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indicate passage of time. ln front of the neatyard of the Luna family we see rvranfa irrnn LUNA, ROSALtNDA,s mother, *""ring

"'tr"rf,housedress and aprory She is standin-gln the newly swept cement path that leads to her front porch. She has i u"ry O"i"rr,""o look as her eyes scan the street. the tunas, neighbor, LUISA RU|Z, is slowly ,rting't.r", way through the rubble anO rlOOisf, ii f,erfront yard. She is dressea ,,

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dingy white bathrobe. Atthough ;;;;;;;r" painted a bright red, her hair [as no, f,""n combed. The overall effect is tfrat sie f oots not unlike her front yard.)

Mnnla pteR: RosalindaI Rosalindal Lursa.R-urz: Buenos dfas, Maria pilar. lt,s a beauti-ful Santa Ana Day, que no? tdeRie Pten: Buenos dias, Dofra Luisa. Sl si it,s abeautifut day. Rosatind * ay, iiid";;;;;;r,

muchacha? Rosalinda I --,sA Rurz: Are you looking for Rosalinda? r,,rRia PrLan: No, l,m doing this for the good of

my health. * .e Rurz: Oh. Maybe a tea of wild pepper

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A PrLAR: l,m only joking, Dofra Luisa, l,m: ready under the doctor,s care, thank you.

Lursa Rurz; Oh. Now El pepe, he,s the cockapoo, they,re not so independent, you tnow. ne comes whenever you just call him.

Manla ptan; Rosalindal (Holding her stomach.) Ay, this screaming is making-me acid. (She yells toward the house.) .lesser lesseianOate, baby, get me the Rolaids. They,re on iop otla llelera. you hear me, Jesse?

Lurse Rulz: you just say ,,pepe, pepe,, and he just comes running, wagging his tail, happy to see you, Not like Esmerelda, she,s the iollie that stays in the window all the tme.

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Mania prran; Jessel The Rolaidsl Jrssr: (Offstage) I can,t find them, Mom. Manfa ptan: On top of la refrigerator, I said. Jessr: (Offstage) There,s only bananas on top ofthe refrigerator. Menla ptan: Ay San Fernando de tos Flojos,

when will you cure that lazy cniUZ ion permiso, Dofra Luisa. (She starts to leave. Grabbing Marla pilar by the ,t""re, f_Ufin RUIZ points to the window of her ;*;

- house.)

Lursa Rurz; There she is. There,s Esmerelda. you see her? Eh, you see her?

Manin Ptnn: yes, yes Doffa Luisa, I can see her. Lursa Rurz; I call her ,,La princesa,,, she,s a real

snob, that one, just like royalty. Sitstfrere af f day.

Man[a Ptan; That,s because the dog is blind, Doia Luisa. And you should . . .

Lursa Rurz: (lnterrupting.) They gave her to me that time I was an extra in tf," ,orl", . . . the man said that she was the U"rgii", of Lassie and she had belongeA to lat_-iz'-' Taylor.

MeRie pnen: you should take that animal to theveterinarianand... Lursa Rurz; (lnterrupting.) lt,s the cataracts in

her eyes. I can cure that. I know t;";;; '

something I can use to cure that. Menie Prun: (Walking briskly to house.) Jesse!

Jesse! Maria de Jesis. (.lissf comes;;i;; back door. She looks disheveled.)

,i{n' r PILAR: Ay, Doffa Luisa, believe me, if I*, e,,v where Rosalinda was, I wouldn,t be

:+ Rurz: Oh. you,re welcome. r PrLAn: Rosalindal Rosalindal i;-rrz: Where is she?

mi rg for her. Rosalindal

El Bobo?

:-_z: Sometimes if you whistle, they come.r,:co only comes when I whistle.

;-:. The big one. He,s a... a. .. Labrador mlre-\er. He only comes when I whistle.

:he people complained so I got one - u-ltrasonic dog whistles, O-ut wf,en f: Mr. Mura says it opens up his garage

r.,.r,r' Dofra Luisa, my daughter is not an :e whistled for.

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