One Hundred Years of Solitude

three years in order to satisfy
the conditions of the
prediction. The first thing that
startled him, even though it
increased his confusion at the
same time, was the fact that it
was precisely three hundred
eighty-eight feet from Úrsulas
bed to the backyard wall.
Fernanda feared that he was
as crazy as his twin brother
when she saw him taking the
measurements, and even
more when he told the