In our “barrio” (neighborhood) of La Zambrana, where we lived in Camaguey, Cuba in the 50's, there was a boy who was called “Bolechurre” (Dirt Ball). That was not his real name, because no one knew his real name. He was always dirty. He lived in a shack just beyond a large briar (marabu) patch, the size of a city block near our house.
One day, my brother David was riding his bicycle with his friend sitting behind him on the bike. As they passed Bolechure, David’s friend shouted, “Bolechurre!!” Bolechurre pulled out his slingshot and shot a stone towards David’s friend. His “friend” saw the stone coming towards him and ducked just in time for the stone to strike David on the back of his skull. David didn’t see it coming.
The next thing I remember is a sink full of David’s blood, with our mother washing David’s wound. It took a couple of stitches to close it. Wow!! I never had seen so much blood coming out from such a small wound. It may me feel queasy.
Remembering this story over 65 years later, I wonder whatever happened to Bolechurre?
Charles Schultz, the creator of the iconic Peanuts comic strips, created “Pig Pen.”
"Pig Pen" first appeared on July 13, 1954. Pig Pig tells Peppermint Patty, "I haven't got a name . . . People just call me things . . . Real insulting things." He says he is usually called "Pig-Pen". No real first name or surname for "Pig Pen" was ever subsequently given in later Peanuts strips.”
Unlike Bolechurre, Pig Pen had a good friend in Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang.
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