Tag: raised by grandparents
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“They killed him. They’ll kill her too.”
After reading his Bible in the mornings in his rose garden, my grandfather Papa Polo walked three miles into the country with an empty pail in his hand. He kept a young cow which gave fresh milk for all of us. He handed the pail to the cook to boil before serving it at our breakfast; the…
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Grandmamá Martina and Papa Polo
I was close to my grandfather, Papa Polo. He was an intelligent man, spoke English like a Brit; and he saw in me an eagerness to learn. He ordered El Tesoro de La Juventud (The Book of Knowledge), an encyclopedia of 20 volumes, just for me! He had a very serious conversation with me: I had…