The boys ask Don Simon his age (old enough), when he was born (when his mother "born" him), where he was born (in the world), and if he had any family (no). Something reminds them that they've forgotten someone Don Simon, a man who lives on the other side of the farm. Jose, Hank and Jitter count eighty-six people (counting unborn children as halves), which is more than the number of people in the town where they buy grocieries. Their antics are discussed and debated by their elders, but are nonetheless encouraged in their escapade. In Zoo Island, Tomas Rivera is telling the story of Jose, a young farmhand and his friends Hank and Jitter who decide to take a census of the people living on the farm with them.
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