In 1985, a volcano erupted in Columbia. The heat from the volcano melted sheets of ice, resulting in mudslides. More than 23,000 people were killed. The media focused much attention on a 13-year-old girl trapped in the mud. The girl is called Azucena, and her rescuer is named Rolf Carle. 

"AND OF CLAY ARE WE CREATED" 

by Isabel Allende 

Translated by Margaret Sayer Peden

Narration Performed 

by Eric R. Hill