How do they prepare for Mama’s return to the migrant camp?

• Hortensia pronounced that her color was good and promised to purchase more yarn so that it would be waiting when she came home.

• Hortensia and Josefina scrubbed the little cabin until it was almost antiseptic. Esperanza washed all the blankets and propped the pillows in the bed. Juan and Alfonso cushioned a chair and several crates under the shade trees so that Mama could recline outside during the hot afternoons.