Monday, February 5, 2007

Colibri (Guatemala), by Ann Cameron

A fortune teller gives Rosa the courage to try to escape the abusive man who kidnapped her at the age of four.

1 comment:

Tiffany Ho said...

There is a girl called Rosa who follows a guy that she calls Uncle. They beg alot for money. Rosa has to pretend with her "Uncle" that they are in need of money and the Uncle got sick.
One day he told her that they are going to Nebaj.
Usually the Uncle will thank the people when coins come onto their bowl. When bills fall down Rosa has to thank the people.
There she met a guy called Tzunun, he gave her a 100 dollar bill. When they finished begging her "Uncle" asked for the 100 bill. Rosa wouldn't give it up, so her Uncle said he'll leave her so she had no choice but to give it up.
She remembered in the old times that her "Uncle" was very nice to her when she was young and wished she can bring him treasures.
They went into Nebaj there they asked a fortune teller to tell her fortune. She told them and claimed that she met the Uncle somewhere in a war. However, he pushed it aside and said no.
The next day she looked for Rosa and they became friends. They started to talk about the war. They ate together. She gave her the 100 dollar bill.
When she went home, her Uncle questioned her about where she was. So they left Nebaj. They met another friend of her Uncle's.
When they arrived at their house he asked Rosa to dance with him and she had no choice. In her room she had a picture of a saint. She tried to thank him so she did everything that there was to do.
They told her help them steal she did and got them in jail. She ran to Nebaj and she met a dog.
She hid with the fortune teller. They had much fun together. When it was time for Rosa to get her paper her Uncle tried to kill her and he got drowned and died and she got her paper.