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1 In 1975, ten-year-old Hà, her mother, and her older brothers fled
from their home in Saigon, South Vietnam. Their country, along
with the United States and other nations, had just lost a very long
war with North Vietnam. As the American and other military allies
of South Vietnam left the country, conditions became too dangerous
for Hà and her family to stay. They left without Hà’s father, who had
been missing in the war for several years. The family first moved to

the island of Guam, where they lived in a tent city with other
refugees, then on to the United States. In Alabama, the immigrants
moved in with their sponsor, Mr. Johnston. Hà thinks he’s a cowboy.
Next door to them lives Mrs. Washington, a kind, retired teacher

who offers to teach the family to speak English.

Our Cowboy First Rule

2 Our sponsor 5 Brother Quang says
looks just like add an s to nouns
an American should. to mean more than one

3 Tall and pig-bellied, even if there’s
black cowboy hat, already an s
tan cowboy boots, sitting there.
teeth shining, 6 Glass
red in face, Glass-es
golden in hair. 7 All day

4 I love him I practice
immediately squeezing hisses
and imagine him through my teeth.
to be good-hearted and loud 8 Whoever invented
and the owner of a horse. English

August 8 must have loved
snakes.
sponsor A sponsor helps an immigrant August 17
settle into his or her new country.

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