"Anyway, I"ve made up my mind that Tonio shall have more learning than he can get on this hacienda, though I don"t know yet how it can be brought about. Somehow children must know more than their parents if things are ever to be better for the poor people of Mexico."
And Dona Teresa answered, "Well, anyway, we have each other and the Twins, so let"s take comfort in that, right now, even if there are many things in the world that can"t be set right yet awhile."
Just then the first streak of dawn showed red over the eastern hills.
Out in the fig tree the red rooster shook himself and crowed, and to Pancho, as he stretched himself on his own hard bed in his own poor little home once more, it sounded exactly as if he said,
"c.o.c.k-a-doodle-do-oo.
We"re glad to see you-oo-oo."
[25] Pah-sah"dah.
[26] Pin-yah"tah.