Bernard

Bernard is a nineyearold orphan adopted by the De la Vega family and fulfills the role of family mascot. A lively quick witted happy child he is considered a son by Don Alejandro and a brother by Diego. At a certain point in the story Bernard discovers that Diego is actually his idol Zorro and so decides to become ldquoLittle Zorrordquo in order to help Diego defeat the regionrsquos evil tyrants. Bernard does what he can to help out on the farm helps Zorro by eavesdropping in on other people039s conversations and plays a rather unusual role as a sort of ldquoCupidrdquo in the relationship between Diego and Lolita.