HSC Unit: 8; Lesson 4 : Amerigo, a Street Child
My name is Amerigo. I am 13 years old and I live on the street, alone. My mother, who is separated from my father, doesnât want me. She told me to go away. Now she is married to another man.
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My father lives very far away. I want to go to him, but he wonât take me either. I begged him to send me some money so that I could buy a bus ticket. I am still waiting. He hasnât answered.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
The streets are now my home. Sometimes I find work. I used to collect trash and sell it to a vendor. I stopped doing that after I had a serious infection and a doctor told me to stay away from the trash dump.
āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžā§āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻš āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻšāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻšāĻā§āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻ˛āĻž-āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
Once I worked for an ice cream shop owner and sold ice- cream on the beach. But I got no money in return. The owner of the shop gave me something to eat, and let me sleep in his hut at night.
āĻāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻ āĻ§ā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽā§ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§ā§ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
The work was difficult and painful. The ice-cream box is quite heavy when it is full. I had to walk for hours, offering my ice cream to whoever wanted to buy. There were days when I could not even sell one ice cream.
āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŖāĻžāĻĻāĻžā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽ āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¸ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¤āĻž āĻā§āĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻšā§ā§ āĻ¯āĻžā§āĨ¤ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
In a way, I am lucky because I am alive. My friends who work sorting rubbish in dumps often suffer from serious diseases. One of them was recently killed after he fell into a hole that opened up in the pile of trash.
āĻāĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ°āĻž, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻā§ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ āĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻĒā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Many of us work for 10 to 12 hours and get so little in return that we canât even buy food. Shoe-shining is very popular among the street kids. A few of my friends also work in factories and workshops.
āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ ā§§ā§Ļ āĻĨā§āĻā§ ā§§ā§¨ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽā§ā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻ¯āĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤āĻĒāĻĨāĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒāĻ˛āĻŋāĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻ āĻā§āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻļāĻĒā§ (āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻļāĻžāĻ˛āĻž) āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
A boy I know lost one of his eyes after a piece of hot glass flew into his eye at the glass factory where he worked. The owner refused to pay for medical help and fired him.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤, āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻŽ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŋ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
For me, like all the other children on the street, it is very hard. I am always hungry, and I donât know where I will sleep the next night.
āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻĒāĻĨāĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŦāĻ āĻāĻˇā§āĻāĻāĻ°āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻŽā§ āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āĻā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
I would like to live in my own home and sleep there in peace. The nights are very cold in the winter. You can die of cold in the street.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžā§āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻļā§āĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžā§ āĻļā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
Vocabulary
1. Separated 2. Trash 3. Vendor 4. Infection 5. Dump 6. Sorting 7. Pile 8. Refused |
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°
1./adjective/Â āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤; āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻā§āĻ¤; āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤; Â āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨;āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨; āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤; āĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸āĻā§āĻ¤; 2./verb/Â āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ˛, āĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ 3./noun/Â āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻž; 4./noun/Â āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻŖ; āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻ āĻ°ā§āĻ 5./verb/Â āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻžāĻĻ 6./noun/Â āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ; āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨; 7./verb/Â āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻĒ, āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻŋ 8./adjective/Â āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤; āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ¤; |