Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Nobody writes to the Colonel (№ 378153)

- The plane is a beautiful thing, ' said the Colonel, without lifting his eyes from the mail bag. I hear he can fly to Europe overnight.
"Maybe," the doctor said, fanning with the magazine.
The Colonel noticed the postal inspectors among the people, waiting until the boat has docked, to jump on him. The inspector jumped first. Took the captain a sealed envelope. Then went on deck. The mail bag was tied between the two barrels of oil.
- Although flying is dangerous - said the Colonel. He had lost sight of the postal inspector, but soon picked it up again at the truck dealer, lined with colourful bottles of soft drinks. - Mankind must pay for progress.