One Hundred Years of Solitude

water. On several occasions
they would get into the pool
to soap him from head to toe
as he floated on his back
thinking about Amaranta.
Then they would dry him,
powder his body, and dress
him. One of the children, who
had curly blond hair and eyes
of pink glass like a rabbit,
was accustomed to sleeping
in the house. The bonds that
linked him to José Arcadio
were so strong that he would