With a smile on her face, Thalia went towards the location of the group of children who were around eight to eleven years old. They were under a tree and were playing on the sand.
"What are you guys doing?" Thalia asked. The children looked up at her and when they recognized who she was, they all stood up and formed a line.
"Go-good morning Señorita," they greeted in chorus.
"Don't call me that. I'm not..."
"But you are the wife of Captain Rodriguez. That makes you a Señorita," says a girl who was holding a stick.
"Well, it's up to you guys. Now, what exactly were you doing?" Thalia crouched and looked at the marks and scratches on the soil.
"We were uhmm..."
"Were you trying to read or to write?"
"At least that's what they call it."
"Do you want to learn that? I'll teach yo
