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The Cradle - La cuna

  The Cradle In the dim light at the centre of the room stood the magnificent cradle. Aquamarines gleamed from the black ebony of its headboard. A wandering ray of sunlight came to illuminate the hidden faces of the sleeping twins. The cradle was astonished. It had remained alone in that attic for more than forty years, after cradling every child born into the family. Once again, it was the centre of the universe. Such happiness made it hold them close... Closer... Closer still. Until the twins stopped breathing.   La cuna En el centro de la estancia, envuelta en penumbra, se alzaba la espléndida cuna. Las aguamarinas incrustadas en el negro ébano del cabecero brillaban tenuemente. Un rayo de sol perdido vino a iluminar las escondidas caritas de los gemelos, que dormían plácidamente. La cuna se sorprendió. Hacía más de cuarenta años que permanecía sola en aquel desván, después de haber acunado a todos los vástagos de la familia. De nuevo... era el centro del un...