The saw is too heavy, the old man's hands shake, and the chair he built for his late wife sits half-finished under the mango tree. A fifteen-year-old decides the work isn't done — even if he has to ruin every scrap of wood in the yard learning how.
Part 3 of 3 in What the Wood Remembers
Yunior trabaja en el jardín. Toma madera vieja y trabaja con la sierra. La madera está en mal estado.
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