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  • Javier and the Cuetes

    Leer en español When Javier was little, he liked to play with fireworks, cuetes they called them (cuete is Mexican slang for cohete, or rocket). That is, Javier liked to set off cuetes until la Navidad (Christmas) when he was fifteen years old. That year his parents went out shopping for the big dinner to be held on la Buena Noche (Christmas Eve). Javier was alone at home. He decided he wanted to set off cuetes. Normally, […]

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