sad aventure Quotes

“They all laughed, nervously, and the first seeds of trust were sown. Andres was invited to hop in among the twins’ menageries of puppets. There were more a dozen of them, jiggling on long strings suspended from wooden racks built into the roof of the van.”

“Andres knew for certain that his friend Horacio was dead. The shots had pierced the side window of the car. There had been the swerve, no brakes applied, and then the ditch. Andres had been thrown clear, into the dusk of evening, but Juan, his father -they had got him, dragged him from the capsized vehicle.”