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""Leno and Maria: A Success Story"" by Vincent P. Cano - 1985

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"Well, almost everything I understood, Maria." Leno answered as he wandered around the room examining the surroundings. "Look, Maria, those look like stalls for horses or cows over there in that corner. I bet you anything that this is use to be where they kept the animals. God, you don't suppose that they still keep them here, do you?"
"No, I don't think so, Leno." Maria assured him as she walked over to the stove. "I noticed a much newer barn when we arrived. I wonder how this stove works? It looks like Mr. Martin did buy some good things to eat. We'll eat what does not have to be cooked. Maybe I can find someone around here who can teach me how to use that stove." Maria lifted the box lunch onto the table next to where the girls sat and began to sort out its contents.
"Yes, let's see what we can eat." Leno agreed. "We have to get up by four-thirty. That much I did understand of what Mr. Martin said. We have to take Elena and Maria Guadalupe with us to the fields, Maria. We cannot leave them here by themselves."
His wife nodded in agreement as he sat down on the extra chair and slid himself up to the table. The legs of the chair dug into the dirt floor from his weight leaving a trail of uneven lines behind him. The cracks in the walls were beginning to darken as the Cano family huddled around the small table. After giving thanks to their God for their safe journey and for the food before them, they ate what they could and went to sleep with anticipation of the day that lay ahead of them.

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"Well, almost everything I understood, Maria." Leno answered as he wandered around the room examining the surroundings. "Look, Maria, those look like stalls for horses or cows over there in that corner. I bet you anything that this is use to be where they kept the animals. God, you don't suppose that they still keep them here, do you?" "No, I don't think so, Leno." Maria assured him as she walked over to the stove. "I noticed a much newer barn when we arrived. I wonder how this stove works? It looks like Mr. Martin did buy some good things to eat. We'll eat what does not have to be cooked. Maybe I can find someone around here who can teach me how to use that stove." Maria lifted the box lunch onto the table next to where the girls sat and began to sort out its contents. "Yes, let's see what we can eat." Leno agreed. "We have to get up by four-thirty. That much I did understand of what Mr. Martin said. We have to take Elena and Maria Guadalupe with us to the fields, Maria. We cannot leave them here by themselves." His wife nodded in agreement as he sat down on the extra chair and slid himself up to the table. The legs of the chair dug into the dirt floor from his weight leaving a trail of uneven lines behind him. The cracks in the walls were beginning to darken as the Cano family huddled around the small table. After giving thanks to their God for their safe journey and for the food before them, they ate what they could and went to sleep with anticipation of the day that lay ahead of them.