The Yacumama"Mother of all creatures water"

The sky was still a deep purple,the rays of light shimmered closer to our canoe, clarifying to me the day was beginning.

My sisters Juanita,Velia and delia hustled around Pita,terrified her wound would get worse, even after Abuelita Remedios’s treatment . “She's going to be alright, ” Abuelita Remedios said in a gentle soft spoken voice. “Oh we know'' pronounced Velia, “were just being”.. “cautious” both Velia and delia said,cutting each other off.They chuckled at their words then focused their attention back to Pita who was silently falling asleep. I turned to Ixtali who was steering the canoe without saying a word, “ how close are we till home?” I asked Ixtali, she turned in a little surprised manner and spoke quietly “ not too far..but with all this fog it's hard to tell”. Abuelita Remedios enunciated “Odlila you've been so brave for your hermanas get some rest we will take care of your sisters and wake you when home”, I thought to myself maybe it was best id get some rest,id need the energy when we see mama so she's not worried as much,I layed down in a small area on the canoe and dozed off.

“Wake up”.. I arose to a slight shaking on my arm.It was Juanita, I jumped up impulsively thinking to hear something may have happened to Pita. “Don't move so much it may know where here” I noticed Ixtali had stopped the small wooden boat, everyone had looks of panic on their faces,I moved over to my sisters and asked what was going on. “A monster” Vilia gulped “A huge one” replayed Delia. Pita was still sound asleep,I was bewildered by their statements, “ what?” i said confused,yet before I could get anything out I saw large ripples in the water and faint splashing, “What the h-” Abuelita Remedios cut me off with a look,I turned to look over the side of the canoe to see yellow orbs,a beautiful bright bleached gold” hey look” Juanita must have seen as well,she called Abuelita Remedios over to look when suddenly, A huge snake emerged from the waters.The fog cleared to the sight of a huge snake reminding me of an anaconda ,Its skin was shiny and glowing it was a dull gray and for a second looked transparent . Almost knocking us all out of the canoe with the pressure of its emerge from the misty, murky waters,

“ Don't Look Into Its Eyes” Ixtali shouted,we were all scattered around the tight canoe, Pita woke frightened and suddenly started crying, Juanita was trying to calm her down with shushing her, Velia and Delia were trying to find something to use as a weapon, “Dont panic” Ixtali said, “ what is that thing?” I said with a blank stare. “ La Yacumama..” Abuelita Remedios said in a whisper, she had a tiny book in her hand with a page turned, No way I

thought to myself I could see by the looks on my sisters faces they knew what I was thinking. “Mama told us a story to keep us away from the waters when we were young' ' Juanita said in acknowledgment of course we never believed it. Until now..Everyone was scattered but cramped at the same time, Abuelita Remedios was still sitting reading about this unknown species until the beast drew a powerful blow knocking the book right out of the poor women's hands and into the now full of a putrid acid smell with what I think is water. I hurried my sisters into a small area in the corner or the canoe shushing them like that would stop the monster from attacking. “With the book gone all hope is lost” Abuelita Remedios says in a cry “yes” Ixtali joined in “ our paddles are gone that monster knocked them into the water I can hardly see”.The huge snake was surrounding us continuously splashing us with water and knocking around the canoe like it was playing with us.”Stop That Or We Will Hurt You just like we did those stupid lechuzas!” Velia and Delia both said on top of each other almost mimicking.Just then Abuelita Remedios grabbed something out of her pocket,It looked like a herb of some sort “Throw this into the beast's mouth!” Abuela Remedios shouted.The huge snake opened its mouth looking as to devour us,when Ixtali took the herb and threw it right at the monster.It shriveled and screeched in pain as the suspicious leaf killed it.The monster sulked back into the waters and suddenly the fog and mist cleared, Ixtali grabbed some nearby branches and started to create paddles while i went to comfort the now clam Pita.My sisters gathered around as we started rowing off back home again,as Abuelita Remedios sighed in relief “ now we can get those roses in peace”.