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Desde ese momento, empecé una labor de investigación al estilo "Sherlock Holmes", atando cabos y recaudando información de parte de algunos vecinos.
En la escena de los hechos, había observado pisadas de pies descalzos, del tamaño de un pie que corresponde a un jovencito entre 10 y 12 años de edad.
Al ir a alertar a los vecinos del posible peligro que ellos y sus patios también corrían, una niña, hija de un vecino cercano, me indico que un par jovencito habías estado merodeando en frente de mi casa, y llamando a la puerta como para constatar que no había nadie en casa.
Justo para esa hora, mi esposa y yo nos encontrábamos en medio de diligencias en el centro del pueblo. Para la hora que llegamos era de noche y no salí a revisar los animales como lo hago habitualmente.
Fue la mañana siguiente cuando, al ver que en el lote de animales no estaban ninguna de las dos conejas; cuando me dispuse a buscarlas y encontrarme con la situación narrada al principio.
Cuando la niña me informa lo sucedido, en seguida recordé que hacía algunas semanas se me acercó un niño que iba pasando por la calle, solicitándome a manera de favor, un cambio de un conejo porque el que tenía, al parecer, era hermano de sus hembras y quería evitar la consanguinidad en su pequeño plantel de cría.
Las características que la niña me describió coincidían con las del jovencito que les acabo de mencionar. Ella me hizo la observación de que los conocía e incluso sabía en qué parte de la localidad vivían.
Por mi parte, y para evitar que en el hecho se viera involucrada, le solicite que no les mencionara nada de mis sospechas. Pero ella no se contuvo al presentir que ellos si eran los responsables del robo y los confronto.
Cómo era de esperarse, ellos se negaron, y en un intento de disuadir mis sospechas, decidieron visitarme el día siguiente para verificar que todo estaba bien.
Al llegar a mi puerta, decidí ser firme en mi investigación, y tuve que abordarlo de manera directa para sacar cualquier información incriminatoria, lo que no fue muy difícil, ya que ellos dejaban ver lo nerviosos que estaban, y por que sospechaban que ya habían sido delatados.
Les pregunté de forma directa:
Yo volví a decirles de manera concluyente:
Con esas palabras él confirmo y se declaro culpable de robo.
Cuando confirmé mis sospechas, le informé que era necesario que me regresará mi coneja y que me pagará la que había muerto preñada.
Al final, se comprometió a pagar los daños. Le dije que era necesario que acudieramos a la comisaría de la policía con su representante, por lo cual se asustó muchísimo, hasta el punto de que fue corriendo a buscar la coneja que me había robado, y al día siguiente, trajo una coneja con características muy parecida a la que murió y en compensación de ésta.
Pero en mi granja, las cosas van ido mejorando para reponer las pérdidas por lo ocurrido.
Y ayer, grabé el momento exacto del parto de esta coneja. Quiero que vean el inicio de la vida de un conejo.
Alguien pudiera ver cómo asquerosas las imágenes, pero yo lo veo como un momento muy bonito en la naturaleza. Espero que la mayoría de ustedes concuerden conmigo.
(English)
In a previous post, I told you that a thief had broken into my farm and stolen one of the mother rabbits, and another one, who was pregnant, had been badly mistreated while trying to catch her, to the point that the next day she died.
From that moment on, I began a "Sherlock Holmes" style investigation, tying up loose ends and collecting information from some neighbors.
At the scene of the incident, I had observed the footprints of bare feet, the size of a foot that corresponds to a young boy between 10 and 12 years of age.
When I went to alert the neighbors of the possible danger that they and their yards were also in, a little girl, daughter of a nearby neighbor, told me that a couple of young boys had been hanging around in front of my house, and knocking on the door as if to make sure that no one was home.
Just about that time, my wife and I were in the middle of running errands in the center of town. By the time we arrived it was dark and I did not go out to check on the animals as I usually do.
It was the next morning when I saw that neither of the two rabbits were in the animal lot; when I set out to look for them and found the situation described at the beginning.
When the girl told me what had happened, I immediately remembered that a few weeks ago a boy who was passing by on the street approached me, asking me as a favor, a change of a rabbit because the one he had, apparently, was the brother of his females and he wanted to avoid inbreeding in his small breeding stock.
The characteristics that the girl described to me coincided with those of the youngster I just mentioned. She remarked that she knew them and even knew where they lived in the locality.
For my part, and to avoid being involved in the incident, I asked her not to mention anything about my suspicions. But she did not hold back when she sensed that they were responsible for the robbery and confronted them.
As expected, they refused, and in an attempt to dissuade my suspicions, they decided to visit me the next day to verify that everything was all right.
Upon arriving at my door, I decided to be firm in my investigation, and had to approach them directly to elicit any incriminating information, which was not very difficult, as they showed how nervous they were, and because they suspected that they had already been ratted out.
I asked them pointedly:
I again told them conclusively:
With those words he confirmed and pleaded guilty of theft.
When I confirmed my suspicions, I informed him that it was necessary for him to return my doe and to pay me for the one that had died pregnant.
In the end, he agreed to pay for the damages. I told him that it was necessary for us to go to the police station with his representative, for which he became very frightened, to the point that he went running to look for the doe that he had stolen from me, and the following day, he brought a doe with characteristics very similar to the one that died and in compensation for this one.
The next day after recovering her, the one that had been stolen from me gave birth to 7 small baby rabbits, and yesterday, 10 days after the incident, the one I brought in compensation gave birth to 10 rabbits.
All of them are in good health
I have not seen the boy again, although I have not stopped thinking about continuing the investigation and finding his parents to prevent him, in some way, from having a bad path.
But on my farm, things are getting better and better to make up for the losses of what happened.
And yesterday, I recorded the exact moment of the birth of this doe. I want you to see the beginning of a rabbit's life.
Someone might see the images as disgusting, but I see it as a very beautiful moment in nature. I hope most of you will agree with me.
