"A Tale for Children" by Gabriel García Márquez

Why do you think Gabriel García Márquez called his story "A Tale for Children"?

I think that García Márquez called his story a tale for children because he explains the cruel situations that take place between the whites and the indigenous in a less barbaric way. Also, naming it "A Tale for Children" doesn't necessarily mean that it is meant for children to read it. Instead, naming it as such presents the story of the angel, with a mythological and fairy tale character to it, as a made-up, unbelievable story, far from being reality. With this, the message of the disrespectful, unfair, and overwhelming treatment towards the indigenous in general gets reinforced, in the sense that the reader, presented to "a tale for children" is guided to think that what goes on in the story is fiction, when it is really serving as an analogy for the real world, getting the strong message across. In other words, the title greatly adds to García Márquez's message, making the reader (meant for the whites in my opinion) reflect about the indigenous' situation that we continuously leave aside as we aren't the ones that get affected by it.