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- An antojo means a craving for something you want to eat, or , the desire of someone who has been taken over by a saint
- Yolanda had returned to the Dominican Republic for the first time in five years. Her extended family had prepared a cake towelcome her home, shaped like the Island. Candles marked out the major cities, and her younger cousins fought over who would get to eat which city
- Antojo?, What is an antojo?
- Yolanda decided that her antojo was to drive north into the countryside toward the coast to look for guavas. The aunts cautioned her against this plan, as it was dangerous for a woman to travel alone through the mountains in an expensive car. Taking a bus was also out of the question, because Yolanda would have to ride with campesinos, or peasants.
- I want that one!
- NOO, I want that one!
- points to the flat tire
- She stopped in a small village and asked where to find fresh guava to pick. An old woman suggested that her grandson take her to theguava forest, so Yolanda took a group of young boys to pick guava. After they fitted the car with guava, the tires leaked.Yolanda told the boy that if he ran back to the mansion for help, she would give him a dollar. When he left, two men with machetes approached the car and asked Yolanda if he needed help. She is afraid of men and cannot move or speak. When they asked if she was American, she answered in English and tried to explain that her tire was flat. They changed her tires, and she gave them money to thank them for their help.
- My safety goes first
- *nods*
- Señorita, do you need help?
- Americana?
- She drove along the road looking for the boy she had sent to help. As the security guards did not believe that a Dominican woman would go out alone after sunset, the boy was beaten for lying. She gave him his dollar and then she left.
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