Word: galleguito
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...Galleguito...
...chuckled, promised to see what he could do for the boy. "But I can only stay in Argentina if you bring my family here," said El Galleguito. "How big a family do you have?" asked Peron, taken aback. "Mother, father, and 19 brothers and sisters," said El Galleguito. Perón said he'd think it over...
Captivated, the childless, widowed President installed El Galleguito in the presidential residence with two tutors and a collection of fine toys. El Galleguito, cannily aware that he had no real boss but Perón, gave tutors and servants a bad time, tormented them with diabolical pranks...
Last week the public got its first look at Peron and El Galleguito together. It was a spectacle to remember. Ready to depart on a trip to a provincial capital to speak at a political rally, Perón stood at the train window waving to the crowd and holding up his pet toy poodle, Tambor. El Galleguito jealously tried to pull the dog from the President's arms. Flustered, the President handed the dog to the boy, who dumped it to the floor and shoved up to the window, mugging furiously. Perón moved the boy back...
...mildly interested, sent a military aide to look into the case. El Galleguito greeted the colonel contemptuously. "You are not Peron," he said. "I want to see Peron." Amused and impressed, Peron dispatched a presidential car to bring the lad to the Casa Rosada. Ushered in, El Galleguito cockily seated himself on the President's desk. Asked the President: "Why did you come to Argentina?" Replied El Galleguito, looking the President in the eye: "I'd heard a lot about...