Summary

Chapter 5 - This chapter is written in first person narration from Froggy’s point of view. In an attempt to repair his relationship with Sandra, Froggy visits a curandero, or doctor of folk medicine, named Apolonio. Nothing he suggests helps, but Froggy takes home a songbird to keep him company. As he describes his new life, Froggy reflects on how much help Federico has been, mostly because he knows what it’s like to be left by a woman. Nevertheless, Froggy longs to meet someone else. One day, back at work for the first time in weeks, he encounters a beautiful woman who, it turns out, is Julieta. He describes the story she tells him about her origins (i.e. being from a town where everything decayed and fell apart), how he took her home and they made love, breaking the bedframe...