El
Pelón slowly withdrew into himself. He stopped laughing, playing, and
fighting, stopped working together with the other children. He slept outside
the shed. He neither hugged nor fought with the dogs; instead, he walked
alone from house to house and begged for food and clothing. One day he didn't
come back. Juan Junior helped El Shaggi, who had AIDS, though his last days.
Il Guero and El Flaco left the streets for the homes of Padre Chinchachoma
and began school. |