Fantasmas no corredor (‘Ghosts of the Corridor’)

Synopsis

Banishing childhood fears is sometimes very difficult, above all when there is reason behind them apart from the overactive imagination of a girl. Marina is convinced that the long and dark corridor of her new house is taken by storm by some strange shadows whenever it becomes dark. Nobody in her family believes her, and so Marina sets about getting evidence to prove it. Nevertheless, her mother’s resourcefulness brings about the demise of the shadows in the house. Using humour, the author tries to conjure up one of the most common childhood fears in this tale based on an everyday problem: the darkness, always full of threats and dangers. The theme is put forward by means of a simple and determined text, always accompanied by a humorous point of view.