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sprinkler watering the green a, yard is jungle-like, with stranc: places, rubber tires, all kinds c. _ and a sign in front that readsr : HEALER." Each yard has a me :: far side of the neat house, the.: tree.

Leaning against the fence is R::_ brutal-looking young man of : : -. teen. He has smoldering dark :,

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&og Lady MILCHA SANCHEZ.SCOTT

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Onuruoo, the mailman Rosalrruoa Lurue, the runner MARiA ptLAR Lurua, Rosalinda,s mother Jtsse Lurue, Rosalinda,s younger sister Lursa Rurz, the Dog Lady MRs. ArraaooR, a neiqhbor

Trn,tr, Summer. Pra.cr, Los Angeles: a small barrio off the

Hollywood freeway.

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Early summer morning. The residential section of Castro Street. There is a large ,un, una ii" sunlight has the particular or*gu f,r" tnui inOi cates the Santa Ana weather .ondition. We see two front yards, enclosed by a low stone or cement fence. One yard is very neat, tidy, almost manicured, with a rotating

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He is staring at the neat house RepHarr: (Like music.) RosaIirc:

ORLANDO, the mailman, c: -. RAPHAEL runs away befo.: l: see him.)

ORlaruoo: (Walking) Neither ,: - snow. . . . Says nothing ab: _: -. not one word about the -::: the mailbox of the mess1, _...: : mada< +hra,,^t L:- L--mages through his bags ; ,,::. nothing for you, Dofra Lu s: : "Curandera. . . healer.,, (S-., : It takes all kinds. (ROSAL ,,: _ the neat house. She rs .8 . : , a jogging shorts outf it, S- = . and feminine. She does s: -. stretches.) Hola Rosalinca , l It's a scorcher. . . it,s a sa- fry eggs on the sidewalk . . . You gonna run? Tooa.,

Rosalrruon; l,m gonna win, C, Onlaruoo: you,re gonna die I -

affect your brain. RosnLrruoa: (Getting into sta-:

going to run around the ,", tomorrow lndia and Sat_-:

ORlerupo: The Big One. RosqrrNoa: Rome!

Onraruoo: On your mark, Ge : ;:- barrio's behind you. . . . C: runs off. yelling to ROS; _ ,, - Angels come down anC : finish line. (Walking of+ ,,, .- rain, some sleet, some s-: The sun moves up a f rac: :,

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