The Andes Mountains Of Bolivia

The Andes Mountains Of Bolivia

In the Andes Mountains of Bolivia, in a far, tucked–away corner lay a beautiful green field. This place had a family living on it who were very hard workers, but they also were very poor. There was a middle aged man and women living on this farm. Along with them they had a son. The father and his son would get up just before the crack of dawn and would work until lunch and then keep working until dusk. For all this hard work they made very little money. The family could not afford an education for their son, so the mother home schooled the boy at night so he could work in the fields during the day. The boy and his father would go into town every week to get much needed groceries for themselves. They would get a lift from a local friend who knew the family very well. When they went into town, which only had a population of about 250 people, the boy would look in amazement at how many people could fit into one place. The one thing that the boy took notice to were the posters placed all over the place. Here, there, everywhere, were posters of the famous Bolivian Formula One driver who had grown up with nothing and is now living and racing on a grand scale, and is leading for the Formula One drivers championship. The poster next to him said "Karting Jr. race league! First race next Saturday! $30 dollars to join."

The boy asked his father if he could join but his father said, "No, we can't afford it." So they left and went back to the farm which was about 15 miles away from the

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