Short Story
Mother and Daughter by Gary Soto 1. Yollie’s mother, Mrs. Moreno, was a large woman who wore a muumuu and butterfly-shaped glasses. She liked to water her lawn in the evening and wave at low-riders, who would stare at her behind their smoky sunglasses and laugh. Now and then a low-rider from Belmont Avenue would make his car jump and shout “Mamacita!” But most of the time they just stared and wondered how she got so large. 2. Mrs. Moreno had a strange sense of humor. Once, Yollie and her mother were watching a late-night movie called “They Came to Look.” It was about creatures from the underworld who had climbed through molten lava to walk the earth. But Yollie, who had played soccer all day with the kids next door, was too tired to be scared. Her eyes closed but sprang open when her mother screamed, “Look Yollie! Oh, you missed a scary part. The guy’s face was all ugly!” 3. But Yollie couldn’t keep her eyes open. They fell shut again and stayed shut, even w
