Stories of the Rio Grande

My grandchildren love my family stories. I tell my grandchildren the same story I’ve told them before. I tell them that my parents made their house from adobe bricks. I tell them how I would ride a burro down to the Rio Grande.

The Rio Grande River flows through Big Bend National Park in Texas.

The Rio Grande River flows through Big Bend National Park in Texas.

Key Vocabulary

  • grandchildren n., children of a son or daughter

  • parents n., a mother and father

In Other Words

  • adobe bricks bricks made from earth and straw and dried in the sun

  • a burro a large animal similar to a donkey