Lúcia, Francisco and Jacinta
One day, at the beginning of the apparitions, his wife was going to the Cova da Iria and asked Francisco what he was doing. He said he was making a little wall, and Lúcia and Jacinta were handing him the stones. On that occasion Lúcia said: “There's just been a flash of lightning and we're going to have rain”, and the three children went down the slope, and it was when they reached the Cova that Our Lady appeared to them on top of a holm oak which the people later stripped bare. The Lady said: “Do not be afraid, for I am from up there, from Heaven”. And it was then that she told them to come there every month and to pray the rosary.
Um dia, no princípio das aparições, a mulher ia à Cova da Iria e perguntou ao Francisco o que andava a fazer. Ele disse que andava a fazer um serradinho e a Lúcia e a Jacinta chegavam-lhe a pedra. Nessa ocasião a Lúcia disse: “Deu agora um relâmpago e nós temos água”, e as três crianças meteram pela encosta e quando chegaram à Cova é que Nossa Senhora lhes apareceu em cima duma azinheira que foi estronchada pelo povo. A Senhora disse: “Não tenham medo, que eu sou lá de cima, do Céu”. E foi então que lhes disse que viessem lá todos os meses e que rezassem o terço.
