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1 Discovering Maskoween Once upon a time, there was a child named Fabian. His family was from Desamparados, but they had to move to Heredia. At the beginning, he felt sad because he had to leave behind his friends. His father told him not to be sad for he will make new friends in the new town. When the school year began, Fabian was a shy boy. Sometimes he did not play with anyone during recess, and during classes; he remained quiet. He felt that the town and school were not for him because he did not have any friends there. He wished he could go back to Desamparados where he would be with his friends again. Emilia, his English teacher tried to help Fabian to feel more comfortable at school, but all her efforts seem to be not enough for he continued to be sad. As October began to approach, his English teacher had an idea. She had found out that Fabian liked to celebrate Halloween a lot, so

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Discovering Maskoween

Once upon a time, there was a

child named Fabian. His family was

from Desamparados, but they had to

move to Heredia. At the beginning,

he felt sad because he had to leave

behind his friends. His father told

him not to be sad for he will make

new friends in the new town.

When the school year began, Fabian was a shy

boy. Sometimes he did not play with anyone

during recess, and during classes; he remained

quiet. He felt that the town and school were

not for him because he did not have any

friends there. He wished he could go back to

Desamparados where he would be with his

friends again.

Emilia, his English teacher tried to help Fabian to

feel more comfortable at school, but all her

efforts seem to be not enough for he continued

to be sad. As October began to approach, his

English teacher had an idea. She had found out

that Fabian liked to celebrate Halloween a lot, so

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she thought that might be an opportunity for making Fabian happy

again.

On a school day, she gave the class an

announcement: “Students, we will work

on a project about Masquerade day in

Costa Rica”. She continued, “You will

have to create your own masquerades

using a character that you choose. All

the classes will participate in the

masquerade´s contest that school is

having in October. You have 2 months

to prepare everything you need”.

As the teacher was speaking, she saw

Fabian´s eyes. They turned wide open and

sparkle. He was so happy about the project

that he could not hide his emotions. At

the end of the class, he went to talk to his

teacher, and he told her, “Teacher, I want

to make a beautiful project, but I do not

know how to make a masquerade”.

His teacher told him not to worry. Everything he needed to do was to

run a research about the masquerade tradition and create his masquerade

based on the character he liked most from the research. Also, he would

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need his parents to help him getting the necessary supplies to prepare

the project and present it to the class.

That day, Fabian ran to his house as fast as he could. When he arrived

home, he told his parents how happy he was. He asked them to tell him

what masquerades were, and how to create one. His father sat with him,

and using the family-pictures album

he explained to him how Heredia was

in the past when his grandpa lived

there.

Fabian learned that in Heredia,

people decided to celebrate Halloween

in a different manner. They did not

want to have the usual costumes and

go asking for treats or tricks. They

made their own costumes and go out

to the streets to dance with them

together.

Fabian was so excited. He believed

that there was only one way to celebrate Halloween. He did not know he

could participate in creating a masquerade, and he did not think he could

go out to streets in the middle of the day to dance and have fun. So he

began his journey by sitting and asking himself, “Which character am I

going to create?” He spent 1 week watching T.V. and reading news

papers until one Saturday morning he had an idea. He thought he likes

to create “doña Merry”, and he decided he will make her a masquerade.

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The next Saturday, he went to the “mercado” where he got the

materials he needed for the project. He bought newspapers, glue,

painting cans and clay. He asked his father to work with

him. It was a long process, but at

the end, the masquerade was ready!

Fabian and his father worked hard,

and the final product was amazing.

As weeks passed by, Fabian

cleaned the mask; he watched it

every day and wore it inside the

house. He was waiting for show and

tell his mask to his class and the school. When the day arrived,

his parents walked with him to school. He got dressed as “doña Merry”,

and put the mask on. When the music was played, all the students began

dancing with their masks at the “cimarrona´s” rhythm. Teachers and

other classmates figured as the contest judges.

Fabian ran and danced so

much that at the end

he was exhausted. Then

all students explained

one by one their masks

to the jury. Fabian

talked about his mask;

he said he liked “doña

Merry” very much. He

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believed she was funny and he used to make fun of her jokes with his

friends when he lived in Desamparados. The English teacher and his

classmates liked Fabian’s masquerade so much that he got many

applauses.

Fabian was the winner that day. He could not believe it. He was

very happy for his mask and for him. At the end

of the show, Fabian’s classmates came along. He

made new friends that day, so he was even

happier. Before leaving the show, the principal of

the school surprised him. He called Fabián in front

of the school and told him he would participate in

the town´s local parade. He and his mask were

VIP guesses.

Fabián went to the parade; his parents went

with him. His friends from Desamparados went to see him, and the

classmates from his school went too. He could see all of them while he

danced. He was happy now. He was not sad anymore. He had gained new

friends, and he had enjoyed the “mask-o-ween” very much.

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A few weeks later, Fabian was walking with some of his new friends

in school, when they passed by the library. He did not pay attention to

it, but his friends cried happily, “Fabi, Fabi, look at the library. There is

your mask! Look at your mask!” He ran to the library, and there he saw

it! His mask was at the school´s library. They were showing it very

proudly. It had a label that said: “This is the mask of a brave student.

He believed in masquerade day, and from now on, the school will

celebrate mask-o-ween in his honor”.

The End

“This is the mask of a brave student. He believed in

masquerade day, and from now on, the school will

celebrate mask-o-ween in his honor”

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