Dionisio Diaz 1) ______
(is) born on May 8 in Arroyo de Oro, in Treinta y Tres. He 2) ______
(live) in a house 3) ______ (make) of mud and straw, with his mother,his
baby sister, his grandfather and his uncle, who 4) ______ (have)
only one leg. Dionisio’s father 5) ______ (is) dead.
Dionisio’s grandfather 7) ______ (not like) the baby girl,
because he 8) ______ (hate) her father, Luis Ramos. Late at night
on May 7, 1929, the old man 9) ______ (drink) a lot of wine and
he 10) ______ (have) an argument with Dionisio’s mother. Then
he 11) ______ (take) a knife and 12) ______ (kill) her. Dionisio’s
uncle 13) ______ (try) to help but he 14) ______ (is) attacked too.
The boy 15) ______(hear) the voices and also 16) ______ (come) to
the rescue but he 17) ______ (is) also stabbed. The old man wanted
to kill the baby girl.
Dionisio 18) ______ (take) his baby sister in his arms and 19)
______ (run) to protect her from her grandfather. He 20) ______
(wait) until the sun 21) _____ (come) up and 22) ______ (walk) nine
kilometres to the nearest town.
When he 23) ______ (arrive) at the police station, he 24) ______
(put) his sister on the ground and he 25) ______ (tell) the story
to the officers. They 26) ______ (call) a doctor, who 27) ______
(help) him. Unfortunately, the hospital 28) ______ (is) too far.
They 29) ______ (take) him to hospital two days later, but Dionisio
30) ______ (not survive).
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