One Hundred Years of Solitude

Liberal victory. In order that
no one would doubt the
severity of his aims, he
ordered a firing squad
organized in the square and
had it shoot at a scarecrow.
At first no one took him
seriously. They were, after
all, schoolchildren playing at
being grown-ups. But one
night, when Arcadio went
into Catarinos store, the
trumpeter in the group
greeted him with a fanfare