- Don Anselmo was an old man who lived in Rio en Medio and owned a small house with a creek and beautiful orchard.
- He had a tradition of planting a tree for each child born in the village.
- Don Anselmo agreed to sell his land to American settlers for $1200 as they seemed like good people, but refused additional money even when they found he owned more land than originally thought, as he was a man of principle.
- The trees in his orchard, which children played in, belonged to the children of the village according to Don Anselmo, not the land, so Americans could not complain about the children playing there after purchasing the land.
- Don Anselmo was an old man who lived in Rio en Medio and owned a small house with a creek and beautiful orchard.
- He had a tradition of planting a tree for each child born in the village.
- Don Anselmo agreed to sell his land to American settlers for $1200 as they seemed like good people, but refused additional money even when they found he owned more land than originally thought, as he was a man of principle.
- The trees in his orchard, which children played in, belonged to the children of the village according to Don Anselmo, not the land, so Americans could not complain about the children playing there after purchasing the land.
- Don Anselmo was an old man who lived in Rio en Medio and owned a small house with a creek and beautiful orchard.
- He had a tradition of planting a tree for each child born in the village.
- Don Anselmo agreed to sell his land to American settlers for $1200 as they seemed like good people, but refused additional money even when they found he owned more land than originally thought, as he was a man of principle.
- The trees in his orchard, which children played in, belonged to the children of the village according to Don Anselmo, not the land, so Americans could not complain about the children playing there after purchasing the land.
Summary ● Don Anselmo was an old man of Rio-en-media. ● His house was small. A little creek ran through his field. His orchard was beautiful. ● Don Anselmo planted a tree when a child was born in Rio en Media. ● Don Anselmo agreed to sell his land to Americans for1200 dollars as they were good people. ● after the survey Americans found that Don Anselmo owns more than eight acres of land and they wanted to pay extra amount ● But Don Anselmo refused to take extra amount.as he was the man of principles. 16 ● Children went and played in the orchard. ● Americans complained about this. ● Don Anselmo told that he sold only the land and not the tree. According to him the trees belongs to the children of Rio-en-media. ● Americans purchased the land from each person.