La Romeria: My First Pilgrimage by Cameron
In the year 1635, a young poor woman was out in the woods of Costa Rica gathering firewood. She came to a rock near a spring, and on top of it was a small statue that was about 8 inches tall. It looked like a doll of a mother carrying her son, so she brought it home and put it in a basket, then forgot about it. The next day as she was gathering firewood, she saw the same statue, in the same spot. So, thinking that she now had two dolls, she went home to put it in the basket with the other. When she got home, she found that the identical doll was gone. The next day, the same thing happened again. So she brought the statue to the local priest, who didn't think much of it but put it in a chest to examine later, which he forgot to do until the next day. When he did so, it wasn't there. Meanwhile, the woman (you probably guessed it!) found the statue AGAIN on the same rock by the spring. She took it back to the priest, who promptly locked it in the tabernacle in the church. The nex...
