Pereza hadn’t gone very far when he saw a small piece of land for sale at 120 pesos. On the land was a bale-mountain of straw. He said to himself, “A house of paja does seem foolish, but I can build it in no time and then take a nap.”

He bought the land and built his house, which he called the Casa de Paja, and indeed, the work did not take long. Pereza slept for the rest of the day, too lazy to spend his other pesos.

Meanwhile, Gordo had traveled a little