Oh dear, here I am writing about rhyme or reason, as we say, and already leaving various things that I should have said! But I am doing as Your Excellency told me: writing just what I remember and in all simplicity. That is what I want to do without worrying about order or style. In that way, I think my obedience is more perfect, and therefore more pleasing to Our Lord and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I will go back, then, to my parents’ home. I have told Your Excellency that my mother had to sell our flock. We kept only three sheep, which we took along with us when we went to the fields. Whenever we stayed at home, we kept them in the pen and fed them there. My mother then sent me to school, and in my free time, she wanted me to learn weaving and sewing. In this way, she had me safe in the house, and didn’t have to waste time looking for me.
One fine day, my sisters were asked to go with some other girls to help with the vintage on the property of a wealthy man of Pe de Cao. My mother decided to let them go, as long as I could go, too. I have already said earlier on, that my mother never allowed them to go anywhere, unless they took me with them.