Pobre Ana by Blaine Ray [ENGLISH]

Chapter one / Capítulo uno

Words in bold have been translated using Google translate and may not be the best translation. Original words are below.

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Ana is a girl with problems. She has many problems. She has problems with her friends and her family. She is a normal girl but she has many problems.

She is fifteen years old. She is not very tall. She has long hair. She has blue eyes and brown hair.

Ana lives in Hermosa Beach, California. She has a normal family. She has a dad and mom and a brother and a sister. The family lives in a blue house. The house is not big. It is not small. It is a normal house. Ana attends a school in California. The school is big. It is called West Torrance High School. Ana is in year nine of school.

Her father is called Robert. He works in a hospital. It is called Mercy Hospital. He is a chef. Her mother is called Ellen. She works in the hospital too. She is a secretary in the hospital. She is the secretary of five doctors. Her brother is called Don and her sister is called Patty. Don is fourteen years old. Patty is eleven years old.

Ana has problems with her mother because her mother shouts a lot. When she puts a school book on the floor, the mom shouts:
—Ana, pick up the book! Do not put the book on the floor!

When Ana eats chocolate, the mom shouts:
—Ana, do not eat chocolate! Eat an apple. Eat fruit. Fruit is good. Chocolate is bad. You need fruit but do not need chocolate.

Ana has problems with her father. She wants money. She wants clothes and food. Ana says to her dad:
—Dad, I want money. I want clothes. I want to eat in a restaurant.

The dad responds:
—I don't have money. I am poor. You have clothes and have food. You do not need money.

Ana has problems with Don. She has an important book. It is an English book. She needs the book. She looks for the book but cannot find it. Ana says to Don:
—Don, I need my book. It is a very important book. It is a school book. Help me, brother.

Don does not help. He does not look for the book. He just looks at the television. He laughs at his sister's problems. His sister has many problems. Don laughs a lot. He never helps Ana.

Ana has problems with Patty. Patty takes Ana's shirt. Patty does not have Ana's permission. Patty wears the shirt to school. After classes Ana goes to her room. She looks for her clothes. The shirt is not there. Ana shouts:
—Where is my shirt?

Patty does not answer. She laughs. She has Ana's shirt but does not say anything. Patty laughs at Ana's problems. Poor Ana.

Ana has two good friends. One of the friends is called Elsa. She is sixteen years old. She has blonde hair. She attends West Torrance High School too. She does not study Spanish. She studies French.

Elsa does not have problems with her family. She has many clothes. Her family always gives money to Elsa. She has a new car. It is a Ford Mustang. Elsa's father gives her the car. Elsa does not need to pay anything for the car. She goes to school in her new car.

Ana does not have a car. She goes to school in a yellow school bus. She is sad because she does not have a new car. She is sad because she goes to school in a yellow bus.

The other friend is Sara. She is fifteen years old and she has brown eyes and long hair. Sara studies a lot. She is a very good student. She takes good notes in her school. She also attends West Torrance High.

Sara does not have problems with her family. Her family has a lot of money. They give a lot of money to Sara. Sara goes to the mall in Beverly Hills a lot. The mall is called Beverly Center. Sara buys a lot of new clothes. She always buys Nordstrom clothes. She buys Nike shoes. When Sara needs more money, she asks her father and her father gives her more money. She buys a lot of clothes. Ana is sad because she does not have enough money to buy more clothes. She never buys clothes.

Ana has clothes but does not have a lot of clothes. She buys her clothes in Wal-Mart. She does not buy Nike shoes. She does not buy Calvin Klein clothes. Sara and Elsa buy Calvin Klein clothes and buy Nike shoes. Ana is sad.

Ana's family does not have good food. Ana's friends always eats meat. In Ana's family, they do not eat much meat because they want to save.

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chef — cocinero
shouts — le grita
puts / put — pone / pongas
find — lo encuentra
just — sólo
laughs — se ríe
answer — contesta
pay — pagar
takes — saca
asks — le pide
save — economizar