one sunday night we were in our room while my father was talking in the living room with the soldier, the soldier had stayed for lunch that night. i remember that anita started to put away her best clothes and putting them in a bag i asked her where she was going and she told me that she was going to meet her true love, she was singing very happily, she took her things and left, the next day when i woke up anita's bed was still empty.
you think she went to see rafael that night?
oh,no, i think she went to meet the soldier, carlos.
but she was wearing the gold ring when she went?
yes,she took all her best thing: dresses, her story books, and the ring.
is that what you really think?
i know, i think she spoke to rafael that night. i think she told him her plans.
yes
CHAPTER 10
I have a story that anita wrote a long time ago.
A long time ago, there was a beautiful princess. She lived in a beautiful palace with big, beautiful gardens all around her. But she was sad because she had no friends She could not talk to anyone or play with anyone. She was a prisoner in the palace because she was very beautiful.Her father wanted her to marry a rich man, handieme. But the princes in that country were not handsome. And the rich men were not princes. And handsome men were neither princes nor rich. So she did not marry anyone, and she was very sad. One day, a poor fisherman came to the beach at the end of the palace gardens. The gardens were very big and reached all the way to the sea. The fisherman caught a big goldfish and wanted to kill it. But it was a But it was a magic fish and it spoke to him."Don't kill me, he said, and I will give you a magic ring And with this ring you can marry the princess So the handsome young fisherman threw the fish back into the sea. Soon he returned with a gold ring in his mouth. And he went to the bottom of the sea. The handsome young fisherman's name was Roberto (here the name Rafael was first written and then changed). When Roberto put on the ring, he saw in his head the image of the princess. He fell in love with her.