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El árbol no cabe

The Tree Doesn't Fit

Reading time
5 min
Total words
624
Unique words
238
Typical word
#212

Story

Marisol Antonio, Texas, . : papás, Chema, Chayo Beto, . Beto . , Gaby, . , , Beto Marisol; , . , Gaby .

, Treviño, , . «, , . , .» , unidos . « », . « , .»

, Marisol , . . Monterrey , . «, .» Beto , , .

: , . « .» «, .» « . , .» , Marisol . «¿ Rubén ?» « . .» «», Marisol.

Beto . «¿ ?» Marisol . « , Beto. . .» «», Beto. . . Marisol .

, Marisol . . , Gaby, , . Beto, . .

, . , . , : , , , . Beto, . , Gaby. , , Marisol. , , Beto.

A teenager's drawing of her family's one-story house seen from above with no roof: grandparents at the kitchen table, framed photos on the living-room wall, two small bedrooms side by side, an eighteen-wheeler parked in the street, and in the backyard a big pecan tree with a small boy sitting up in its branches.

, Treviño . «Marisol, .» «, miss.» « .» Marisol . « , miss. .»

, 85 : « . .» , . 85, 100 , . Beto .

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Curriculum
198 words
# Freq Word
11deof, from
22quethat, which, what
33serto be (identity, essential qualities)
44nono, not
55ato, at
66lathe (feminine singular)
77elthe (masculine singular)
88estarto be (state, location)
99yand
1010enin, on, at
1111loit, him; the (neuter)
1212una, an (masculine)
1313haberto have (auxiliary); there is / there are
1414tenerto have, to possess
1515porfor, by, through
1616hacerto do, to make
1717meme, myself
1818irto go
1919unaa, an (feminine)
2020poderto be able to, can
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