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easy blessing ,intertwined in the hills, he Dona Rosa started to cry again.
breathed and said “ The Good Lord has
blessed me with 3 daughters. he thought.
The Quest
Cheito thought to himself,--here I go!.
Abuela Petrona always says I am too “listo”
for my own good. Too wise for my own
Dona Rosa and her daughters looked good, But one has to develop good
around Delmitas things. Nothing was instincts for survival around here
missing except her cartera, small purse, that sometimes. It’s part of being a man.
she took out when she visited the plaza
after Mass.. It was when the town seemed Once when she was in one of her MOODS,
to gather and rest from their hard labor, Cheito had accidentally broken Petrona’s
dress in their finest, and get updated on the cherished vase- “From Espana, it was my
latest news. “ I saw her walking with Cundo mothers!!!” and Petrona chased him with a
last night,” said Mercedes, one of the broom. But he was fast. Petrona never
sisters. But we were all together. Later caught him. He was the fastest kid in town.
when I got home, I thought she was with He outran her and hid . By the time he got
you, Ana.” They all looked at each other . back home she was too tired and he didn’t
get punished. He always felt kind of proud
about that.
But,now, at this moment, Delmita had
convinced him.She had asked for his help to
get some things at her parents’, that she
was sure would help her and Cundo. He
had been given an important task. She had
lifted him over the window and he jumped to
the back yard.
