In this bilingual collection of five stories, Don Cecilio tells the neighborhood children stories that make their hair stand on end. "In my barrio they told the story . . ." and so his cuento would begin. In "The Owl and the Bundle," young Tomas disappears without a trace. Distraught, his parents and siblings look for him everywhere with no luck. ...
"Suddenly I saw him appear in the train yard on the other side of the river, between the boxcars, Martin and a Migra, it looked like they were arguing, they lifted up their arms like they were gonna start wailing on each other, the Migra guy grabbed Martin by his shoulder and shook him, me and all the people on this side were watching close to see ...
"They had just crossed the bridge into the United States. Their feet were now firmly planted on the soil that was their promised land. They had made it! Blessed be the Virgin of Guadalupe! Now they had no reason to fear the villistas, the carrancistas, the government, or the revolutionaries! Here they could find peace, work, wealth and happiness!" ...
"The Cucuy is a tall, furry, three-eyed, four-armed monster with a mouth full of huge teeth," Papo tells his granddaughter. And, he warns, if she doesn't behave, the Cucuy will take her away! She used to be afraid of the Cucuy, until one day she meets him and learns that he is not the frightful beast her grandfather described. Instead, he's cute ...
Like many human children, Cucuy the little monster doesn't like to go to bed. "I'm not sleepy," he says. "All I want to do is jump around and play!" He tries to run and hide, but Mama manages to get him into his pajamas. Every night he kicks and screams, wiggles and jiggles, mumbles and grumbles. He's hungry, he's thirsty. He needs to go to the ...
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