By Veronica VegaHAVANA TIMES – A storm suddenly broke out, and I had to run to close everything up. But it’s hard to “close” a house when so many window shutters are missing, leaving openings where the rain pours in by the bucketful. The sister cannot tell her father the truth because, if she does, the spell will become permanent, and her brothers will never regain their human form. If the rain continues to repeat this ancient ritual that makes us no different from the rest of the world, then we can still have hope. Three hours of electricity are not enough to make ice in a freezer that has already turned to water.