Gabriel Garcia Marquez: "Beberapa saat kemudian, ketika tukang kayu se...

"Beberapa saat kemudian, ketika tukang kayu sedang mengukur peti mati, melalui jendela mereka melihat hujan ringan bunga kuning kecil jatuh. Mereka jatuh di kota sepanjang malam dalam badai yang hening, dan mereka menutupi atap dan memblokir pintu dan membekap hewan yang tidur di luar. Begitu banyak bunga jatuh dari langit sehingga di pagi hari jalan-jalan dilapisi dengan bantal kecil dan mereka harus membersihkannya dengan sekop dan garu sehingga prosesi pemakaman bisa lewat."

--- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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A short time later, when the carpenter was taking measurements for the coffin, through the window they saw a light rain of tiny yellow flowers falling. They fell on the town all through the night in a silent storm, and they covered the roofs and blocked the doors and smothered the animals who slept outdoors. So many flowers fell from the sky that in the morning the streets were carpeted with a compact cushion and they had to clear them away with shovels and rakes so that the funeral procession could pass by.