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""Leno and Maria: A Success Story"" by Vincent P. Cano - 1985
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"Yes, the one and the same. I do not know from where he gets these ideas. I cannot, for sure, give my son acres of land like Don Luis and I will not refuse that my son cease with his dreaming. Perhaps his dreams will make it possible for his children and their children to improve themselves for the better. Truly, our Lord did not give us a brain to only pick the bean to fill the bellies of the hacendados." The laughter suddenly subsided from Juan's reply and the crowd began to head off in different directions leaving Juan and the neighbor to continue the walk by themselves. "Perhaps, Juan, who is to say? Allow your son to dream of his fate. He should be encouraged to believe that he can change his life for the better. Imagine this, Juan. Because of Zeferino, your grandchildren, your great-grandchildren will have opportunities that we never imagined possible. Wants to be like Don Luis, you say? Imagine that...and Juan, I was a fool to suggest that you could ever steal from anyone. Can you forgive and old man, my friend?"
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"Yes, the one and the same. I do not know from where he gets these ideas. I cannot, for sure, give my son acres of land like Don Luis and I will not refuse that my son cease with his dreaming. Perhaps his dreams will make it possible for his children and their children to improve themselves for the better. Truly, our Lord did not give us a brain to only pick the bean to fill the bellies of the hacendados." The laughter suddenly subsided from Juan's reply and the crowd began to head off in different directions leaving Juan and the neighbor to continue the walk by themselves. "Perhaps, Juan, who is to say? Allow your son to dream of his fate. He should be encouraged to believe that he can change his life for the better. Imagine this, Juan. Because of Zeferino, your grandchildren, your great-grandchildren will have opportunities that we never imagined possible. Wants to be like Don Luis, you say? Imagine that...and Juan, I was a fool to suggest that you could ever steal from anyone. Can you forgive and old man, my friend?"
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