Relato de Sabiduría Africana: Cuando el Trueno Trajo Justicia a una Aldea Quebrada - Yoruba
Cuentos Africanos Yoruba
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He'}, {'start': '128.833', 'end': '131.000', 'text': 'placed soldiers everywhere.'}, {'start': '131.683', 'end': '133.716', 'text': 'Men dressed in red robes'}, {'start': '133.950', 'end': '135.600', 'text': 'carrying iron staffs'}, {'start': '136.400', 'end': '138.516', 'text': 'walked among the market stalls,'}, {'start': '138.916', 'end': '140.516', 'text': 'inspecting the fields,'}, {'start': '140.800', 'end': '143.233', 'text': 'peering into houses without permission,'}, {'start': '143.633', 'end': '145.033', 'text': 'and with their mere presence'}, {'start': '145.600', 'end': '148.633', 'text': 'reminded us that fear had replaced respect.'}, {'start': '149.316', 'end': '151.433', 'text': 'New taxes were imposed:'}, {'start': '151.800', 'end': '153.316', 'text': 'a grain tax'}, {'start': '153.800', 'end': '154.716', 'text': 'for security,'}, {'start': '155.400', 'end': '159.200', 'text': 'a levy on goats for village development, they'}, {'start': '159.950', 'end': '162.683', 'text': 'even charged for the use of the well,'}, {'start': '163.116', 'end': '165.316', 'text': 'although no one had repaired it in years.'}, {'start': '166.000', 'end': '170.000', 'text': 'Anyone who delayed paying found their jars broken.'}, {'start': '170.750', 'end': '173.083', 'text': 'Anyone who asked too many questions was dragged off'}, {'start': '173.316', 'end': '174.116', 'text': 'into the night.'}, {'start': '174.550', 'end': '177.950', 'text': 'Moreniqué. A widow who had raised her only son,'}, {'start': '178.116', 'end': '179.800', 'text': 'telling him stories of courage,'}, {'start': '180.116', 'end': '182.200', 'text': 'saw him arrested by the soldiers.'}, {'start': '182.716', 'end': '186.316', 'text': 'His crime. 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cried for the tree, no one'}, {'start': '397.633', 'end': '398.950', 'text': 'celebrated, they'}, {'start': '399.400', 'end': '400.633', 'text': 'only understood,'}, {'start': '401.350', 'end': '402.600', 'text': 'the rumors returned'}, {'start': '403.000', 'end': '404.550', 'text': 'but no longer about akbara,'}, {'start': '405.033', 'end': '406.600', 'text': 'now they spoke of Shango,'}, {'start': '407.083', 'end': '410.400', 'text': 'mothers told their children that thunder does not strike'}, {'start': '410.550', 'end': '411.350', 'text': 'by mistake,'}, {'start': '411.600', 'end': '414.883', 'text': 'the elders left fruit on the roots of'}, {'start': '415.033', 'end': '417.316', 'text': 'old trees, some murmured'}, {'start': '417.633', 'end': '420.150', 'text': 'that when the sky moves without rain it'}, {'start': '420.716', 'end': '423.083', 'text': 'is because the shores are thinking,'}, {'start': '423.950', 'end': '426.483', 'text': 'moreniqué in his mud hut he'}, {'start': 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name,'}, {'start': '456.516', 'end': '457.683', 'text': 'another woke up'}, {'start': '457.800', 'end': '461.116', 'text': 'with ash in his mouth and trembling hands,'}, {'start': '462.000', 'end': '464.483', 'text': 'akbara  He noticed the restlessness.'}, {'start': '465.283', 'end': '468.033', 'text': 'One morning he went out into the central courtyard of the palace,'}, {'start': '468.200', 'end': '470.833', 'text': 'his iron staff wrapped in bronze. He'}, {'start': '471.316', 'end': '472.283', 'text': 'raised his voice.'}, {'start': '472.916', 'end': '475.516', 'text': 'Stop fearing the sky. Chango'}, {'start': '475.716', 'end': '477.600', 'text': 'is legend. I am flesh'}, {'start': '477.950', 'end': '479.316', 'text': 'and flesh rules.'}, {'start': '480.000', 'end': '481.833', 'text': 'But even as he shouted,'}, {'start': '482.116', 'end': '483.433', 'text': 'his voice broke.'}, {'start': '484.000', 'end': '485.083', 'text': 'No one applauded.'}, {'start': '485.550', 'end': '487.083', 'text': 'No one repeated his words.'}, {'start': '487.316', 'end': '489.400', 'text': 'The guards avoided his gaze.'}, {'start': '489.833', 'end': '492.716', 'text': 'That night, the sky turned red. It'}, {'start': '493.200', 'end': '495.150', 'text': "wasn't the red of sunset, it"}, {'start': '495.750', 'end': '496.716', 'text': 'was darker,'}, {'start': '497.350', 'end': '500.633', 'text': 'thicker, as if ancient blood'}, {'start': '500.883', 'end': '503.200', 'text': 'had been spilled on the clouds.'}, {'start': '504.000', 'end': '505.916', 'text': 'The moon disappeared. The'}, {'start': '506.683', 'end': '508.833', 'text': "crickets' song stopped."}, {'start': '509.200', 'end': '511.083', 'text': 'The wind came from the east,'}, {'start': '511.316', 'end': '513.750', 'text': 'a wind that never came from that direction,'}, {'start': '514.400', 'end': '516.116', 'text': 'and under the sacred Iroko tree,'}, {'start': '516.400', 'end': '519.200', 'text': 'a dozen villagers gathered in silence.'}, {'start': '519.750', 'end': '521.516', 'text': 'Moreniqué stood up. He'}, {'start': '521.883', 'end': '523.283', 'text': 'looked at the sky without fear.'}, {'start': '523.950', 'end': '525.550', 'text': 'Shango whispered. I'}, {'start': '525.916', 'end': '527.083', 'text': "don't ask for revenge, I"}, {'start': '527.600', 'end': '528.400', 'text': 'ask for truth. May'}, {'start': '529.033', 'end': '530.950', 'text': 'what is crooked be made straight. May'}, {'start': '531.483', 'end': '534.550', 'text': 'fear fall and justice rise up.'}, {'start': '535.350', 'end': '538.483', 'text': 'A gust of wind lifted her cloak. It'}, {'start': '539.033', 'end': '542.000', 'text': 'was gentle, but it made her shiver inside.'}, {'start': '542.550', 'end': '544.916', 'text': 'Not from the cold, from recognition.'}, {'start': '545.950', 'end': '548.283', 'text': 'Up high, high above the clouds,'}, {'start': '548.600', 'end': '549.516', 'text': 'something awoke.'}, {'start': '550.033', 'end': '552.150', 'text': 'At first, it was a distant drum,'}, {'start': '552.433', 'end': '553.600', 'text': 'then a hum,'}, {'start': '554.116', 'end': '556.283', 'text': 'then a pressure on her skin,'}, {'start': '556.550', 'end': '558.683', 'text': 'as if  the world was about to speak'}, {'start': '558.916', 'end': '562.150', 'text': 'and it did. Thunder came not as rain, it did'}, {'start': '562.483', 'end': '563.833', 'text': 'not come as a breeze. It'}, {'start': '564.316', 'end': '568.233', 'text': 'fell. The first bolt touched the edge of the village'}, {'start': '568.633', 'end': '569.600', 'text': 'where years ago'}, {'start': '569.950', 'end': '572.716', 'text': 'the house of a healer'}, {'start': '573.083', 'end': '574.950', 'text': 'accused of knowing too much had burned down.'}, {'start': '575.683', 'end': '577.750', 'text': 'A lightning bolt came down like a lance,'}, {'start': '578.233', 'end': '580.550', 'text': 'leaving a bright coil in the earth'}, {'start': '580.683', 'end': '582.433', 'text': 'that beat like a heart.'}, {'start': '583.350', 'end': '585.316', 'text': 'The second fell near the market'}, {'start': '585.833', 'end': '588.916', 'text': 'where a woman was flogged for selling food'}, {'start': '589.116', 'end': '590.116', 'text': 'too cheaply.'}, {'start': '590.916', 'end': '593.283', 'text': 'Her since-abandoned stall'}, {'start': '593.683', 'end': '594.883', 'text': 'burst into flames'}, {'start': '595.283', 'end': '596.950', 'text': 'but the fire did not spread. It'}, {'start': '597.516', 'end': '598.916', 'text': 'burned in its place'}, {'start': '599.233', 'end': '600.316', 'text': 'as if waiting.'}, {'start': '601.000', 'end': '602.400', 'text': 'And then the third.'}, {'start': '603.200', 'end': '606.233', 'text': 'The third fell on the palace gates.'}, {'start': '606.750', 'end': '610.000', 'text': 'The lightning not only struck the palace gates, it'}, {'start': '610.433', 'end': '611.600', 'text': 'disintegrated them.'}, {'start': '612.316', 'end': '613.883', 'text': 'The towering arch'}, {'start': '614.716', 'end': '617.150', 'text': 'carved with symbols of power and dominance'}, {'start': '617.550', 'end': '621.350', 'text': 'split in a crash that shook the earth.'}, {'start': '622.083', 'end': '624.400', 'text': 'The bronze hinges melted.'}, {'start': '624.716', 'end': '626.600', 'text': 'The wood burned silently'}, {'start': '627.033', 'end': '629.233', 'text': 'as if it needed no spark at all,'}, {'start': '629.950', 'end': '631.716', 'text': 'only accumulated justice.'}, {'start': '632.350', 'end': '634.633', 'text': 'The entire village felt the impact,'}, {'start': '635.233', 'end': '637.316', 'text': 'not with fear but with certainty.'}, {'start': '637.916', 'end': '639.083', 'text': 'From their huts,'}, {'start': '639.233', 'end': '641.200', 'text': 'the villagers began to file out,'}, {'start': '641.950', 'end': '642.950', 'text': 'first the girls,'}, {'start': '643.200', 'end': '644.116', 'text': 'then the boys,'}, {'start': '644.600', 'end': '645.633', 'text': 'then the mothers.'}, {'start': '645.883', 'end': '648.033', 'text': 'The old men. The farmers'}, {'start': '649.200', 'end': '650.516', 'text': 'walked slowly.  They did'}, {'start': '651.083', 'end': '653.350', 'text': 'n’t speak, they didn’t run, they'}, {'start': '654.150', 'end': '657.233', 'text': 'gathered in the plaza with their eyes wide open,'}, {'start': '657.800', 'end': '659.000', 'text': 'the air vibrated,'}, {'start': '659.750', 'end': '660.916', 'text': 'everything was different'}, {'start': '662.033', 'end': '663.033', 'text': 'inside the palace,'}, {'start': '663.150', 'end': '664.516', 'text': 'chaos reigned. 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His'}, {'start': '690.883', 'end': '692.883', 'text': 'robes were disheveled, his'}, {'start': '693.400', 'end': '694.833', 'text': 'hair tangled,'}, {'start': '695.233', 'end': '696.433', 'text': 'his face pale. His'}, {'start': '697.283', 'end': '699.033', 'text': 'voice, once feared,'}, {'start': '699.233', 'end': '700.716', 'text': 'was now barely an echo.'}, {'start': '701.116', 'end': '702.083', 'text': 'This is witchcraft. He'}, {'start': '702.483', 'end': '704.283', 'text': 'shouted. This is a trap.'}, {'start': '704.683', 'end': '705.683', 'text': 'I am the chief.'}, {'start': '706.316', 'end': '707.516', 'text': 'But no one answered.'}, {'start': '707.916', 'end': '708.883', 'text': 'Only the wind'}, {'start': '709.400', 'end': '711.083', 'text': 'tried to raise his staff'}, {'start': '711.233', 'end': '712.516', 'text': 'but the metal was burning. 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