Pepe and his grandfather Jose did not know how to read or write. One day, they had an argument and, in order to communicate with each other, they hired Miguel, whose job was to read and write for illiterate people. Many letters were passed from one to the other while Pepe paid Miguel by going to school, and Jose paid him with flowers from his own garden. Pepe kept going to school, and wrote a letter to the government asking for a pension for his grandfather. *2000 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing