Chapters 12-15

In chapter 13 the ceremony to bring the Chac Chacs (Mayan gods of the Rain) began with prayers, holy water and sacrifices to the gods. And the ceremony did bring the villagers luck. In three days the Chacs arrived with the rain. Every one in the village was very happy because the drought ended. In September it was time for harvest and Father and Tigre went to their milpa and saw that their corn grew ripe.

Summary (9-12) Chapters

First of all it as time for planting but the rain would not fall. Many days after that it still did not rain and the plants planted by the villagers did not start growing. Then, the Hetz Mel which is a special ceremony which is done to every newborn baby for it to adapt easier to the Mayan life, was done to Chan Tata who is Tigre's younger brother. Chan Tata seemed to understand the ceremony very well because of his constant seriouseness. After that, Tigre got his very own gun which he wanted very much as a gift from his grandfather for all his hard work. The drought still continiued and the village could not get the rain to fall in order to harvest. The villagers started making holy ceremonies for the gods of the rain called the Chacs to arrive but the rain did not yet come.

Summary (7-11) Chapters

Tigre has to prepare the milpa for burning it before the March rain season starts. His uncle is meant to help him but he did not arrive so Tigre had to do it alone. He did it really well and felt proud of himself. When the Fiesta came he participated in the bull figth and did not win but everyone was still pround of him.

Summary (3-6) Chapters

When Tigre's father broke his leg bone Tigre goes searching for a bonestter. Then Tigre finds out that his fathers leg won't heal before havrvest so Tigre has to do all the work. He becomes much stronger and catches up his schoolwork. After that something starts killing the chikens in the coop and after 2 nights Tigre finds a vampire bat in the coop.

"The Corn Grows Ripe" by Dorothy Rhoads Sumarry (Chapters 1-3)

Hello! In class we just read the book called "The Corn Grows Ripe" by Dorothy Rhoads. This book is about a Mayan boy named Tigre who lived in a village. In the beginning of the book Tigre was very lazy and did not do very much work but throught the book he strated to do a lot of work and understand how important it is to do all his responsibilities. Now I will write the summary of the book and put some pictures In this post I will include the summary of the book from Chapters 1-3.

Tigre lived with the Maya tribe. He was only 12 but he was expected to do hard jobs which were for men. Tigre did want to help his father but he overslept many times. His great Grandmother always scoleded him for being lazy. Then when Tigre did not go to work with his father, a tree fell on his father and he broke his lag. Now, Tigre has to go find a doctor to help his father and do all the work for his father.