The tedium of Ana and Manuel. In a small picturesque village lived Manuel and
Ana, a couple that had once been the envy of all. His love
was so strong that it seemed unshakable. They met at a local party and
from that moment they didn' t part anymore. They spent years of happiness
together, sharing dreams and laughter. However, in time the routine began to
sit in their lives. Manuel worked long hours in the countryside and Ana took
care of the house and garden. What used to be days full of excitement
and discoveries, became an endless series of equal days. Little by little,
the tedium infiltrated his relationship. Ana tried to talk to Manuel about how she
felt. Manuel felt that we were losing something we laughed or enjoyed as before,
not exhausted by work and daily worries, simply answered Ana. I'
m just tired. Tomorrow will be different, I promise, but tomorrow I
never brought that promised change. The nights became silent, full of unshared dreams
and unspoken conversations. Manuel and Ana began to live parallel lives, sharing the
same space, but with distant hearts. One day, Ana found an old
box of photos they had taken together during their early years. The images were
a painful reminder of what they had lost. He decided to try to rekindle
the spark that had once brought them together. He prepared a special dinner with
candles and the music they used to listen to. When Manuel arrived home and
saw Ana' s effort, he was moved. Ana. This is beautiful.
I' m so sorry I let things get to this point. They
spent the night remembering old stories and seeing together, but the feeling did not
last. The next day, the routine was again imposed and the tedium resumed
its place. Finally came a time when both understood that love, though deep,
cannot always survive without care and constant attention. They decided to take separate
paths, not with resentment but with a mutual understanding that they had changed and
that their lives needed to take different directions. The people spoke for a long
time about how the tedium had ended with the love of Manuel and Ana became
a story that the elders told young people a warning about the importance of keeping
the spark alive in a relationship. And so, Manuel and Ana went on,
each finding new ways to rediscover happiness, carrying with him the lessons learned
from their time. Together, his story was engraved in the memory of the
people, a reminder that love, like all precious things, needs to be
nurtured and cared for in order to survive. Author José Pardal narration Corral bravor