Areli is a Dreamer

Question 1

At Abuela’s house, Saturdays were filled with family and sunshine.

Question 2

When evening came, she sat around a noisy table and ate mounds of tortillas and pollo con frijoles for supper - her favorite!

Question 3

Briiiiing Briiing

Question 4

But Sundays were different.

Question 5

Did you get the toys we sent you?

Question 6

When are you coming home?

Question 7

We’re trying to get you here to America.

Question 8

Your mama and I dream of the day we will all be together.

Question 9

We will send for you soon.

Question 10

They want us to have a better life.

Question 11

You were born here, so it’s harder for you.

Question 12

But they weren’t all together as a family that year.

Question 13

He flashed her a big grin and gave her a drawing of the two of them in the yard with the chickens.

Question 14

So you won’t forget me, he said.

Question 15

She was so proud to be at school.

Question 16

She learned to tie her shoes and write the letters of the alphabet.

Question 17

If I could take care of you here, I would, my sweet

Question 18

You don’t understand now, but someday you will.

Question 19

The next Saturday night’s dinner was very sad.

Question 20

She said goodbye to the mountains and the chickens.

Question 21

They held each other very tightly.

Question 22

Then she left for her new country.

Question 23

Her hair was a different color, and it was curly.

Question 24

They held each other for a long time.

Question 25

I can’t wait to show you our house!

Question 26

Everything in New York was bigger and faster and noisier than in the mountains.

Question 27

It wasn’t home at all.

Question 28

She couldn’t speak English and when she tried, the words came out all wrong.

Question 29

But she couldn’t stop kids from teasing her.

Question 30

She’s so backward!

Question 31

Her mom cleans my house. She’s our maid!

Question 32

She had never felt this way before.

Question 33

Illegal means against the law.

Question 34

I’m not against the law!

Question 35

Do I get to be a citizen someday?

Question 36

She wasn’t sure she wanted to har the answer.

Question 37

She did not want to break the law just by being who she was.

Question 38

By second grade, she could count by fives.

Question 39

In the third grade, she learned about the Constitution.

Question 40

By the fourth grade, she could write a book report and read it aloud.

Question 41

They got on a boat and sailed into the Hudson River.

Question 42

Almost every one of us has family that came to this country from a foreign land.

Question 43

She felt like she was part of something very big.

Question 44

She might be a writer and tell her story.

Question 45

She might be a teacher and help children who found themselves in this new land.

Question 46

I could do anything here.