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"The donkey who got stucked" by Elena Poniatowska
"to her grandsons..."
You almost win me, Pelusa!
Mane’s real name is Emmanuel, but the kid could never pronounce his name.
Even at the age of three, when somebody asked him: “What’s your name?”
“Mane”
and that’s how everyone call him: Mane.
He can comunicate with the animals: dogs, cats, tortoises, birds
even with the hummingbirds that fly as suddenly as the arrive.
Animels feel loved and that’s why they aproach, trusting.
They really like to be acommpanied by love.
When he was a kid, Mane used to go with his mother to the neighborhood called San Juan de Aragón,
that is close to the Sun neighborhood, What a nice name!
in the border between Mexico City and Mexico State.
There used to cross the train that went to Cuernavaca with it’s 17 vans before they were 36
and crossed the “Lake City”, which is still the name for this place, because there was water some time ago
but later they filled it up with de gravel obtained from the huge excavations for the Subway…
and then, there was no more water at the great Tenochtitlan.
I had that same astonishment face when I arrived for the first time to the city…
it´s wonderful, isn’t it?
That’s right. I still get astonished every time I come here.
Mmm…. So you’re reading “The Quijote” je, je a very unique hero.
That’s right! He is always ready to go and help anyone who is in need, no matter how dangerous it might be.
Yes, thare are’nt many as him Leith.
Move on! you, animal!
We’ll never get out of here, this looks pretty bad!.
What’s going on?
I don’t know…seems that something is stucking the traffic.
And what is it?
I don’t know…but the people’s getting pretty angry, they don´t stop yelling.
What are you waiting for?! move on!
Now, move on you donkey. What is happening to you?
Why no one does something?
I don´t know. It’s a shame the Quijote isn’t here to undo this injustice…as he would say.
"What would Don Quijote do in this situation?"
Someone got to do something!
Hey! Where are you going?
To undo this injustice!
Move for once on, you animal!, Go on, walk!
What a lazy animal!
Tha’s why it’s a donkey...
It’s Amazing he doesn’t want to move,
hit him stronger to see if that way he understands!.
Are you deaf or what? Walk!, Walk!
Hey sir! Stop it!
This lazy donkey! He doesn´t want to move!
Don´t hit him, things won’t solve that way,
animals understand and also feel, let me see what’s going on.
What´s going on donkey?...
oh, yes?...ok, I get it… don´t worry, I’ll fix it.
It´s ready, you just have stucked your leg, now you can go ahead.
That was all?
Yes,
but you all were so busy complaining
that no one bothered to see what was happening.
You’re right!
I feel so ashamed…
Can you forgive me donkey?
Ja,ja,ja, Thanks Bellow!
ok… let’s go!
Thank you boy!
Mane was the only one who didn’t get arm crossed,
while the rest of the people were busy complaining.
Suddendly, drivers and passengers inside the cars got donkey faces.
Anyone can stuck a leg anywhere, but there’s always a chance to “unstuck it”.