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Too Many Tamales

Summary

Everyone is coming for Christmas dinner at Maria's house. She and her mother prepare by kneading the "masa" to make tamales. When her mother takes off her ring, maria tries it on - and is beside herself when, hours later, she thinks it has been kneaded into the tamales.

©1993 Putnam (P)2002 Weston Woods

Narrator: Blanca Camacho
Author: Gary Soto
Length: 11 mins
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