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ten feet by ten feet in size. I asked if

the island’s occupants were all

members of the same family. An old

Peruvian shook his head. He said

they got along better if they weren’t

related, so as children grew older,

they would often find a different one

to live on or start their own.

For a price, those living there

would tell or show us anything we

had an interest in, so I motioned that I

would like to see what one of their

huts looked like on the inside. One of

the younger men held out his hand

and said, in broken English, “For

dollar.” I pulled out a dollar and

handed it to him, and he led me into