Areli is a Dreamer Flashcards

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

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

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Briiiiing Briiing

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But Sundays were different.

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5
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Did you get the toys we sent you?

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When are you coming home?

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We’re trying to get you here to America.

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

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9
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We will send for you soon.

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They want us to have a better life.

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

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

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

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So you won’t forget me, he said.

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She was so proud to be at school.

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

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

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

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The next Saturday night’s dinner was very sad.

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She said goodbye to the mountains and the chickens.

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They held each other very tightly.

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Then she left for her new country.

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

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They held each other for a long time.

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I can't wait to show you our house!
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Everything in New York was bigger and faster and noisier than in the mountains.
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It wasn't home at all.
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She couldn't speak English and when she tried, the words came out all wrong.
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But she couldn't stop kids from teasing her.
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She's so backward!
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Her mom cleans my house. She's our maid!
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She had never felt this way before.
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Illegal means against the law.
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I'm not against the law!
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Do I get to be a citizen someday?
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She wasn't sure she wanted to har the answer.
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She did not want to break the law just by being who she was.
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By second grade, she could count by fives.
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In the third grade, she learned about the Constitution.
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By the fourth grade, she could write a book report and read it aloud.
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They got on a boat and sailed into the Hudson River.
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Almost every one of us has family that came to this country from a foreign land.
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She felt like she was part of something very big.
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She might be a writer and tell her story.
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She might be a teacher and help children who found themselves in this new land.
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I could do anything here.