Gringa
““Is it terribly exotic, and dangerous, like Mommy says?”
“I never thought of it as dangerous.” What a funny thing to have told Pola, Abilene thought. “There are wildcats in the brush, though, and snakes and insects. And bandits on the roads.”
“What about the pits?”
So Adele had remembered what Abilene told her. Why had she never come? Was she afraid of Tonio! “Much of the land is limestone and there are places where the earth has fallen in. The Indians call them basement caves.”
... “Why hasn’t Mommy taken me to see it?”
“She says she doesn’t like the country.”
“You could take me sometime.”
Abilene wasn’t sure what she should say. “I’ll tell you what it’s like to wake up there. First I hear the birds. I lie in bed and imagine the peacocks spreading their tails. Outside the walls a monkey shrieks.MoreLess
“I never thought of it as dangerous.” What a funny thing to have told Pola, Abilene thought. “There are wildcats in the brush, though, and snakes and insects. And bandits on the roads.”
“What about the pits?”
So Adele had remembered what Abilene told her. Why had she never come? Was she afraid of Tonio! “Much of the land is limestone and there are places where the earth has fallen in. The Indians call them basement caves.”
... “Why hasn’t Mommy taken me to see it?”
“She says she doesn’t like the country.”
“You could take me sometime.”
Abilene wasn’t sure what she should say. “I’ll tell you what it’s like to wake up there. First I hear the birds. I lie in bed and imagine the peacocks spreading their tails. Outside the walls a monkey shrieks.MoreLess
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