photo caption: entrance to Canton Mall, Bayamon, PR
Selection from: FIRST SPANISH READER, A Beginner's Dual-Language Book.
Edited by Angel Flores. Dover Publications, Mineola, NY, 1964. SPANISH ORIGINAL: East Side, New York
11 de octubre de 1492 Querido Tio: Y estoy en el Nuevo Mundo un dia antes que Cristobol Colon. Tengo en mi servicio a un italiano viejo pero muy simpatico que toca el organito mientras yo bailo. El italiano se llama Benito y parece muy feliz. Yo tambien estoy muy contento y ademas gano mucho dinero y de manera muy facil, sin tener que trabajar. Solamente bailo y bailo. Que bella es vida! verdad?
Con mucho carino, tu sobrino,
Panchito el Mono ENGLISH: Letter from a Monkey to His Uncle East Side, New YorkOctober 11, 1492 Dear Uncle: I'm already in the New World one day ahead of Christopher Columbus. I have an old, pleasant Italian, who plays the hand-ground organ while I dance. His name is Benito and he seems very happy. I am very pleased, and besides I earn a lot of money, quite easily, without having to work. I just dance and dance. How beautiful life is! Isn't that so?
Lots of love, your nephew
The Monkey, Frankie J.Galligan75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR
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