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"Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Baher, Chapter 41-47

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This novel tells the stories of four girls from the same Jewish family at different times, one living in 1492, another in 1923, another in 1961, and another in 2003.

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station
You both will be stationed in Melena del Sur,” Carmen announces the next day.
scenery
The ride to the countryside is bumpy, but the scenery is pretty.
assume
Teresita whispers to me, “There’s still so much prejudice in Cuba, and we’ve just had a revolution! Why do they assume Black people and white people need to have brigadistas of their same color?”
literate
“Don’t worry. I can handle her. We’ll show them we’re great teachers! Melena del Sur will be the first territory where everyone is literate!”
fend
“They left the two of us viejitos here in the countryside to fend for ourselves.”
comrade
We’ve been instructed to call the women by that word, to think of them as comrades, and to call the men compañeros.
threadbare
It’s odd to think I will sleep in a house with total strangers, but Gloria does her best to make me feel at home, stuffing a threadbare pillowcase with mint and other herbs that she says are calming.
plantain
Later Gloria prepares a meal of roasted yuca, malanga, and plantains in the cooking pit, and we eat in the shade of the mango trees.
velvety
When the night turns velvety dark, Alfredo says, “You must see our stars,” and he leads me and Gloria a few steps away from the trees.
sequin
The stars glitter like sequins in the sky.
gratitude
The sky has never seemed so wide, the stars so close, my heart so filled with gratitude to all those who came before me and gave me life.
allowance
They even gave us each a small allowance in case we need to buy anything.
crow
I awaken at dawn to the crowing of the roosters instead of the sounds of Havana’s noisy streets.
confident
I seem more confident already, just from having spent a night on my own with strangers.
pasture
“Let’s get the chores done in the house and let Alfredo check on the corn and the sugar in the fields and take the cows and goats to pasture, and then we’ll get started.”
respectful
We were taught in the training camp to be respectful of our hosts and help them with their work.
considerate
Maybe they’re being polite because Teresita and I are there, but still it’s nice to see them being considerate of each other.
lull
As I sit munching the sweet fibers, I fall into a hazy lull and almost forget I’m supposed to be teaching.
mangle
His right hand is worse than the left, mangled into a knot.
worthless
“I started as a little boy. My father wouldn’t let me go to school; he said it was a waste of time. Now my hands are worthless, except to do the rough work I do here in the countryside.”
sincere
That’s who I am, a sincere man from where the palm trees grow.
flutter
How fast it flutters its wings as it hovers in the air.
giddy
It’s such a wonder of nature, and we are all giddy with joy at the sight of it!
jalopy
His cousin, Rubén, borrowed a broken-down jalopy.
unison
They nod their heads in unison, and when Pepa says, “Don’t worry, we’ll take care of Teresita; we already love her like a sister,” I have to hold back my tears.

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