Escape from Ushuaia

A Short Story

I visited the prison in Ushuaia where I adventured myself in places where I was not allowed.
They caught me and arrested me.
I said I wanted to see a lawyer and got the answer that I would see a lot of them where I was going.

They gave me a nice little cell with just one bed.
Next to me was Charley, and he was a big man; he loved his push-ups and did nothing else a whole day.
I could constantly hear him doing his push-ups...well, I do hope it were push-ups he was doing all the time.
I learned to play the harmonica.
"Can you please stop that noise!", Max would yell at me.
I did not like Max, he was no art-lover.
Max was the guard of our section and he was just standing there in the middle of the hall, looking in front of him like he was seeing something that was not there.
A real shepherd-dog he was, our Max.
I got bored after a while and decided an escape would be the best for me.
Luckily I saw the movie "The Shawshank Redemption".
I took the little plastic spoon out of the plastic cup, and hoping it would not break, I started with full confidence.
After the second pick though, the whole building collapsed.
I could finally see big Charley, who again was doing his push-ups, and Max, looking around...he looked very surprised.
I immediately throw the spoon away and pointed at Charley :
"He did it!", I said in a very innocent tone.
They hang Charley that very same evening.
The rest of us prisoners had to start rebuilding the prison.
At first I refused as it looked like hard work, but they threatened they would kick me out of the country if I did not help.
And so we all worked very hard that day.
In the evening we all got our own sleeping-bag and I was lying there under the bright stars in the cold night, realising my mistake.

The next morning I refused again and they kicked me out!
Unfortunately they still let me pay for my bus to Punta Arenas where I am staying low and try to stay out of trouble.

 

                                                                                                             P.Hufkens - April 2000

 

                                                                                                                                            

 

                                                                                                                                            

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