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  • The traveler gave her one wish. She wished that anyone who climbed her pear tree would be stuck there until she permitted them to leave.
  • The next time the kids tried to steal fruit they got stuck and she made them stay there for a long time before she finally let them go on the condition that they never bother her or steal her fruit again

Aunty Misery

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  • Death came to Aunt Misery's house to take her, but she tricked him into climbing the tree and getting stuck.
  • The neighborhood kids thought Aunty Misery was mean but she was just sad because she was lonely and they stole her fruit.

A Folktale from Puerto Rico

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  • A traveler stopped by and asked to stay the night under her roof, as she allowed him to.

By: Judith Ortiz Cofer

  • Everyone blamed her because no-one had died for years. She decided to let Death go.

Paige Green

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Aunty Misery by Judith Cofer is a folktale. A folktale is a story passed down orally long before being written down.The lesson in this story is that there will always be death in our lives. You can't hide from it.

Aunty Misery by Judith Cofer is a folktale. A folktale is a story passed down orally long before being written down.The lesson in this story is that there will always be misery and death in this world.

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