Original title: O principio collection Text copyright © 2012 by Paula Carballeira Illustrations copyright © 2012 by Sonja Danowski Translation copyright © 2012 by Jon Brokenbrow First published 2012 by Kalandraka Editora Italia 37 - 36162 Pontevedra Tel.: 986 860 276 editora@kalandraka.com www.kalandraka.com ISBN: 978-84-8464-780-5 LD: PO 132-2012 All rights reserved
THE BEGINNING
PAULA CARBALLEIRA
SONJA DANOWSKI
Once, there was a war.
When the war ended, we didn’t have a home. “Never mind”, my mother said. “We have a car”.