A monster—the most monstrous humanity had ever known—threatened to devour the entire planet in a single gulp.

—‘I’m going to eat the world! Everything in it: people, animals, plants. EVERYTHING!’ he shouted.

Sages, warriors, artists and even chefs tried to find a way to stop it. But nothing could calm it or persuade it. Its hunger knew no bounds.

Until Marcela, the gardener, appeared. She made it see that the world, like any plant, was still growing, changing, becoming something new every day.

The monster hesitated. And instead of devouring it, he decided to wait, only to discover in the end that what he really liked wasn’t devouring the world, but watching it grow.

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