One Hundred Years of Solitude

four of the children went into
the room one morning while
Aureliano was in the kitchen,
preparing to destroy the
parchments. But as soon as
they laid hands on the
yellowed sheets an angelic
force lifted them off the
ground and held them
suspended in the air until
Aureliano returned and took
the parchments away from
them. From then on they did
not bother him.