up on speaking, supposing that Zenira was absent, suddenly she answered the telephone, if excusing for the delay:

- "Ah! Are you, Clotilde? Excuse me for the delay, but I didn't get to find the telephone. I decided to set in order my things in the house and I finished to ended up piling the clothes on where the telephone was... "

- "But Zenira, that madness that is? How is it that you went to forget where the telephone was? - when it plays, you hear it ringing".

- "I know, but it happens that I placed the clothes yesterday and today no longer I reminded plus, but excuse me Clô, I cannot speak now to you, because I am with hurry, I need to go to the ILHA COMPRIDA (a large island in southeast littoral of São Paulo) to solve some problems, that appeared there at my beach house".

- "It is well, I won't delay her, but then, in the turn, call me and we will talk calmer".

They said good-bye and in the following week, returning of the trip, badly and when she entered home, her telephone played. It was Clotilde asking how the walk had been in the Ilha Comprida and Zenilda displeased she answered her that had been horrible.

- "It is that the bus went away in the exact moment when I arrived to Iguape. It was already later at night and like you know, because of the tide, the buses that pass at my house in the beach, they don't circulate more and because of this, I was forced to walk to foot..."

- "To foot? but you are really crazy, they are almost ten kilometers. I don't know like you it tolerated that walk. Well, and then? "

- "Then that was very dark and I was very tired, walked, walked and didn't get to find my house. I decided to sit down in the sand and to take a nap, a little. It was so dark that nor I noticed there was somebody lying in the ground, to my side – he was an old beggar, that also tired, he had decided to take a nap there".

- "But Zenith, that madness! Is it there, but tell me what was that happened after?".

- "I asked the man where we were and he opening an eye answered me that he didn't know nor his name, the more to know where they were.

I was so tired that soon fell asleep. And I slept, slept beautiful dreaming about all the angels of the Sky!"

- "You won't believe, Clô, I slept the whole time in front of the door of my own house. It was so dark that I didn't notice".

- "I don't believe! But, I am not understanding, as you didn't find your house, because it confronts with an immense light transformer that there exists. Didn't you see it?".

- "But..., my friend, that it is really the...CUMULUS OF DISTRACTION ! ! !".

We would like to render a homage to our friend Maria de Lourdes Fischer (Zenith) that inspired us to create such rich and funny character. We tanned your friendship for many years until that God took her to encourage a little the Sky, with your current amusements. Rest in Paz, Dona Fischer.

(Collection Estalidos - 2001 Artistic and Literary Association "The Word of the Century XXI - Cruz Alta – Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Pages 152 and 153).

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