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When I was four, I lived with my mother and brothers and sisters in a small town on the island of Luzon. We had a next-door neighbor, a very rich man, whose sons and daughters seldom came out of house
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We were always in the best of spirits and our laughter was contagious. Other neighbors who passed by our house often stopped in our yard and joined us in our laughter. Laughter was our only wealth.
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Another time one of my sisters suddenly started screaming in the middle of night. Mother reached her first and tried to calm her. My sister criedand groaned. When father lifted the lamp, my sister
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| “I’m pregnant!†“I’m pregnant, I tell you!†she cried. | |
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| “Don’t be a fool!†Mother shouted. “You’re only a child,†Mother said. | |
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