Besides, the grandmother's birthday was near, and where was money for a present?
At the other house where the children regularly delivered bread, irrigation had been going on all the morning.

The half-day of irrigation, for which the owner of this orange orchard had paid, was just over, and the water-gate connecting the man's ditch with the main zanja was being shut when Rosa and Joseph arrived.

The little water-gate was like a wooden shovel.

It slid down some grooves, and the running water stopped.

It squirmed in the zanja an instant.