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CHAPTER 1. THE HOUSE ON MANGO CAPÍTULO 1. LA CASA EN MANGO STREET

STREET Una familia llega a una casa en Mango
A family arrives at a house on Mango Street, Street, son seis personas que intentan
they are six people trying to start a new life. empezar una nueva vida. Esperaban la casa
de sus sueños, y aunque era mejor que la
They expected the house of their dreams,
anterior, aún así no era lo que ellos habían
and although it was better than the previous soñado, pues está también tenía muchos
one, it was still not what they had dreamed desperfectos.
of, because this one also had many flaws. CAPÍTULO 2. PELOS

Cada uno de la familia tenía el pelo distinto,

CHAPTER 2. HAIRS
Each one of the family had different hair, the olía a pan, era rizado y bonito. El padre
best was the mother's, which although it
smelled of bread, was curly and pretty. The
father looked like a broom, Kiki had hair like
a stuffed animal and Nenny slippery, Carlos
very thick and Esperanza very loose.
CHAPTER 3. BOYS AND GIRLS
They made friends in separate groups, on
the one hand the girls and on the other
hand the boys, and they did not mix with
each other. Esperanza wanted her sister to
go somewhere else and not always be with
her, since she dreamed of having a friend
just for her and sharing all her things.
CHAPTER 4. MY NAME
The girl's name is Esperanza, like her
great-grandmother, they were both born in
el mejor era el de la madre, que aunque
parecía una escoba, Kiki tenía el pelo como
un peluche y Nenny resbaladizo, Carlos muy
grueso y Esperanza muy flojo.
CAPÍTULO 3. NIÑOS Y NIÑAS
Se hacían amigos por grupos separados, por
un lado las niñas y por otro lado los niños, y
no se mezclaban entre ellos. Esperanza
quería que su hermana fuera por otro sitio
y no estuviera siempre junto a ella, ya que
ella soñaba con tener una amiga solo para
ella y compartir todas sus cosas.
CAPÍTULO 4. MI NOMBRE
La niña se llama Esperanza, como su
bisabuela, las dos nacieron en el año chino
del caballo, que da mala suerte (si naces
mujer). La bisabuela de Esperanza estaba
siempre mirando por la ventana, apoyada
con los codos y con cara de tristeza.
Esperanza pensaba que no quería ser como
ella y tampoco le gustaba su nombre, ella
quería llamarse Zezé.
the Chinese year of the horse, which is bad
luck (if you are born a woman). Esperanza's
great-grandmother was always looking out
the window, leaning on her elbows and
looking sad. Esperanza thought that she
didn't want to be like her and she didn't like
her name either, she wanted to be called
Zezé.
CHAPTER 5. CATHY, QUEEN OF CATS
Cathy was a friend of Esperanza for a short
time, since she and her family were leaving
to live in France. Cathy was a girl who had
many cats, her house was full of them. She
told Esperanza one day that they were going
to live in France because they had inherited
a family home. In a very short time,
Esperanza and Cathy became friends.
CHAPTER 6. OUR GOOD DAY
In the end, Esperanza found two friends and
a bicycle. Why? Well, because Lucy, her new
friend, asked Esperanza for 5 dollars to be
able to buy the bicycle and thus be able to
ride one with her every day. The three of
them, Lucy and her sister Rachel and
Esperanza decided to ride the bike together
and they entered a hilly street and
descended like fireballs.
CHAPTER 7. LAUGHTER
Rachel and Lucy looked a lot like each other,
CAPÍTULO 5. CATHY, REINA DE GATOS
Cathy fue durante poco tiempo amiga de
Esperanza, ya que ella y su familia se
marchaban a vivir a Francia. Cathy era una
chica que tenía muchos gatos, su casa
estaba llena de ellos, Ella le contó un día a
Esperanza que se iban a vivir a Francia
porque habían heredado una casa familiar.
En muy poco tiempo fueron amigas
Esperanza y Cathy.
CAPÍTULO 6. NUESTRO DÍA BUENO
Al final Esperanza encontró a dos amigas y
una bicicleta, ¿por qué?. Pues porque Lucy,
su nueva amiga, le pidió 5 dólares a
Esperanza para poder comprar la bicicleta y
asi poder andar con ella cada día una. Las
tres, Lucy y su hermana Rachel y Esperanza
decidieron montar en la bicicleta las tres
juntas y se adentraron en una calle con
cuesta y bajaron como bólidos.
CAPÍTULO 7. RISA
Rachel y Lucy se parecían mucho entre
ellas, sobre todo por sus labios gruesos, sin
embargo Esperanza y su hermana no se
parecían nada físicamente, pero si tenían
algo en común es que las dos tenían una
risa muy escandalosa, hacían mucho ruido
al reírse.
CAPÍTULO 8. GIL. COMPRAVENTA DE
MUEBLES
En una tienda del barrio que vendía cosas
usadas y viejas, decidieron un día ir a verla,
allí se encontraba su dueño, un señor viejo,
de color de la piel negra, con gafas y poco
especially because of their thick lips,
however Esperanza and her sister did not
look alike at all physically, but if they had
something in common it was that they both
had a very scandalous laugh, they made a
lot of noise when they laughed.
CHAPTER 8. GIL. SALE OF FURNITURE
In a neighborhood store that sold used and
old things, they decided one day to go see it.
There was its owner, an old man, of black
skin color, with glasses and not very
talkative. The store had everything, stacked
everywhere, the light was always off until
someone decided to buy something.
CHAPTER 9. MEME ORTIZ.
When Cathy moved to France, a man named un cadillac amarillo, y llevaban también a
Juan came to live in her place, but they
called him Meme. He had a huge dog who
was just as clumsy as his owner and he was arrestado por conducir en esas condiciones.
crazy. Meme lived with her mother in a
house that Cathy's father had built. It was
red and had many steps, when Meme went
up he did it on all fours and with his dog.
CHAPTER 10. LOVIE, HIS COUSINS
The house has a basement, which Meme's
mother leased from a Puerto Rican family,
Lovie's family, who had a male and female
cousin. The cousin had a yellow Cadillac, and y a bailar, esperando que algún día cambie
they also took their little sisters for a ride.
hablador. La tienda tenía de todo, apilado
por todos los sitios, siempre estaba con la
luz apagada hasta que alguien decidía
comprar algo.
CAPÍTULO 9. MEME ORTIZ.
Cuando Cathy se mudo para Francia, en su
lugar vino a vivir un señor llamado Juan,
pero le llamaban Meme. Tenía un perro
enorme que era tan torpe como su dueño y
estaba loco. Meme vivía con su madre en
una casa que había construido el padre de
Cathy. Era de color rojo y tenía muchos
escalones, cuando Meme subía lo hacía a
gatas y junto a su perro.
CAPÍTULO 10. LOVIE, SU PRIMA Y SU
PRIMO
La casa tiene un sótano, que la madre de
Meme arrendó a una familia
puertorriqueña, la familia de Lovie, que
tenía un primo y una prima. El primo tenía
pasear a sus hermanitas. El primo de Lovie
salió volando con su coche, a mucha
velocidad y vino la policía y se lo llevaron
CAPÍTULO 11. MARIN.
La prima de Louis, tenía un novio en Puerto
Rico, que le escribía cartas y nos las
enseñaba. Marin vende Avon y quiere
encontrar trabajo. A Esperanza le caía muy
bien Marin, es mayor que ella, muy guapa,
con unos preciosos ojos verdes, los chicos la
miraban mucho. Por la noche, y cuando se
acuestan en su casa, baja a la calle a fumar
su vida.
Lovie's cousin took off with his car, very fast,
and the police came and took him away for
driving under these conditions.
CHAPTER 11. MARINE.
Louis's cousin had a boyfriend in Puerto Rico miedo porque ya los conocían. Había un
who wrote her letters and showed them to
us. Marin sells Avon and wants to find a job.
Esperanza liked Marin very much, she is
older than her, very pretty, with beautiful
green eyes, the boys looked at her a lot. At
night, and when they go to bed at home, he
goes down to the street to smoke and
dance, hoping that one day his life will
change.
CHAPTER 12. THOSE WHO DON'T.
The neighborhood where Esperanza lives
was not a normal neighborhood, people
who came from outside were scared, they
said we looked dangerous. There were
certain people who did seem so, the
children were not afraid of them because
they already knew them. There was a boy
with a crooked eye and it was scary to look
at him.
CHAPTER 13. THERE WAS AN OLD GIRL
WHO HAD SO MANY CHILDREN THAT SHE
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
Rosa Vargas was an old lady with a lot of
CAPÍTULO 12. LOS QUE NO.
El barrio donde vivía Esperanza no era un
barrio normal, la gente que venía de afuera
se quedaba asustada, decían que
parecíamos peligrosos. Había cierta gente
que sí lo parecía, los niños no les tenían
muchacho con el ojo chueco y daba miedo
mirarlo.
CAPÍTULO 13. HABÍA UNA VIEJECITA QUE
TENÍA TANTOS NIÑOS QUE NO SABÍA QUÉ
HACER.
Rosa Vargas, era una viejecita con un
montón de niños que iba acogiendo, pero
esos niños se volvieron muy malos, tenían
muy mal comportamiento. Ella no podía
educarlos, pues bastante tenía con darles
de comer, lavarles la ropa. Lo intentaba,
pero era imposible. Algunas personas del
barrio intentaban ayudarla y reñirles, pero
nada, no hacían caso. Te contestaban con
malas palabras y te escupen.
CAPÍTULO 14. ALICIA QUE VE RATONES
Alicia era huérfana de madre, era una chica
muy lista, siempre estaba estudiando,
intentaba sacar la Universidad. Esperanza y
ella se hicieron buenas amigas. Alicia
trabajaba por el día y por la noche
estudiaba y siempre veía ratones, les daba
mucho miedo, ella se asombraba de verlos
porque su padre le había dicho que no
existían.
CAPÍTULO 15. DARIUS Y LAS NUBES.
Darius es un niño que no le gustaba ir a la
escuela, perseguía a las niñas con un palo,
era muy malvado. Le gustaba mucho mirar
children that she was taking in, but thoseal cielo, sobre todo cuando estaba triste,
children became very bad, they had very que era muy a menudo. En su imaginación
veía las nubes con formas diferentes y eso
bad behavior. She couldn't educate them,
le hacía sentirse bien. También le gustaba la
because she had enough to feed them, wash naturaleza y así se relaja.
their clothes. I was trying, but it was
CAPÍTULO 16. Y ALGUNAS MÁS.
impossible. Some people in the
Esperanza tenía una prima que se llamaba
neighborhood tried to help her and scold
Rachel que tiene tres nombres diferentes,
them, but nothing, they paid no attention. decía que como los esquimales que tenían
They answered you with bad words and spit muchos más. Estos nombres se los ponían a
la nieve. Esperanza pensaba que la nieve es
on you.
blanca, y que no se podían poner nombres
a los trozos de nieve.
CHAPTER 14. ALICE WHO SEES MICE
Alicia was a motherless girl, she was a very
smart girl, she was always studying, she was
trying to graduate from the University. She
and Esperanza became good friends. Alicia
worked during the day and at night she
studied and she always saw mice, they were
very scared, she was amazed to see them
because her father had told her they did not
exist.

CHAPTER 15. DARIUS AND THE CLOUDS.

Darius is a boy who did not like to go to
school, he chased girls with a stick, he was
very evil. He liked to look at the sky a lot,
especially when he was sad, which was very
often. In his imagination he saw the clouds
in different shapes and that made him feel
good. He also liked nature and thus relaxed.
CHAPTER 16. AND SOME MORE.
Esperanza had a cousin named Rachel who
has three different names, she said that like
the Eskimos they had many more. These
names were put on the snow. Esperanza
thought that snow is white, and that you
couldn't put names to the pieces of snow.