Maria dos Santos
She went there also on the thirteenth of July. She had asked Lúcia to let her son João stay near them, to which she agreed. She took a stone and sat down. There were many people, who had begun to come early. When Lúcia said that the Lady was coming, her son slipped and fell. She asked them to pray for him, to which she said that the Lady had said she would make him better or give him the means to earn his living, and that he should always pray the rosary to Our Lady with his family. They were all kneeling. Lúcia said: “Our Lady is coming now”. The same buzzing was heard when she spoke, and the same rocket-like whistle at her departure. Before the apparition they prayed the rosary. Her husband said that she looked at the Lady and from time to time to the side, and that he asked her why she did that, to which she answered that it was because the radiance she had blinded her eyes. Lúcia asked for the recovery of a person from Pedrógão, for the conversion of a family from Fátima, and for a man from Atouguia who had asked her that Our Lady should take him to Heaven as soon as possible. Afterwards the deponent heard that the little girl had stated that Our Lady had said he should not be in a hurry, for she knew very well when she would take him.
Lúcia also stated that the Lady had told her the secret. At the time of the apparition an ai was heard, and the little girl was frightened.
Foi lá também em treze de julho. Tinha pedido à Lúcia que deixasse estar o filho João ao pé deles, ao que ela acedeu. Levou uma pedra e sentou-se. Estava muita gente, que começou a vir cedo. Quando a Lúcia disse que vinha a Senhora, o filho escorregou e caiu. Pediu-lhes que rezassem por ele, ao que ela disse que a Senhora tinha dito que o melhorava ou que lhe daria meios de se governar e que rezasse sempre o terço a Nossa Senhora com a família. Estavam todos ajoelhados. Disse a Lúcia: “Já lá vem Nossa Senhora”. Ouviu-se a mesma zunida quando falava e o mesmo assobio de foguete à partida. Antes da aparição rezaram o terço. O marido disse que ela olhava para a Senhora e de vez em quando para o lado e que lhe perguntou porque fazia isso, ao que ela respondeu que era porque cegava a vista com o resplendor que tinha. Pediu a Lúcia pelas melhoras duma pessoa de Pedrógão, pela conversão duma família de Fátima, e por um homem da Atouguia que lhe pedira que Nossa Senhora o levasse para o Céu quanto antes. Depois a depoente ouviu dizer que a pequena tinha afirmado que Nossa Senhora dissera que não tivesse pressa, porque bem sabia quando o havia de levar.
Afirmou também a Lúcia que a Senhora lhe tinha dito o segredo. Na ocasião da aparição ouviu-se um ai, ficando a pequena assustada.
