She has always said that her children must get an
education.
lenven
in poor district ne
steps out of his hom
a plastic rool, Ile
morning sky. Another
The weather has been
and remember the last
Trey grey clouds fill the
Cold with sadness, The
me he thinks. There's
And she hasn't called to
she's gone for ever: He to
near Lima a young man
home - a tiny house with a
He looks up at the early
nother day with no sunshine.
been terrible recently. He
last time he saw the sun.
all the sky and his heart feels
There's no sunshine when she's
ere's only darkness every day.
led for so long. He wonders if
He tries to imagine life without
s over there in Madrid cleaning
But it's hard. He misses her too. He misses her
smile, her voice, the songs she sings even when
things look black. And he knows she loves him.
But why hasn't she called? Perhaps she's forgotten
them. Perhaps she's decided to stay there. Perhaps
she's found someone else. He feels like crying, but
he can't. Not in front of the children.
A dog starts barking. He turns back to the house to
start another day.
What if she stays over
the houses of the rich?
He turns as he hears a no
is waking up. ? They
just isn't a home witho
him, 'When is Mamá
he say? One day. Soo
she here, Papá?' Why?
money, and there a
he hears a noise; one of the children
They miss her so much. The house
without her. Every day they ask
is Mamá coming home? And what can
ne day. Soon, my baby. And why isn't
pá? Why? Because they need the
od there are no jobs, and over there she
earn in a day what you earn here in a mo
v to feed five hungry children. But it isn't
om to live without their mother either.
Suddenly, a ray of sunshine breaks through the
clouds and lights up the doorway just as Verónica
steps through the door. He feels the warm sun on
his back. The little girl has just woken up and is
rubbing sleep from her eyes. She looks so like
her mother. She yawns and he hears her mother's
voice. He hears his name, 'Nacho! Nacho!' Is
Verónica speaking? Behind him he hears
footsteps. He turns round. The sun is too bright
and he can't see clearly. He puts his hand up to
his eyes, and then thinks, 'I haven't woken up!
I'm still dreaming! But then Verónica shouts out
'Mama!' And he knows that sometimes dreams
come true.
cana
It isn't easy to feed five hi
easy for them to live with
He sighs. Time to wake them up and get them
ready for school. He knows many people who send
their children to work, to wash cars or to beg, but прочитать текст на русском букве​