Tale of a Priest by Elias Gómez Sánchez.

In those days there was a priest who lived in Tenejapa, only it is unknown what year it was. As we have heard from the Tenejapan elders, it is said that this father was very poor, he had nothing. One Sunday he got up very early, around four in the morning, went out to wash his hands and at that moment saw a light fall, it looked like a bugle that fell into a cave on one side of the town. So the father soon went to see what had fallen in that saw. As he got closer, the light moved away until he entered the cave. The father thought it was his luck to have seen that; he was happy because he was going to get that light out of the cave, but he couldn't because it was getting light and Jo left for another night and went home happy because he thought no one could see that light by day. The father thought and said to himself: - What will this be? Well, I'm going back to my house, I have to get ready and I better come back at midnight so that nobody sees me. When he arrived at his house, he was very happy, he had a girl who helped him and asked her to give him something to eat. - Is my lunch ready? I'm very hungry, said the priest.

He answered her: -Yes, it's ready, do you want to eat? Where did you go? You arrived very late! asked the girl. The father answered saying: - I went to that saw, because I saw something over there. So I have to wait until midnight before I go and see what it is! So, the priest, when midnight struck, began to get ready to go to the cave and thinking: -How should I dress to do something and enter the cave, will it be that I wear what I wear for mass, to avoid that Does the devil bother me? When he was putting on his suit, that is, the cassock, he started singing and saying: -I'm going to the cave! I'm going to the cave! After singing and dressing he remembered to pray to God, then instantly he flew up to see what was in the cave. And when he arrived he said to himself: -What is that thing that fell, I think it's money! thinking. And he went in little by little until he reached the bottom of the cave, when he saw that something was shining, he approached little by little until he was able to see what it was, and he saw that there was a vase full of money and then the priest said: -¡ OMG, OMG! I have never seen so much money like this in my life, thank you very much my God! I'm going back home to save the money, then I'll go back to pick up the rest, because I don't have a big bag.

That same night, he didn't sleep well, he was thinking of going back again. He already wanted to go back. The next night, he walked again until he reached the cave and filled the bag with money again, but then when he wanted to leave, he saw that the cave was closed as with a door. The priest who began to cry without being able to get out with the money was trapped, remaining forever locked inside the cave. To date, the figure of the priest can be seen in that cave and that is why it is called the Stone Priest, which in Tzeltal from Tenejapa is said: Pale eh 'm. Thus ends the story of the ancient old men of the town of Tenejapa.