Too Many Tamales
When the family is preparing for Christmas dinner, making Tamales, Maria sees her mother set her diamond ring to the side. Maria is taken by its beauty and decides to try it on. She only means to try it on for a minute. Then, all of a sudden, the ring is gone!
Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto
Is it in the tamale dough? When Maria can’t find it again, she realizes what has happened. In a panic, she corners her favorite cousins, and together they come up with a plan: they’ll secretly eat all 24 of the tamales to find the ring. After forcing themselves to eat too many tamales, they still haven’t found it — although Danny thinks he may have swallowed something hard. Then Maria goes to confess to her mother and sees the diamond ring sparkling on her finger. But now there are no tamales! “It looks like we all have to cook up another batch,” says Aunt Rosa, and so they do, three generations joining together in the joyful holiday activity.
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