recalling other farms her husband had worked on
in Aguascalientes.
Isabel pulled on Esperanza’s arm. “We need to
change the babies.”
As they walked back to the cabin, she said,
“They are mother and daughter. They come over
to talk and crochet with my mother all the time.”
“How do they know all about us already?”
Isabel raised her hand and made her fingers tap
up and down on her thumb as if a mouth was talk-
ing. “Everyone in camp knows each other’s busi-
ness.”
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“Do you know how to change a diaper?” asked
Esperanza when they got back to the cabin.
“Certainly,” said Isabel. “I will change them
and you can rinse out the diapers. Weneed to do
some laundry, too.”
Esperanza watched as the young girl laid the
babies down one at a time, unpinned their dia-
pers, wiped their bottoms clean, and pinned on
fresh diapers.