The mother laughed, too.

Her husband laughed.

The baby kept the chain, and crowed.
The grocer's wife filled a big paper bag with beans, and gave it, with a loaf of bread, to Arturo.

The boy clasped the packages, and ran.
At home he found tia Marta sitting still with shut eyes.
"Eat!" cried Arturo, thrusting the loaf into her hands.
Tio Diego laughed with joy and put the beans to cooking.

Arturo stayed home from school that afternoon, and helped wash.