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una sortija para mi novia
José Miguel- rich man wants to buy ring for his “girlfriend”
he went to Jewelry store and met the sales lady (Rosa Maria Estades) and buys a ring she likes and in her size, he proposes to her when he goes to pick up the ring
Cajas de cartón
Panchito- narrator
him, older brother Roberto, and dad harvested strawberries.
at end of august the family had to move to fresno.
asked a man for work and he let them sleep in his garage and work in the vineyards.
He didnt go to school until the season was over (November), Roberto couldn’t go back until February.
went to school and barley spoke English, Mr. Lema started to help him learn English and trumpet, but then they had to move again.
Una carta a dios
Farmer names Lencho, was very angry after a hail storm destroyed his crops. He wrote a letter to god asking for 100 pesos, the post office received it and laughed but the post man gathered money from the employees and gave Lencho 60 pesos. When Lencho opened the letter he was mad he only god 60 and wrote another letter to God asking for the other 40 and calling the post man thieves.
Juan Bobo
clueless idiot gets into trouble
El Sur
Johannes Dahlmann- Went insane and was seeing visions, he was put in a mental hospital and became worse, he wished for death.
Surgeon told him he was dying and needed surgery, after surgery he was able to go home, he went on a train to go home. The train stopped in a strange place and he went to go eat. A group of loud men drinking threw a wrapper at him, unbothered he continued eating. They became angry at him and challenged him to a knife fight, and he accepts.
Un día de éstos
Don Aurelio Escovar- dentist
Mayor asked him to take a tooth out, Don did not want to. Mayor said do it or he’ll shoot him. Don says he has an abscess and ripped the tooth out without anesthesia. He had spider eggs and dead insects in his mouth.
A very old man with enormous wings
Pelayo found an old man with large wings in his yard, they couldn’t understand his language. They locked him in the chicken coop. The neighbors started tossing food to him. Priest was worried because he didn’t speak Latin. People started taking feathers and throwing stones at him. In the winter he didn’t die but he got better. after a while he flew away
Cien añon de solidad
Town in solitude except for gypsies that come visit
