Every summer, the stone lion of San Clemente del Valle wakes for exactly one day of strawberry ice cream and stories. This year his last tale has no happy ending, and he leaves an eleven-year-old girl with a name nobody in town has ever heard.
Part 1 of 4 in The Lion Who Wakes Once a Year
Gastón salió de la heladería con un bol gigante de helado de fresa. El bol era tan grande que el viejo heladero necesitaba los dos brazos para llevarlo. Todo San Clemente del Valle esperaba en la plaza, bajo los jacarandás.
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