John Steinbeck's 'The Tale Of The Cucuy'

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The tale of the Cucuy is a scary humped back man who listens to children who misbehave and can hear children very well due to him having one big red ear. The Cucuy also known as the bogeyman will come down the mountain to carry bad children away. This story is about two lazy sisters who refuse to help their younger sister do their chores, causing their father to call upon the bogeyman who takes them abruptly from the dinner table. The Cucuy carries away the two lazy sisters and places them in the deepest part of a cave where nobody in their right mind would ever enter. While the two sisters are gone their father sets out to search for them, but is unsuccessful in finding his daughters until a village boy hears their cries and rescue them from

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