One Hundred Years of Solitude

noon a plate of rice and slices
of fried plantain, which were
the only things eaten in the
house since the death of
Aureliano Segundo. She saw
that his hair was cut, picked
off the nits, took in to his size
the old clothing that she
found in forgotten trunks, and
when his mustache began to
appear the brought him
Colonel Aureliano Buendías
razor and the small gourd he
had used as a shaving mug.