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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                At 10, a boy winces a the touch of his grandmother s hands but Rogerio Romero knows Down inside that it Means a great Deal to be loved. Story a photos by Edward t. Adams  Are schoolbooks As Kyj any boy can readily testify but blowing a genuine basketball sized whop per chewing gum Bubble now that takes some learning too. And Rogerio Romero obviously has Learned As Well As other 10-year-old bub ble blowing boys throughout  so to shares that much with them. But not much else for Rogerio is a child using in the sparsely settled Uplands of Northern new Mexico in Llano Quemado a Village several Miles from Taos. His Clay starts at 4  Are the goats to tend and the ure m the pot belly stove. And drawing water from the Well and Wash up in the cold Metal Basin. School takes up the main part of the by and Here Rogerio learns his second language English. The Tongue of the people Here i s Spanish and so is the  Church is the Center of the Corn sunday May 26, 1968 Unity and Rogerio s life revolves around it. He and his 12 Brothers and Sisters and his parents and his grand Mother and All the others in Llano que Mado share a deep intense religious life. That is the dominant Force of the Village. That and the health of the land. And Here Rogerio joins the struggle of generations to sustain the land to make it flourish and to replenish it. It feeds the animals and the people. Herding the goats can be vigorous work but in the pen with the kids at the udder there is time for rest an meditation and a boy can lean against the warmth of the she Goat s belly an create a tableau of quietude. But a boy is a boy. He teases his Sisters and rough houses with Brothers. He grows and tries desperately to jump and hit the Bell hanging from beams at month cited on pc  
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