Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí.
“When he awoke, the dinosaur was still there.”
Often read as a meditation on how the past, or a fear, persists even after we hope it has vanished; widely cited as the shortest short story in Spanish-language literature.
— Augusto Monterroso, Guatemala
Source: Augusto Monterroso, "El Dinosaurio," in Obras completas (y otros cuentos) (1959)
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