Abuelo Ramón smiled, his eyes crinkling. "It is our people, Mateo. Nuestra gente ." He told Mateo stories about his own youth—how he loved to play baseball and dance salsa at local festivals. As he spoke, Mateo scribbled down vocabulary words he had recently learned in class: divertido (fun), trabajador (hardworking), and cariñoso (affectionate).

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