leaned over to examine him.
It was the tail of a pig.
They were not alarmed.
Aureliano and Amaranta
Úrsula were not aware of the
family precedent, nor did they
remember Úrsulas frightening
admonitions, and the midwife
pacified them with the idea
that the tail could be cut off
when the child got his second
teeth. Then they had no time
to think about it again,