We were driving across the big state of Texas on our way to California. Suddenly, our car coughed and then stopped.
"Are we out of gas?" Mom asked. Dad nodded. Cotton fields lined both sides of the lonely highway as far as the eye could see. We hadn't seen a car for a very long time, and we had passed the last town an hour before. "Don't worry," Dad said. "Someone will be along soon." But he didn't sound very sure about that. He got out and put the car's hood(引擎盖) up, saying, "This will let them know we're in trouble."
After an hour, we saw dust in the distance. A car was fast approaching going in the same direction as ours. Pleased, Dad jumped to his feet, waving his arms wildly. He smiled as the car got closer, yet the car just sounded its horn(喇叭) and rushed off. We were so upset and I felt scared. Dusk was approaching and we had been sitting for a couple of hours. Then we heard a small noise in the distance.
It sounded like men singing at the top of their lungs. It got louder, and soon we saw a worn-out old truck driving slowly down the highway toward us. The whole truck seemed to float along surrounded by songs sung in Spanish.
"Get in the car immediately," Mom instructed me nervously. "Al, you'd better get in here, too. We can't be too careful out here in the middle of nowhere." Dad just stood by the car door, full of tension.
The wooden-sided truck came to a stop right beside him. Mom and I held our breath. Would they hold us up? What would happen to us? We could be at their mercy. From their look, we knew they were farmers who often labored in the fields all day under the hot Texas sun.
"Habla Español?" the driver stopped and called out his window at Dad. "What? I know little Spanish," Dad shouted back, shaking his head. He wondered how to convey the message that we needed a ride to a gas station.
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Then Dad gestured and used some easy English words.
The container soon got full, but how could we return to where our car stopped?
