Lourdes was born into a family of farmers in the vast expanse of Europe. She never traveled outside of their family farm. Every day she walked in the wheat fields. There was an old scarecrow not far from their house to keep the crows from eating the wheat crop. Lourdes was very afraid of this scarecrow, for the scarecrow stood just opposite the window of Lourdes' room. Lourdes used to throw stones at the scarecrow every time she walked in the fields during the day. One day she hit the scarecrow right in the head with a stone, and the covering was torn off. Lourdes was very pleased with herself and went home for supper. It was an ordinary day, and after supper she went to bed. Late that night she awoke to the cold; the window in her room was open. She wanted to get out of bed to close the window. When she put her foot on the floor, she felt that she had stepped on a ear of wheat..