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A fable is a literary genre which is distinguished because the characters in the work are usually animals or things that come to life and that, in their imagined behaviors and voices, communicate to us exemplary ways of proceeding. His simple and emotional words show us, without sermons or threats, the bad consequences of a behavior that we can choose, despite its consequences, in the exercise of our free will.
Jean de la Fontaine, born in France in 1621, is the distinguished writer who left us a legacy of fables and poems that earned him recognition as a member of the French Academy, the highest official authority in terms of language, made up of 40 members who are recognized as “immortals.” Well, it is precisely to one of his most recognized works that I owe my personal hypothesis about the affair (illegal or scandalous case) to which we have been referring in recent weeks.
De la Fontaine is considered not only an exquisite poet, but also the deepest and most accessible fabulist so that all types of readers or listeners can learn and be motivated by his prodigious stories. Let’s see, for example, his fable known as: “Removing the chestnuts from the fire with the cat’s hands”, with which we could explain what happened a few weeks ago in the senatorial chamber. Which, by the way, the behavior of the two leading actors inevitably brought to mind the cinematographic confrontation of the veteran King Kong vs Godzilla, the idol of the new generation (of course, no offense to either character).
Let us imagine the main cardinals of the council of the tide(da) pink(da), who held an emergency conclave. In secret they called him: “Don’t let him leave us alive.” Once they were together, a major problem arose: no one could think of any action that, knowing Noroña, could cause him to incur serious contempt. “If we move with skill and precision, he will fall for our provocation, because he would rather die than waste an opportunity to get away, gloriously, from the most important responsibility of his life. In his permanent delirium, he will see himself as the inevitable successor of Luisa María Alcalde and… from there pal’real…” Suddenly, as usual, the bitter voice that always appears to suddenly end a collective euphoria was heard. “And who is the knight-errant who is going to climb the stand and demand that Noroña use the word that she cannot deny us?” It was a bucket of H2O, more than freezing, that fell on the euphoric congregation. Everyone was silent, but at that moment, full of desolation and anguish, the bold agua fiesta, upright and sure of being the possessor of the revealed truth, the greatest unknown of the meeting, with a voice that no one knew him, stated: I know who should be the chosen one. Speak, speak now! All the attendees demanded at once. Slowly, he looked around his entire audience with a self-sufficient look and then exclaimed: is the chosen one… (So so so so… he drummed on his chair) and sotto voce pronounced: our political ally is…the senator Alito!! Deadly silence due to the unprecedented nature of what was heard, but then, after several minutes, the 20th fell on the intellectuals present and an applause arose capable of waking up an entire plenary session of the Senate. Approved! Now to carefully plan the tactics to excite our ally with the enormous benefits that, to his already unstoppable dedication, our proposal would bring him. All the senators of the triple alliance would support him in his feat, which would undoubtedly be a free publicity coup: rescuing from a dictator the right of every legislator to express his ideas… and his commitments (especially these).
▲ Alejandro Moreno and Gerardo Fernández Noroña in the Senate.Photo The Day
You already know what happened next, and adding my comments would be raining. Just a few lines to remember and thank good John (de la Fontaine), whose life and work corroborated the original meaning of his name: “brave and worthy of praise.”
