A Girl Named Rosita Flashcards

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In a tiny cottage tucked between El Yunque Peak and a wild fragrant rainforest lives a girl

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A girl with the rhythm of the rainforest in her feet and the sweetness of the sugarcane fields in her swishing skirts.

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Step, turn, snap-kick, swish, jump, twirl!

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We are moving to the mainland.

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He will come later.

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I am taking you first because you are a big girl and you won’t cry.

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I am taking you first because you are a big girl and you won’t cry.

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After days of wobbly decks and stormy seas, a statue of a woman wearing a crown rises up to greet them.

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Where are the trees and flowers?

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They will be back in summer.

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When she wakes, she does the one thing Mama thought she wouldn’t - she cries.

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Run so the bullies don’t catch you.

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Out of the cold and away from the noise, she returns to a home that isn’t home.

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If she only knew more ingles, she could tell the bullies Dejenme en paz! Leave me alone!

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Is leaving behind her native Spanish like letting go of her native island and all the things she loves?

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Day after day, she practices until she can speak ingles perfectly.

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I am five years old.

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Strum strum strum!

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Onstage she is home.

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Why not me?

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I can be a leading lady too.

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Then - a miracle happens.

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Her palms are sweating as she shakes the hand of the man who can change her life.

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Sign her!

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This time the movie studio chooses.
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Please, she prays.
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Anything but Orchid!
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I've got it!
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Years after teaching herself to speak perfect ingles, she must fake an all-purpose accent to play maidens, slaves, and Spanish spitfires: the only roles Hollywood will give to a Latina.
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Some days she wants to quit.
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But she has come too far to give up.
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One day she will play an authentic character who is bold, proud, strong.
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For a month, she practices.
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Then cue the music: horns, strings, percussion!
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The role is hers.
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A sacred silence descends.
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A collective breath is held.
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Who will take home the award?
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May I have the envelope, please?
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She won!
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She did it!
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I can’t believe it!