El terremoto (my host niece, not the 8.4)

Antonia, el terremoto. That’s what they call her because she runs around the house leaving the apartment looking like an earthquake hit with all of her toys. She loves Frozen and can probably sing along most Disney songs better than I can (which is saying something since she is 3 and doesn’t speak English).

Mi familia Chilena and I had just finished eating lunch, so I went to my room to study. I can hear Antonia running around and playing in the living room. A little while later she comes running in screaming, “¡Apúrate! ¡Apúrate, Emma! ¡Está lloviendo mucho!” gesturing for me to follow her. I follow her out of my bedroom and see my entire host family. Standing under an umbrella. In the living room. After she decides it stops raining, everyone goes back to what they were doing chuckling to themselves. Then a few minutes later, it’s raining again. We all rush back to the living room to stand under the umbrella for a bit longer while she rescues one of my host sisters and the stuffed animals. Then rain stops and I go back to my room to work on more homework.

Then Doctor Antonia runs into my room with a flashlight telling me to open my mouth so she can look inside and make sure everything is alright. She runs out the door and back in, next checking my eyes.

What an adorable little earthquake. Antonia, el terremoto.


Location: Providencia, Santiago, Chile

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