Word: marcelino
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...Marcelino (Charmartín; U.M.P.O.). In the 13th century after Christ, King Alfonso X of Castile and Leon, by his courtiers called "The Wise." commanded that a chronicle be made of all the miracles that in all times had occurred within the limits of his realm. It was done; and among the marvels that the scholars heard and dutifully set down was the story of Marcelino...
They christened the baby Marcelino because he had come to them on St. Marcelino's Day, and each of the brothers tried to be both a mother and a father...
...Marcelino was an easy child to love. His clear young voice splashed like April sunlight on the sober stones, on the serious monks, and it put new life in them. They even changed their names to suit his fancy, and soon were quite unconsciously calling each other Brother Door, Brother Bad. Brother Cookie. Brother Ding-Dong. The monks also learned, as people with children generally do, that new lives bring new sorrows with them. One day. when he was five years old. Marcelino saw a woman for the first time, a country wife. She told him that...
...heads seemed to be better than one. Rags on the bell clapper, goats in the chapel, lizards in the vegetable dish-there seemed to be no end to the boy's devilment. One day Brother Cookie determined to put an end to it. "See that staircase," he told Marcelino. "You must never go up it. Never! If The Big Man up there sees you, he'll take you away-forever!" Marcelino was frightened, but he was brave too. and more than anything he was curious. One day he went sneaking up the stairs...
...Marcelino smiled and went downstairs...