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Monday, September 3, 2012

Story in the box: Raul the drummer from Chile

Raul was born in Mexico, in a Mexican farm with a mule as a pet. At the age of four (4) years old, his parents died in a car accident while they were going to Chile. They tried to avoid  a canoe that fell off a truck that was in front of them and ended up in the bush. He was the only survivor that the rescuers found wrapped in an old blanket, on which the etiquette said "Made in 1840". He was still sleeping. So he was put in an orphanage in Chile. Two months later he was adopted by a couple from New Mexico who had recently moved to Chile. There, he was not being treated as he should be. They were not nice to him. They even forget to feed him sometimes, and when they don't, they used to serve him food in a small bowl that was actually made in New Mexico.

So when he got older, eight (8) years old, he left the house and went wandering in the streets. As he was asking for money on the streets, a generous lady had compassion for him and decided to take care of him. She was a nice bald lady from Italy. She was married but her husband died of cancer. He was a professionel drummer from Singapore. All she got from him as a memory keeper was this coin collection wallet and many video records of him playing, that Raul enjoyed when he was bored. Eventually he got intrested in drums. So growing up he loved playing drums in the street or at crossroads. His drumsticks were a wooden ruler and a bamboo stick. He had a hat that he would lay down before him and people passing would throw money in if they happen to like his performances. So he learned how to play drums and became a tremendous drummer. He became popular as "Raul the drummer from Chile".

One day he heard about a drumming contest in China and decided to go. Going to China cost a lot of money, which he did not have. So looking in his leather wallet he took all the money that he had left and put it aside but it was still not enough. So he decided to work for the lady as her house maintenance agent to make some money. As he was cleaning one day, he got inside the main bedroom. There he found a precious jar of a value of $200,000. He stole it, sold it, took the money and left the house. He finally got his visa from the Chinese embassy with a big Chinese stamp on it. He flew then to China. It was a two day flight with one stop in Kenya. There he was surprised to see a Masai woman selling chestnuts at the airport. He heard about chestnuts but never had the chance to taste it. So he bought three(3) chestnuts to taste for his first time. He did not quite like it. Three hours later, he got on his flight to China and finally arrived. At the airport, two police officers were waiting for him. They have been told about his rubbery. So he got arrested and put back in flight for Chile where he was put in jail for 10 years.

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