My friend had no money to keep so many roosters, so he accepted it and gave me one. I thank Saint Martin the Cavalryman because the rooster turned out to be very good in fighting and he won a lot of money for me. My rooster the Valiant and I, we both became quite famous in the state.

Fausto Dominguez, Guanajuato

I thank the Virgin of Guadalupe because my cat and my bird became friends and live in perfect harmony. This is a great miracle.

Panchita Ordoñez thanks the Soul of Mary because she noticed in time that a thief was taking her turkeys. She chased him, and a scoundrel had to let the birds go in order to run from the Panchita’s stick. So he didn’t take anything.

A strange giant bird with teeth came every night to eat my chicken and rabbits. I protected them with the broom, but when I went to sleep, the bird always managed to stole some animals. I prayed to the Virgin of Guadalupe, and thanks to her intervention that prehistoric bird left my animals in peace and went back to the mountains where it had come from.

My son plays flute so wonderful that all the farm animals dance around him and the birds lay more eggs, and the goats give more milk, and the pigs have more piglets. I thank the Virgin of San Juan for giving my son this magic talent. Thanks to his music our farm prospers.

My daughters love to play flute in the henhouse, because they say it has a good acoustic. The chicken seem to be happier. I’m also happy because they lay more eggs and I have more money selling the eggs.

I love to read poetry aloud, but my husband and my kids didn’t like it. I went to read under a tree. I noticed that the animals came to listen the sweetness and the power of the worlds I pronounced. I got an attentive audience of the animals and even the birds that surrounded me. I thank Saint Francis for this amazing miracle that makes me happy.

An extraterrestrial landed near our house and began to hypnotize my son in order to abduct him. But thanks to the Virgin of Guadalupe our dog began bark. It distracted the extraterrestrial, and my son was able to run into the house. And the extraterrestrial took only a hypnotized chicken.

I loved the birds very much. I kept a lot of various birds at home. But one day I thought I have no right to deprive them of freedom, so I decided to let them free. I came to the hill and released all of them. They flew away, but then, when I came back home, they flew back one by one. Now all my birds live in my garden and keep me company with their trills. I thank the Virgin of Zapopan for this amazing miracle.

Some of my sheep and a cow got lost. I searched for them but couldn’t find. I prayed to the Virgin of Guadalupe, and then a flock of birds came to me and started twittering. They wanted me to follow them. They led me to some distant pastures where I found my animals grazing.

I was always late for work because I used to turn the alarm off and continue to sleep. I was afraid to lose my job, so I prayed to Saint Francis. Thank to him I found out that if I let the windows open, the birds that wake up with the sun would come to my room and sing me. Now they wake me up with their melodic twitter, and I have a good mood for entire day. I thank Saint Francis for this miracle.

I used to cook chicken for my family because they liked it very much, and also I knew that chicken meat is very nutritious. But one day I was so tired, I fell asleep right in the kitchen. In my dream, I saw the ghosts of the chicken I had cooked. They looked at me with sadness, like they were reproaching me. I thank St. Francis for now on I cook fish and I have no more nightmares with the chicken ghosts.

Felipe Garcia thanks the Virgin of Guadalupe because he didn’t lose his arm when he tried to save his chicken from a crocodile that was going to eat it. He’s very grateful for this favor.

Tapachula, Chiapas — October 11, 1999