The boot-black [short story]
Media
Part of The Young Citizen: The Magazine for Young People
- Title
- The boot-black [short story]
- Creator
- Ignacio, Gonzalo B.
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1940
- Subject
- Short stories, Philippine (English)
- Philippine fiction (English)
- Rights
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- Abstract
- Kikoy is a poor boy who shines shoes to make a living. He's being beaten by his father whenever his earnings fall short. One day he went home and found his dear mother dying.