“I’m not big on kisses.” “A hug?” I looked at Uncle Edmundo and felt really sorry for him.
The little bird inside me said something. And I remembered what I’d heard people say so many times,
that Uncle Edmundo was separated from his wife and had five children.
But he lived all on his own and walked so slowly... Maybe he walked slowly because he missed his children?
And his children never came to visit him. I walked around the table and hugged him tight.
I felt his white hair brush my forehead. It was really soft.
“This isn’t for the horse. What I’m going to do is something else. I’m going to read.”
“Come again, Zezé? You can read? Who taught you?” “No one.” “You’re lying.”
I backed away and from the doorway I said, “Bring me my horse on Friday and you’ll see if I can read or not!”
Later, when it was night time and Jandira lit the lantern because the power company had cut off the electricity
because the bill hadn’t been paid, I stood on tiptoes to see the “star”.
It was a picture of a star on a piece of paper with a prayer underneath it to protect the house.
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