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The Cricket

Story Stats

Rating: 3
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5
Page count: 6

Author

Joe
Hayes

Appeared in

The Day It Snowed Tortillas: Tales from Spanish New Mexico

Story Summary

A lazy man nicknamed The Cricket claims that he a seer and that he can find lost objects. Through a series of lucky finds he becomes more famous than he would like but can't convince people that he isn't 'un adivino'.