Why was he called the Happy Man? No one knows, but I suspect it had to do with a smile that was permanently stamped on his lips, a result of facial muscle contraction. But in reality, that man could be perceived as the least cheerful person. Unsociable, harsh, reclusive, his real name was Robert Moulin, place of birth unknown. At a young age he moved to Paris to make a living any way he could. He had spent a good part of his sixty years in a shack on a narrow and dark street close to Place d\u2019Ente, where he lived alone, and no one ever knew of anyone else living with him: a partner, a maid, a dog, nor a cat.<\/p>\n
\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 le llamaban el T\u00edo Alegre? Nadie lo sabe, y sospecho que era a causa de algo parecido a una sonrisa que ten\u00eda estereotipada en los labios, efecto de una contracci\u00f3n de los m\u00fasculos faciales. Por lo dem\u00e1s, aquel hombre era lo menos alegre que concebirse puede. Hura\u00f1o, duro, solitario, su verdadero nombre era Robert Moulin, nacido qui\u00e9n sabe d\u00f3nde. Desde temprana edad hab\u00eda ido a Par\u00eds, para ganarse la vida como mejor pudiese. As\u00ed lleg\u00f3 a los sesenta a\u00f1os, buena parte de los cuales los pas\u00f3 en una casucha de estrecha y obscura calle cercana a la Place d’Ente, en la que viv\u00eda solo, sin que nadie le hubiese conocido compa\u00f1era, ni criada, ni perro, ni gato.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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