Don Trine In The Harvest By Tomas Rivera

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In The Harvest by Tomas Rivera, the group of boys spy on Don Trine because the whole town thinks he is hiding money in corn fields when he goes for walks. Don Trine doesn’t think they boys would understand why he goes for walks every day; he tells them that he doesn’t want anyone to go along with him. This makes the town spread rumors about Don Trine. Everyone thinks Don Trine is hiding money, so the young group of boys go and follow Don Trine to see if he is hiding money.
The boys find out that he is not hiding money; they find out that he is digging in corn fields. When the boys figured out that he was just digging in the corn fields they became uninterested and left Don Trine alone. But only one boy stays to figure out why Don Trine is

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