Mississippi Chicken Page #2

to make tortillas.

It won't come off!

Oh, here it is!

No, look.

You put it here,

and with this hand,

you take off the plastic.

Like this?

But I can't get it off...

Oh, here!

Look.

You'll learn by messing up.

Don't push it so hard,

so that it's not so thin,

and then you can take it off.

After practicing, you'll be

able to make them thinner.

A little more.

No...

no, no, no, no, no...

Put it over there.

Like that, like that. Yes.

Do you understand me?

Like that. Now...

Now pass it to

the other hand...

No, no! That's it.

That's it.

Yes. Now you've

got it, see?

Now, do it again.

Again!

She's a good American friend.

It's great to count on

somebody from this country,

to feel that you have

some kind of support,

someone who helps you

when you're in trouble.

I love her so much.

I'll give the phone to you.

Her name is Anita.

Hi, how are you doing?

I imagine that you miss

your mom a lot, right?

I've learned so much from her,

and we're good friends and...

She always talks about you,

and your daughter,

and all of your family

in Mexico.

I hope one day we can

visit you in Veracruz.

Nice to meet you.

Have a good afternoon.

Yes.

Yes, a young woman.

Yes, a young woman, skinny.

She's white.

She always comes

and visits us.

Also, there's another

guy here, David.

He's from the church.

Well, I'll pass you to Charo.

They're going

to speak privately.

Well, since they're young, they're

going to tell each other secrets.

I guess.

It's always a pleasure

to talk with you.

We stayed here, as if we

were comfortable at home...

Well, you know that we're poor,

but you're always welcome here.

I feel embarrassed, because

my trailer is a little bit ugly,

but I like that you visit me.

I don't know how

my finger got caught,

but in that moment, I wanted to

pull my hand back, but I couldn't.

My finger was

pulled in like this,

and twisted through

the conveyor belt.

My finger was so tangled that

I couldn't pull it out.

It was totally stuck.

When I wanted to pull it free,

all of a sudden,

I saw a piece of my finger

and a piece of my glove

in the conveyor belt, and...

and the skin on my finger

was peeled back like this.

You could see the bone,

pure bone.

And after that,

I don't remember...

I fainted, so I don't

remember what happened.

I don't remember, because

the two people working

beside me grabbed me.

I don't know what happened.

I just saw that

my finger was like this.

Mangled.

Yeah.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon.

How is everyone?

Good, good.

Yeah?

Good. Ready?

We went to see him,

and he said that he'd pay,

but right now the bank is closed,

so we should come back at 7:00 PM.

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