He ran—past the pelota game, past crabby Tía Clara’s house, past Abuela’s house, past Tío Tito’s house, and back to his home. Papá asked, “Did you find the mango tree?” Francisco said, “Yes, it had a hundred mangos on it!”
“Wow! How many did you bring home?”
“Well, none,” Francisco said. “ Ay, niño, mejor un mango en la mano que cien en el árbol. Better one mango in the hand than a hundred in the tree. What happened?”
11
Made with FlippingBook - Online catalogs