This is the story of the scratched baby.
the scratched baby
A couple from Otaza, in the town of Foronda, had a very young baby. One morning they saw, to their dismay, that the newborn had a scratched face and that the door to his room was ajar. The parents tried to heal him as best they could and as the wounds did not appear malignant, the following night they put him back in his bed while they fell asleep peacefully in their room.
Nothing happened that night but a few days later the baby was scratched again and the bedroom door still ajar.
Precisely the night following these second scratches, the couple had to stay awake more than usual because of the work to be done. Suddenly, at dawn, the baby's cries broke the silence of the house. The parents ran to the room and discovered that a large black cat was tapping the infant's face with its tail. It was he who, in this way, caused these scratches. The couple, surprised by this situation and the feline's threats, did not lose their composure, managed to catch the cat, put it in a bag and securely tie it up.
After treating the baby's scratches, the parents went to bed. Remembering the cat, the father wanted to put an end to him. He went to where he had put the bag and… new surprise. There was nothing in the bag except a naked woman, a neighbor, with a long braid that the man recognized as the tail that was hitting the baby's face.
The witch, no doubt that she was not one, begged for forgiveness, crying bitterly and solemnly promising not to harm anyone in this family again, the father was moved and let her go free.
It is said that the witch kept her word faithfully.
