There Are No Thieves in This Town by Gabriel García Márquez. Short summary

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To secure his pregnant wife’s future, Damaso robs a pool hall, hoping for a good catch. But there was nothing to take, and the hero took with him only three billiard balls.

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A young man named Damaso returns home early in the morning to his wife Ana. The woman was seven months pregnant. The heroine had been waiting for Damaso all night. She had a dream in which her bloody husband is pushed into the house.

Damaso shows Anya his nightly catch — three billiard balls. It turns out that to secure his pregnant wife’s future, he went on a crime spree last night. The hero decided to rob the billiard room. Since there was nothing to take, the man took the billiard balls.

Ana is not happy that she had to worry about her spouse all night because of some balls. Damaso explains that there was nothing else to take. But it was difficult to get into the billiard room, so he decided to take something. Ana thinks her husband’s action is foolish, but he thinks the catch isn’t bad to begin with and plans to continue stealing. Soon everyone learns about the night’s robbery.