Moledores, to grind the corn.
Narradores, who told stories, related gossip and so on.
Olleros, or pot makers.
Pocilga figures, to attend to the pigs.
Queseros, to make cheese from goat’s milk.
Rumbosos, or proud-looking things to walk in parades.
Servidores, or food carriers.
Trotadores, to run errands.
Vaqueros, to attend to the cows.
So everyone was well pleased and each one had his twenty figures to do all that needed to be done, and all that day there was a great scraping and cleaning and carrying and currying and hurrying and scurrying. Silently the little figures worked, never stopping, never tiring, never getting in one another’s way, and all that the living people had to do was to rest and watch the men of wood, and keep their brains free for higher things. For it must be remembered that before the old man came there with his wonderful gift, the people had complained that there was so much to be done that they had no time to write poems or to make songs or to create music, and that with the daily tasks abolished their brains would be more active.