Swimmer

They say that the lakes are magical places. The Lady of the Lake - Who? - Held in his hand to "Excalibur", the magic sword, handed it to Merlin the magician to serve the best knight of Celtia, then Britain. Arthur picked up the sword and after many vicissitudes it back into the lake.

Loch Ness has its own mythical animal, Nessie, locals and foreigners mascot, monster of all known and few have come to glimpse, in fact I have not seen it when I was there. And what about Indian legends that speak of the spirits of the Great Lakes, home to the great Manitou, be-spirit becomes the totem animal of any man and can start the life and soul of the bravest of the warriors.

Each lake carries mysteries, and Sanabria would expect. there is well known legend of San Isidro plowing for those payments. O Christ as a pilgrim for the lands now flooded the lake and then were a people who take away for those straw-beyond the usual, the little charity human-caused flooding throughout the basin so that only remained on the surface of the church tower, which is what we see today as a small island near Ribadelago. For if not I warn you visited that has little charm, the last time I saw it only a rocky island full of brambles and nests, although there were some delicious blackberries.

Sanabria Lake, also has its own legends, and I've lost many times to him for its magical, and I can say I've found: magic contains it in his own presence, just breathe its air, contemplate forest strongholds around it or soak in water stream to feel transported to a different world brighter. A walk along the lake in solitude, listening to their whispers one returns peace to him in the fight wears daily. As for conventional magic, the fairies and witches, legends of gods and demons, that nothing found.

Except maybe a little anecdote that occurred in a distant summer of adolescence.

I was with my friends splashing in the center of the lake in a little boat, pedal, one of those perennial tourist boats that have been evolving in the water when the weather is nice. The boat was overcrowded, he said, like a gaudy patera-and we clasped to her as we could, otherwise stay adrift in the middle of the lake, which to any bank there is a long way. Two friends of ours were looser; possessed a canoe to themselves. They approached our boat to greet and pass shoot water with oars, one of which was with us, and something a little thug then gained weight (Today is a respectable family man and this fitter) decided it splashing was fine and without thinking twice jumped into the water to fall near the canoe, with the good intention of wet out our attackers. The human bomb caused a tide that scuttled the unfortunate canoe rowers and all.

The canoe began to sink and then disappeared, we immediately launched a rescue and soon we could get the little boat to the surface of his starving seizing her ribs, but we were not able to leave her afloat when fully flooded, we tried a thousand ways; belly up , upside down, sideways, but no way, as we scurried descuidábamos from our hands with diabolical skill and took the road fund as an eel.

These hardships were, and about to take the boat for lost when suddenly emerged a bearded head played with goggles, the head spoke:

- Bring out the canoe upright water to empty and then you let fall the belly.

Obeyed when the boat came to the surface throwing up all the water he had swallowed, when we could not climb over the fall and we floated placidly.

We seek the views bearded man's head and diving goggles to thank you for your advice, but it was gone. His sudden appearance and disappearance were surprising. We were in a respectable sized lake and he had been under water, this is not an impossible to achieve, but it was a really intriguing opportunity. We decided to christen our unexpected help as Neptune.

I remember this story, which is nothing more than a simple story-as if it happened yesterday. Sometimes I wonder if it would not be, instead of a restless swimmer, a real inhabitant of the waters to avoid suspicion had placed diving lenses, more in tune with our times that a trident. I find this more appealing than the simple idea of ​​swimmer because, after all, reality or fantasy only depend on the views.

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