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Florida
Enrique and Amanda
Folklore

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it to the judge. I stayed in that jail seven days before Amanda could borrow ten dollars to pay my fine to get me out."
We drive over a bridge into a residential section of large homes and well-kept lawns.
"This is Davis Island," says Amanda. "This is where all the millionaires and rich people live. It's very pretty in the daytime but you can't see much now. That's the...no, that's not it."
"Amanda, you don't know nothing about htis part of town," says Enrique,.
"I've only rode over here on Davis Island once or twice," Amanda admits. "I tell you what you ought to go see: the museum in the Tampa Bay Hotel. They have lots of things in there very old, thousands of years old. I like it in there. I only been there one time but that time I stayed three hours looking at all those things. It sure is interesting. I hope you go there before you leave; you would like it."
On the way home we stop at a barbecue stand. When we reach the house, Rosa is sitting on the railing of the front porch, looking up into the sky.
"Well, I guess you don't have to worry no more about having an Italian son-in-law," she tells Amanda dejectedly. "Nicky and I had a fight and he went away mad. I guess it's a good thing. We didn't get along so good anyway."
"I'm glad you find out now before you married him," comments Amanda.
We are given the front sleeping room.
The next morning we are awakened by Rosa who calls, "Your coffee is ready."

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