The Lucky Cloak
A Talefiom Itaty
Signor Luna and his son, Antonio, lived in a small town in Italy.
One day, the old man decided that Antonio should go out into the
world and seekhis forfirne. Calling his son to him, he presented
a battered old cloak with one small pocket.
""How can this old cloak help me?" asked Antonio.
*You'll see," said his father. "Put it on and reach into *re
pocket."
Antonio did so, and out came a silver coin. '.A coin will appear
whenever you need one," Signor Luna said, "but that is not all.
Button the cloahnow."
When AnCInio buttoned the cloak's last buffon, he instantly became invisible! With the cloak and his
futher's good wishes, the young matr went on his way.
Aftm walking what seemed like
a very long distance,
Antorio entered
a small town
with two cafds on
the cobblestone street. Antonio saw a pretty young woman in one of them, sitting alone.
'.May I join you, Signorina?" he asked with a polite little bow.
*No," she sai4 "for I can
see
by your tattered cloak that you are
a
poor man. I
fer
that you cannot
affcrd to buy your meal."
Antonio's pride was injured- To repair the damage, he pulled out a coin and told the girl about the
special pocket. Ofcourse, she invited him to sit at her table.
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With coins pulled frcm the cloak, Antonio bought a fine dinner for the young woman and himself. After
they had ealen, she began to complai* of the cold. He took his cloak and placed it upon her strculders.
Hcw puzzled he was when she held it tightly around herseH and said, "Now this cloak belongs to me!"
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Thinking quickly, Antonio sai{ "\il'ait!
I'll sho*
you scmething even more wonderftrl about that cloak.
You will be truly amazed." Sfith some hesitation, she removed the cloak and hafided it back to Antonio.
'"The best thing about this cloak is that when you button
it-"
Suddenly, Antonio was nowhere to be
glad
to
regained the cloak and to have gained
he
slipped
away,
have
had
disappeared.
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seen! He
some valuable wisdo'm.
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SAMPLE B
Gummole is a ltdexican dip'ping or topping sauce. It doesn't stay fresh very long so just make what you need
for the day. You will need two or three rip avocados, depending on how much you want to malce. A ripe
avocado feclr slightly soft.
First, cut the avocados in half, remove the pits, and scoop out the inside of the fruit pulp into a bcwl. Then
mash the pulp with a fork- Yon don't have to make it smooth. You should still have some small chunks of
avocado. Next, mix in a tablespoon of lenon or lime juice and a tablespom of chopped frestr citanro for eash
avocado you're using. (For examl*e, if you're using two avocados, add trro tablespoons ofjuice and two
tablespoans of cilantro.) Add a litde salt too.
The other ingredients that yau add depend on what you like. Ym migbt want to add
mild chopped green chiles that come in a can. If ycu like food that is hot and spicy.
you can add chop@ fresh jalapeflo peppen. Some people enjoy adding things like
chopped green onions, diced ftesh lomaioes, gadic, or hot 1x1rpc sauce.
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to this high fat coiltent, avocados are also a
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skin. It is a &upe fruit, or stone fruit,
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examplas of drupe fruia are cherries,
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in the southern
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YFeleome to Summer
Fruit and Vegetable SaIe!
Special af the'Week: Avocados
Regular Price: $1.19 per avocado
This week, you canprrchase these delicious avocados
for on$ ffig apiece! Buy ten, and the cost goes dwn to
50p apiece! That's only $5.00 for ten avocados!
Think of all the salads, sandwichs, and guacamole
you can make and enjoy. Come to Ramona's today!
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