“Now you go. No baulking, ’cause you’re a big kid now.” My heart beat faster.
“Now. Go.” I raced across, almost without breathing.
I waited a bit and he gave me the signal to return. “You did really well for the first time.
But you forgot something. You have to look both ways to see if any cars are coming.
I won’t always be here to give you the signal. We’ll practise some more on the way home.
But let’s go now, ’cause I want to show you something.” He took my hand and off we went again, slowly.
I couldn’t stop thinking about a conversation I’d had. “Totoca.” “What?”
“Can you feel the age of reason?” “What’s this nonsense?” “Uncle Edmundo said it.
He said I was ‘precocious’ and that soon I’d reach the age of reason. But I don’t feel any different.”
“Uncle Edmundo is a fool. He’s always putting things in that head of yours.”
“He isn’t a fool. He’s wise. And when I grow up I want to be wise and a poet and wear a bow tie.
One day I’m going to have my picture taken in a bow tie.” “Why a bow tie?”
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