¹     Hector stretched his tired muscles. It was hard to work on a ranch. His parents had a dream of finding gold in Nevada. They left their native Mexico six months ago. It had been a long, hard trip. As Hector sat back against a huge oak tree, he closed his eyes and remembered what it had been like.
 
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³     (Memory)
 
⁴     "Hey you!" some boys yelled. "What are you doing here? You don't belong with us!"
 
⁵     Some of the American settlers were teasing Hector. Only a few days before, Hector's family had joined a wagon train. Hector looked different with his dark skin and hair, and his voice had a Spanish flavor to it. The boys his age were actually a little afraid of him. Well, not Johnny.
 
⁶     "Don't let them bother you," Johnny had said. Johnny walked with Hector as he was being teased. "They just are scared."
 
⁷     "Why aren't you?" Hector asked.
 
⁸     "Everyone is a little different from everyone else. Why be scared before you have to be?"
 
⁹     Hector liked Johnny right away. Johnny taught him a lot about the wagon train.

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