He wanted to read the newspaper but he couldn’t find his glasses. He searched high and low,
and he was really mad. He asked Gran where they were but she had no idea.
The two of them turned the house upside down. Then I said I knew where they were
and if he gave me some money to buy marbles, I’d tell him. He went to his waistcoat and took out some money.
“Go get them and I’ll give it to you.” I went to the clothes hamper and got them.
And he said, ‘It was you, you little rascal!’ He gave me a smack on the backside and put the money away.”
Totoca laughed. “You go there to avoid getting smacked at home and you get smacked there.
Let’s go a bit faster or we’ll never get there.” I was still thinking about Uncle Edmundo.
“Totoca, are children retired?” “What?” “Uncle Edmundo doesn’t do anything, and he gets money.
He doesn’t work, and City Hall pays him every month.” “So what?”
“Well, children don’t do anything. They eat, sleep and get money from their parents.”
“Retired is different, Zezé. A retired person has already worked for a long time,
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