One Hundred Years of Solitude

scandalized. Since Aureliano
Segundo had taken charge of
the house those festivities
were a common thing, even
when there was no motive as
proper as the birth of a Pope.
In a few years, without effort,
simply by luck, he had
accumulated one of the
largest fortunes in the swamp
thanks to the supernatural
proliferation of his animals.
His mares would bear triplets,
his hens laid twice a day, and