Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
AFFONZO was tired of talking to the white cockatoo. It was the time of day when his little sister Lola took her siesta, and he had no one to play with. He was himself such a big boy, soon eleven years old, that he felt no longer the need of the daily siesta, although in the wa...
AFFONZO was tired of talking to the white cockatoo. It was the time of day when his little sister Lola took her siesta, and he had no one to play with. He was himself such a big...
2. CHAPTER IITHE sun was just rising and its slanting rays cast a golden glow over the thick foliage when Affonzo sprang out of bed next morning, awakened by the noisy chattering of the birds.
3. CHAPTER III"What fortunes could be made in these forests," said the Senhor Dias to his brother, "if people with capital only knew of the riches stored here. Mahogany, satinwood, rosewood a...
4. CHAPTER IV"COME, son," said the Senhor early next morning. "We have a long day before us and you must eat plenty of breakfast. That is if you want to go with your uncle and me. If not, yo...
5. CHAPTER VTHE Fazenda of the Senhor Dias stood upon a hill overlooking the Amazon. About it were trees and gardens, and a small stream flowed through the grounds toward the great river. A...
6. CHAPTER VIThe weeks spent at grandmamma's were full of delight to Affonzo and Lola, and they enjoyed all the pleasant happenings of life in the city. One day in October they sat in the ga...
7. CHAPTER VIIA WEEK after they had left home, the children saw for the first time the harbour of Rio de Janeiro, the _Icamiaba_ entering the beautiful bay between the Sugar Loaf Mountain and...
8. CHAPTER VIIIIN the fortnight which followed the four cousins became very well acquainted with each other. Maria soon lost her shyness, and taught the others many new games and sports, while...
9. CHAPTER IXTHE Senhor Lopez' business was to export coffee, as that of his brother-in-law was to export rubber. He had a large coffee _fazenda_ in Sao Paulo, the province of Brazil most de...
10. CHAPTER XTHE week at the _fazenda_ was a time of pleasant rest to the elders and full of delight to the children. They rode the horses and saw the cows milked and fed the pigs. These las...
11. CHAPTER XITHE morning dawned cool and pleasant. All were ready for an early start and there followed a week of delight for the children. The railway journey over, they took their way thro...
12. CHAPTER XIICHIQUITA and Guacha proved a pleasant addition to the happy circle of little folk, for, though shy at first, the little Indian soon thawed out in the genial atmosphere about her...