Characters
Neftali's Siblings
Laurita and Rodolfo
The room in the house where Father doesn't let the children go.
Salon
Neftali almost makes Rodolfo late to school because he is...
Looking at random objects on the ground
Absentminded
The friend Neftali makes on the river boat
The Mapuche boy
The girl Neftali has a crush on
Blanca
The city where Neftali lives
Temuco
While in the forest with Father, Neftali daydreams that...
He is riding a giant rhinoceros beetle
Ambassador
A person who represents you
The job Neftali's father wants him to have in the future.
Doctor or dentist
The bully who forces Neftali to write a love letter.
Guillermo
The place Neftali receives his toy sheep.
The hole in the neighbor's fence
On vacation, Mamadre lies to Father about...
Where everyone was when they were burying the swan.
Conspirator
A person who plans crimes with another person
The object Neftali took with him from the forest onto the train.
Pinecone
Neftali's father
Jose Reyes
The last place Neftali sees Blanca
Through his window
Uncle Orlando convinces Father to let Neftali work for him by...
Reading one of Neftali's essays at dinner
Porfa
Please
What Neftali finds in the salon's chest
Love letters from Enrique to Maria
The native people who live in Temuco, Chile
Mapuche
The place Neftali's family goes on vacation.
Puerto Saavedra
Neftali changes his writing name to...
Pablo Neruda
Pobrecito
Poor boy
The newspaper Neftali will write for in university
The Claridad