"Tears of Angels: A Child's Struggle"
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Edna Iturralde
A boy who lived with his mom and dad in a farming village, where it was starting to have
difficulties in being able to sell and earn enough money to eat, all mothers
he had to go out to look for work outside the town and send weekly money to their families; this was the
the case of Jaime's mother who went to Spain to harvest broccoli and died in an accident
of transit. Since the child's mother left when he was very small, the father was the one who
I teach how to ride a bike, to play, he took care of him, that's why when it was his turn to leave too
Europe looking for a better future for her son, planning to be able to send him money.
while his aunt took care of him in the city, Jaime felt abandoned when he saw his dad leave on the
airport, decided to escape to the unknown streets of the city.
Shortly after, he met the skinny girl and her friends who have been living there for quite a while.
in the streets, each with a different nickname, that's why they started calling Jaime futre,
for their elegant way of dressing; everyone could eat one thing all day or sometimes nothing
for the supposed help that Aunt Mecha and the professor provided them, giving them chocolates for
selling at the traffic lights to people and cars passing by; if any child did not sell
all the chocolates or something happened they were punished by being hit so hard that the
next if they tried to sell everything. Although other times some were selected to do
other jobs, they believed the selected ones were fortunate and they never saw them again because
they were too proud to see or help the children who were their friends again, but in
In reality, Aunt Mecha and the professor's plans were different, as they deceived the children.
to sell their corneas or any of their organs, as they knew that nobody would ask
for those disposable children who only cluttered the city.
Likewise, it was the plan they had for the thin and future, but these kids realized that the
they were deceiving, the whole plan that had been thought out long before went wrong for him
professor who ended up dead and for Mecha who ended up in jail, it was all thanks to the
police and a shelter, or 'curitas' as the girl called it, that helped the thin one to find.
Jaime was locked in the same house where a rich man was.
kidnapped alongside him, because if Jaime had only been the one missing, the police would not have
I wish I had paid so much attention.
The book ended with the girl often taking refuge in the shelter where she knew she was going to go.
school to learn to read and write in order to become a great model when grown up and Jaime
I end up in the hospital recovering after being drugged by a soft thong, but I knew that
she wanted to see her dad again and she was going to see him soon.
