VERY OLD MAN WITH ENORMOUS WINGS
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The story A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings describes the life of a particular angel.
He was an angel who was being treated like a circus animal. His wings were in very poor
condition. The people were not really sure what to make of him. People have the tendency to
strike out or make fun of things or people that are different. People are also very curious. They
will pay money to see the unusual. People who are different are sometimes exploited by other
people.
When Pelayo and his wife Elisenda saw the body of an old man lying face down in the
mud, they took him into their house. Pelayo "dragged him out of the mud and locked him up
with the hens in the wire chicken coop"...