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MANOLITO GAFOTAS
His short-sightedness has earned chubby little Manolito the less than flattering nickname “four-eyes”. But that’s not the only cross he has to bear. The summer holidays are about to begin and it looks as though he will have to spend them at home with his mother Catalina, his grandfather Nicholas and his young brother in their tiny, cramped apartment of just fifty square metres in Caranachel, a district of Madrid. Manolito’s father is a long-distance lorry driver and will be travelling all summer long. Manolito is doomed to endure a boring holiday, since, naturally, all of his friends have gone away. Manolito would give anything to go to the seaside, however, things turn out quite differently to what Manolito had expected when his father returns from one of his trips with the wonderful idea to take Manolito along on his next haulage assignment. The trip is only due to last a few days and, after all, as the oldest son it may well fall to Manolito to take over the business one day. Manolito’s overworked mother is only too happy to agree to the plan and so Manolito climbs up alongside Dad in the driver’s cab. He is bound for an adventurous holiday accompanying his truck driver Dad on his travels, not least because now he will experience a side of his father he has never known before.
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