“The Cariboo Cafe”

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and Macky gave them a set of rules which were “Rule one: never talk to strangers, not even the neighbor who paced up and down the hallways talking to himself. Rule two: the police, or “polie” as Sonya’s popi pronounced the word, was La Migra in disguise and thus should always be avoided. Rule three: keep your key with you at all times-the four walls of the apartment were the only protection against the streets until Popi returned home.” All these rules made them frightened because they felt that the migra was going to get them. Since they had just moved to this big city they didn’t know their way around. Sonia and Macky only knew their way home, but on their way home she noticed that her key was gone and traced back her footsteps to find the key. While looking for the key they ran into the cops and ran the other way. They were running so fast that they weren’t looking where they were going and were lost. I know how they felt because when I was small my mother and I were at ...

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