Delante de la dulcería había una carreta.

En la carreta había plantas.

Los niños paseaban en la carreta del heno.

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As the sound drew nearer and became shriller, we would put our fingers in our ears to muffle the dismal tones, which we knew were only the creakings of the two wooden wheels of some Mexican carreta, laboriously bringing passengers to town, or perhaps a cruder one carrying hides to the embarcadero, or possibly supplies to adjacent ranchos.

[Illustration: OLD MEXICAN CARRETA]

Nor was this all: brown, soberly-dressed old men and women in satin-padded carretas,heavy ox-carts on wheels made from solid sections of trees, and driven by a gañan seated on one of the animals; the populace in cheap finery, some on foot, others astride old mules or broken-winded horses, two or three on one lame old hack; all chattering, shouting, eager, interested, impatiently awaiting the bride and a week of pleasure.