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¿Y si el mundo pendiera de hilo y tú supieras de donde halar?
Federico Guillermo, un niño de 7 años, está jugando en el tapete de la sala de su casa con sus juguetes y su gato, cuando Lía, su hermana lo sorprende y lo acusa con su mamá. Ésta lo regaña por el desorden que armó y por no tener puestos los zapatos ortopédicos que tantas veces le ha dicho debe usar. Lía corre por los zapatos y se los trae a su madre, quien a la fuerza y bastante alterada, encaja los zapatos en los pies de Federico. Él intenta oponerse sin lograrlo. Decide huir de la casa. Tras despedirse de su querido gato con un beso, se lo entrega a Lía mientras ella le advierte: “Amárrese los zapatos o se va a caer”. Federico corre por la calle cuando “pum”, se cae. Ha caído enredado en un hueco que deja ver que el pavimento es tejido. Al tratar de soltar su pie de las hebras del hueco, descubre que al tirar de un hilo hay un objeto correspondiente en el mundo que es destejido. Federico divertido, empieza a buscar el hilo que destruya sus zapatos.

And were the world to hang by a thread, would you know from where to pull?
Federico Guillermo, a child of 7 is playing on the floor of his house with his toys and his cat when Lía, his sister catches him and tells his mother. The mother scolds him for the mess he has made and for not wearing the orthopaedic shoes she has told him so many times to wear. Lía runs to get the shoes and brings them to her mother who, bad-temperedly forces them onto Federico´s feet. He tries to resist without success and decided to run away. Having said farewell to his cat with a kiss, he gives it to Lía who tells him “Tie-up your shoes or you will fall”. Federico runs along the street when – “crash” – he falls. He has fallen, in a tangle, into a hole which shows the pavement is made of cloth. In trying to extricate his foot from the strands of the hole, he finds that pulling on a given strand destroys a corresponding object in his world. An excited Federico begins to search for strand which will destroy his shoes.