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STORYTIME BLOG HOP OCTOBER 2026 - ACT 1

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Hello friends! Welcome to my newest blog hop, enjoy! And don't forget to read the other short stories linked at the bottom <3 . . . . . Antonio was exhausted after another night under the big top. His jaw cramped, and his arm ached from where he continuously raised his puppet to the audience. They applauded his ventriloquist act, and they laughed at his jokes. But Antonio realized, as the lights of the big-top blinded him, that this was his final performance. “How do you expect to get away?” his puppet, Mulberry, asked as the pair rested in Antonio’s tent. Antonio turned to the puppet sitting beside his dusty vanity. “I learned where Master Heathrow keeps the contracts,” he tilted his head, rubbing makeup from his face. The puppet vibrated a bit. “You know what our deal is,” the puppet reminded him. Antonio nodded. “We scratch each other’s backs when no one else will. Sound about right?” Mulberry nodded. “What are you giving me in return for coming with?” Antonio tho...
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🏵️WHAT TO DO EACH DAY OF DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS🏵️

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✨️LET'S LEARN LOTERÍA✨️7 - LA ESCALERA✨️

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  7: LA ESCALERA (THE LADDER) Alright friends, I’m about to take you all on a journey – we are going to learn about a game first created in Mexico during the 1700s by the Don Clemente company, a game called lotería, or “lottery.” And while the direct translation of lotería is indeed “lottery,” the game is more closely related to Bingo. There are fifty-four different cards in a lotería deck, each with a rather colorful and easily recognizable object, animal, or person. Each player receives a plaque with several rows of corresponding objects, animals, or people. When a card is drawn from the deck such as “La Maceta,” or The Flowerpot, the card-drawer will say the name of the picture, then its “grito” or saying (the grito for La Maceta is “El que nace pa'maceta no sale del corredor” or “He who is born to a flower pot won't leave the corridor” in English), and everyone that has the same picture of la maceta on their plaque would put down a bean or corn kernel or coin to mark th...
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🏵️HOW TO PREPARE FOR CELEBRATING DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS🏵️

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✨️LET'S LEARN LOTERÍA✨️6 - LA SIRENA✨️

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6: LA SIRENA (THE SIREN OR THE MERMAID) Alright friends, I’m about to take you all on a journey – we are going to learn about a game first created in Mexico during the 1700s by the Don Clemente company, a game called lotería, or “lottery.” And while the direct translation of lotería is indeed “lottery,” the game is more closely related to Bingo. There are fifty-four different cards in a lotería deck, each with a rather colorful and easily recognizable object, animal, or person. Each player receives a plaque with several rows of corresponding objects, animals, or people. When a card is drawn from the deck such as “La Maceta,” or The Flowerpot, the card-drawer will say the name of the picture, then its “grito” or saying (the grito for La Maceta is “El que nace pa'maceta no sale del corredor” or “He who is born to a flower pot won't leave the corridor” in English), and everyone that has the same picture of la maceta on their plaque would put down a bean or corn kernel or coin to m...
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✨️LET'S LEARN LOTERÍA✨️5 - EL PARAGUAS✨️

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  5: EL PARAGUAS (THE UMBRELLA) Alright friends, I’m about to take you all on a journey – we are going to learn about a game first created in Mexico during the 1700s by the Don Clemente company, a game called lotería, or “lottery.” And while the direct translation of lotería is indeed “lottery,” the game is more closely related to Bingo. There are fifty-four different cards in a lotería deck, each with a rather colorful and easily recognizable object, animal, or person. Each player receives a plaque with several rows of corresponding objects, animals, or people. When a card is drawn from the deck such as “La Maceta,” or The Flowerpot, the card-drawer will say the name of the picture, then its “grito” or saying (the grito for La Maceta is “El que nace pa'maceta no sale del corredor” or “He who is born to a flower pot won't leave the corridor” in English), and everyone that has the same picture of la maceta on their plaque would put down a bean or corn kernel or coin to mark ...
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✨️LET'S LEARN LOTERÍA✨️4 - EL CATRÍN✨️

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4: EL CATRÍN (THE DANDY/GENTLEMAN) Alright friends, I’m about to take you all on a journey – we are going to learn about a game first created in Mexico during the 1700s by the Don Clemente company, a game called lotería, or “lottery.” And while the direct translation of lotería is indeed “lottery,” the game is more closely related to Bingo. There are fifty-four different cards in a lotería deck, each with a rather colorful and easily recognizable object, animal, or person. Each player receives a plaque with several rows of corresponding objects, animals, or people. When a card is drawn from the deck such as “La Maceta,” or The Flowerpot, the card-drawer will say the name of the picture, then its “grito” or saying (the grito for La Maceta is “El que nace pa'maceta no sale del corredor” or “He who is born to a flower pot won't leave the corridor” in English), and everyone that has the same picture of la maceta on their plaque would put down a bean or corn kernel or coin to mark t...
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