A deaf farmer marries an obese girl for a bet; what she pulled out of her husband’s ear left everyone stunned." The morning that Clara Valdés became a wife, the snow fell on the Sierra de Chihuahua with sad patience, as if the sky itself knew that it was not a holiday, but of resignation".

in writing how long it took.
Elijah replied:
“From a child. The doctors said it was related to my deafness. That there was no remedy.”
Clara wrote back:
“Did you believe them?”
He was slow to respond.
“No.”
Three nights later, Elijah fell from the chair in the middle of dinner. The blow echoed dry on the floor. Clara ran to him. He was convulsing in pain, holding on to his head. She brought a lamp to her face, carefully removed her hair and looked into the inflamed ear. What he saw froze his blood.
There was something there.
Something dark.
Something alive.
He moved.
Clara backed up for a moment, with her heart about to explode, and then took air like the one who throws herself into the void. He prepared hot water, fine sewing and alcohol tweezers. Elijah, pale and sweaty, looked at her with distrust and fear.